
Argus Panoptes, the All-Seeing One, Guardian of Io, Ordained by Hera, He of a Hundred Eyes
Learn more…After you are done with this, you can meditate on Argus's Sigil in the Temple of Zeus, or the one below. Let yourself be immersed and receive energy from Argus.
It's important to meditate on yourself after the Ritual calmly for a few minutes.
सत्: SAT, real, true, truthful in Sanskrit.
The Symbol that Encapsulates the Sigil: The Shen Ring, Egyptian Hieroglyphic language. The Shen also survived in Chinese tradition as a glyph for Spiritual Force, Divine Force, and God.
The Ancient Greek letters for Argus's Name in arrangement.
Argus Panoptes (Greek: Ἄργος Πανόπτης, "Argus the All-Seeing") is a primordial giant in Greek mythology, described as having a hundred eyes distributed across his body, of which only a few would sleep at any given time, making him the perfect guardian. Hera appointed him to watch over Io, the priestess whom Zeus had transformed into a heifer. Ovid (Metamorphoses I.622-723) provides the most detailed account: after Hermes slew Argus, Hera placed his eyes upon the tail of her sacred bird, the peacock, so that his vigilance would endure forever. The name Panoptes ("all-seeing") connects Argus to the concept of divine omniscience and spiritual clairvoyance. His "two aspects" referenced in the ritual correspond to his dual role: watching the external world for threats and watching the internal world of the Initiate for spiritual progress.
(Sources: Ovid, Metamorphoses I.622-723; Apollodorus, Bibliotheca II.1.3; Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 567-574, Suppliants 303-305)
The Goetia lists Agares as the second spirit: a Duke commanding 31 legions, appearing as an old man riding a crocodile and carrying a goshawk. His attributed powers (teaching all languages, causing earthquakes, making runaways return) correspond to the all-seeing, all-comprehending nature of Argus Panoptes. The crocodile is a Nilotic survival: the watchful reptile whose eyes sit above the water line, seeing all while appearing submerged, paralleling Argus's sleepless vigilance. The name Agares is a phonetic contraction of Argos/Argeas.
(Sources: Weyer, Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, 1577; Ars Goetia, 17th c.; Scot, The Discoverie of Witchcraft, 1584)