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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Advent Of Isis January 2nd

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FROM THE EARLIEST OF TIMES, "ISIS "PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN MYTH, AND THE FACT THAT SHE WAS ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN GODDESSES IN MEDITERRANEAN CIVILIZATION ACCOUNTS FOR HER INFLUENCE ON NON-EGYPTIAN CULTURES. IN ANCIENT EGYPT, THIS DAY WAS CELEBRATED AS THE "ADVENT OF ISIS," A CEREMONY WHICH HONORS THE GODDESS WHO BROUGHT CIVILIZATION, PEACE, AND PROSPERITY TO ALL OF EGYPT. WORSHIPPERS GATHERED TO CELEBRATE HER RETURN FROM PHOENICIA WITH THE "ARK OF OSIRIS." A SHIP OR BOAT FORMED ONE OF THE SACRED SYMBOLS OF THE GODDESS WHO WAS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GREAT MOTHERTHE MATERNAL OR PROLIFIC PRINCIPLE OF NATURE.

IN ANCIENT EGYPT, "ISIS "AND "OSIRIS" RULED OVER THE LANDS AND JOINED EARTH TO ASSIST THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANKIND. "OSIRIS "HAD A BROTHER NAMED "SET". THE TWO BROTHERS DWELT AT THE ANCIENT CITY OF" ABYDOS", TOGETHER WITH THEIR WIVES, "ISIS "AND "NEPHTHYS". " OSIRIS", THE GOOD BROTHER, WAS ADORED BY ALL OF THE PEOPLE. "OSIRIS" WAS SUMMONED TO RETURN WHILE VISITING ASIA WITH "ISIS". UNBEKNOWNST TO THE COUPLE, HOWEVER", "THE EVIL" SET", HAD PLOTTED AGAINST "OSIRIS" DURING HIS ABSENCE, AND A HOMECOMING FESTIVAL WAS ARRANGED AS PART OF THE CONSPIRACY. WE ARE TOLD THAT AT THE FESTIVAL, A STRANGE BOX/ARK WAS INTRODUCED. ONE BY ONE, EACH OF THE GUESTS TRIED TO FIT INTO THE BOX. "OSIRIS "WAS LAST AND THE ONLY PARTICIPANT WHO WAS ABLE TO EASE HIMSELF INTO THE BOX. THE CONSPIRATORS SUDDENLY SHUT AND SEALED THE LID ON THE BOX. THE BOX/ARK WAS THEN TOSSED INTO THE NILE RIVER WHERE IT WAS CARRIED NORTHWARDS.

ACCORDING TO THE MYTH, "ISIS" DISCOVERED THAT THE ARK OF THE GOD "OSIRIS "HAD BEEN CAST UP BY THE MEDITERRANEAN IN THE REGION OF THE PHOENICIAN BYBLOS WHERE IT GREW INTO A TREE THAT THE PHARAOH USED IN HIS PALACE. SHE THEN JOURNEYED ACROSS THE SEA TO FIND IT. TO BRING "OSIRIS" BACK TO LIFE, "ISIS "DISGUISED HERSELF AS A NURSE TO THE PHARAOH'S YOUNGEST SON. SHE BURNED AWAY THE BOY'S MORTAL PARTS, INTENDING TO MAKE HIM IMMORTAL, BUT THE QUEEN SNATCHED HIM AWAY. "ISIS "REVELED HERSELF AND DEMANDED THE TIMBER WITH "OSIRIS" AND THEN BROUGHT IT BACK WITH HER TO EGYPT. OFFERINGS WERE MADE ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE EGYPTIAN MONTH OF TYBI, ROUGHLY JANUARY 2. A SIMILAR SACRED CHEST WAS ALSO CARRIED IN PROCESSION BY THE PRIESTS OF "ISIS. "

A THEBAN HYMN ABOUT ISIS FROM THE 14TH CENTURY BC SAYS:I"N THE BEGINNING THERE WAS ISIS-HATHOR: OLDEST OF THE OLD. SHE WAS THE GODDESS FROM WHOM ALL BECOMING AROSE. SHE WAS THE GREAT LADY, MISTRESS OF THE TWO LANDS OF EGYPT, MISTRESS OF SHELTER, MISTRESS OF HEAVEN, MISTRESS OF THE HOUSE OF LIFE, MISTRESS OF THE DIVINE WORD. SHE WAS THE UNIQUE. IN ALL HER GREAT AND WONDERFUL WORKS SHE WAS A WISER MAGICIAN AND MORE EXCELLENT THAN ANY GOD."

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