Isis Then and Now: A Tale of Timeless Spirituality

[@drangelapuca]

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[@kariannecrysler640]

My second superficial comment on this collaboration lol. Your hair looks great & very flattering! ✌️💕🤘

[@MayaUndefined]

in northern california, in the town of Geyserville, you can find the Isis Oasis Sanctuary, a modern temple of Isis. I've been there and it's certainly an experience.

[@Petruhafication]

They rent it out too! I was there last year for a Tibetan Buddhist event. The albino peacocks and other rescue animals were really cool to see too!

[@Texasmade74]

​@@Petruhaficationthe Isis temple is permanent

[@FraterRC]

Geyserville is great! I taught a magic class at Isis Oasis for over a year with Granny Rainbow til lockdowns. Miss those little goats, say hi to Norman my little goat buddy if you go back there.

[@pocketstring3634]

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[@MayaUndefined]

@@Petruhafication that sounds fantastic I would love to go back up there but I never hear about events there

[@docfortune]

I love the story of Lucias from the Roman novel "The Golden Ass," as it is a tale of the pursuit of magic and how a fool finds the divine through this pursuit. The main character is saved by the intervention of Isis, Queen of Heaven and Goddess of Magic, and becomes a priest in her cult. Something about this theme has always resonated with me, probably because of how it was paralleled in Disney's Pinocchio when he is taken away to Pleasure Island and starts to transform into a jackass. Similarly, the Blue Fairy grants him this transformation into a "real" boy, a salvific state of deeper realization of his true nature and the fulfillment of his deepest wish and greatest hope.

[@Darisiabgal7573]

The golden Ass is a kind of parody on greek culture of its time. Isis is probably a plot motif in that story, because we need a magic that metamorphosizes the protagonist. In as much as the original transformation was do to a acolytes screwup, there needs to be a higher order to undo that. But if we look at the greek usage of Egyptian belief systems what we find is that Egyptian beliefs system are a thin fragmented and incomplete substrate covered with a thick layer of alexandria greek beliefs. The ptolemeic system of politics adopted the Egyptians, at that time the greek system of written language and religion was young and not well structured. The adoption of Egyptian culture gave the ptolemic civilization an air of ancient attribution. In the East the Seleucids synchratized their gods with the ancient babylonian and persian gods, in an attempt to do the same. These Ancient egyptians symbols just like now represent symbols that can be repurposed for any particular belief one chooses. As we see happening in the early 20th century. Despite the rather insanity of Crowley, toward the end he kind of states he really never needed any of these symbols, he could just be "spiritual" walking around.

[@JamesHazlerig]

GREAT VIDEO! The fact that syncretism is a hallmark of the NeoPagan movement often overshadows its prevalence in PaleoPaganism--to the degree that modern observers might be forgiven if they get the mistaken impression that syncretism is a uniquely modern phenomenon. So I think it's worth mentioning that Pagan syncretism in general and Isis syncretism specifically were a feature of Classical Paganism. In The Golden Ass, Book XI, Lucius has a vision of the Goddess, who says to him that her divinity is "worshipped in differing forms, with varying rites, under many names, by all the world. There, at Pessinus, the Phrygians, first-born of men, call me Cybele, Mother of the Gods; in Attica, a people sprung from their own soil name me Cecropian Minerva; in sea-girt Cyprus I am Paphian Venus; Dictynna-Diana to the Cretan archers; Stygian Proserpine to the three-tongued Sicilians; at Eleusis, ancient Ceres; Juno to some, to others Bellona, Hecate, Rhamnusia; while the races of both Ethiopias, first to be lit at dawn by the risen Sun’s divine rays, and the Egyptians too, deep in arcane lore, worship me with my own rites, and call me by my true name, royal Isis." In fact, I've recited that passage in a NeoPagan ritual and then transitioned smoothly into Doreen Valiente's Charge of the Goddess--and no one present knew where one author stopped and the other began. Of course, I know that you know this, but I wanted to bring it up because it's too often neglected in discussions of NeoPaganism. Once again, thanks for the awesome video!

[@amym.4823]

Hi! Visiting from ReligionForBreakfast's channel. Thanks for such a great collaboration!

[@annalisamanderville1364]

Thank you for this beautiful and informative video. As a FOI member I was able to meet Olivia Roberson many years ago. She was an amazing and vital individual and I will never forget her wisdom and deep compassion.🌜🌝🌛

[@bugsby4663]

As someone who has worshipped Isis for many years, I want to thank you for such a great video. I had a life changing spiritual experience with the goddess when I visited her temple at Philae in 2000. She has been my guide ever since.

[@sarcasticsaiset9143]

Learning about my favorite Goddess from a couple of my favorite religion scholar youtubers. Excellent start to the day! 💚

[@lalababayaga]

I recently came across Dion Fortune's novel Demon Lover in a used book store. She is definitely under discussed so I'm glad she came up here.

