She married Her brother Osiris and as a Moon Goddess, She gave birth to Horus, the God of the Sun. Because of Her parentage Isis could balance both heaven and earth. Isis was the first daughter of Geb the Earth God and Nut the Sky Goddess. After Isis was assimilated with Hathor, she was sometimes depicted with the twin horns of a cow on Her head, with a solar disc between them. Pharaoh was said to have been born of Isis, and the throne that he sat upon was provided for him by Isis. She was the friend of slaves, sinners and the downtrodden, and would also listen to the prayers of the wealthy. Isis was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as patroness of nature and magick. Temple clergy were imprisoned, and the temple was converted to a Christian Church. It was finally ordered shut, votive statues of Isis, Osiris and Min were confiscated, and sent to Constantinople. She was so beloved by the people, that even after Paganism was abolished, Her last official temple on the Egyptian Island of Philae survived until 537 CE. Isis was introduced to Rome in 86 BCE, where She became very popular because Her cult was open to all, including women and slaves. She taught women to grind corn, bake bread, spin flax, weave cloth, and, perhaps most importantly, she taught them to tame the men so the women could live with them! There is no miracle that She can’t perform. She can restore the dead, bestow the gift of fertility, heal the sick and protect seafarers. As the Mistress of Magick, She knows all and can do all. She is the most powerful sorceress on Earth and She is the poor, frightened single mother forced to beg for herself and Her son.
She is the beautiful young princess and the grieving poverty-stricken widow dressed in rags. I sis is the Goddess of many names and forms. I have always been here, a child in the silence of things, ready to wake at any moment. I know no ending for I have no beginnings. Like a child in its mother’s belly, I am with you but not among you. I sleep with my finger in my mouth, the cord of life curled beside my ear. I lie between heaven and earth, between innocence and evil, patience and explosion. I am an urge, an idea, a portent of impossible dreams.
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