Which mad monk made this? I have for you today, my dear Isians, the slightly strange tale of how a magic healing spell of Isis may have come to be used as a magic healing spell in Ireland.* I know.…

“How can I tell is Isis is calling me?” This is one of the most common questions people have, especially when they’re just starting, or are only a few years into their Pagan or Ke…

Ma’at, the Goddess of Truth & Rightness, can be identified by the Feather of Truth upon Her head. In honor of the upcoming Autumnal Equinox, I offer a post on the Lady of the Balanced Sca…

Kleopatra as Isis In the last post, we started looking at some connections between Kleopatra and Isis, as well as the history of the Ptolemaic queens identifying with a core selection of Goddesses,…

I wish I knew how personally devoted Pharaoh Kleopatra VII was to Isis. Was she a true devotee of the most well-known and powerful Egyptian Goddess of her time? Was her identification of herself as…

Kleopatra as Isis-Aphrodite with cornucopia and ankh; in the Hermitage Museum, RU Do you remember a few years back when a spate of Cleopatra biographies came out all at the same time? No? Okay, you…

For me, there are two things that make August wonderful, here in Portland, Oregon. One of them is all the produce that I can go pick on Sauvie’s Island, fresh from the farmers’ fields. …

In Michelangelo’s famous Sistine Chapel painting, Wisdom (Sophia) nestles in the crook of Jehovah’s left arm during Creation The connection between the Goddess Isis and the Goddess Wisd…

With fires raging across the world—many far, far, far too close to home for me—I am reminded once again of ancient Egypt. I am reminded of the time prior to the rising of Sirius, the Star of Isis, …

Isis-Sothis from Hadrian’s villa, Rome, now in the Vatican Museum A blessed Wepet Renpet to those of you who have already celebrated. May this year be (much, much) better than the last. My ow…

An offering ritual for the Goddess Isis

Knot magic is some of the simplest and most satisfying of magics. The act of forcefully tying a knot has power and finality. At the end of this post, you’ll find a knot ritual of protection t…

Last time, we looked at dream divination, as well as a few intriguing options for lot-casting types of divination from ancient Egypt. This time, we’ll examine Egypt’s “barque orac…

Isis Mandala by Sue Halstenberg Like most of the ancient world, Egypt had a wide variety of types of divination. (As does our modern one, for that matter.) What’s more, judging by the scholar…

I’d like to introduce or, for some of you, reintroduce you to two rather obscure Goddesses, Who—in that delightful and ever-so-typical ancient Egyptian way—both are, and aren’t, Isis an…

I’m going to keep a little reminder at the top here for a few more days. If you plan to purchase the new 25th anniversary edition of Isis Magic, you can save 25% with the code ISIS25 at checkout fr…

I’m going to keep a little reminder at the top here for a while. If you plan to purchase the new 25th anniversary edition of Isis Magic, you can save 25% with the code ISIS25 at checkout from the p…

Isis Magic is supposed to be available June 28th! (Fingers crossed.) Preorder before then and get 25% off with the code below. Pre-order from the publisher at this link. Then use the discount code …

To absolutely no one’s surprise, under the war criminal at the DOD, the department has “eliminated” 180 faiths from those officially recognized by the US military—including those …

In these papyri, we have everything from tax documents to personal letters to books to magical workings and invocations. Blessedly, we have an amazing Invocation of Isis in which She is invoked by …

A votive thank-offering to Isis from Dion, Greece; Isis looks very Demeter-like, holding Her ears of wheat, but carrying a wand with the Egyptian Horns & Disk crown. An off-center Isis Knot is …

I’m going to keep a little reminder at the top here for a while. If you plan to purchase the new 25th anniversary edition of Isis Magic, you can save 25% with the code ISIS25 at checkout from the p…

I’m going to keep a little reminder at the top here for a while. If you plan to purchase the new 25th anniversary edition of Isis Magic, you can save 25% with the code ISIS25 at checkout from…

I’m going to keep a little reminder at the top here for a while. If you plan to purchase the new 25th anniversary edition of Isis Magic, you can save 25% with the code ISIS25 at checkout from…

Wow and woof! We had a wonderful Pagan con here in the Pacific Northwest. Yesterday was the last day, to no post this week. Except that I DO have pre-order Discount Code for Isis Magic. Pre-order f…

As the teal-blue waters of the Nile swirl and eddy upon the rocky shores of Her island; as the daily rebirth of Re fills the horizon with colors of peach and purple and red; as Mother Night smiles …

A Roman Isis The worship of Isis is one of the most important examples of religious syncretism in the world. Whenever the topic of syncretism arises, you will inevitably find a discussion of Isis i…

Isis, Lady of the Uraeus Oooohh. I have a new (to me, at least) book of the Egyptian afterlife for you. It’s the Book of Transformations. Sounds intriguing? I thought so, too. Here’s so…

Nile riverbank As Goddess of Magic, Goddess of Healing, and Lady of Green Plants, Isis is associated with a wide variety of magical and healing herbs. The historian Diodorus Siculus records that th…

Further, on the first day of the month of Phamenoth they hold a festival, which they call Entry of Osiris into the Moon, for it is the beginning of spring. Thus they locate the power of Osiris in t…

**We have the power and are claiming it together. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.** What began in 2025 as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading fr...

In one small, mostly-destroyed temple—the Temple of the Birth of Isis at Dendera—there are many Deities speaking. They are everywhere, on every wall. Many are well known, like Tefnut and Hathor and…

Rhea-Kybele Last week, we noted that in one of the Oxyrhynchus papyri, there is a hymn to Isis that lists some of the many places throughout the Mediterranean that She is worshipped, and by what na…

In one of the Oxyrhynchus papyri, there is a hymn to Isis that lists some of the many places throughout the Mediterranean that Isis is worshipped, and by what name each of those places invokes Her.…

Do you know the Mysteries? “Hear then, but believe, for what I say is true. I have approached the confines of death and, treading the threshold of Proserpina, I was conveyed through all the Element…

Have you heard the shocking—shocking, I tell you!—tale of Paulina and Decius in the Roman Temple of Isis? No? Well, then, as a well-educated Isiac you must, you must. And I’m just the gossip …

Of course the Egyptians made wine! For the last few weeks, I’ve been working on some writing for and about Dionysos. I am His maenad and He is one of our household Deities. And so, naturally,…

The Isis Heart Meditation

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At the last full moon, I vowed to meditate or make offering to Her every day for a full moon cycle. My practice had fallen off a bit and I was wanting to re-energize myself. So far, so good. For th…

A number of you have been asking when the new edition of Isis Magic is coming out. I’m excited to tell you that I’m currently reviewing the final files for the NEW 25th Anniversary Edit…

Queen Elizabeth I of England on the cover of The Faerie Queene Several things are coming together right now, both in my life and in the world, that got me thinking about Queen Elizabeth I, faeries,…

Portland weather relented and I finally got to see Her on New Year’s Eve! Okay, so it had clouded over by midnight, but at about 9 or 10, I got to see Her sparkling high in the night sky, sho…

We usually connect the ancient Egyptian “Wandering Goddess” motif with fiery Lionesses like Tefnut and Sakhmet. And although Isis is indeed among our Wandering Goddesses,* right now, I&…

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