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Contents Isis Magic ©2013 Preview COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL CONTENTS Preface to the 2013 Abiegnus House Edition xvii PART I 1 The Great Goddess 3 The Meaning of the Worship of Goddess Today · Why Isis? · The Question of Personification of Deity · The Many and the One · Isis as a Living Goddess 2 Existing from the Beginning 13 The One Goddess · The Hellenized Isis Myth · The Egyptian Isis Myth · In the Beginning Was Isis · The Bird of Prey Goddess · Isis Regeneratrix · She Who Is Upon Her Throne · The Great Goddess Throne 3 Mother Full of Beauty 31 Motherhood in Egypt · Egyptian Great Mother Goddesses · Isis as Great Mother · Isis as Cow Goddess · 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 4 Great of Magic 55 Magic in Egypt · Magic Among the Hellenes · The Magic of the Name · Isis and the Name of Re · Everyday Magic · Magic and the COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL 2 ISIS MAGIC Magicians · More Tales of the Magic of Isis · The Healing Magic of Isis · Magia Hiera · Goddess of Magic 5 Lady of Green Plants 83 The Lady of the Fertile Field · Isis as Grain Goddess · Isis- Thermouthis · The Serpent Goddess & Agathe Tyche · Isis & Demeter · Osiris as Grain God · The Waters of Life 6 Goddess of Women 123 Women in Ancient Egypt · Women in Ancient Greece · Women in the Hellenistic World · Women in Rome & the Empire · Women in the Rest of the Isiac World · Lady of Marriage and Childbirth · Isis & the Birth Goddesses · Love, Sexuality, & Sacred Renewal · Goddess of Love · Sexual Scandals & the Temple of Isis · The Great Virgin · Priestesses & Devotees · Greek and Roman Priestesses & Devotees · Isis & the Queenship · Isis the Feminist 7 The Black One 155 An Initiation into the Mysteries of Isis · The Græco-Roman Mysteries · The Purposes of Mysteries · Death, the Great Initiation · The Mysteries of Isis · Images of Mystery · The Path of Love 8 Isis Veiled 195 The Hermetic Isis · Lady of Wisdom · Isis in the Middle Ages · Renaissance of the Pagan Traditions · Isis in the Lodges 9 Isis Unveiled 225 Dion Fortune, Priestess of the Moon · CCT—A Priestess of Isis in the House · The Value of Imagining Isis · Aleister Crowley & the Isis Æon · The Fellowship of Isis · Perceptions of the Goddess COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL CONTENTS 3 PART II 10 Entering the House of Isis 253 Worshipping Isis 253 Growing in Her Presence 254 The Magic of Isis 254 The Art of Ritual 255 The House of Isis 256 11 Becoming the Votary of Isis 260 On the Work of the Votary 261 The Robe of the Votary 263 Tying the Knot of Isis 263 The Wings of Isis & the Breath of Isis 268 Purification & Consecration 270 The Lotus Pool Rite 273 Making Nile Water 275 On Invocation 277 The Opening of the Ways 281 The Rite of Isis of the Earth 284 Invoking the Four Pillars of the Earth 288 The Star of Isis 290 The Egyptian Cross 290 The Banishing Pentagram of Isis 292 Meditations of the Votary of Isis 292 The Ritual of the Making of a Priest/ess of Isis 297 12 Becoming the Handmaiden or Servant of Isis 304 On the Work of the Handmaiden or Servant of Isis 305 The Robe of the Handmaiden or Servant of Isis 308 On the Elemental Symbols 309 Consecration of the Elemental Symbols 313 Vibration 315 COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL 4 ISIS MAGIC Sacred Posture & Gesture 317 The Lotus Wand of Isis 323 Devotional Practices 325 Meditations of the Handmaiden or Servant of Isis 327 The Rites of Sacred Nature 332 Winter · The Rite of Loosing the Eyes 333 Spring · The Navigium Isidis 339 Summer · The Rising of Sothis 344 Autumn · The Inundation Rite 351 The Ritual of Knowing What Is in the Heart 357 13 Becoming the Magician of Isis in the House of Life 374 On the Work of the Magician of Isis in the House of Life 375 The Robe of the Magician of Isis 378 Enlivening the Divine Image 380 The Rites of Life 389 Celebration for the Birth of a Horus Child 390 The Marriage of Isis and Osiris 394 Married beneath the Wings of Isis 404 The Opening of the Ways for an Ever-Living One 411 Kheperu: The Ways of Becoming 414 The Ritual of Isis & Re 419 The Throne 429 The Rite of Being Joined to One’s Star 434 On Divination in the House of Life 448 On Natural Magic 451 The Amulet of Isis & Horus 453 Making Ushabtis 455 The Knot of Healing 458 The Scorpion Rite 461 Weaving Healing 464 The Rite of the Tiet 467 Meditations of the Magician in the House of Life 469 COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL CONTENTS 5 14 Becoming the Prophet/ess of Isis 478 On the Work of the Prophet/ess of Isis 479 The Robe of the Prophet/ess of Isis 482 Becoming the Beloved of Isis 483 On Oracular Work 497 The Oracle of Isis 502 The Boat of Millions of Years 503 The Voice of Isis 506 The Blessing of Isis 508 Causing Sothis to Rise in the Temple 513 On Incubation: Sacred Dreaming 517 The Lamentations of Isis 520 The Sea-Egg of Isis Pelagia 532 The Entry of Osiris into the Moon 534 12 Hours of the Night 546 The Rite of Lady Alchymia 591 Meditations of the Prophetess & Prophet of Isis 606 To the Prophetess or Prophet of Isis 606 Appendix · Isis Myrionymos: Epithets of the Goddess 613 Bibliography 621 Index 635 ã COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL.
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