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The Disturbing Story of Isis & Re
Ra by Jeszika Le Vye. Buy a copy here. This is an important Isis myth. It almost always gets overshadowed by the main Isis and Osiris myth, the murder of Osiris and Isis’ search for Him. But this is...
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Art of Isis
I’d like to share with you some beautiful art of Our Lady that was shared with me recently. I absolutely adore the fact that She inspires so much art. It seems that sometimes art is the only way we...
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Isis the Avenger
We are about to turn the corner into spring here in the Northern Hemisphere. Photo by OmarPhotos.com. See more work here. I just love this so much. We often think of spring as soft and gentle....
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Is Isis Calling Me?
One of the questions I regularly receive from folks who email me is, “how can I tell if Isis is calling me?” It’s a very good question, if a somewhat difficult one to answer. Sometimes, people have...
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Happy Equinox!
Hello, Isiacs! I’m off celebrating the equinox today. Yes, it’s Portland and it’s overcast and chilly. But the daffodils are blooming and all the little green shoots are coming up. So, no post today,...
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Ahwere and the Magic Book, Part 2
We can pretend this is Ahwere, who tells the tale in Part 1 I went down a rabbit hole yesterday morning that—after some exciting twists and turns—led me back to an older blog post here on Isiopolis....
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She Will Hear You
So many folks I know are going through something right now. I’m not talking about The State of the World. (That’s a whole other difficult story.) I’m talking about personal things that loom large in...
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A Day of Rest
I’m recovering today from a bit of surgery, so I will leave you with this photo of some Isis statuettes we were privileged to see at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Isis, Isis everywhere!
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Isis of Pompeii
The main shrine of the Temple of Isis As you might guess, I’m always on the lookout for articles about Isis. Recently, I came across a Master’s thesis that—while it didn’t tell me much new—did remind...
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Isis & the Fish Goddess
Fishers with their catch of tilapia I am always delighted when I find out something new about Isis. Yes, even after all this time, I still occasionally find new things. This new thing is small, but...
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Who is Aperet-Iset?
The last few weeks have led me to several new connections with Isis that I hadn’t known about previously. I’m sharing the second one with you today. Admittedly, the associations do get a bit obscure,...
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Isis & the Magic of Myrrh
A hymn to Isis at Her temple in Philae says, O Isis, giver of life, who dwells in the Pure Island, take to yourself the myrrh which comes from Punt, the lotus-fragrance which issues from your body,...
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Isis & Hekate
I love this Hekate by Talia Took. Buy her artwork here. She is an amazing artist. I am the delighted owner of several pieces by her. Enough people have asked me about the connection between Isis and...
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Isis & Hekate Part 2
Triple Hekate, Goddess of Magic Last time, we wondered how it was that the ancient Egyptians and Greeks could see a harmony, or even an equivalence, between Isis and Hekate. So, as promised, let’s...
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The Goddess Werethekau & Isis
“O, Isis, Great of Magic, deliver me from all bad, evil, and typhonic things…” —Ebers Papyrus, 1500 BCE Werethekau as a winged Cobra Goddess (photo by...
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Isis Magic & Offering to Isis (will be) Back!
Hello, Isiacs! I am thrilled to let you know that both Isis Magic and Offering to Isis WILL be back. Offering to Isis: Knowing the Goddess Through Her Sacred Symbols is being published with updated...
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The Power of Isis
In my own work with Isis over the years, I have come to settle on four qualities that seem to me to capture much of Her “flavor” for me. They are power, wisdom, love, and magic. When we first come to...
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Standing at the Feet of Isis
Several posts ago, I mentioned a particular type of graffiti found at Isis temples in Egypt and in other locations throughout the Mediterranean. These are the images of a foot or feet or footprints...
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Touching Your Isis Star
It’s hot here, as it is in so much of the US and across the middle latitudes. But in the often-cloudy pacific northwest, there is a benefit. It’s the night. O, in the night, the sky is clear and we...
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The Great Mother & Her Mother & Her Mother’s Mother
Lately, I am thinking about the stars. Nuet, mother of Isis holding the sun With our hot weather, the night skies are clear now, so when I look up, I can see the body of beautiful, star-filled Nuet,...
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