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From a relief
at the Temple at Abydos, c. 13th century BCE.
ISIS
Ancient Egyptian Goddess of healing and
magic, Isis lived with her brother/husband Osiris until he was killed by his
brother Set. Isis found his body in Phoenicia in a tamarisk tree and returned it
to Egypt for a proper burial.
After Set's second attempt to dispose
of the body, Isis brought Osiris back to life and later conceived a child with
him, Horus. Isis created a snake that bit Ra, highest of the gods.
Ra asked the Goddess to heal him but
she claimed that she couldn't do it until he whispered his secret name to her;
he did and, in curing him, she gained eternal power over him.
Here, She holds a naos sistrum which,
when rattled, enabled Isis to give out divine blessings, for the Goddess resides
in the sound.
She is wearing a sun disk between cow
horns, which represent the moon and its cycles, thereby uniting the permanent
and the transient.
Blank Inside with White Envelope
Back Cover has information below about the Goddess on this
5 inch by 7 inch card. Small framable works by artist Sandra Stanton.
Helps to support the Global Fund for Women.
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