The breathy vocalized name of the first primordial goddess of ecstasy offers insights into fertile spring planting and farming rituals, the planting of the seeds and the garden of earthly delights.
Spring time frolicking of the cat goddess is part of the festival that celebrates the body through dancing, feasting, loving relationships, mothering friendships and even some trickster eergies.
The writing of love poetry, the celebrations of the May Queen, the sacred marriage is all a part of the integration of the masculine and the feminine. The sensual, loving, beautiful Hathor is everyone's Homecoming Queen.
The annual blessing of the fishing fleets in the Mediterranean became the basis of the Mardi Gras Krewe of Isis and the fleet of parade boats in New Orleans. Who knew it was an ancient party for the goddess Isis?
Because there are only 3 seasons to an ancient Egyptian year, this festival honors the harvest goddess, the vulture goddess Mut. In the harsh climate of Egypt, the vulture combines the energies of devouring the dead and laying the egg of future life.
Are You Feeling Called?
To Explore & Deepen
Your Relationships with
The Egyptian Gods and Goddesses
with Arch priestess of Isis and Rev. Normandi Ellis
Two years of study includes
· The magic that Pythagoras learned in astrology, alchemy, & numerology
· The major pantheons of Upper and Lower Egypt
· Invocation of creative divine energies
· Discover the secrets of the hieroglyphs
· Create your sacred calendar of rituals, and more
For details and pricing information, contact Rev. Normandi with a 150 word essay as to why you would like to participate before July 16th
at ellisisis@gmail.com.
Training meeting for new initiates begins Sept 15, 2023.
The Egyptian new year falls in midsummer celebrating the rise of the star Sirius (Sothis or Isis) in Leo which marked the coming of the Nile’s annual inundation. At this time all time and all life began anew through the rebirth of the 5 sacred children: Osiris, Horus, Set, Isis and Nephthys.
The seven Hathors are handmaidens of the goddess Hathor, rather akin to the seven fairy godmothers who grant good wishes for the newborn. All healing, dreams and envisionings welcomed!
The story of the blood passion of Sekhmet and her appeasement through the drinking of beer laced with a magical potion represent the blood mysteries of women and the states of maidenhood, motherhood and wise crone.
Through Ma’at, the foundation of every temple and the plinth upon which every god stands, we learn to speak truth with compassion and purity. She teaches us nature’s inalterable laws of the cosmos.
The month-long lamentations of the sister goddesses for their brother Osiris show how we mourn, survive loss, remember and eventually find the place where we truly belong.
The winter solstice which celebrated the sky goddess was the precursor to the Christmas story. The holy child, whether Horus, or Ra or Jesus celebrates the return of the son/sun of the goddess who was the light of the world.