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Medieval Isis
When the Christian Empire forcibly forbade the worship of the Pagan Deities, the Goddesses and Gods did not die, but They did go underground. A carving of Isis from the Aquisgrana Cathedral in Germany....
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The Light of Isis
As the days grow longer, a certain soft joy fills me. By no means has winter here in my part of the Pacific Northwest been harsh. Yet I find that the increasing light releases me, urging me to draw in...
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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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Isis and the Sistrum
A priestess with the naos style of sistrum In Isis Magic, one of the key elemental implements of the priestess of Isis is the sistrum. It is one of several types of ancient Egyptian rattles that were...
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Spring Rites of Isis
The uniting of Isis & Osiris Plutarch, in his essay on Isis and Osiris, mentions an Egyptian festival that he says marked the beginning of spring and which was called The Entry of Osiris into the...
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Happy Resurrection Day
Osiris rising, protected by the wings of Isis I am something of a crazy woman this weekend (which is decidedly different from a maenad) so I will try to get a post done later this week. But for now,...
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Women as Priestesses in Ancient Egypt
Priestess Merit, photo by Hilda H Photography Our topic today? Sexism in egyptology. Okay, it’s actually priestesses in ancient Egypt, but it was a bunch of sexist assumptions by previous generations...
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Isis, Lady of Books
Thoth supporting Isis in the papyrus marsh Books and words have the magic power of being able to transmit thoughts from one person to another and from one person to many—without those people ever...
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Isis & Magic; Magic & Isis
Great of Magic. The Enchantress. Lady of Sacred Magic. What does it mean that Isis bears these (and so many more) titles having to do with magic? What is magic? If you’ve been reading this blog, you...
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The Setting & Rising of the Temple of Isis
The forced closing of the Temple of Isis at Philae during the reign of the Byzantine Christian Emperor Justinian (527-565 CE) is generally considered to mark the end of Egyptian religion. The Temple of...
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And Her Temples Rise Once More
To follow up on last week’s post—and by way of tangible proof that Her temples still live—I’d like to share with you the Temple of Isis in my backyard. It is named the House of the Lotuses, Per...
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Isis Magic is Now Available!
Oh my ever-lovin’ Goddess—Isis Magic is finally back in print and now available for online purchase. Just click on the sidebar and you’ll be magically transported to the site where you can purchase it....
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Temple of Isis Credits
I was thrilled (and a little overwhelmed) at how many of you liked and shared the recent post on the lovely Isis temple in my backyard. So I wanted to make sure I gave credit where credit was due. I...
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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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The Aretalogy of Isis from Maroneia
An offering to your ka, Laura My friend, Laura Janesdaughter, has indeed passed into the embrace of Isis. She was and is a great lover of the Goddess and a mentor of priestesses. She died at dawn on...
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Isis the Feminist
A friend once remarked to me on how she couldn’t get into Isis because of the subservient way She went around “picking up after Osiris.” My friend was, of course, referring to the main Isis-Osiris myth...
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Isis and the Waters
The beautiful blue Nile God, Hapy In Egypt, the waters of the Nile were (and I suspect, are) sacred. The ancients usually called the Nile simply, “the Great River (Iteru)” or by the name of the Nile...
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The Magic Book
An Egyptian magical book The Egyptophiles among you may have heard the ancient Egyptian story usually called Setna and the Magic Book. It’s the one where the son of Ramesses the Great learns of a...
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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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Isis & Sacred Magic & Esoteric Books
I’ll be speaking at the Esoteric Book Conference in Seattle this coming September (September 15 at 11:30 a.m.) as part of the second edition release of Isis Magic. This is the hermetic event par...
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