Calendar of the Sun 2 Blutmonath Day VI of the Mysteries of Isis and Osiris Colours: Green and black Elements: Earth and Air Altar: Upon cloth of green and black set a figure of Isis, a figure of Osiris, a box carved like a sarcophagus, and two large ivory candles. Offerings: Undertake a project that may fail. Daily Meal: Beer. Barley. Figs. Dates. Nuts. Flatbread. Invocation to Isis II Praise be unto thee, O lady, mightier than the gods, The living souls who are in their hidden places Praise the mystery of thee. O thou who art their mother, Thou source from which they sprang Who makest for them a place in the hidden Underworld, Who makest sound their bones And preservest them from terror, Who makes them strong in the abode of everlastingness. For Isis searched three days in the swamps of the Nile, Tirelessly she searched, unceasingly she searched, Between her tears she waded in water Thick with the crocodiles of doom Sixteen pieces of her husband's body She recovered, but found to her eternal sorrow The organ of fertility had been eaten by a crab, The life force of Osiris was forever gone, And all the magic in the world Could not bring him back to life. Yet she was not entirely undone, For she brought him back for one night only, One night enough to conceive his child By all the means of her goodly magics. And so was the sacred child Horus conceived On a night of sorcery and secrecy, And thus was born also his father's vengeance. Raise your voices for the power of Isis! (All cheer, but then the cheers are silenced, and all exit quietly.)
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