Amerta Diva

Diva are divine personalities. They have a dual aspect - their 'ontic aspect' or 'their being-in-the-world' and their 'angelic aspect' or 'their being-in-the-mind'. We usually recognise 12 diva of which 7 - the heptadiva' are considered most important to attend to.

Heptadiva

These are Mithras, Anhita, Sarus, Magtus, Sophia, Vatis and Azidus.

Mithras and Anhita act as Cosmic Parents. Mithras is the Cosmic Father and Anhita the Cosmic Mother. They are the male and female powers of God as Auramazda which produce the ordered world into which living being can be born and thrive.

Alternatively we can say Mithras is the Guardian of Social Order and Anhita the Loving and Pure Mother.

Their children are Sarus the Listening One, (also the Responsive One). Sarus listens to the needs of living beings and seeks to act in obedience to their needs'; Magtus the Mighty One, who is not just strong but capable in every way; and Sophia the Clever One. In addition is Vatis, the Frenzied One and Azidus the Greedy One.

Divus Mithras

Mithras is the righteous leader and guarantor of social order.

Mithras has a mature rounded character. He has an inclination to look at things as a whole and with dispassion. He is motivated by a desire to see good order in human affairs and he has all the ability needed to influence others to come into line.

Mithras is the divine personality that desires good order. He is the power that connects people to each other in the right way and produces the good social order.

Mithras takes a holistic view of the world and human society and seeks to bring it into good order. Mithras is regarded as the righteous leader, crown prince or king.

Mithras is like a prince who considers the whole picture and seeks to create the good order that underlies the flourishing of life.

Mithras the Righteous Leader. Mithras has a strong desire for righteous order. He is a leader of society and a governor of the relationships between people. He is trusted to seek the common good of all and to see justice done. He upholds the social bonds that create the productive community and encourages the mutual flourishing.

Mithras is a champion of social order. He is concerned for the whole picture. He is concerned for the good relations between people and that their mutual interaction should produce a happy result.

Maria Friya Anhita

Anhita is the divine mother who provides growing life with nutrition and shelter adapted to their needs.

Anhita is fulfilled as a mother, she has a love of life and a desire to nurture others, especially the young and vulnerable and to help sustain them and see them grow and flourish, protected from the wider uncaring world.

Anhita is the divine mother personality. She produces the processes that give birth to life and nurture and protect it. We see her acting as 'Mother Nature' and also acting through the human parent.

Anhita has a love of life and seeks to provide conditions for the best growing, protecting and healing of others. She is sometimes called Anhita the Pure as everything that comes from her is perfectly pure and good.

Anhita is like the mother who gives her pure love in care for her children.

Anhita the Mother. Anhita provides what is needed for the incipient and developing life to grow happily into a productive being who can shoulder the tasks of an adult existence. Anhita cares about her nurselings and cares for them. She provides a womb or shelter adapted to the needs of the dependent individual and protected from the harshness of the uncaring world outside. Anhita is known especially as a nurturer and protector and as a guardian of the purity of the conditions in which life grows.

Anhita is motivated by love of life and seeks to nurture, protect and heal.

Sarus

The Archangel Sarus is foremost in showing us the essential character of Chrestus.

However we can also see Chrestus through the worthy saints especially through Saint Zartus, Saint Jesus and Saint Georgius, who are known as the Saintly Trinity.

Sarus is the Archangel who Listens to the needs of living beings and acts as an obedient servant for their benefit. Sarus has been compared to the Abramochristian conception of the Divine Jesus and also St.Michael as the leader of the spiritual battle.
Sarus (or sometimes Saros) is the listener who is sensitive to the souls of all creatures and thus provides guidance as to the best moral path of action.

Sarus has a sensitive soul and a deep interest in individuals. He understand people and has respect for their innate dignity. He tries to help everybody and especially those in greatest need.

Sarus is the divine Listener. He listens to the nature and needs of individual beings and responds accordingly. He is also called the Obedient, because he obeys the requirements of the situation as he hears it and not any separate personal will.

Sarus is the divine personality that desires to be of service to individual people. He is concerned to uphold the dignity of all, and is willing to sacrifice himself so that others can escape the full consequences of their actions. Sarus pays attention to individuals one at a time and seeks to save them from their sins.

Sarus is a teacher to us. Because of his empathy and knowledge of all beings and desire to help them he is a worthy teacher of morality.

Sarus is like a monk who serves the individuals he comes across.

Sarus the Listener. Sarus is a sensitive character and easily sees himself in the place of others. He feels the experience of each individual soul and desires that the best thing happens to them for their development and happiness.

Vahram Magtus

Vahram Magtus is the strong and mighty angel, who can be like a crusading knight.

Magtus is the mightiest and best being. Magtus is mighty in all ways, he is capable to the limits of human possibility. Magtus is the also the best because he uses his talents in the best of causes, to help his people. Vahram was born with natural human inclinations and with guidance from Sarus he has developed them in the best direction. One day Vahram will succeed Mithras as head of the family, but meanwhile there are many other tasks that he needs to do to help his people.

Athina Sophia

Sophia is the female angel of cleverness or wisdom.

Sophia is a goddess of wisdom and protection. Considered a sister to Vahram, but also in some ways a soul-partner to Vatis she is calmer in temperament and more approachable. Nevertheless she is also ready to fight to protect her people when needed.

Vatis

Vatis is the angel of frenzy and self-overcoming.Vatis is a being of high spiritual energy. Unlike Perkun who acts energetically in short bursts, Vatis is in a more constant state of excitation. Vatis is good at breaking out of the walls of rigid thought patterns and creating new ones. On the battlefield he is the beserker who smashes through the lines of more conventional troops.

Azidus (Azi Divus)

Azidus is a being driven by lust, especially a lust for power and who is blind to the consequences of his actions on others except as to how they might rebound on him. Azidus is not easily swayed by the teachings of Sarus, but rather must be restrained by Mithras who provides him with reward for good behaviour and punishes him for acting badly.

More Diva

The Junior Diva or Allodiva are additional Amerta Diva or deities who are not included in the 'Royal Household' of the Heptadiva.

Each of the allodiva represents a spiritual character with consequent powers which can be used for good or evil. The Allodiva can be employed in support of the Mithraic Agenda, but not necessarily so.

Tistar is a gardener, teacher and coach. He regulates the growth of living beings. In nature he provides rainfall. He is the the bringer of intellectual, emotional and physical development. As a teacher he is called Didascus .

Hestia is the keeper of the hearth and home. She is the home-maker goddess. She is responsible for the happy functioning of the individual household and the wider 'homes' of the community , city and nation. She has a maiden daughter Vesta who has the role of tending the home-fire (who may also be seen as a younger version of herself)

Perkun is possessive of what he considers his own and is quick to anger if this is attacked. If he sees another hoarding wealth that they are not justified to have causing the poverty of his own, then he will strike out to release the wealth from the enclosure in which it is hoarded. Given his quick temper he is not so good in situations which require a more temperate manner and long-term approach to improve.

Venus has a fiery love for those that attract her. This can bring great pleasure when a match goes well, but suffering when it goes wrong.

Tekton is the craftsman. He likes dealing with things rather than people. He manipulates the material world to create new structures and machines. When he does deal with people he treats them as objects to manipulate , expecting them to respond in this or that predictable way to the particular treatment he gives them. Tekton is good at looking dispassionately and holistically at whole systems of activity and visualizing the creation of new ones.