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What does it mean to be a priestess or priest of Isis? The Art of Ritual
The art of ritual I believe that the priestess or priest of Isis should develop some facility with ritual. Of course, this is more important if we are involved in ceremony with other people, less...
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What does it mean to be a priestess or priest of Isis? Key 4: Worship
A worshipper giving worship and receiving energy that looks like flowers from the God Some time ago, I was corresponding with a man in England on Dionysian subjects. (You may recall that, in addition...
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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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Sexuality, Sacred Sexuality & Isis Part 2
A Romano-Egyptian vessel in the form of Isis-Aphrodite Last time we saw that there is no evidence for temple prostitution in ancient Egypt. Yet we still find writers (usually well-meaning ones...
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The Magic of the Hair of Isis
The charm of beautiful hair We are not immune to the charms of a beautiful head of hair and the ancient Egyptians weren’t either. But they took appreciation for hair, especially feminine hair, to a...
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The Isiac Rites of Spring
Spring equinox is for lovers Happy spring! Whether you are still digging out from the snow or are, like lucky me, going to enjoy a warm(ish) and sunny equinoctial weekend, still the light is returning...
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Isis the Alchemist
The Hebrew prophetess, Miriam; from the Dormition Church in Jerusalem; photo by Deror Avi Like Her fellow Magician God, Hermes Trismegistos (aka Thoth), the Goddess Isis is associated with early...
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Isis-Ma’at, Lady of Truth
Ma’at, the Goddess of Truth & Rightness, can be identified by the Feather of Truth upon Her head. As I am sure you know, Ma’at is the Egyptian Goddess of Truth, Universal Order, and Right. The...
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My Mother, My Heart
A heart amulet inscribed with magical text When we say we are “thinking with our hearts,” we mean that we are being led by our emotions rather than our rational minds. The ancient Egyptians would have...
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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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Making Offering to Isis
“Birth of Isis. Feast of ‘revealing the face’ of this Goddess with Her Ennead. Performing all the rites of the feast of robing . . . according to the ritual of the place of the First Feast. They make a...
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Invoking Isis
I invoke Thee, Isis! I adore invocation. I remember the first time I invoked and really—really—felt Her presence, knew She was with me. Or with us, I should say because this particular invocation was...
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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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Red Isis
Oregon’s Painted Hills I’ve just come back from the Red Land. Not in Egypt, but in eastern Oregon. That’s my Red Land; just over the mountains from Portland. The eastern Oregon desert is starkly...
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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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Isis-Bearing Names
Isis on the coffin of Ankh-Wennefer, WA St. History Museum; photo by Joe Mabel, wikicommons Let’s talk about theophoric names. You may have spotted that “theophoric” is a Greek word; it means...
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So how did the worship of Isis spread throughout the ancient world?
Roman Isis, from the 2nd century CE, in the Farnese Collection in Naples. Image copyright Forrest 2009. Statisticians will do the darndest things. I just read an article that was a statistical analysis...
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Isis & Thoth
Isis & Thoth (far left and right) add Their magic to Horus’ on the famous Metternich Stele Ancient Egypt’s two Great Divine Magicians are Isis and Thoth. Interestingly, both went on to have rather...
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Iset Sopdet & Nuet
That’s Sirius at the bottom of the picture, framed by the trees. To day, I haven’t found a convenient calculator for discovering when She rises in your area. If you have, let me know. Probably the most...
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