A prayer that praises and invokes the all-encompassing, all-powerful, all-generating Aiōn as the god of all gods, as given in the Greek Magical Papyri, specifically PGM IV.1115—1166.  Although included in Mead’s Hymns of Hermes, Mead does away with the barbarous words throughout the text and alters the translation; Betz in his translation of the PGM offers a more faithful translation of the text.  The PGM does not prescribe a use for it, only calling it a “hidden stele” or “secret tablet” (the specific word used here is αποκρυφος, which is one of my favorite words).  This hymn is a beautiful invocation of all the aspects, powers, and forces of Aiōn, and suggests its use in a community of similarly-aligned religious or spiritual specialists.

In the original Greek, taken from Preisendanz’s transcription of the PGM:

Χαῖρε, τὸ πᾶν σύστημα τοῦ ἀερίου πνεύματος ΦΩΓΑΛΩΑ
Χαῖρε, τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ διῆκον ἀπὸ οὐρανοῦ ἐπὶ γῆν ΕΡΔΗΝΕΥ καὶ ἀπὸ γῆς τῆν ἐν μέσῳ κύτει τοῦ κόσμου ἄχρι τῶν περάτων τῆν ἀβύσσου ΜΕΡΕΜΩΓΓΑ
Χαῖρε, τὸ εἰσερχόμενόν με καὶ ἀντισπώμενόν μου καὶ χωριζόμενόν μου κατὰ θεοῦ βούλησιν ἐν χρηστότητι πνεῦμα ΪΩΗ ΖΑΝΩΦΙΕ
Χαῖρε, ἀρχὴ καὶ τέλος τῆν ἀκινήτου φύσεως ΔΩΡΥΓΛΑΟΦΩΝ
Χαῖρε, στοιχείων ἀκοπιάτου λειτουρφίας δίνησις ΡΩΓΥΕΥ ΑΝΑΜΙ ΠΕΛΗΓΕΩΝ ΑΔΑΡΑ ΕΙΩΦ
Χαῖρε, ἡλιακῆς ἀκτῖνος ὑπηρετικὸν κόσμου καταύγασμα ΪΕΟ ΥΗΩ ΪΑΗΑΪ ΗΩΥ ΟΕΪ
Χαῖρε, νυκτιφαοῦς μήνης ἀνισολαμπὴς κύκλος ΑΙΩ ΡΗΜΑ ΡΩΔΟΥΩΠΙΑ

Χαίρετε, τὰ πάντα ἀερίων εἰδώλων πνεύματα ΡΩΜΙΔΟΥΗ ΑΓΑΝΑΣΟΥ ΩΘΑΥΑ

Χαίρετε,  οἷς τὸ χαίρειν ἐν εὐλογίᾳ δίδοται, ἀδελφοῖς καὶ ἀδελφαῖς, ὁσίοις καὶ ὁσίαις

Ὦ μέγα, μέγιστον, ἐγκύκλιον, ἀπερινόητον σχῆμα κόσμου
οὐράνιον  ΕΝΡΩΧΕΣΥΗΛ
ἐνουράνιον  ΠΕΛΗΘΕΥ
αἰθέριον ΙΩΓΑΡΑΑ
ἐναιθέριον ΘΩΠΥΛΕΟ ΔΑΡΔΥ
ὑδατῶδες ΪΩΗΔΕΣ
γαιῶδες ΠΕΡΗΦΙΑ
πυρῶδες ΑΦΘΑΛΥΑ
ἀνεμῶδες ΪΩΪΕ ΗΩ ΑΥΑ
φωτοειδές ΑΛΑΠΙΕ
σκοτοειδές ΪΕΨΕΡΙΑ
ἀστροφεγγές ΑΔΑΜΑΛΩΡ
ὑγροπυρινοψυχρὸν πνεῦμα

