She asks you to not be afraid to use your powers of persuasion, and to stand for what you believe in. Isis urges you to be an agent of change in any situation.
GODDESSES AND THE DIVINE FEMININE HOW TO
Isis embodies the power of alchemical transformation.Īs the Goddess of Magic, she teaches how to use your gifts to create the life you desire. More than any other ancient Egyptian goddess, Isis became a template for female deities all over the world.Īt the dawn of Christianity, the worship of Virgin Mary was largely based on the ancient cult of Isis (not to mention the multiple similarities between Osiris/Horus and Jesus, but that’s another story). Isis possesses remarkable competence as a sorceress.īut it’s her ability to turn a situation around and to use any opportunity to her advantage that makes her one of the most important archetypes of empowered femininity. When Osiris comes back to life, she makes love to him and conceives a child, Horus, who later becomes the sun god. Osiris’ phallus is nowhere to be found, so Isis fashions him a new one out of wax and gold, and reassembles the body.
Grief-stricken Isis searches and collects all the pieces, except for the most important one (no, not the head… keep guessing). To make sure that Isis won’t resurrect Osiris with her magic (like she did before), Set cuts the body into 14 pieces and scatters it across Egypt. Jealous Set kills Osiris, beloved husband (and brother) of Isis. When Isis says his name during her healing ritual, she not only magically restores Ra to health she acquires his great knowledge and powers.Īnd that’s how Isis became the supreme (and deeply revered) ruler of Egypt.Īnother important Isis story is the myth of the death and resurrection of Osiris. Ra’s secret name is the source of his power over life and death, but he has no other choice but to give it to her. Isis tells him that she can heal him-she just needs to know his true name. Ra becomes gravely ill in fact, he is on his deathbed. So Isis, using her magical powers, creates a poisonous snake that bites Ra.
Myths About IsisĪs one myth tells us, in ancient times Ra ruled Egypt with an iron fist. Like any female deity, she was associated with motherhood and fertility, but her primary domains are magic and healing. (Whether or not you consider mythology historical is irrelevant she has been a part of our collective psyche for thousands of years.)
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