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Revelation (KJV) Chapter 13

To Mega Therion (Τὸ Μέγα Θηρίον) is Greek for "The Great Beast" and is a reference to the Book of Revelation: Image File history File links Wikisource-logo. ... The original Wikisource logo. ... Visions of John of Patmos, as depicted in the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. ...

Revelation 13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast [θηρίον, therion] rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

The name does not actually occur in the form "To Mega Therion" in the Greek text of the Book of Relevation, but the title was taken by the English occultist Aleister Crowley as his motto for the grade of Magus of the A∴A∴. Under this motto and pseudonym Aleister Crowley composed his masterwork, Magick in Theory and Practice^{[citation needed]}. For other uses of this term, see occult (disambiguation). ... Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley, (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947; the surname is pronounced // i. ... The Three Wise Men are given the names Gaspar, Melchior, and Balthasar in this Romanesque mosaic from the Basilica of St Apollinarius in Ravenna, Italy. ... Argenteum Astrum, also known as Argentinum Astrum, Argentinium Astrum (Latin for silver star) or Astron Argyron (Greek for silver star), and often referred to as A∴A∴, was a magical order created by Aleister Crowley after leaving the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. ...

In popular culture

In popular culture To Mega Therion may refer to:

• To Mega Therion, an album by the Swiss black metal band Celtic Frost
• "To Mega Therion" sample (help· info), song released by Therion, originally on the Theli album
• "To Mega Therion", song released by Sinister, originally on the Hate album
• "To Mega Therion", song released by In Slaughter Natives, originally on the Enter Now The World album
• Tomegatherion, the player character's nemesis in the Nintendo 64 game Body Harvest.
• Megatron, a fictional character from the various Transformers universes.

To Mega Therion is the 1986 release by the Swiss death/thrash metal band Celtic Frost. ... Black metal is an extreme heavy metal subgenre. ... Celtic Frost is a highly influential extreme metal band from Zürich, Switzerland, best known for their influence on the thrash, black, doom and death metal genres. ... Image File history File links Therion_-_to_mega_therion. ... Therion is a Swedish symphonic metal band. ... Theli is an album recorded by the symphonic metal band Therion. ... Sinister is a death metal band from the Netherlands, assembled in 1988 and disbanded in 2004. ... Hate is the third album by Sinister. ... In Slaughter Natives is a Swedish dark ambient act formed by Jouni Havukainen in 1985. ... This section needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long or excessively detailed. ... Transformers are fictional alien robots and the titular characters of a popular[1] Hasbro toy line and its spin-offs. ...

See also

• Number of the Beast
• Therion
• Megatron

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