Αἰνῶ σε, ὁ Θεὸς τῶν θεῶν,
ὁ τὸν κόσμον καταρτισάμενος ΑΡΕΩ ΠΙΕΥΑ
ὁ τὴν ἄβυσσον θησαυρίσας ἀοράτῳ θέσεως ἑδράσματι ΠΕΡΩ ΜΥΣΗΛ Ο ΠΕΝΤΩΝΑΞ
ὁ διαστήσας οὐρανόν καὶ γῆν καὶ τὸν μὲν οὐρανὸν πτέρυξιν χρυσείαις αἰωνίαις σκεπάσας ΡΩΔΗΡΥ ΟΥΩΑ
ὁ τὴν δὲ γῆν ἑδράσμασιν αἰωνίοις στηρίσας ΑΛΗΙΟΩΑ
ὁ τὸν αἰθέρα ἀνακρεμάσας μετεώρῳ ὑψώματι ΑΪΕΩΗ ΪΟΥΑ
ὁ τὸν ἀέρα διασκεδάσας πνοαῖς αὐτοκινήτοις ΩΪΕ ΟΥΩ
ὁ τὸ ὕδωρ κυκλοτερὲς περιενέγκας ΩΡΗΠΗΛΥΑ
ὁ τοὺς πρηστῆρας ἀνάγων ΩΡΙΣΘΑΥΑ
ὁ βροντάζων ΘΕΦΙΧΘΩΝΗΛ
ὁ ἀστράπτων ΟΥΡΗΝΕΣ
ὁ βρέχων ΟΣΙΩΡΝΙ ΦΕΥΓΑΛΓΑ
ὁ σείων ΠΕΡΑΤΩΝΗΛ
ὁ ζωογονῶν ΑΡΗΣΙΓΥΛΩΑ
ὁ Θεὸς τῶν Αἰώνων

Μέγας εἶ, Κύριε, Θεέ, Δέσποτα τοῦ παντός
ΑΡΧΙΖΟ ΝΥΟΝ ΘΗΝΑΡ ΜΕΘΩΡ ΠΑΡΥ ΦΗΖΩΡ ΘΑΨΑΜΥΔΩ ΜΑΡΩΜΙ ΧΗΛΩΨΑ

In a faithful Greek transliteration:

Khaîre, tò pân sústēma toû aeríou pneúmatos PHŌGALŌA
Khaîre, tò pneûma tò diêkon apò ouranoû epì gên ERDĒNEU kaì apò gês tên en mésōy kútei toû kósmou ákhri tôn perátōn tên abússou MEREMŌNGA
Khaîre, tò eiserkhómenón me kaì antispṓmenón mou kaì khōrizómenón mou katà theoû boúlēsin en khrēstótēti pneûma IŌĒ ZANŌPHIE
Khaîre, arkhḕ kaì télos tên akinḗtou phúseōs DŌRUGLAOPHŌN
Khaîre, stoikheíōn akopiátou leitourphías dínēsis RŌGUEU ANAMI PELĒGEŌN ADARA EIŌPH
Khaîre, hēliakês aktînos hupēretikòn kósmou kataúgasma IEO UĒŌ IAĒAI ĒŌU OEI
Khaîre, nuktiphaoûs mḗnēs anisolampḕs kúklos AIŌ RĒMA RŌDŪŌPIA

Khaírete, tà pánta aeríōn eidṓlōn pneúmata RŌMIDŪĒ AGANASŪ ŌTHAUA

Khaírete,  hoîs tò khaírein en eulogíāy dídotai, adelphoîs kaì adelphaîs, hosíois kaì hosíais

Hō méga, mégiston, enkúklion, aperinóēton skhêma kósmou
ouránion ENRŌKHESUĒL
enouránion PELĒTHEU
aithérion IŌGARAHA
enaithérion THŌPULEO DARDU
hudatôdes IŌHĒDES
gaiôdes PERĒPHIA
purôdes APHTHALUA
anemôdes IŌIE ĒŌ AUA
phōtoeidés ALAPIE
skotoeidés IEPSERIA
astrophengés ADAMALŌR
hugropurionopsukhròn pneûma

