Aspects of The Trinity: Assyrians and Phoenicians (Part 4 of a series)

Here’s Part 4 that continues the search into the search to understand more about The Trinity, as an outgrowth from a Zoom book club I’m part of that’s been reading the Theosophy book, The Masters and The Path.

In Mesopotamian religion (taken over by Assyrians and influencing West‑Semitic peoples), Anu, Ea, and Bel are often presented as a kind of “high triad” of chief gods, symbolically parallel to a trinity of Heaven, Earth, and the Deep. Their exact roles and names shift with time and region, but the pattern is clear.

Anu

Anu (Sumerian An) is the sky god, the high god of heaven and one of the oldest deities of the Mesopotamian pantheon, often seen as “king of the gods” and ultimate source of divine authority.
He represents the lofty, remote heavenly sphere: he allots functions to the other gods, stands at the head of the Anunnaki, and in later theologizing appears as the first “person” of the upper triad (Anu, Bel/Enlil, Ea).

Bel (Enlil)

“Bel” is a title meaning “Lord”; in this specific triad it normally designates Enlil, the great god of earth/air, centered at Nippur, who becomes the active ruler of the cosmos under heaven.
As Bel/Enlil, he is called “lord of the lands,” associated with the ordered world between heaven and the deep, and functions as the powerful executive deity—governing the earth, decreeing destinies, and heading the official divine assembly beneath Anu.

Ea (Enki)

Ea (Sumerian Enki) is the god of the deep (the subterranean fresh waters, Apsu), wisdom, magic, and crafts, with his main cult center at Eridu.
As the third of the great triad, he embodies the watery, under‑worldly but beneficent depths: source of hidden wisdom, ritual knowledge, and civilizing arts, often acting as a clever, saving deity who advises humans and other gods.

The “Trinity” Pattern

This scheme is Mesopotamian rather than specifically “Phoenician,” though later West‑Semitic and Hellenistic writers sometimes drew parallels or genealogies from it; in Mesopotamia itself it is a theological construction rather than three “persons” in a later Christian sense.

Together Anu, Bel (Enlil), and Ea were formulated by theologians as a canonical triad ruling the three great cosmic zones: Heaven (Anu), Earth/air (Bel), and the Deep/Waters (Ea), invoked in royal inscriptions and curses as the supreme divine court.

I find this last paragraph interesting and draw parallels with pagan knowledge regarding revering nature, when it looks to Heaven, Earth and Air, and the Deep Waters.

Part 4 of a series on Aspects of The Trinity.

For the basis of this series, check out this post (where I will also list all the links to each part of the series in case you miss any):

Aspects of The Trinity (The basis of the series)

Integrating the Spirals

I’m encouraging those “over 60” to open to lifelong learning (observe and gently question their pre-conceived beliefs, aka ‘Programming’), become more aware of their thoughts and emotions, consistently move their bodies (too many are stuck in their heads and physically unhealthy), become strong, and resilient in spirit, soul, mind, body. And to question EVERYTHING!

Link to my YouTube channel where you can see the videos: https://youtube.com/@spiralsister

Yours in consciousness-expansion as we evolve and revolve during our mystical awakening. All while doing-my-egoless-best, to take you on a limitless, spiraling thought ride to better health, through doing more with ease, to help us sustain the JOY in our lives! (With lots of Gratitude throughout.)

Sheila “Spiral Sister” Murrey

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