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I
beheld a great wonder in heaven, a woman clothed with the
Sun, with the Moon at her feet. And on her head was a diadem
of the twelve stars. Hear me, O Lady Isis, hear and save.
O thou queen of love and mercy, thou crowned with the throne,
thou hauled as with the Moon. Thou whose countenance is
mild and glowing, even as grass refreshed by rain.
Hear me, our Lady Isis, hear and save. O thou who art
in matter manifest. Thou bride and queen as thou art mother
and daughter of the Slain One. O thou who art the Lady
of the Earth. Hear me, O Lady Isis, hear and save. O thou
Lady of the amber skin. Lady of love and of victory, bright
gate of glory through the darkening skies. O crowned with
the Light and life and love.
Hear
me, our Lady, hear and save by thy sacred flower, the
Lotus of eternal life and beauty; by thy love and mercy;
by thy wrath and vengeance; by my desire toward thee,
by all the magical names of old hear me, O Lady, hear
and save. Open thy bosom to thy child, stretch forth thy
arms and strain me to thy breasts. Let my lips touch thy
lips ineffable.
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Hear me,
O Lady Isis, hear and save. Lift up thy voice to aid me in this
critical hour. Lift up thy voice most musical. Cry aloud, O
queen and mother, to save me from that I fear most. I invoke
thee to initiate my soul. The whirling of my dance, may it be
a spell and a link with thy great light, so that in the darkest
hour, the Light may arise in me and bring me to thine own glory
and incorruptibility.
Isis am I, and from my life are fed all showers and suns, all
moons that wax and wane, all stars and streams, the living and
the dead, the mystery of pleasure and of pain. I am the Mother.
I the speaking sea. I am the Earth in its fertility. Life, death,
love, hatred, light, darkness, return to me, to me. Isis am I,
and to my beauty draw. All glories of the Universe bow down, the
blossom and the mountain and the dawn. Fruits blush and women
are creations crowned.
I am the priest, the sacrifice, the shrine. I am the love and
life of the Divine. Life, death, love, hatred, light, darkness,
are surely mine, are mine. Isis am I, the love and light of Earth,
the wealth of kisses, the delight of tears, the bowel and pleasure
never come to birth, the endless infinite desire of years. I am
the shrine at which thy long desire devoured thee with intolerable
fire. I was sung music, passion, death upon thy lyre, thy lyre.
I am the grail and I the glory now. I am the flame and fueler
of thy breath. I am the star of God upon thy brow.
I am thy queen enraptured and possessed. High do these sweet rivers
welcome to the sea, ocean of love that shall encompass thee. Life,
death, love, hatred, light, darkness, return to me, to me. Hear,
Lady Isis, and receive my prayer. Thee, thee I worship and invoke.
Hail to thee, sole mother of my life.
I am Isis, mistress of the whole land. I was instructed by Hermes,
and with Hermes I invented the writings of the nations in order
that not all should write with the same letters. I gave mankind
their laws, and ordained what no one can alter. I am the eldest
daughter of Kronos. I am the wife and sister of the king Osiris.
I am she who rises in the dog star. I am she who is called the
goddess if women. I am she who separated the heaven from the earth.
I have pointed out their paths to the star. I have invented seamanship.
I have brought together men and women. I have ordained that the
elders shall be beloved by the children. With my brother Osiris
I made an end of cannibalism. I have instructed mankind in the
mysteries. I have taught reverence of the divine statues. I have
established the Temple precincts. I have overthrown the dominion
of the tyrants. I have caused men to love women. I have made justice
more powerful than silver and gold. I have caused truth to be
considered beautiful. Come unto me and pledge unto me your loyalties
as I pledge mine unto you.
Oh mother Isis, great art thou in thy splendor, mighty is thy
name and thy love has no bounds. Thou art Isis, who art all that
ever was, and all that there is to be, for no mortal man hath
ever unveiled thee. In all thy grace thou has brought forth the
sun, the fruit that was born forth for the redemption of man.
Oh Isis, Isis, Isis, graciously hear our cry unto thee, we mourn
for thy blessings on us this day, every day, to nourish, to aid
and to fill the emptiness within, that only you our beloved mother
can satiate. Unto thee do we pledge our solemn oath of dedication,
and for the power and glory of him the Unknowable One to witness
our devotion to thee.
For as we now receive thee into our hearts, we ask that you never
leave us, in times of trial and joy, and even unto death."
