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Isis, the Black Virginfile:///X:/B2DvD_1008____Spirit/isisQuotes.htm1 of 33/14/2009 8:00 PM
Isis, the Black Virgin
The Magician
Isis ("Stone seat"): "Wife and sister of Osiris and mother of Horus. Sheis the Mistress of Words of Power, the Goddess of Nature. She is shown in the form of a woman with a headdress shaped like a throne."- Gerald and Betty Shueler,
Coming into the Light 
"Among the Egyptians, Isis is often represented with a headdress consisting of the empty throne chair of her murderedhusband, and this peculiar structure was accepted during certain dynasties as her hieroglyphic."- Manly P. Hall,
 Masonic, Hermetic, Quabbalistic & Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy
"The earliest representations of Isis depict her crowned with the throne, this is correct. The horned disk was Hathor'ssymbol and only merged with the Isian headgear in later dynasties. The symbols of Isis are the throne, the tat, knot orbuckle, and the sustrum [rattle]. She shares the latter with Hathor and Bast. Her color is clear sky blue."- Murray Hope,
Practical Egyptian Magic
"Isis got her name form the Greek translation of the Coptic
 Esi
...In a sense, it is the throne that makes the king; the kingreceives his authority by taking his place on the throne. In this way, Isis is seen to be the mother of the king, and sheappears as such throughout the iconography of Egypt."-
 An Encyclopedia of Archetypal Symbolism
"The kernel of the Isis archetype is the consciousness of being the seatof life; a woman's awareness of her own function of beginner, nurturer and medium for life to accomplish its means."- Manuello Dunn Mascetti,
The Song of Eve
"The Spirit of Nodens - God of the Great Deep - flashed forth as lightning from the depths and formed a throne in celestialrealms - a seat of stone - whereon the Goddess was established. She ruled from the throne of stone which Nodens hadfashioned, and about her the temple of Nu-Isis grew into being. This also was of stone, hollowed out, and of the lightning.And this Seat of Stone whirled forth in the heavens - the vehicle of Nodens' fire - veiled from mortal eyes by a vitreouscurtain of deep unyielding ocean."- Kenneth Grant,
The Hidden God 
Compare with the "mercy seat" in early Hebraic tradition."Her cult seems to have originally centered, like her husband's, at Abydos near the Delta in the North (Lower Egypt); shewas adopted into the family of Ra early in Egyptian history by the priests of Heliopolis, but from the New Kingdomonwards (c. 1500 BC) her worship no longer had any particular identifiable center, and she became more or less universallyworshiped, as her husband was."- Shawn C. Knight, "Egyptian Mythology FAQ""Isis, represented in the Song of Solomon by the dark maid of Jerusalem, is symbolic of receptive nature - the watery,maternal principle which creates all things out of herself after impregnation has been achieved by the virility of the sun."- Manly P. Hall,
 Masonic, Hermetic, Quabbalistic & Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy
"Dark am I, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Kedar, like the tent curtains of Solomon."- Song of Solomon 5"Isis is the one who come from the mountain at midday in summer, the dusty maiden; her eyes are full of tearsand her heart is full of sighs."- From "Isis Love Spell" in the Great Magical Papyrus of ParisIsis's "magic was allied to the wisdom of Thoth and given to mankind as a skill in Healing; she was also responsible, as thecounterpart of Osiris, for teaching the household arts to women. She taught them weaving and spinning, and how to grindthe corn. Her strongest appeal was to the sorrowing wife and devoted mother - every woman could identify with her and shehas been seen by some commentators as the archetype of a cult that continues in the Christian churches to the present day."
 
