#veni veni emmanuel

[tildeathiwillwrite]

[apilgrimpassingby]

Found this piece I made two years ago, based on the O Antiphons, an ancient set of Latin prayers that inspired the hymn O Come, O Come Emmanuel. Explanation below "Keep Reading", but before that I want to know.

(If so, then good; that was my intention. Why should occultists have all the cool diagrams?)

The column on the left edge is ero cras, Latin for "I will be [here] tomorrow", the traditional acronym formed by the titles of Christ in the O Antiphons, done in colours that seemed festive (red, dark green and gold).

Those titles are around the points of the seven-pointed star: Emmanuel, Rex Gentium (Desire of Nations), Oriens (Dayspring), Clavis Davidica (Key of David), Radix Jesse (Root of Jesse), Adonai and Sapientia (Wisdom)*. They are, as you can see, associated with the seven classical planets - Emmanuel with Saturn (the Messiah is associated with Saturn in Judaism), Rex Gentium with Venus (desire of nations, planet of love), Oriens with Mercury (dayspring, planet closest to the sun), Clavis Davidica with Jupiter (shared kingly associations), Radix Jesse with Mars (the traditional English translation** has a military theme the others lack), Adonai with the Sun (primary divine title, primary "planet"), and Sapientia with the Moon (it mostly just seemed fitting). The top two of the letters between the points of the star are Alpha and Omega (Revelation 1:8, 21:6, 22:13), and the rest, read anticlockwise, are ben 'adam, Hebrew for "Son of Man". The colours mean something but I don't remember what. There's a circle around that in green, representing creation, and a wider circle around that in red, representing Christ's blood, which contains, read anticlockwise, ego eimi, Greek for "I am". In the middle of the star are the Greek words Iesu Christi Theoi Uios, meaning "Jesus Christ Son of God".***

Between the titles are Hebrew names (misspelled) for the traditional divisions of the Bible, Torah, Nevi'im, Ketuvim (Law, Prophets, Writings) in red, green and gold respectively. At the top, with one letter taken from each (as indicated by the colours) is 'emet, Hebrew for "living".

In the corners, clockwise from top left, are the names of the Four Evangelists (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) in the colours I associate with them - dark green for St. Matthew, light purple for St. Mark, light blue for St. Luke, dark red for St. John. They each come with a stylised wind design, collectively representing the four winds, with each having a letter in their respective colours making up 'ehyeh, Hebrew for "I am".

Above and below the design are dark blue, representing the division of the waters above and below (Genesis 1:7); at the top of the former are the words Gaude! Gaude! Nascetur pro te Israel (Rejoice! Rejoice! [He] will come for you, o Israel), the refrain in Veni, Veni, Emmanuel, the hymn based on the O Antiphons that O Come, O Come Emmanuel is in turn based on.

On the right edge of the design are the Greek words theos kai soter (God and Saviour); the colours mean something but I don't remember what. Beneath that, though only partially visible, is the name "Jesus" in Aramaic (Yeshu')

*These titles are the traditional English translations, not strictly accurate ones - for example, "Rex Gentium" is properly "King of the Nations", not "Desire of Nations".

**O come, o Branch of Jesse's tree/free them from Satan's tyranny/and trust Your mighty power to save/and give them victory o'er the grave.

***Greek-knowledgeable people may realise that I made this before I realised how Greek inflection worked; hence, the Evangelist's names are in the accusative and Jesus' name in the vocative when they should both be nominative. Also I misspelled Iesou as Iesu.

[edgar-allan-possum]

Veni Veni Emmanuel - Clamavi De Profundis

[prolifeproliberty]

Veni, veni Emmanuel

[thirst2]

O COME, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel, that morns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel

O come, Thou Wisdom, from on high, and order all things far and nigh; to us the path of knowledge show, and teach us in her ways to go.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel

O come, o come, Thou Lord of might, who to thy tribes on Sinai's height in ancient times did give the law, in cloud, and majesty, and awe.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel

O come, Thou Rod of Jesse's stem, from ev'ry foe deliver them that trust Thy mighty power to save, and give them vict'ry o'er the grave.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel

O come, Thou Key of David, come, and open wide our heav'nly home, make safe the way that leads on high, that we no more have cause to sigh.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel

O come, Thou Dayspring from on high, and cheer us by thy drawing nigh; disperse the gloomy clouds of night and death's dark shadow put to flight.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel

O come, Desire of the nations, bind in one the hearts of all mankind; bid every strife and quarrel cease and fill the world with heaven's peace.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel

[onceuponaladye]

Christmas songs that sound like you’re in a dark medieval video game >>>>

[banana-breadses]

what do they put in Latin songs that make them SO GOOD

[alaskan-wallflower]

can we get some outsiders cast covering christmas songs i’d actually die

[aeshnalacrymosa]

This was really tough, but I'm going with "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel".

Grand Finale

[magianna]

Veni, veni Emmanuel!

Captivum solve Israel!

Qui gemit in exilio,

Privatus Dei Filio.

Gaude, gaude, Emmanuel

nascetur pro te, Israel.

[muse-write]

Since it hasnt felt at all like Christmas (or Advent) maybe what i need to do tonight is sit outside and look at the stars and listen to Veni Veni Emmanuel.

[thatscarletflycatcher]

Christmas Carol poll - category: you probably heard these ones in English translation first.

songs below the cut

[thirst2]

O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster, exspectatio Gentium, et Salvator earum: veni ad salvandum nos, Domine, Deus noster.

O Emmanuel, our King and Law-giver, desire of all the nations, and their savior: come quickly to bring us salvation, O Lord, our God. ——————————————————————————————————— 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel.

—Isaiah 7:14

[lightofraye]

Christmas Music (Day Twenty-Two of Twenty-Five)

Enya - O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

O come, O come, Emmanuel To free your captive Israel That mourns in lonely exile here Until the Son of God appear Rejoice! Rejoice! O Israel To you shall come Emmanuel O veni, veni Emmanuel Captivum solve Israel Qui gemit in exilio Privates Dei Filio Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel Nascetur pro te, Israel Gaude! Gaude! Gaude! Gaude! Gaude! Gaude! Gaude! Gaude!

Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel Nascetur pro te, Israel Gaude! Gaude! Emmanuel Nascetur pro te, Israel

[why-bless-your-heart]

O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster, expectatio gentium, et Salvator earum: veni ad salvandum nos, Domine, Deus noster.

O Emmanuel, the one awaited by the gentiles, and their Savior: come to save us, Lord our God.

Isaiah 7:14: Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, a young woman shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Emmanuel.

[viola-da-gamba-propagamba]

Veni, veni Emmanuel

(Oh come, oh come Emmanuel)

15th Cent., arr. Philip Lawson. performed by Arculo Consort of Viols at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in July 2019