The festival starts this coming Friday. The weather forecast is perfection. The ritual cast is rehearsed. We are ready to go and can’t wait to see those of you who can make it. Still time to register!

The Pacific Northwest is ON for an Isis-themed Fall Equinox Festival (Sept. 24-26, 2021). This is not the same festival we were planning for 2020. That one was much more…involved…shall we say. This one is a gentle way of coming together once again as a community. So I’d like to share with you the write up for the festival, then I’ll repost something on Making Offering in the Egyptian way that will be related…

Offering to Isis: A Fall Equinox Celebration of the Goddess and of Community

If you asked the ancient Egyptians, the act of Making Offering…

Virgo season is here, already. The earthy, practical, mutable 6th sign is the sign of the Virgin Mother, Ceres, who is pictured on the Constellation holding a sheaf of wheat or corn from the Ancient Eleusinian mysteries.Virgo is also the largest Constellation but we all known Constellations have nothing to do with Astrology signs in modern astrology.

Virgo is the sign ruling Health, harvesting the fruits of the earth, servants traditionally and being of service, a very powerful topic these days especially when Prince Harry stated it so perfectly. “We can all live a life of service. Service is universal.” Virgo is humility, hard work, accountability, criticism, and perfectionism.Virgo also rules pets and community.

The 6th sign is known for Virgoian accountability, order, mental discipline, the go to’s for how to do anything to perfection, how to get your shit together, be punctual, organized, balance the budget, stay healthy, steward…

As it often is in Portland (especially when I want to see the rising of Her star, it seems) this morning was overcast. And so I did not witness the beautiful rising of the Star of Isis.

But She is risen nonetheless.

That’s how it is sometimes. Right now for you, perhaps? I’ve seen a number of folks online saying they feel disconnected from their Deities. We are in particularly trying times, and it can feel like that. But They are there. In fact, remembering when we did feel connected can help us reconnect.

For instance, though I did not see Sirius rise this morning, I remember when I first saw Her through a telescope. If you have ever seen Her that way, you will never forget it, either. She scintillates. She…

Finally, we come to the heart of the personal work of the ministrant of Isis. It is the last of the keys to serving Isis we’ll talk about: the work of spiritual development.

Spiritual growth or development is a process, not an end result. It is the ongoing search for and discovery of the truth of our hearts and souls, our Selves, and our relationship with the Divine.

It is not a single truth nor is it an unchanging truth. The process of growth is, after all, a process of change. It is not a truth contained in the pages of just one book—though Paths to it may be found in many books, written in many different languages. It is a truth most convincingly found in our own experience of the Divine by whatever Name we call It and in whatever form we imagine It. This truth calls us from…

Reclaim Friday the 13th and the #13 back to its origins as a Lucky Witch/Pagan Moon worshipping number of lunar cycles in a Year. Reclaim it sisters and brothers.

The fear of #13 is really a misogynist brainwash that originated with the Catholic church.e you superstitious? Were you born under a bad sign? Thescientific name for fear of #13 is called triskadekaphobia and thefear of Friday the 13th is called paraskevidekatriaphobia. Why is the #13 feared and supposed to be bad? The origin of the number 13 needs to be understood and shifted from fear and superstition.

I love #13. The truth will set you free. Pet a black cat today and break a few mirrors. Breaking mirrors is a psychological metaphor for breaking free of your unconscious projections.

In the Tarot the #13 is DEATH and as the Western culture fears death and its own immortality it screwed…

Super rich Astrology, Venus Trine Pluto is the perfect manifestation tool

VENUS in VIRGO TRINE PLUTO in Capricorn at 24+ degrees

This is a super rich powerful and positive earth trine with great depth, richness, power and sensuality.

Venus in VIRGO rules Health and Health is Wealth. The trine makes it easy to have the Capricorn and Virgo discipline to change your diet, health regime and entire lifestyle to manifest career and long term Capricorn goals of conquering the world.

Venus in Virgo saves money and Pluto spends it.

Venus rules Taurus and in VIRGO she is more practical down to earth, humble, still connected deeply to the Earth in the Sign of the EARTH MOTHER Ceres or Demeter to the Greeks. VENUS in any sign is always all about beauty, women with natural breasts and no implants. The beauty of the natural world, the virgin earth untouched by man…

A worshipper giving worship and receiving energy that looks like flowers from the God

Some time ago, I was corresponding with a man in England on Dionysian subjects. (You may recall that, in addition to my devotion to Isis, I also have a passion for Lord D.) During the course of our conversation, I said something about worshipping Dionysos. He wrote me back to the effect of “you wouldn’t catch me worshipping anybody or anything!”

I suspected we had a definition problem—and that turned out to be so, because when I explained that what I meant by worship was an expression of love, appreciation, and honor toward the Divine, my Dionysian pal wrote back saying he’d decided that, in that case, he guessed worship was okay with him.

Always good advice

I think a lot of people share my friend’s ideas about worship. The word is too…um… “churchy.” For…

There will be another post in the current series tomorrow…I’m publishing this ritual from Isis Magic so it’s easy to access for some of us who will be Offering to Isis for the local Fall EQ Festival.

About the Rite: This is the all-purpose opening ritual of the House of Isis. It can serve as a beginning of almost any other rite or it can be an entire working by itself. It is an excellent opening for personal work or communion with Isis.

Temple Arrangement & Ritual Tools: Nothing special needed.

ENTERING

Enter the temple, face East, and give the Sign of the Wings Of Isis.

Ritualist: I am a Beloved of Isis. I am a Child of the Goddess. (Repeating until you feel it to be true.)

PURIFICATION & CONSECRATION

Perform any type of purification and consecration that works for you. When this is complete…

The annual 8:8 Lions Gate, when the Sun and Sirius rise together for the first time called Heliacal rising coincides with a NEW MOON in LEO. The 5 days before this event which signified the rising of the Nile to the Ancient Egyptians were also important as these 5 days balanced out their calendars. Sirius is at 12 degrees Cancer conjunct the U.S. SUN. on July 4. The actual rising of the Sun and Sirius in 2021 is August 13/14.

The Lion’s Gate, the Stargate is set to open with the annual rise of Sirius between July 26-August 12th with August 8th being most potent. The Heliacal rising of Sirius, the brightest-20 times brighter than the Sun and very beautiful color-changing star in the sky is considered to be very important as…

I believe that the ministrant of Isis should develop some facility with ritual. Of course, this is more important for those of us who are involved in ceremony with other people, less important if we work solitary. But even for solitaries, having some ritual skill benefits our spiritual work by making it more graceful. This, in turn, enables us to be less self-conscious and better able to focus on developing our relationship with Isis.

Ritual is how we human beings do religion. Throughout the world—almost without exception—the practice of religion involves the practice of ritual. Even quiet, private prayer or meditation is normally ritualized in some way. Whether by folding our hands, sitting in a yoga asana, counting a rosary, or simply lighting a candle, some sort of ritual pattern is usually incorporated in spiritual activity.

Ritual is a communicative…