Let’s talk a bit about the Isis aretalogies. The aretalogies are those first-person statements in which the Goddess details Her many accomplishments and gifts to humankind. Here’s an except from one in case you need a little reminder: I am She that riseth in the Dog Star. I am She that is called Goddess by […]
The Goddess Isis and Connections to Fortuna and Tyche
**Editor’s note: This was written for New Year, but with the Goddess Fortuna’s Feast Day occurring this month on June 11 and June 24, the post is full of magical connections and assimilations between Isis, the Roman Fortuna, and the Greek Tyche. May Fortuna bless you this month and all year! ~KM As the New […]
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Invoking the Goddess Isis by M. Isidora Forrest
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 with a small group here in town. I was pretty new at public invocation and I was pretty nervous. I had memorized the invocation (highly […]
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Goddess Isis Rite for the New Year {M. Isidora Forrest}
The ancient Egyptian New Year came in late summer and marked the beginning of the fertilizing Nile Inundation. Here in Portland, January is certainly part of our own inundating rainy season, but it is hardly in tune with the ancient late-summer New Year. Yet for devotees of Isis, there is a New Year’s treat to […]
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Winter Solstice Tidbits for the Goddess Isis {M. Isidora Forrest}
Sometimes I just find little bits and pieces of Isis information that don’t really warrant a whole post by themselves, but which together may be of interest. So, I am gathering up some of those end-of-the-year tidbits to share with you. These particular bits come from the collection of Chester Beatty Papyri translated by Alan Gardiner, who as being […]
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To the Beautiful Mourner – Isis the Weeper that Transforms {M. Isidora Forrest}
This is a gift the priest/ess brings before the Beautiful Mourner, Isis the Weeper Who Transforms: an invocation offering of mourning. I offer You, Isis, my mourning for there is nothing else I can do with it. How is it that something so empty can be called pain-full? I am abandoned in an ocean of […]