Ainô se, ho Theòs tôn theôn,
ho tòn kósmon katartisámenos AREŌ PIEUA
ho tḕn ábusson thēsaurísas aorátōy théseōs hedrásmati PERŌ MUSĒL O PENTŌNAKS
ho diastḗsas ouranón kaì gên kaì tòn mèn ouranòn ptéruksin khruseíais aiōníais skepásas RŌDĒRY ŪHŌA
ho tḕn dè gên hedrásmasin aiōníois stērísas ALĒHIOHŌA
ho tòn aithéra anakremásas meteṓrōy hupsṓmati AIE ŌĒ IŪA
ho tòn aéra diaskedásas pnoaîs autokinḗtois ŌIE ŪŌ
ho tò húdōr kukloterès perienénkas ŌRĒPĒLUA
ho toùs prēstêras anágōn ŌRISTHAUA
ho brontázōn THEPHIKHUŌNĒL
ho astráptōn ŪRĒNES
ho brékhōn OSIŌRNI PHEUGALGA
ho seíōn PERATŌNĒL
ho zōogonōn ARĒSIGLŌA
ho Theòs tôn Aiṓnōn

Mégas eî, Kúrie, Theé, Déspota toû pantós
ARKHIZŌ NUON THĒNAR METHŌR PARU PHĒZŌR THAPSAMUDŌ
MARŌMI KHĒLŌPSA

Translated into English, with the barbarous names preserved in Greek:

Hail, whole cosmos of the aerial Spirit, ΦΩΓΑΛΩΑ
Hail, Spirit who extends from heaven unto earth, ΕΡΔΗΝΕΥ
Hail, Spirit who extends from earth which is in the middle of the cosmos unto the ends of the abyss, ΜΕΡΕΜΩΓΓΑ
Hail, Spirit who enters into me, convulses me, and leaves me kindly according to the will of God, ΙΩΗ ΖΑΝΩΦΙΕ
Hail, beginning and end of nature that cannot be moved, ΔΩΡΥΓΛΑΟΦΩΝ
Hail, revolution of untiring service by heavenly bodies, ΡΩΓΥΕΥ ΑΝΑΜΙ ΠΕΛΗΓΕΩΝ ΑΔΑΡΑ ΕΙΩΦ
Hail, radiance of the cosmos subordinate to the rays of the Sun, ΙΕΟ ΥΗΩ ΙΑΗ ΑΙ ΗΩΥ ΟΕΙ
Hail, orb of the night-illuminating, unequally shining Moon, ΑΙΩ ΡΗΜΑ ΡΩΔΟΥΩΠΙΑ

Hail, all spirits of the aerial images, ΡΩΜΙΔΟΥΗ ΑΓΑΝΑΣΟΥ ΩΘΑΥΑ

Hail to those whom the greeting is given with blessing, to brothers and sisters, to holy men and holy women!

O great, greatest, round, incomprehensible figure of the cosmos,
of heaven ΕΝΡΩΧΕΣΥΗΛ
in heaven ΠΕΛΗΘΕΥ
of the ether ΙΩΓΑΡΑΑ
in the ether ΘΩΠΥΛΕΟ ΔΑΡΔΥ
of water ΙΩΗΔΕΣ
of earth ΠΕΡΗΦΙΑ
of fire ΑΦΘΑΛΥΑ
of air ΙΩΙΕ ΗΩ ΑΥΑ
of light ΑΛΑΠΙΕ
of darkness ΙΕΨΕΡΙΑ
shining with celestial light ΑΔΑΜΑΛΩΡ
moist, dry, hot, and cold Spirit!