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- Richard Patrick, Egyptian Mythology
Isis in Classical Times
There is "only the difference in names between the festivals of Bacchus and those of Osiris, between theMysteries of Isis and those of Demeter."- Diodorus"Her form and characteristics were adapted to suit Greek requirements and the Greek imagination. Her form was notdifficult to modify. The goddess, who even in the latest Egyptian temple images was depicted was wearing the ancient robewith shoulder-straps, and thus remote from current fashion, was for the Greek worshiper represented as clad incontemporary Egyptian costume. Her drapery was Greek, her Egyptian attributes (headgear) were reduced in size; andcertain new characteristics were added (e.g., the cornucopia)....The cornucopia was the property of the almighty Tyche,from which she dispensed her gifts in arbitrary fashion; and it is Tyche who is now assigned to Isis. This symbolizes a veryfundamental process: fate, which in the Greek world had emancipated itself fully from the power of the gods and had evenposed a threat to their existence, is here placed under the guiding hand of Isis..."Another characteristic that cannot be derived from the Egyptian Isis image is contained in the phrase: "'I am the lady of seafaring' - a clear and succinct confirmation of the archaeological evidence that Isis was related to navigation, which informer times was obviously not part of her sphere. This latter activity helped to make her an all-encompassing deity..."- Siegfried Morenz,
 Egyptian Religion
"The first great temple built specifically in honor of Isis was begun inDynasty XXX by Nectanebo II (360-343 BC) whobuilt the Temple of Isis at Behbeit-el-Hagar, which lies between Tanta and Damietta in the Eastern Delta.""The cult of Isis was widespread in the Egypt of the dynastic period. From Egypt it spread northwards to Phoenicia, Syriaand Palestine; to Asia Minor; to Cyprus, Rhodes, Crete, Samos and other islands in the Aegean; to many parts of mainlandGreece - Corinth, Argos and Thessaly amongst them; to Malta and Sicily; and, finally, to Rome. In the first century BC, Isiswas perhaps the most popular goddess in the Eternal City, from which her cult spread to the furthest limits of the RomanEmpire, including Britain: her only rival was Mithras.- Barbara Watterson,
The Gods of Ancient Egypt 
 Isis was "a clever woman...more intelligent than countless gods...She was ignorant of nothing in heaven andearth."-
Chester Beatty Papyrus
"Renowned for her skillful use of witchcraft and magic, Isis was particularly remembered by the Ancient Egyptians as'strong of tongue', that is being in command of words of power 'which she knew with correct pronunciation, and halted notin her speech, and was perfect both in giving the command and in saying the word' [Sir E. A. Wallis budge,
 Egyptian Magic
]. In short she was believed, by means of her voice alone, to be capableof bending reality and overriding the laws of physics."- Graham Hancock,
Fingerprints of the Gods
"Isis was a magician, possibly the archetype for the high priestess of the tarot. She learned her magic from Thoth, althoughaccording to some legends she obtained her powers from Ra himself by tricking him into revealing his name to her, thusacquiring his full magical knowledge."- Murray Hope,
Practical Egyptian Magic
"And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, IAM hath sent me unto you."- Exodus 3:14"'I AM, has sent you.' Who is 'I AM?' In the scrolls found at the Nag Hammadi Library in Egypt in 1945, there is an entirechapter given by a Goddess. This Goddess uses the words 'I AM' when talking to the people....She identifies herself as 'IAM,' and the Goddess Thunder."- Way #10: The Messiah Projects: Jesus, Son of Mary"For I am the first and the last.
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YorubaGyal GrownWoman

p1 "..Isis's "magic was allied to the wisdom of Thoth and given to mankind as a skill in Healing; she was also responsible, as the counterpart of Osiris, for teaching the household arts to women. Her strongest appeal was to the sorrowing wife and devoted mother - every woman could identify with her and she has been seen by some commentators as the archetype of a cult that continues in the Christia

reply07 / 04 / 2010
YorubaGyal GrownWoman

History & his-story! We Can Tell Our Own Now Thanks To Dr.Chiekh Anta Diop et al!

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MisterFrost

K.I.P... Hard to say. I love what she represents; I believe what she represents is more 'christian' than most christians. I don't worship any being, per se, but a multitude of various beliefs that I believe to be true. I do think that the mysteries of ancient egypt hold many keys to understanding spirituality, regardless of how the current popularized versions consider it... you know, claim everything is 'pagan' and evil, yet worship it in the back rooms.

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