[@marcuslobstein3179]

dion needs more attention

[@pedroarroyo345]

Im so glad we were gifted memberships in your stream these membership videos offer so much extra value

[@naomiseraphina9718]

🌛 I love your work. Thank you for everything you are doing. The world is blessed by your presence. Blessed Be, Doctor Puca. Sincerely, --N

[@St-uk]

Thank you for a wonderful and insightful episode. Would never have known how adaptable and still relevant Isis is 🌛

[@romperwomb]

Great info! Also I must say Angela’s audio quality was stellar in this video!

[@Firmus777]

These video are so good they make me feel over the 🌙

[@WildMen4444]

Hail Aset!

[@kobalt77]

Thank you so much Angela. I am learning so much from this presentation.

[@drangelapuca]

You are so welcome!

[@J_Z913]

Always great content. Thanks Dr. Puca. I'm off to watch Dr. Henry's video now. 🌙

[@buckfred1]

Thank you for this wonderful and informative video! It’s just wonderful! It would be interesting to look at what Florence Farr thought about Isis. I’ve read that she was an Egyptologist, and that she changed the magic of the Golden Dawn and made it more devotional, and less about degrees. She was quiet an adept

[@keenanarthur8381]

I appreciate the accessibility of resources to help modern people to connect with Pagan spirituality. In my experience, various Pagan traditions often fulfill deep spiritual needs in ways that many other religious traditions do not (e.g. connection to nature, integration of femininity and spirituality, etc.)

[@pedrohenriquedeoliveira5601]

thank you, Angela ❤

[@Sarepion]

🌜I watched and liked the whole thing. Good to see the Mistress of Magic getting some attention.

[@gorejuicegoth]

🌛🌚🌜 Your videos always reach me at the most interesting of times. Thank you for your work.

[@QueenJulie21]

Such a cool video. Please keep it up and keep educating us Dr. Angela

[@drangelapuca]

Thank you! Will do!

[@wiccelady]

Isis is fascinating! 🌛🌕🌜 Thank you, Dr . Puca, for your in-depth research on Isis. I highly appreciate this presentation, your passion for this topic really shines through. I am definitely going to watch Religion for Breakfast's video (I love his channel almost as much as I love yours), and I am going to make time this year to research more into this surprime goddess, outside from Egyptian mythos - Thanks for the inspiration (:

[@drangelapuca]

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[@AngelTorres-hx1dw]

🌝 Thank you for this video 🌛

[@isisvidals9339]

I was named Isis after the Egyptian goddess 🙏🏻❤️✨️

[@EdwardIglesias]

🌑I remember that Saturday morning kids show of Isis and Shazam!

[@JosedeNoche]

Great video Dr. Puca. Isis has surpassed any knowledgeable perspective of her divine feminine figure as a beacon of enlightened wisdom and inner connection of ourselves to help us be more conscious of our purpose in life.🌜🌝🌛

[@micahhewlett]

Great content. From my perspective the excessive bass in your audio makes the video a little hard to listen to, but i stuck it out for the knowledge cause it's worth it. Keep up the good work!

[@drangelapuca]

Sorry about that

[@rdklkje13]

@@drangelapucaJust a heads up that it was also hard for me to hear. Not sure why, felt more like the softness of your voice/speech. Which shouldn’t be a problem, but watching this after Andrew’s video the contrast was very noticeable. I like to put on these videos while doing the dishes or something like that, but this doesn’t work if the audio is a bit muffled. And although I have now watched this one to the end - and it was totally worth it - mostly I have to give videos with such issues a miss, cos, well, the dishes do need to get done 🙃

[@MrCurlz]

For a sec thought that video's a banger, but then realized it's still kinda bombshell

[@rdklkje13]

Your compassion in dealing with these issues is admirable, thank you ❤ 🌙

[@thebellaluna]

🌙 ✨Thanks for an awesome video!

[@MarcoVisconti]

Another great video! 🌒

[@drangelapuca]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mc7playatease]

Thank you for honoring the divine feminine in Isis and Helena von Hahn, among others. LOVE 🌜🌄🌍🏖☀🌎🌟🏕🌏🌅🌛

[@genevievehawkins9856]

I couldn't find the moon emoji. But this was very enlightening. I was looking into the Golden Dawn but I didn't know Isis was apart of their practices.

[@Sxcheschka]

I'm here from Religion for Breakfast, what an absolutely fascinating and fabulous video! I absolutely love your speaking voice, along with the jewelry you were wearing as well. :) 🌙 Going to definitely subscribe, I always need more content like this.

[@lotuslake111]

Thank you so much for this video, it's so informative!

