Isis
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Too sexual rotated! lol
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Malta is a staunchly Catholic country, so it is strange to see the Eye of Isis painted on the fishing boats to insure protection in rough seas. Malta is situated south of Sicily in the Mediterranean. Best viewedLarger.
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Gouache on paper. Early Christians appropriated much of Isis’ iconography for the Virgin Mary. She was given several of Isis’ titles – such as “Star of the Sea” (Stella maris) and “Queen of Heaven”. And traditionally, Isis was shown standing on a crescent moon or with stars in her hair or around her head, as is Mary the Virgin. / But the most strikingly similar image is that of the mother and child. Isis, too, was worshipped as a holy virgin. But although she was also the mother of Horus, this presented no problem to the minds of her millions of followers. / To them, their gods may or may not have once walked the earth: what mattered was what they embodied. The gods were understood to be living archetypes, not historical characters. / Far from being an unsophisticated and ignorant religion, Isians appear to have had a profound grasp of the human psyche. Isis was worshipped as both Virgin and Mother – but not as a Virgin Mother. / The worship of most major goddesses emphasised their essential femininity by dividing it up into three main aspects, each representing the lifecycle of real women. First, the Virgin, then the Mother, then the Crone; all three are also linked to the new moon, the full moon and the dark of the moon. Isis was understood to stand for the whole of female experience, including sexual love. The egg represents both new and renewal of life in many religious teachings through the ages, and has been appropriated in recent times for easter celebrations. Interestingly, the Virgin Mary has not always worn blue. In Russian icons she is more often in red, while the Byzantine artists in the seventh century or so usually showed her in purple. Sometimes she is in white too – she had a big wardrobe. / In fifteenth century Holland, Mary often wore scarlet because that was the most expensive cloth; the earlier Byzantine choice of purple was similarly because this was a valuable dye at that period. Several paintings of Mary from these times show her in cloth fringed with Arabic script which reads as the first of Islam’s Five Pillars: “There is no god but God, and Mohammed is His Prophet” – the finest cloths available were made by Moslems. When in the thirteenth century ultramarine arrived in Italy as the most expensive colour on the market, it was used to dress Mary. Pope Pius V standardised liturgical colour coding in the sixteenth century, since then blue has always been reserved for the Mother of Christ. So here’s my homage to life, mothers and the fascinating evolution of spiritual archetypes.
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I have always been so fascinated by ancient Egypt and have been wanting to do a painting like this for a long time. This is my version of Isis and Osiris. There is a tragic story behind Osiris and Isis, and how Osiris became the God of the underworld. This image is how I like to think of them, young and in love before they became gods. I looked at some old papyrus images of them for refference. The clothing is a bit different from the references that I looked at. I have two signatures in this work one is my regular and one is painted in Hieroglyphics on the vase. The sketch for this was done in Painter, the painting was done in Photoshop.
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acrylic on canvas 18×25
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3d image, finished in PSP,PS,, Osiris, Son of Geb and Nut, Brother and Husband to Isis, Brother of Set. / Osiris was a grand King of Egypt, he built the temples and made new laws which were fair for the people, and his people loved him, for he cared for them, showed them how to farm the land, and rid the land cannibalisum. His brother Set became jealous of his popularity and plotted a devious plan to kill him. This way Set could live as Pharaoh, rule and change the Kingdom again. He set about his plan. One day a huge party took place and Set had a magnificent coffin made, he told the people of the party, whomever fitted in this grand coffin, may keep it,, he let everyone try it for size. Except it fitted no one, other than Osiris. Osiris was overjoyed that this grand coffin would be his. And Set told him to try it out for size, so he did. When Osiris got in, and Set immediately ordered his men to nail down the lid, tight. After this was done, Set then ordered the coffin to be thrown into the Nile. Where it sank to the bottom. Isis soon found out and hawled her husbands body from the depths of the Nile. Isis then hid it in marshes, but Set found it. He then took Osiris’ body and cut it into pieces, which he spread over the kingdom. Isis spent time looking for her husband, and when she had found all the pieces, she asked Anubis, to help her put Osiris back together. Once together, they became husband and wife and produced Horus. I believe Osiris became the first Mummified Egyptian. / © Copyright 2008 Dawnsky2, All Rights Reserved.
