Isis in Petra
The “Treasury” (originally a mausoleum/crypt) Okay. Crazy week. I’m buried in some other projects today, so I hope you will enjoy this repost about the ancient city of Petra and how Isis was at home...
View ArticleIsis, the One & the Many
What is the Divine Reality? Shall we talk about a subject that can be a tad touchy? It can be touchy because discussing it can make us uncomfortable for it bears on the whole question of what our...
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Part 2 And now we know how a black hole sings Last time we looked at several of the many ways human beings have envisioned the Divine Reality and how each may be of value in our always-developing...
View ArticleThe Mysterious “Water Crypts” of Isis
A Ptolemaic queen with Isis Knot, brought up from the waters at Alexandria You already know how important water and symbols related to water were in the ancient worship of Isis. As Iset-Sopdet, Her...
View ArticleThe Adma Iset: A Ritual of Offering to Isis
I often find it easier to keep up my spiritual practice when I have something “set,” something specific to do. Like a small ritual that I’ve pretty much got memorized. You, too? If so, then today I’d...
View ArticleIs tradition important in the worship of Isis?
Part of my shrine for Her; traditional-ish As is so often the case, it depends on who you ask. Folks who are trying to reconstruct a form of ancient practice will, of course, find it very important....
View ArticleOracle of Luna podcast
Love Her beautiful feet in this pic! Mid-week mini-post! I so enjoyed talking with Bridget Engels of the Oracle of Luna podcast about (I’m sure you are all so very, very surprised) Our Lady Isis. The...
View ArticleNephthys & Osiris?
Osiris, Isis & Nephthys I’m reading an interesting paper on the Egyptian evidence we have/don’t have of the alleged affair between Nephthys and Osiris. And I thought I’d share. The only actual...
View ArticleIsis Magic almost out of print, oh my!
Not sure I ever thought this day would come, but come it has. There are less than 100 copies of Isis Magic left. After those are sold, the second edition of Isis Magic, like the first edition, will be...
View ArticleIsis Pelagia, Lady of the Sea
Isis Pharia with Her sail and the lighthouse an Alexandrian coin Throughout the ancient Mediterranean world—from Alexandria to Carthage, from the Roman port of Ostia to Corinth, and on to Palmyra in...
View ArticleThe Awe-full-ness of the Goddess
From the Goddess Power Oracle. Not too long ago, I came across a collection of epithets of Isis in which the author translated the core concept as “awful.” What? But, in the original sense of the...
View ArticleRaw Nephthys
I had nothing specific in mind for today’s post. So I did a bit of meditation with the Beautiful Sister, Senet Noferet, and I’ll share with you what we did. Blue Lotus Garden by Luiz Celestino,...
View ArticleIsis, Horus & the Holy Day of December 25th, Updated
The Holy Mother & Her Holy Child Every year, at about this time, one post on this blog starts to get a lot more “traffic,” that is, visitors viewing it, than any other. (In fact, it’s already...
View ArticleWeaving Magic with Isis, Nephthys & Tayet
Tayet with Her name in hieroglyphs below In Isis Magic, the “Ritual of Becoming the Beloved of Isis,” the initiatory rite for the Prophet/ess of Isis, involves three priestesses who takes the roles of...
View ArticleThe Occult Unveiled…with me!
A few days ago, I had the pleasure of chatting with Ashley Ryan, aka Pythian Priestess to those of you who TikTok, for her excellent podcast The Occult Unveiled. We talked about all things Isis and...
View ArticleWho is Isis?
Can we relate? Not just what we read about Her myths. Not just what we learn about Her history. Who is Isis when we experience Her? A gentle caress? An earthquake? A tingle up the spine that makes...
View ArticleIsis & Sophia or Isis-Sophia?
In Michelangelo’s famous Sistine Chapel painting, Wisdom (Sophia) nestles in the crook of Jehovah’s left arm during Creation The connection between the Goddess Isis and the Goddess Wisdom (Sophia in...
View ArticleMaking Offering to Isis
Many blessings of whatever winter holy days you celebrate and Merry Christmas to those who are celebrating today. On this day of gift-giving, I shall be making offering to Isis and Nephthys. It will...
View ArticleAn Isis Rite for the New Year
The Star of Isis is directly overhead at the New Year. “Open up your head” and let the Goddess light fill you. Every year at about this time, I like to remind myself of a little miracle that happens...
View ArticleIsis, the Powerful Goddess of the Eye
A solar Eye Goddess Isis If you’ve been following along with this blog, you’ll have already seen a number of posts about Isis as one of the protective and fierce Eye Goddesses. Most recently, we’ve...
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