Isis Magic,9781567182866

Isis Magic

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ISBN13: 9781567182866
ISBN10: 1567182860
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-02-01
Publisher(s): Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd
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Summary

A historical & cultural overview of & practical guide to the worship of the goddess Isis.

Table of Contents

PART ONE
The Great Goddess Isis
3(12)
The Meaning of the Worship of Goddess Today
Why Isis
The Question of Deity Personification
The Many and the One
Isis as a Living Goddess
Existing from the Beginning
15(18)
The One Goddess
The Hellenized Isis Myth
The Egyptian Isis Myth
In the Beginning Was Isis
The Bird of Prey Goddess
Isis Regenetrix
She Who Is upon Her Throne
The Great Goddess Throne
Mother, Full of Beauty
33(22)
Motherhood in Egypt
Egyptian Great Mother Goddesses
Isis as Great Mother
Isis as Cow Goddess
Apis Bull and Hesis Cow
Isis-Io
Isis, Mother of Pharaoh, Mother of the Dead
Harsiese: Horus, the Son of Isis
The Pregnancy of Isis
The Sufferings of Isis
Isis as Protective Mother
Mother of the Gods
The Great Mother and Wholeness
Great of Magic
55(28)
Magic in Egypt
Magic among the Hellenes
The Magic of the Name
Isis and the Name of Re
A New Meaning for an Old Myth
Everyday Magic
Magic and the Magicians
More Tales of the Magic of Isis
The Healing Magic of Isis
Medicines of the Goddess
Magika Hiera
Goddess of Magic
Lady of Green Plants
83(38)
The Lady of the Fertile Field
Isis as Grain Goddess
Isis-Thermouthis
The Serpent Goddess and Agathe Tyche
Isis and Demeter
Osiris as Grain God
Other Sacred Plants
The Waters of Life
Isis Sothis: Celestial Herald of the Inundation
The Great River
Bringer of the Inundation
Osiris: Lord of Cool Water
Ritual Use of Water in the Rites of Isis
Isis Pelagia: The Lady of the Sea
The Navigium Isidis: A Greco-Roman Festival of Isis
A Description of the Navigium Isidis
Goddess of Women
121(30)
Women in Ancient Egypt
Women in Ancient Greece
Women in the Hellenistic World
Women in Rome and the Empire
Women in the Rest of the Isiac World
Lady of Marriage and Childbirth
Isis and the Birth Goddesses
Love, Sexuality, and Sacred Renewal
Goddess of Love
Sexual Scandals and the Temple of Isis
The Great Virgin
Priestesses and Devotees
Isis and the Queenship
The Ptolemaic Queens
Isis the Warrior Queen
Isis the Feminist
The Black One
151(36)
An Initiation into the Mysteries of Isis
The Greco-Roman Mysteries
The Purposes of Mysteries
The Egyptian Origin of Greek Mysteries?
Egyptian Mysteries
Death: The Great Initiation
The Mysteries of Isis
The Rites in Greco-Roman Times
Born-Again Isiacs
Isis the Savior
Images of Mystery
The Path of Love
Isis Veiled
187(30)
The Hermetic Isis
Lady of Wisdom
The Goddess Unheeded
``A Public School for Training Mages'': The Temple of Isis at Canopus
The Last Pagan Temple: The Temple of Isis at Philae
Isis in the Middle Ages
The Black Madonna
Renaissance of the Pagan Traditions
Giordano Bruno: The Neo-Egyptian Magician
Elizabeth and Isis
Isis and the Mythographers
The Tablet of Isis
The Philosopher's Goddess: Isis and Alchemy
Isis in the Lodges
The Goddess of Initiation
The Goddess of the Golden Dawn
Isis Unveiled
217(28)
Dion Fortune: Priestess of the Moon
The Moon Magic of Isis
``All Women Are Isis''
Colonel Seymour: A True Mage
CCT: A Priestess of Isis in the House
The Cosmic Isis, the Isis Within, and the Silver Priestess
The Value of Imagining Isis
Aleister Crowley and the Isis Aeon
The Fellowship of Isis
Perceptions of the Goddess
Coming to Isis
Being in the Service of Isis
Greeting the Goddess
Opening the Ways to Isis
PART TWO
Entering the House of Isis
245(8)
Worshipping Isis
Growing in Her Presence
