The Veil of Isis
This work is by Ludovic Pinelli; you can purchase a print here. To Isis, a VeilEn Iset, Behen This is a gift I bring before Isis the Hidden One, Who, Revealing Herself, Shakes Destiny: an invocation...
View Article‘Offering to Isis’ a look inside
I’m excited to let you know that I received my publisher’s copies of Offering to Isis. And I’m so happy; it is gorgeous. Take a look at this unboxing video to see a little of the interior. And for...
View ArticleIsis & Her Manifestations
More from the Temple of Isis at Dendera. In this one small, mostly destroyed temple, there are many Deities speaking. They are everywhere, on every wall. Many are well known, like Tefnut and Hathor...
View ArticleAn Egyptian Rite for Making 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. Is that true for you? If so,...
View ArticleIsis, the Birth Goddess & Lots of Bricks
Some of Cairo’s red-brick buildings; they’re ubiquitous in Cairo—and every town and city we saw while there. Egypt is a land of bricks. From the ancient sun-dried mudbrick temple enclosures to modern...
View ArticleIsis Outside of Egypt
A statue of Isis from a private sanctuary of the Egyptian Gods near Marathon, Greece built by a Roman statesman. How many of us were Egyptophiles from very early on in our lives, even as children?...
View ArticleMore from the Temple of Isis at Dendera
The temple of Isis at Dendera After a few weeks, I’m finally getting back to Dendera and some of the texts inscribed on the walls of the small Isis temple there. As you may recall, the temple is...
View ArticleIsis the Rebel
Athenian grave stele with the woman in Isiac dress; note her embrace of her (I presume) husband, which is reminiscent of many Egyptian couples’ funerary images. Dear rebels and resisters, I want you...
View ArticleA Sacred Tree (and Fruit!) of Isis
Trees are sacred. And the more we know about them, the more we understand how very sacred they are. The ancient Egyptians, of course, knew this, too. There were a number of trees they held sacred....
View ArticleIsis’ Philae Temple, pics!
I’m taking the day off today, so please enjoy these images of Isis’ temple at Philae from our Egyptian journey. It truly is the most beautiful of the surviving temples because of the stunning...
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