There are many lines of thought within Hellenic Polytheism about the origin of the world. As a creator god is discussed, the following belief provides the point of view: In the beginning, there was but Khaos. From the darkness arose Aion, and brought forth light; hung up the heavenly fire from the divine waters of eternity and created his two children: Chronos (Linear Time) and Ananke (Necessity and Fate). Their winds coiled about the egg-like shape of the world, hatching it and separating the earths from the water. Aion takes his place over them, who exist in the 7th plane (the Void); as he himself rules over the eighth, and above all else.
Mosaic of Aion turning the Zodiac wheel
Aion, eternal and infinite time, is the farthest pre-Primordial deity, and the longest existing. He is the god of divine time, one that may be glimpsed through mortal consciousness only by Kairos’ opportune tugs. The self-conceived god found Khaos in disorder, yet took nothing of it, creating instead a world and other deities that govern it. He is widely viewed in practiced as a good-natured, fair god, a King over the void which he filled for others to inhabit. Though he is recognised little in modern practice, he remains a relevant god with origins in the ancient Hellenic pantheon. He was embraced in Mithraism, preserved as a symbol for the eternal rule of the Roman Empire, and may still be worshipped as a pre-Primordial in either pantheon as the deity of infinity.
Items and aspects associated with infinite Aion are summarised below, an accumulation from online sources.
There are a multitude of reasons to approach any deity, whether it be a personal calling, or to seek improvement in aspects of one’s life. The things Aion can help with are plenty, from making things last, to blessing and renewing existing commitments. He can be contacted as an ouranic deity, prayed to with palms up towards the heavens and a great openness to his far kingdom beyond the stars that turn by his hands.