This morning, the Random Object Randomogrifier handed me a little figurine of Isis, the Egyptian goddess of magic, healing, and kingship.
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Isis is the one who puts Pharaoh on the throne. She is often shown with a chair on her head for that very reason, a symbol tied to the throne.
Her symbols go back about 4,500 years. People worshipped her a very long time, with temples still active into 6 AD, and her reach stretched from Egypt to Pompeii and even Roman Britain.
Her story is family and grit. She is sister and wife to Osiris, and when Set killed him she used magic to find him and bring him back. Osiris became lord of the underworld, and Isis remained his wife. We know her from the coffin texts, the writing on the walls, and the Book of the Dead. Her Egyptian name is Aset, which literally means throne. Isis is the Greek name. The Greeks likened her to Demeter and Aphrodite, and the Romans kept the name Isis and carried her story everywhere they conquered.
She even turned up on Saturday morning TV. Secrets of Isis paired with Shazam, with a science teacher reading an incantation and embodying the spirit of Isis. I remember that one. It is the little things that keep this fun, the small tweaks, the surprises, and the steady practice that holds me accountable.
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