I glorify you, God of gods,
the one who brought order to the cosmos, ΑΡΕΩ ΠΙΕΥΑ
the one who gathered together the abyss at the invisible foundation of its position, ΠΕΡΩ ΜΥΣΗΛ Ο ΠΕΝΤΩΝΑΞ
the one who separated heaven and earth and covered the heaven with eternal, golden wings, ΡΩΔΗΡΥ ΟΥΩΑ
the one who fixed the earth on eternal foundations, ΑΛΗΙΟΩΑ
the one who hung up the ether high above the earth, ΑΙΕ ΩΗ ΙΟΥΑ
the one who scattered the air with self-moving breezes, ΩΙΕ ΟΥΩ
the one who put the water roundabout, ΩΡΗΠΗΛΥΑ
the one who raises up hurricanes, ΩΡΙΣΘΑΥΑ
the one who thunders, ΘΕΦΙΧΥΩΝΗΛ
the one who hurls lightning, ΟΥΡΗΝΕΣ
the one who rains, ΟΣΙΩΡΝΙ ΦΕΥΓΑΛΓΑ
the one who shakes, ΠΕΡΑΤΩΝΗΛ
the one who produces living creatures, ΑΡΗΣΙΓΥΛΩΑ
the God of the Aiōns!

You are great, Lord, God, Ruler of the All!
ΑΡΧΙΖΩ ΝΥΟΝ ΘΗΝΑΡ ΜΕΘΩΡ ΠΑΡΥ ΦΗΖΩΡ ΘΑΨΑΜΥΔΩ
ΜΑΡΩΜΙ ΧΗΛΩΨΑ

Translated into English, with the barbarous names transliterated into Roman script:

Hail, whole cosmos of the aerial Spirit, PHŌGALŌA
Hail, Spirit who extends from heaven unto earth, ERDĒNEU
Hail, Spirit who extends from earth which is in the middle of the cosmos unto the ends of the abyss, MEREMŌNGA
Hail, Spirit who enters into me, convulses me, and leaves me kindly according to the will of God, IŌĒ ZANŌPHIE
Hail, beginning and end of nature that cannot be moved, DŌRUGLAOPHŌN
Hail, revolution of untiring service by heavenly bodies, RŌGUEU ANAMI PELĒGEŌN ADARA EIŌPH
Hail, radiance of the cosmos subordinate to the rays of the Sun, IEO UĒŌ IAĒAI ĒŌU OEI
Hail, orb of the night-illuminating, unequally shining Moon, AIŌ RĒMA RŌDŪŌPIA

Hail, all spirits of the aerial images, RŌMIDŪHĒ AGANASŪ ŌTHAUA

Hail to those whom the greeting is given with blessing, to brothers and sisters, to holy men and holy women!

O great, greatest, round, incomprehensible figure of the cosmos,
of heaven ENRŌKHESUĒL
in heaven PELĒTHEU
of the ether IŌGARAHA
in the ether THŌPULEO DARDU
of water IŌHĒDES
of earth PERĒPHIA
of fire APHTHALUA
of air IŌIE ĒŌ AYA
of light ALAPIE
of darkness IEPSERIA
shining with celestial light ADAMALŌR
moist, dry, hot, and cold Spirit!

I glorify you, God of gods,
the one who brought order to the cosmos, AREŌ PIEUA
the one who gathered together the abyss at the invisible foundation of its position, PERŌ MUSĒL O PENTŌNAKS
the one who separated heaven and earth and covered the heaven with eternal, golden wings, RŌDĒRY ŪHŌA
the one who fixed the earth on eternal foundations, ALĒHIOHŌA
the one who hung up the ether high above the earth, AIE ŌĒ IŪA
the one who scattered the air with self-moving breezes, ŌIE ŪŌ
the one who put the water roundabout, ŌRĒPĒLUA
the one who raises up hurricanes, ŌRISTHAUA
the one who thunders, THEPHIKHUŌNĒL
the one who hurls lightning, ŪRĒNES
the one who rains, OSIŌRNI PHEUGALGA
the one who shakes, PERATŌNĒL
the one who produces living creatures, ARĒSIGLŌA
the God of the Aiōns!

You are great, Lord, God, Ruler of the All!
ARKHIZŌ NUON THĒNAR METHŌR PARU PHĒZŌR THAPSAMUDŌ
MARŌMI KHĒLŌPSA

The transcription and transliteration of the Hymn of the Hidden Stele (PGM IV.1115—1166) has been graciously sponsored by Soror MNA.