Sirius, Star of Isis

Magnetic Pole Shift

2010-09-17T18:47:00.000-07:00

Magnetic Pole Reversal in Progress

Mitch Battros of Earth Changes Media says:

"...Yes, it has everything to do with the Sun, but also with our galaxy 'Milky Way'. It is a cycle, and we are at the end of this one - or one could say the beginning of the new one. The new stats on the Earth's magnetic pole shifts show a vastly faster time sequence than was previously known. What was not mentioned was all that goes with such events."

go to his website for more info. It sheds light on the way in which our Twin Soul is to be found in Nature...if the earth is undergoing a magnetic pole reversal, we will experience this on an inner level. Our relationship to our inner masculine or feminine may change to reflect what is happening in Nature.

A Fairy Tale About Twin Souls?

2010-09-02T11:47:00.000-07:00

Snow-White and Rose-Red, by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.

Crowns: discussion and reading list

2010-09-01T06:53:00.000-07:00

the instructions for this liturgy call for a Tall White Crown.

Here is background and discussion about the crowns:

Demetria said:
"The Red Crown (deshret) shape is easiest to make. The tall blue crown on the Nefertiti bust is harder because of the balance issues wearing it, even pinned to one's head.

The Blue Crown (khepresh) may have been the queen's version of the War Crown, a blue leather helmet type of crown that the Pharaoh wore.

At the Oriental Institute, the White Crown (hedjet) used for educational outreach is made from cardboard, painted or covered with wrapping paper (we go to schools to do presentations - including costumes for the students). it is economical, easier to balance wearing it, and easy to replace if one is needed. It is not perfect looking, though, it is close but not totally accurate.

Here is a good set of articles about crowns.

It comes from from Tour Egypt, which has Egyptologists, authors, and Egyptology students write for them. There are links at the end of the article to others, and bibliographies for each at their respective ends

The argument that the crowns were woven from reeds is the strongest, since weaving basketry shows us that rounded, conical, bulbous, amphora-like, horned, and tapering shapes can be done this way reasonably well, cheaply, and swiftly if one knows how to weave reeds. There are computer model images at this link, scroll on down.

If you can access JSTOR at whatever level it needs to be at, you can find this article:

 Author         Ertman, Earl L.

Title          The Cap-Crown of Nefertiti: Its Function and Probable Origin.

               In: Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 13 (1976), pages 63-67

Call your public library and ask them if they can get these articles for you:.

The Origin of the Blue Crown
W. V. Davies
The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology
Vol. 68, (1982), pp. 69-76
(article consists of 10 pages)
Published by: Egypt Exploration Society
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3821624

"Entheomycological origins of Egyptian crowns and the esoteric underpinning of Egyptian religion"
Click on Figures/Tables, and there are some illustrations of the crown and the mushrooms it is supposedly derived from. it lends a 'new' look at the idea of the god who is dismembered and must be re-assembled; his mushroom-like phallus is eaten by a fish (another fertility symbol),
his position in the Underworld, source of mushroom spores that 'spontaneously' appear where none were seen before, etc. this may help with the White Crown construction, since knowing that a slender mushroom shape is fitting for the crown


Author         Hardwick, Tom

Title          The Iconography of the Blue Crown in the New Kingdom

               In: The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 89 (2003), pages 117-142

The White Crowns were made from 1) thin leather and feathers. There was also a discussion about whether the crowns were made from 2)woven reeds, like Panama hats , or were 3) a reed frame with papyrus stretched and glued into place, or 4) fabric (linen) covered frame of unknown origin, probably reeds or grasses.

This is from Ancient Egypt Magazine:
"There is some evidence that the royal crowns themselves were originally made of basketwork. The tall, conical White Crown is sometimes shown with green stripes, bound together at the top with a cord made from plant fibres. Some Egyptologists think that this represents the simple hat made from dried grasses as worn by peasant farmers to protect themselves from the sun. This is the crown worn by Osiris, a god of agriculture, who was supposed to have taught the Egyptians how to care for the land, and how to plant and harvest their crops. This striped crown forms part of the elaborate atef crown, decorated with horns, streamers, feathers and serpents, which was worn by gods of the next world. The Red Crown of Lower Egypt was sometimes called the Green Crown and some pictures or carvings show it patterned in a basketwork design, like the neb basket."

This is the most controversial proposal .

Stephen R. Berlant ^,

P.O. Box 54, Broomall, PA 19008, USA

Received 17 January 2005;

revised 22 July 2005;

accepted 27 July 2005.

Available online 30 September 2005.

Abstract

In this paper, I theorize that the Egyptian White and Triple Crowns were originally primordia of the entheogenic Psilocybe (Stropharia) cubensis, which an Egyptian tale known as Cheops and the Magicians allegorically explained grew on barley, and that Osiris was the God of spiritual rebirth because he personified this and other entheogenic mushrooms. I go on to theorize that the plant known commonly as the Eye of Horus, which the Egyptians included in cakes and ales designed to spiritually rebirth the living and the dead, was an entheogenic mushroom cap entirely analogous, if not identical, to Soma. Finally, I explain why so many scholars failed to discern these identities and relationships for so long.

Volume 102, Issue 2, 14 November 2005, Pages 275-288

Osiris

2010-08-31T13:47:00.000-07:00

Osiris as Lord of the Wine,linked in the prayer to Sothis, his guide.

