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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

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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

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 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

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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

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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

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