Isis: The Eternal Goddess of Egypt and Rome PDF
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I S I S THE ETERNAL GODDESS OF EGYPT AND ROME TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCING ISIS THE ORIGIN OF ISIS AND HER MANY NAMES ICONOGRAPHY ANIMALS ASSOCIATED WITH ISIS THE OSIRIS MYTHS THE HORUS MYTHS NEPHTHYS THE POWER OF TWO RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER GODS ASSIMILATING EGYPTIAN GODDESSES INTERACTION WITH NON-EGYPTIAN GODDESSES KINGSHIP AND ISIS THE GREAT MAGICIAN ISIS AND THE AFTERLIFE THE HEALING POWERS OF ISIS PROTECT AND SAVE THE ELEMENT OF WATER GRECO-ROMAN ADDITIONS TO THE CHARACTER OF ISIS THE DARK SIDE OF ISIS WORSHIP IN THE PHARAONIC PERIOD THE CULT OF ISIS FESTIVALS FOR ISIS THE TEMPLES OF ISIS OUT OF EGYPT CHRISTIANITY AND BEYOND THE CONTINUING JOURNEY OF ISIS TEMPLES OF ISIS IN EGYPT AND NUBIA EVIDENCE OF ISIS OUTSIDE EGYPT BIBLIOGRAPHY ENDNOTES ISIS THE ETERNAL GODDESS OF EGYPT AND ROME LESLEY JACKSON Published by Avalonia www.avaloniabooks.co.uk Published by Avalonia BM Avalonia, London, WC1N 3XX, England, UK www.avaloniabooks.co.uk ISIS - THE ETERNAL GODDESS OF EGYPT AND ROME © Lesley Jackson, 2016 All rights reserved. First Published by Avalonia, December 2016 This Kindle edition January 2017 Typeset and design by Satori Cover image: Winged Isis, Brian Andrews © 2016 and Photo Lui, Tat Mun/Shutterstock.com Illustrations by Brian Andrews © 2016. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. This book is sold subject to the condition that no part of it may be reproduced or utilised in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilm, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, or used in another book, without written permission from the author. DEDICATION This book is dedicated to the Two Sisters, Isis and Nephthys, and also to Sue and Mia. BIOGRAPHY Lesley Jackson has always had an interest in, and a yearning for, the mysterious geographical, be it lost worlds, otherworlds or the sacred places of this world. A career in IT was merely a logical façade. Many years of involvement in the local archaeological society deepened her interest in ancient cultures and their religions. Since being blessed with early retirement, Lesley has devoted much of her time to researching and writing about early religion and mythology. Ancient Egypt is an enduring passion, but other paths are always beckoning from around the misty hills. She is the author of Thoth: The History of the Ancient Egyptian God of Wisdom (Avalonia, 2011) and Hathor: A Reintroduction to an Ancient Egyptian Goddess (Avalonia, 2013). She lives in the remote East Riding with a tolerant husband and an ever increasing volume of books and rocks. Any remaining spare time is spent travelling or baking and making chocolates. Acknowledgements No study of Egyptian religion would be possible without access to their writings. I am indebted to all of those who have studied these ancient languages and have provided translations for the rest of us to use. I would like to thank the British Library, the Egyptian Exploration Society, and the University of Hull for the use of their libraries. Quotes are included with permission of the following: J F Borghouts Ancient Egyptian Magical Texts E J Brill 1978. © Koninklijke Brill N.V. R O Faulkner The Ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts Aris & Phillips 2007. CHAPTER 1
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