Canaanite Gods

Investigating Canaanite necromancy and integrating it with Hermetic theory is independent of most aspects of the original Canaanite culture. However, in his research a magus may discover hints about Canaanite cosmology, either from classical documents or interviewing Zephaniah, and decide to embark upon quests to contact the Canaanite gods — who may be Faerie or Magical in nature. Such quests are beyond the scope of the information presented here, but briefly, the Canaanite pantheon includes: El, father of the gods; his consort, Elat; Ba'al, an agrarian weather god and also the lord of the gods; and Ba'al's sister/consort Anat, a virginal, hunter, warrior goddess. One crucial story, which is known by Zephaniah, tells how Ba'al challenged another son of El, Mot, the god of death. In the story, Ba'al is slain by Mot, but his corpse is recovered and buried by Anat, who then seeks Mot out and pleads with him to return Ba'al to life. Mot refuses, and so Anat slays Mot herself, which enables Ba'al's resurrection. Anat's victory over Mot is celebrated by Zephaniah at the spring equinox.

ence of Canaanite necromancy that they argue for the Wizard's Marching of the Canaanite revivalists — paralleling Saul's purge more than two thousand years ago.