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The Pylon Gate for SunFest XXII
You’ve seen the beautiful Shrine of Isis for SunFest…and now I have a photo of the Pylon Gate for you. The huge Disk, Horns, and Throne of Isis you see on top is our solar talisman and will be carried...
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A Little Pull
Weatherwise, it’s looking pretty good for SunFest. But if we could pull Sunday and Monday’s weather forward just a bit, it would be, well, perfect. So here’s a meditation you could use, if you like…...
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The Power and the Magic and the Wisdom and the Love of Isis
Here are some spiritual preparations you might like to try before SunFest. You may do them one at a time, or do all four sequentially. May She always bless you. Enter a meditative state and imagine the...
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Hail Isis, Radiant Goddess
The scene near sunset as we gather to celebrate The Radiant One. Photo copyright 2010 by Randolph Fritz. It has taken me a week to be able to even write this little bit about the festival. Tired,...
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About the Isis Heart, the Iset Ib
We just ordered ourselves up a treat from Interlibrary Loan. It’s Jan Assman’s (pronounce it with long “a”s or you will be too silly to continue reading) Death & Salvation in Ancient Egypt. He...
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The Secret Names of Isis
I missed this past weekend’s post because I was away at a lovely Imbolg festival in honor of Bridgit of the many names. A most beautiful and peaceful festival, full of the Lady’s Fire and Water and...
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What does the name of Osiris, the Beloved of Isis, mean?
This time, let’s talk about the name of the Beloved of Isis, Osiris. "Isis" in hieroglyphs; She shares the throne symbol in Her name with Her beloved Osiris. Indeed, He is as many-named as She. Just as...
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Isis in the Magical Papyri
Some of my favorite surviving texts from the ancient world are the Græco-Egyptian Magical Papyri. Usually known simply as the Greek Magical Papyri, they are a collection of magical texts, written on...
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Religious Tolerance & Isis
Guess what? Religious tolerance is hard. And it always has been. Even in a polytheistic world where people were used to dealing with a variety of religious expressions. For instance, Greek comic...
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Are You Feeling Lucky? + Isis Magic Update
Do you believe in luck? Chance? Fate? Karma? Destiny? For a minute, I thought that horseshoe on Lady Luck’s head was the Horns & Disk crown. In some way or another, little or large, most of us do....
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Into the Embrace of Isis
No matter what else occurs, there are two things that happen to all human beings. We are born and we die. Green Isis spreads Her wings over the deceased A friend is now taking the second half of that...
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Lotus Wand of Isis—Heka Variation
The priestess prepares to do magic; photo by Hilda H Photography Like so many of us who work with Isis, I invent my own variations on the rituals I do with and for Her. Heck, I even do variations on my...
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A Festival of Lights for Isis
One of the things I’ve been looking at lately is the continuity between the ancient Egyptian nature and worship of Isis and its later expression when Her religion spread throughout the Greco-Roman...
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The Disturbing Story of Isis & Re…More Disturbing Than Ever??
This is a repost of a previous blog entry. Two reasons. One, I have two other huge deadlines that I’m trying to meet this weekend. And two, this is an important Isis myth. It almost always gets...
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What does it mean to be a priestess or priest of Isis?
The pharaoh, as High Priest, makes offering to Isis In the earlier days of the NeoPagan community, there was often a general assumption that “we are all priestesses or priests of the Deities.” It was...
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What does it mean to be a priestess or priest of Isis? Key 5: Spiritual Growth
Finally, we come to the heart of the personal work of the priestess or priest of Isis. It is the last of the keys to priest/esshood we’ll talk about: the work of spiritual development. Spiritual...
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Sexuality, Sacred Sexuality & Isis; Part I
Egyptians…having sex! After being such high-minded priestesses and priests for the past 5 weeks, it’s definitely time to talk about sex. If you’ve ever looked into the topic of ancient Egyptian...
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Isis & the Dark Night of the Soul
A depiction of the Dark Night of the Soul: Ce Que Je Suis by angelitonegro on Deviant Art I read a short blog post the other day that made me sad…and sympathetic. It was by a young woman who felt she...
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Goddess in the Present Tense
This beautiful Isis altar was created for Her by Michael Butler Smith. I love it! You can see more of his work here. If you’ve read Isis Magic and Offering to Isis, you may have noticed that—except...
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Is Isis a Moon Goddess or a Sun Goddess?
A lovely painting of a lunar Isis by artist Katana Leigh. Visit her site here. Modern Pagans often think of Isis as a Moon Goddess. And, it’s true, in later periods of Her worship, She was indeed...
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