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The Goddess: Isis and her various other names and

symbols
Athanasius Kircher: From Oedipus Aegyptiacus (1652-4)
Based on Auleius! The Golden Ass! Boo" ##! chater $%:
Then by little and little I seemed to see the whole &i'ure o& her body! mountin' out o& the sea and
standin' be&ore me! where&ore I urose to describe her divine semblance! i& the overty o& my
human seech will su&&er me! or her divine ower 'ive me elo(uence thereto) *irst she had a 'reat
abundance o& hair! disersed and scattered about her nec"! on the crown o& her head she bare many
'arlands enterlaced with &lowers! in the middle o& her &orehead was a comass in &ashion o& a 'lass!
or resemblin' the li'ht o& the +oon! in one o& her hands she bare serents! in the other! blades o&
corn! her vestment was o& &ine sil" yieldin' divers colours! sometime yellow! sometime rosy!
sometime &lamey! and sometime ,which troubled my sirit sore- dar" and obscure! covered with a
blac" robe in manner o& a shield! and leated in most subtile &ashion at the s"irts o& her 'arments! the
welts aeared comely! whereas here and there the stares 'limsed! and in the middle o& them was
laced the +oon! which shone li"e a &lame o& &ire! round about the robe was a coronet or 'arland
made with &lowers and &ruits) In her ri'ht hand she had a timbrel o& brass! which 'ave a leasant
sound! in her le&t hand she bare a cu o& 'old! out o& the mouth whereo& the serent Asis li&ted u
his head! with a swellin' throat! her odori&erous &eet were covered with shoes interlaced and wrou'ht
with victorious alm) Thus the divine shae breathin' out the leasant sice o& &ertile Arabia!
disdained not with her divine voyce to utter these words unto me: Behold .ucius I am come! thy
weein' and rayers hath moved me to succour thee)
/I am she that is the natural mother o& all thin's! mistress and 'overness o& all the elements! the
initial ro'eny o& worlds! chie& o& owers divine! 0ueen o& 1eaven! the rincial o& the Gods
celestial! the li'ht o& the 'oddesses: at my will the lanets o& the air! the wholesome winds o& the
seas! and the silences o& 1ell be disosed2 my name! my divinity is adored throu'hout all the world
in divers manners! in variable customs and in many names! &or the Phry'ians call me the mother o&
the Gods: the Athenians! +inerva: the Cyrians! 3enus: the Candians! 4iana: the 5icilians
Proserina: the Eleusians! Ceres: some 6uno! other Bellona! other 1ecate: and rincially the
Ethioians which dwell in the 7rient! and the E'ytians which are excellent in all "ind o& ancient
doctrine! and by their roer ceremonies accustom to worshi mee! do call me 0ueen Isis)
I S I D I S
+a'n8 4eorum +atris
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+inerva
3enus
Iuno
Proserina
Ceres
4iana
9hea seu
Explicationes
symbolorum Isidis)
A
4iuinitatem!
mundum!
orbes
c:lestes
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Iter .un8
&lexuosum! ;
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.un8 in
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Cereris
symbolum!
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sicas
inuenit)
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Byssina vestis
multicolor!
multi&ormem
.un8 &aciem)
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ve'etabilia)
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lunares)
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.une)
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.un8 vis
victrix! ; vis
diuinandi)
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4ominium in
humores ;
mare)
7
Terr8
symbolum! ;
+edicin8
inuentrix)
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Astrorum
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