[@Davlavi]

Another great video 🌛🌝

[@drangelapuca]

Thank you 🤗

[@darkomegahawk4759]

🌜🌚. An enthralling listen;Thank You for your informed divestment of knowledge.

[@davidwarwickanderson6604]

Thanking You Once Again Dr Puca! Namestw 💫

[@thomasdolcelli4969]

Great video, I can't believe you found that old 1970s TV show.😂 🌚

[@michaellorg]

🌙 interesting stuff!

[@claysparrows]

New follower and I really enjoyed this topic! However, the audio sounds very muffled and that made it hard to follow everything. But I'm excited to future videos :)

[@GilFerraro]

🌙 Non posso sempre lasciare le emoji perché spesso ascolto mentre lavoro, ma i video li vedo fino alla fine. Grazie per l'ennesimo video interessante!

[@nutz4pugz421]

Thank you! 🌙

[@user-nx1qr7hg3q]

🌙 Thank you for this video. I enjoyed it and the companion video very much.

[@VioletFem]

Really enjoyed this essay. Thank you 🌙

[@realpastorvlad]

Great lecture, Doc. Thanks! 🌕 Have you ever had the opportunity to witness either of the two festivals described by Dr. Henry?

[@Frithogar]

A curated copy of the transcript for this video will be sent to Inner Symposiasts and is now available here for all Symposiasts here www.innersymposium.study/?p=5542. The quiz for this video can be found at www.innersymposium.study/?page_id=5605 🌛🌜

[@PrimaveraChocolates]

Excelent

[@VerenaVanereV]

The full song of glorifying goddess Isis from the Pharaoh's Golden Parade. Papyrus Museum 6. Apr. 2021 The full song of glorifying goddess Isis from the Pharaoh's Golden Parade, it's a hymn of goddess Isis from the book of the dead, suitable for the incarnation of the Ancestors in the presence of the descendants, written in ancient Egyptian language and also performed in this video in ancient Egyptian language, very captivating song and here is the translation of the lyrics : O people and the spirit that dwells on the highest mountain She is the only lady Give veneration to Isis, for she gives birth to the day Give veneration to Isis, for She is the lady of the West and the two lands together She is the one who gives birth to the day Give veneration to Isis, for She is the lady of the West and the two lands together O my only lady You are honored and esteemed; you are the great eye of Ra in the provinces You surround your veneration all around, You sacrifice the precious to save our country O my only lady to be proud She is the lady of the West and the two lands together You are honored and esteemed You are honored and esteemed You are the lady of the West and the two lands together You are honored and esteemed You are the lady of the West and the lands together You are honored and esteemed You are the great eye of Ra You surround your veneration all around You sacrifice the precious to save our country Respect to Isis, for she is the one who gives a lot to the king of upper and lower Egypt

[@TheSistersGamers234]

Loved it 🌙 🌚 🌔

[@sparklesparklesparkle6318]

Angela I love the content it's perfect but you need to do some research on how to fix your audio quality. Peace and love can't wait to see what you do in the future!

[@MisterCynic18]

Commenting to please the gods of the Algorithm 🌛🌕🌜

[@quorraquar2677]

🌛🌝🌜Thank you Angela

[@davieboy3814]

🌒 Thank you for all your work.

[@drangelapuca]

You are so welcome

[@gregoryvozar6236]

🙏 Thank you! 🌒

[@drangelapuca]

You are so welcome

[@mreyespy13]

You are perceivable attributing her diversity to the modern era the Greeks and Romans did it better!

[@kariannecrysler640]

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[@bt3gl]

🌛 Thank you.

[@drangelapuca]

You are so welcome

[@phillipbernhardt-house6907]

Ah, yes...Isis! One of my top ten Goddesses! (If you want to know the others, I'd be happy to share!) One of my regrets about the time I lived in Ireland was I never got up to Clonegal Castle to visit Lady Olivia; a friend of mine did, though, and said it was amazing and she was very cool! After she died in 2014 (if I am not mistaken), my tradition did recognize her as a modern Sancta, and we had a ceremony for such at PantheaCon in 2015, which was quite interesting for a number of reasons. One of her students/initiates was there, and said that Lady Olivia herself was present in spirit for the proceedings. ;)

[@oksanaorlenko6978]

🌝 Inspiring. Opt for the full moon emo, as in my language there are two separate words for full moon and not full moon, where the feminine is ascribed to the full one. So be it😅

[@ionvancleave9116]

Sounds like we're collectively going through this again.

[@ConfluxVisitor]

🌕 I realized as i watched just how much of this myth I snuck into my fantasy writing without realizing it. I’m sure Im not alone? 🌙

[@RickyDog1989]

Great job as always!

[@cristiancascetta4132]

🌚 Isis' appearance in front of Lucius in The Golden Ass blew me up when a teenager, and still does

[@adamdudziak1958]

Thanks!

