In the ancient Orphic mysteries from thousands of years ago the great mystics of that time represented the primordial beginningness of things as Phanes.
In Greek, Φανης Phanes means “to bring light, to shine.”
“I invoke Protogonus [first god], of a double nature, great, wandering through the ether,
Egg-born, rejoicing in thy golden wings,
Having the countenance of a bull, the procreator of the blessed gods and mortal men,
The renowned Light, the far-celebrated Ericepæus,
Ineffable, occult, impetuous, all-glittering strength;
Who scatterest the twilight clouds of darkness from the eyes,
And roamest throughout the world upon the flight of thy wings,
Who bringest forth the pure and brilliant light, wherefore I invoke thee as Phanes,
As Priapus the king, and as dazzling fountain of splendour.
Come, then, blessed being, full of wisdom and generation, come in joy
To thy sacred, ever-varying mystery. Be present with the Priests of thy rituals.” —Orphic fragment
Phanes was described as male/female. This is the same as the primodial Hindu divinities, and the Hebrew:
“In the beginning אלהים Elohim [literally “god-goddess”] created the heaven and the earth.” —Genesis 1:1
Phanes emerged out of a cosmic egg (the abstract absolute space) and had four heads: an eagle, a lion, a bull, and a man. The Christians adopted all of that symbolism as the four evangelist in the four gospels. It is also in the old testament in relation with the four holy creatures (Chaioth ha Kadosh) described in the book of Ezekiel.
Phanes is the primordial divinity, the creator. It is seen as the manifestor the one who brings all things into being . All of the gods all of the human beings, all of creation emerges out of this light.