From the Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts:

Utterrance 442The king becomes a star

Truly, this Great One has fallen on his side, He who is in Nedyt was cast down. Your hand is grasped by Re, Your head is raised by the Two Enneads. Lo, he has come as Orion, Lo, Osiris has come as Orion, Lord of wine at the wag-feast. "Good one," said his mother, "Heir," said his father, Conceived of sky, born of dusk. Sky conceived you and Orion, Dusk gave birth to you and Orion. Who lives lives by the gods' command, You shall live! You shall rise with Orion in the eastern sky, You shall set with Orion in the western sky, Your third is Sothis, pure of thrones, She is your guide on sky's good paths, In the Field of Rushes.

Sopdet

2010-08-31T13:29:00.000-07:00

Links to recommended articles:

Sah and Sopdet, the Egyptian Astral God and Goddess / by Jefferson Monet

Sopdet, Goddess of Sirius, the New Year and the Inundation / by Caroline Seawright

Satet, Archer Goddess of the Inundation and the Nile Cataracts / by Caroline Seawright

The Inundation / by Caroline Seawright

Sopedu - the Border God

The Nile, the Moon, and Sirius: Egypt's ancient calendar

Satis, Border Goddess

Star Groups on the Shield of Achilles / by Robt. Hannah, 1994:

Twin Soul Reading List

2010-08-14T14:13:00.000-07:00

Twin Souls and Twin Flames are not the same as Soul Mates.

A Soul Mate is a person with whom you have shared many experiences in different lifetimes, andl is part of your Soul Family. They come into our lives to teach us lessons.

A Twin Soul is literally the other half of your soul.

A Twin Flame is ourself in another body. When we become capable of giving unconditional love, we then have the opportunity to reconnect with our “other half” or twin flame.

Below are some articles about these topics:

Twin Souls, Twin Flames, and Soul Mates

Soul Mate or Twin Flame?

Introduction to Twin Souls

Twin Soul FAQ

The "Dark Night of the Soul."

The Cycle of Separation and Connection between Twin Souls

More Reasons For Physical Separation

Before You Can Unite With Your Twin Flame

The Twin Soul Survival Guide: an E-Book

Twin Flames

Ascension

2010-05-16T07:43:00.000-07:00

The Star Sirius may be connected with the ascension and evolution of humanity. Our soul mates and twin souls can help us with this process.

Karen Bishop has produced materials that will help you along:

Remembering Your Soul Purpose

The Ascension Primer

Staying In Alignment

The Ascension Companion

Stepping Into The New Reality

Heaven's Gate

Crossing Over

Creating The New Reality

Wings

Helpful Support

Zulamith and Salami

2010-02-24T18:31:00.001-08:00

Oromasis

2010-02-24T18:30:00.001-08:00

Plutarch

2010-02-24T18:29:00.003-08:00

Canis Major

2010-02-24T18:29:00.001-08:00

Conscience

2010-02-24T18:27:00.003-08:00

Abydos

2010-02-24T18:27:00.001-08:00

Green Osiris

2010-02-24T18:26:00.001-08:00

Anubis

2010-02-24T18:25:00.003-08:00

Kephera

2010-02-24T18:25:00.001-08:00

Twin Souls

2010-02-24T18:24:00.003-08:00

Nuit

2010-02-24T18:24:00.001-08:00

Osiris

2010-02-24T18:23:00.001-08:00

Isis

2010-02-24T18:22:00.000-08:00

Blue Star

2010-02-24T18:04:00.000-08:00

An ancient Hopi Indian prophecy states, "When the Blue Star Kachina makes its appearance in the heavens, the Fifth World will emerge". This will be the Day of Purification. The Hopi name for the star Sirius is Blue Star Kachina.

Thus, this ritual is part of a series of rites that prepare us to enter The Fifth World.

Sothis

2010-02-24T17:23:00.000-08:00

Sirius (Sothis in Greek, Sopdet in Egyptian) is the brightest star in the sky. It is identified with Isis in many Egyptian texts. The first appearance of Sirius in the sky announces the annual flooding of the river Nile.

Sirius is called The Dog Star; it is the eye of the dog in the constellation Canis Major (Latin for the greater dog).

The Wikipedia article about Sothis contains astronomical and mythological information.

Sirius has its fearsome side. Its rising is also associated with seasons of illness, heat, and destruction..

It is not a single star, but a binary star system.

The Tour Egypt website also has a good article; so does Crystalinks.

The Liturgy

2010-02-08T13:24:00.000-08:00

The ritual Sirius, Star of Isis is part of the series Psyche: Magical Journeys of the Goddess by Lady Olivia Robertson.

Read the introduction to Psyche for background about the series, its purpose, and how it came to be written.

Psyche is divided into two parts.

Part 1, The Spiral of Tiamat, travels the ever-widening spheres of Earth, Moon, Sun, and Galaxy.

Part 2, The Rays of Ishtar, consists of psychic journeys to seven constellations that correspond to the Rays.

The eighth psychic journey, to the star Sirius, is the only one that is not to a constellation. It corresponds to the Fourth Ray.

The star Sirius may be thought of as Ishtar herself, descending and ascending through seven spheres, to confront that which is at the center as well as at the boundary of our galaxy. The myth of the descent of Ishtar is structurally similar to the search of Isis for Osiris.

Our Psychic Journey to the Star Sirius Begins!

2010-02-06T10:18:00.000-08:00

Join us for the 2010 Goddess Festival in Chicago, and celebrate everything Sirius.