[@cafe.cedarbeard]

🌙 I take the Thelemic Nuit to be a ray of Isis. In Crowley's main book she says a few things that reveal her identity like "I am Infinite Space and the Infinite Stars thereof". Mother of Horus, another key to her energy. I think it's not simply cultural appropriation but more like recognition in the mystic magic revival crew that what Rome edited out of the cannon fodder Cliff's Notes bible was common knowledge for the people of Isis and the Egyptian record of Zep Tepi plus the Book of Going Forth By Day falsely called "Book of the Dead" only because copies were found with mummies. Even the Sumerian stuff which is supposed to be older than Egypt only records a probably false tale of humans being a slave race and there's no instructions like there is in the Nag Hammadi stuff or the Hermetic lineage from Agrippa onward. Open the real history of humanity and Egypt is the light that illuminates all of the land north west east and south of it, tunes the whole world if the practices are up and running is what I think. Egypt isn't some random dream obsession for Europeans, the Giza plateau is in fact at the center of Earth's land masses. With the megalithic architecture there that could not and was not made by any hunter gatherers with copper tools the energy of the place radiates through the whole planet and her great coat of magnetic lines. Call it made up by moderns, I think it possible and even likely that these energies are and have always been part of us thus a real intelligence that answers to this name and I don't think the shape of the occult revival is random at all. It is somewhat make it up as we go along, but the archetypes are real and there's boundaries in place for anything at all to exist.

[@lillevenn11]

thank you 🌝🌚

[@zaphod4prez]

🌘 Thank you

[@zacharycurrie3708]

We're not worthy! 🌒🙇‍♂️

[@child_of_Lilith__]

Please make a video on Egyptian Goddess Neith

[@diktatoralexander88]

Angela, give me a reading list of 3 books you recommend me to read, to learn what you know.

[@abderrahimCHERRANI-lk8ss]

Certainly the term ISIS is a ancient Egyptien term . Could anyone, please , tell the true etymological meaning of ISIS 's name ? Big thanks !

[@vaiyaktikasolarbeam1906]

🌔 yes

[@originaluddite]

I'm impressed that The Secrets Of Isis (1975-76) was pictured here. Loved that show as a kid. In hindsight, I wonder whether presenting a comic book incarnation of a pagan goddess to children was controversial. I cannot find evidence of anything like a moral panic over it. Maybe some aspects of culture were simply more relaxed back then.

[@tealeaf9260]

🌕 thank you for the interesting and well-structured video; quite thought-provoking as I think of how Isis is referenced in some belly dance communities

[@Bildgesmythe]

🌙🌛🌒🌜I've always loved Isis. Goddess of fertility, mother but not afraid to rescue her husband.

[@WildMen4444]

She's a role model for women everywhere

[@rowanlaverne]

Thank you. 🌜

[@CharlFasching]

Thank you for the through exploration of Isis 🌜 Would you say there is overlap between Isis and Hekate? I've seen them both being used in modern ritual and veneration with similar attributes

[@Frithogar]

Dr Puca made a video on Hekate in contemporary Paganism. It would be interesting to see one that compares the two Goddesses in today's world. kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5CQaotmbZKNrsk

[@aariley2]

What do Egyptians today feel about the repurposing of their ancient Gods? Just curious.

[@ggEmolicious]

🌛Now I'm thinking about sailor moon lol🌜

[@wallaroo1295]

@ReligionForBreakfast sent me.

[@An_Egregore]

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[@m3m3brane48]

Happy Birthday 🎉

[@user-mc4kd8kf6p]

🌜🌛🌜🌛🌜thank you 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Matt_The_Hugenot]

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[@helengrives1546]

Can you explain the use of the color black? Why, the choice of dark representation, while usually white is used for the heavens, and black for the underworld and death?

[@SunflowerSea234]

🌙 😊

[@StoneHerne]

🌛🌕🌜 I'm happy to see you again, Dr. Puca! Thanks to you, I learn more about such an iteresting goddess! 😃 I wish you a blessed Imbolc holiday and season! 😃

[@oraclewyrd2639]

You're so great!

[@drangelapuca]

Oh thank you!

[@jodymartin1110]

❤

[@SandWitch-y6m]

IDK what mic you use but the base through my speakers hurts my head.

[@jordang7479]

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[@anthonyhromadka8132]

The singer, Cass Elliot was Isis

[@toomanymonkeys21]

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[@MoonlitDesperado]

🌙. 💜

[@ASHLEYANNZYGAR]

🙏🏽 thank you for that informative video. Much appreciated ☽☉♀︎ 🌗 Love to you ❤

[@user-fp4yc3hw5l]

🌚 thank you for your lecture ❤

[@drangelapuca]

You are so welcome