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:
Showing posts with label Sirius. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sirius. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Sothis
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.
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.
Monday, February 8, 2010
The Liturgy
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.
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.
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