The Magic of Isis
The Art of Ritual
The House of Isis
Becoming the Votary of Isis
253(46)
On the Work of the Votary
253(3)
Developing Openness to Goddess
Unfolding Hope
Practicing Expectation
Developing Your Spiritual Skills
The Robe of the Votary
256(1)
Tying the Knot of Isis
256(6)
The Wings and Breath of Isis
262(2)
On Purification and Consecration
264(4)
The Lotus Pool Rite
268(2)
Making Nile Water
270(2)
On Invocation
272(5)
The Opening of the Ways
277(2)
The Rite of Isis of the Earth
279(4)
Invoking the Four Pillars of the Earth
283(2)
The Star of Isis
285(3)
Meditations of the Votary of Isis
288(3)
The Ritual of the Making of a Priest/ess of Isis
291(8)
Becoming the Handmaiden or Servant of Isis
299(78)
On the Work of the Handmaiden or Servant of Isis
299(3)
Preparing Your Temple
Discovering Your Priest/esshood
The Path of Personal Devotion
The Path of the Moon
How to Approach the Practices in the House of Isis
The Robe of the Handmaiden or Servant of Isis
302(1)
On the Elemental Symbols
303(8)
Consecration of the Elemental Symbols
307(4)
On Vibration
311(2)
On Sacred Posture and Gesture
313(6)
Energy Movement in Sacred Posture and Gesture
The Lotus Wand of Isis
319(3)
The Opening of the Ways: Priest/ess Version
322(3)
On Devotional Practices
325(3)
Meditations of the Handmaiden or Servant of Isis
328(5)
The Rites of Sacred Nature
333(28)
Winter: The Rite of Loosing the Eyes
333(8)
Spring: The Navigium Isidis
341(5)
Summer: The Rising of Sothis
346(7)
Autumn: The Inundation Rite
353(8)
The Ritual of Knowing What Is in the Heart
361(16)
Becoming the Magician of Isis in the House of Life
377(88)
On the Work of the Magician of Isis in the House of Life
377(4)
Invoking the Aakhu
The Path of the Sun
Consecration of the Temple
Rites of Passage, Rites of Life
Making Magic
The Work of Isis and the Way of Isis
The Robe of the Magician
381(2)
Enlivening the Divine Image
383(10)
The Rites of Life
393(18)
Celebration for the Birth of a Horus Child
393(4)
The Marriage of Isis and Osiris
397(11)
The Opening of the Ways for an Ever-Living One
408(3)
On Kheperu: The Ways of Becoming
411(6)
The Ritual of Isis and Re
417(11)
The Throne
428(5)
On Divination in the House of Isis
433(4)
Choosing a Divination System
On Natural Magic
437(20)
The Amulet of Isis and Horus
439(1)
Making Ushabtis
440(3)
The Knot of Healing
443(4)
The Scorpion Rite
447(3)
Weaving Healing
450(4)
The Rite of the Tet
454(3)
Meditations of the Magician of Isis
457(8)
Becoming the Prophet/ess of Isis
465(112)
On the Work of the Prophet/ess of Isis
465(4)
Oracular Work, Incubation, and Healing
The Path of the Stars
Entering the Mysteries
The Robe of the Prophet/ess of Isis
469(1)
Becoming the Beloved of Isis
469(16)
On Oracular Work
485(12)
What the Prophet/ess Does
Preparing for Prophecy
Becoming the Prophet/ess
Testing Messages and Refocusing
The Oracle of Isis
489(2)
The Boat of Millions of Years
491(3)
The Voice of Isis
494(3)
On Incubation: Sacred Dreaming
497(4)
The Practice of Incubation
The Blessing of Isis
501(5)
Causing Sothis to Rise in the Temple
506(5)
The Sea-Egg of Isis Pelagia
511(2)
The Lamentations of Isis
513(13)
The Calling of the Waters
526(13)
The Entry of Osiris into the Moon
539(14)
Moonrise
540(4)
New Moon
544(1)
Waxing Moon
545(2)
Full Moon
547(3)
Waning Moon
550(1)
Dark Moon
551(2)
The Rite of Lady Alchymia
553(17)
Harvesting the Roses and Lotuses of Art
555(1)
The Rite of Lady Alchymia
556(2)
Negrido: The Death of Osiris
558(7)
Albedo: The Purification
565(1)
Rubedo: Osiris Rising
566(4)
Meditations of the Prophet/ess of Isis
570(7)
Appendix Isis Myrionymos: Epithets of the Goddess 577(8)
Notes 585(20)
Bibliography 605(8)
Index 613

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