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“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.” - Invocation of Isis

Isis - Goddess of Life and Magic Talon Abraxas

Isis, Egyptian Aset or Eset, was one of the most important goddesses of ancient Egypt. Her name is the Greek form of an ancient Egyptian word for “throne.” Isis was the daughter of the earth god Geb and the sky goddess Nut and the sister of the deities Osiris, Seth, and Nephthys. Married to Osiris, king of Egypt, Isis was a good queen who supported her husband and taught the women of Egypt how to weave, bake, and brew beer.

Isis was initially an obscure goddess who lacked her own dedicated temples, but she grew in importance as the dynastic age progressed until she became one of the most important deities of ancient Egypt. Her cult subsequently spread throughout the Roman Empire, and Isis was worshipped from England to Afghanistan. She is still revered by pagans today. As a mourner, she was a principal deity in rites connected with the dead; as a magical healer, she cured the sick and brought the deceased to life; and as a mother, she was a role model for all women.

Isis had strong links with Egyptian kingship, and she was most often represented as a beautiful woman wearing a sheath dress and either the hieroglyphic sign of the throne or a solar disk and cow’s horns on her head. Occasionally she was represented as a scorpion, a bird, a sow, or a cow.

“O Isis, Beautiful in All Thy Names, I call Thee with the breath of my body, I call Thee with the beat of my heart, I call Thee with the pulse of my life, I call Thee with the words of my mouth, I call Thee with the thoughts of my mind. I call Thee Power and Life and Creation. I call Thee, Isis, Isis, Isis!”

Invoking Isis

Invocation is a way to focus our intention and attention upon Isis. It offers a method for awakening and re-awakening in ourselves the knowledge of Her eternal presence. It opens a channel of communication and communion between us and Her. If we have done it well, invocation of Isis will evoke a corresponding emotion from us. When our defenses are down, our emotions are up, and we fully open our hearts and selves to Her, that’s when our invocations are effective and we find that She is fully present with us. And that is how the magic happens.

Invocation is a wonderful way to explore the many aspects of Isis. By invoking Her by Her various epithets (epithets are names or descriptive phrases that express various aspects or powers of the Goddess), we can experience and better understand the many facets of Isis’ nature.

To this end, I thought I’d share some of Isis’ many epithets, both well and lesser known, which you may wish to try out in your own invocations.

Great Goddess

"Oh! Lord of thousand rays, son of Aditi, Salutations to you, the bestower of victory, auspiciousness and prosperity, Salutations to the one who has coloured horses to carry him." - Aditya Hridayam

Surya Narayana Talon Abraxas

Shri Surya Narayan Bhagwan is popularly referred to as ‘Sarva Loka Pitamaham’ the father of the entire world. That Lord who is unseen and beyond names and forms manifests himself for the well being of his creation. The most powerful aspect of his manifestation is the SUN. The sun provides heat, light and energy to sustain all. He is the life- giver and time-giver. Surya Narayan is personified sitting in a golden chariot drawn by seven horses. This serves as a constant reminder to us all of the passage of time represented by the seven days of the week.

The seven horses also represents the seven primary colors of the rainbow or light. The various colors when put together will once again become white light with no traces left of their original color as they merge into each other. So too must man blend with each other and nature and become one with that supreme being leaving no traces of ‘ahamkara’ I-ness and my-ness. Surya Narayan is not only worshipped by Hindus but other ancient cultures as well. The Egyptians refer to the sun god as ‘Ra’ and considers him the creator of light and other things. Note the similarity with ‘Ravi’ being another name of Suryadeo in Hinduism. Helois was the sun god of the Greeks, who believed that he drove the sun across the sky from east to west in his golden chariot. The Eskimos in Greenland call the sun Malina – a goddess.

The Chinese also worship the sun. They thought that there were ten suns, each traversing the sky every day of their ten day week. The Vedas adore Surya Narayan as a witness of all actions (Sakshi), for HE is ever present and always vigil in performing his duties. Hence he is called ‘Jagadaikha chakshusay’ the eye of the three worlds. Worship of Suryadeo especially on Sundays yields manifold benefits. Lost vision will once again be regained. Surya namaskar performed with faith and love will strengthen one`s bones, cure illness and bestows progeny, wealth, good-health and long life. Surya Narayan temples are very popular in Bharat. The Suryanar-Koli in Tamil Nadu and Konark in Orissa are two of the most famous ones. There are a few Surya temples in the West Indies but as far as our research permit we have not been able to locate another Surya temple in North America. All are welcome to worship and serve the lord at this new temple of Surya Narayan Bhagwan. May his divine rays flood your hearts.

Shri Suryanarayana Mantra

Shri Suryanarayana Mantra is a very popular Mantra dedicated to Lord Surya. Surya Narayana is one of the various forms of Lord Surya. Lord Surya Narayana is depicted as Chaturbhuja (four-armed) seated on a chariot drawn by seven horses. He holds a conch, Chakra, mace and lotus in his four arms like Lord Vishnu. That is why this form of the Sun God is worshipped as Surya Narayana.

॥ Shri Surya Narayana Mantra ॥

ॐ सूर्यनारायणायः नमः।

Om Surya Narayanayah Namah

Translation of the Mantra

हे सूर्य नारायण प्रभो! आपको मेरा बारम्बार नमस्कार है।

O Lord Surya Narayana! I salute you again and again.

"The Stunning Masks of Menighbe" ✨️

In ancient Chinese mythology, when the world’s old patterns could no longer hold, a being called the Dragon-Horse ~ Longma 龙马 ~ would rise from the Yellow River.

Scaled like a dragon, fast as a horse, it carried on its back a new cosmic map: a sign that Heaven was ready to rewrite what had grown rigid, unjust, or out of balance.

It appears when systems have hardened, when power has become disconnected from life, when the old order must make way for the truth. In the earliest texts, its arrival marks a shift in destiny ~ the end of one era and the beginning of another.

Fire Horse energy is not about destruction for its own sake: it is about clearing what no longer serves.

It is the force that pushes through fear, stagnation, and inherited structures, making room for justice, breath, and new possibility to enter.

ask who he is.

He simply plays.

That is wisdom.”