A woman, clothed in veils and sparkling adornments, surrounded by candle flames and crystals breathing in incense smoke, her head tilted back to the stars. A shaman, wrapped in furs and scarves, sitting before a roaring fire, enveloped in the trance and speaking ancient tongues, singing the songs of old. The wild woman, cloaked in […]
Esoteric Women
The Magic of the Hair of Isis by M. Isidora Forrest
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 whole new level of magnitude. For them, hair was magical. And, of course, Who would have the most magical hair of all? The Goddess of […]
(Almost) Modern Priests and Priestesses of the Goddess Isis {M. Isidora Forrest}
We often talk about Isis and Her priestesses and priests in ancient days, but today, I’d like to go a bit more modern. It’s important because those of us who are attracted to Isis today have a modern Isis heritage, too. Exploring that heritage helps us understand why Isis continued and continues to be a […]
The Goddess ISIS the Alchemist {M. Isidora Forrest}
Like Her fellow Magician God, Hermes Trismegistos (aka Thoth), the Goddess Isis is associated with early alchemy. In an alchemical text with the lengthy title The True Book of Sophe the Egyptian and of the God of the Hebrews, Lord of the Powers, Sabaoth, we learn of a particular alchemical method called the Tincture of Isis. […]
The Goddess ISIS and the Winds {M. Isidora Forrest}
We have seen how Our Goddess is a Lady of Fire and of Water. Today, we take a deep, cleansing breath and honor Her as Lady of the element of Air—of Breath, of Wind, and thus of Spirit. Indeed, many cultures associate breath, air, and wind with Spirit. For while these things are invisible, they are […]
ISIS – Lady of Crocodiles {M Isidora Forrest}
We don’t usually think of Isis in relation to crocodiles or to Sobek, the Crocodile God. Ahh, but wait. As with so much in Egyptian religion, it’s complicated. And there are more Isis-croc connections than we might at first think. Let’s start with a bit about the crocodile itself. A Nile crocodile can reach up to twenty […]
Tarot Message – The Hierophant {Kathryn Ravenwood}
So – Halloween approaches, my computer is dead or dying, and I decided to give you a re-run from last year….. many blessings!! In the Tarot, card #5, or The Hierophant, is the high priest, the Pope, or, as Marie White of the Mary-El Tarot, says, the “revealer of the sacred.” You get the idea. […]
ISIS and the Kore Kosmou – Part 3 {M Isidora Forrest}
We ended last time wondering whether Horus, the son and student of Isis, might be the “Pupil of the Eye of the World” rather than Isis. So let’s have a look at that. As you already know, the Kore Kosmou is one of theHermetica, spiritual teaching texts meant to illuminate the student. Like a number of […]
Isis and the Kore Kosmou – Part 2 {M. Isidora Forrest}
For those of you just dropping by, we’re discussing a fragment of an ancient text entitled Kore Kosmou. In it, Isis is the Divine Teacher and She instructs Her “Wondrous Son” Horus in spiritual truths. See Kore Kosmou Part 1 here So let’s start with the title of the text. Unlike some other ancient texts, […]
Isis and the Kore Kosmou – Part 1 {M. Isidora Forrest}
Quite a long time ago now, a friend of this blog, Andrea, asked a question about an ancient text known as the Kore Kosmou. It is one of the Hermetic texts and follows the common pattern of a dialog between teacher and student. In the Hermetica, most often the teacher is Hermes Trismegistos and the […]