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After viewing the photo, you can read the entire text in the writing section Also please view this photo in the larger format. / I had an interesting experience walking Molly. She stopped at a house and sat and did not want to continue her walk. This is highly unusual for Molly since she look forward to her walks and has never sat down and resisted continuing our daily walk. When she is confused or does not understand what we are communicating, she also sits down. It finally occured to me that she knew something that I did not perceive. / She kept looking at this house for sale and to a statue of Isis, goddess of Egypt. She stood up and led me to a door that is seen in this photograph. The door was made of bamboo blue and gold reeds, / There were also very unusual moss covered trees on both sides of the gate, The appeared to be otherworldy figures, the male on the right and the female on the left. The male was more somber and as you can see was viewing us intently with his left eye. It was clear that Molly had found an enchanted place and wanted to explore what was behind the secret door. I posted a few photos of what I called “Molly’s Enchanted Garden.’ I have many more photos of the ponds and buddhist figures that created a magnificent Zen-like spiritual landscape. We encountered many beautiful buddhist figures, many brides as we hiked up the trail and a Japanese tea house that surrounded by beautiful trees, zen figures and several ponds. I felt like I had entered a serene paradise that I like Molly did not want to leave. There was a sense of peace and tranquility that I rarely experience in the hurried pace of city life. I will upload more photos of this magical place that I have referred to as Molly’s enchanted garden. I thought the door was unusual and in keeping with the beauty that surrounded us. Molly is very communicative and those who are open to animal communication will find communicating with animals to be fascinating. Temple Grandin is . an autistic woman who as a child was recommended for institutionalization, Grandin has managed not only to enter society’s mainstream but ultimately to become prominent in animal research. An associate professor at Colorado State University, she designs facilities used worldwide for humane handling of livestock. She also invented a “hug machine” (based on a cattle-holding chute) that calms autistic children. In Animals in Translation, co-authored with science writer Catherine Johnson, Grandin makes an intriguing argument that, psychologically, animals and autistic people have a great deal in common—and that both have mental abilities typically underestimated by normal people. The book is a valuable, if speculative, contribution to the discussion of both autism and animal intelligence, two subjects on which there is little scientific consensus. Autistics, in Grandin’s view, represent a “way station” between average people, with all their verbal and conceptual abilities, and animals. In touring animal facilities, Grandin often spots details—a rattling chain, say, or a fluttering piece of cloth—that disturb the animals but have been overlooked by the people in charge. She also draws on psychological studies to show how oblivious humans can be to their surroundings. Ordinary humans seem to be less detail-oriented than animals and autistics. Grandin argues that animals have formidable cognitive capabilities, albeit specialized ones, whereas humans are cognitive generalists. Dogs are smell experts, birds are migration specialists, and so on. In her view, some animals have a form of genius—much as autistic savants can perform feats of memory and calculation far beyond the abilities of average people. Some dogs, for example, can predict when their owner is about to have a seizure. Delving into animal emotion, aggression and suffering, Grandin gives tips that may be useful for caretakers of pets and farm animals. She also notes that humans seem to need, and thrive on, the proximity of animals. Indeed, she states provocatively, in the process of becoming human we gave up something primal, and being around animals helps us get a measure of that back.
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There is a beautiful story that goes with this one. My oldest daughter was born underwater, and I am very committed to the gentle and conscious process of underwater birth. From time to time I have the opportunity to assist in delivering babies underwater. A girlfriend of mine asked me to help with the birth of her first baby underwater. Everything went great, and after the birth, I came home and rested for a day. The following day I started this painting and the joy of that birth experience stayed with me throughout the process of painting this one. I am reminded of the special privilege it is to be part of a birth process, in the water or on the canvas. I feel very blessed today. :) I would like to dedicate this piece to a beautiful 10 pound baby girl named Isis.
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Whilst scanning the image i realised it could also be seen as a celebration of the goddess ISIS whose horns hold the sun disk with in them
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Model: The stunning Miss Ava Jinx / MUA: the very talented Ruby Rouge
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Water colour, Pen and Pencil on paper / Isis is a goddess in Ancient Egyptian religious beliefs and is celebrated in their mythology as the ideal mother and wife, patron of nature and magic; friend of slaves, sinners, artisans, the downtrodden, as well as listening to the prayers of the wealthy, maidens, aristocrats and rulers. / Shortly after 2,500 B.C., during the fifth dynasty, the first written records concerning the worship of Isis appear. The Romans spread her worship to the farthest reaches of their empire after they occupied Egypt in 32 A.D. This followed the invasion of Egypt by Alexander the Great and a Greek occupation for three hundred years beginning in 330 B.C. Although in different degrees, the Greeks and the Romans adopted deities from the Egyptian pantheon and often interpreted some of their own deities as having a parallel with some of the Egyptian deities. This gave some of their Roman and Greek deities an earlier history than their own—and implied a longer history for themselves. Many of the Egyptian deities were merged and renamed with those of the Greeks and Romans, but a few remained relatively unchanged. Isis is one who retained a unique Egyptian nature while being worshiped in other cultures. / The goddess Isis was the first daughter of Geb, god of the Earth, and Nut, the goddess of the Overarching Sky, and was born on the fourth intercalary day. At some time Isis absorbed some characteristics of Hathor a powerful deity who was the mother of Horus. He represented the pharaohs, and as a deity provided them with protection. In later myths about Isis, she had a brother, Osiris, who became her husband, and she then was said to have conceived Horus. Isis was instrumental in the resurrection of Osiris when he was murdered by Seth. Her magical skills restored his body to life after she gathered the parts of it that had been strew about the earth by Seth.[2] This myth became very important in later Egyptian religious beliefs. / Isis also is known as the goddess of simplicity, from whom all beginnings arose, and was the Lady of bread, of beer, and of green fields. In later myths, Ancient Egyptians believed that the Nile River flooded every year because of her tears of sorrow for her dead husband, Osiris, relived each year in rituals
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ORIGINAL $300 plus P&H This is a shield mandala – protecting and nurturing… / A companion mandala to ISIS – ancient egyptian symbology working with the goddess… / The eye of Horus facing all directions… From the original acrylic on canvas
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CAT SERIES (COLOUR) Another one from my Cat Period- / The African objects were inspired / by a Kaffe Facett Tapestry and the / Fruit and Paint Brushes were from / my house. / ORIGINAL SOLD 2005 / Watercolour Pencil on Heavy Cartridge / / New Art Print Design with Text over on Zazzle too…........
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This image was started in hospital after my partner lost a baby and i finished it this week whilst recovering froma liver biopsey so this image has a lot of meaning for me. / I have seen many examples of the three phases of the goddess and these are those i am most drawn to and all have had a place along the path i have chosen. The Morr’igan is the Celtic goddess of sexuality and war, she is powerful knows herself, if she is on yourside you can acomplish anything but betray her and theres a sting in her tail, so be careful and respectful of her at all times. To me the Morr’igan is my femanist side the old me who worked in turning the tide of all those injustices women face in the real world. back then i was known for my flame red hair and my sence of being a women on a mission. Isis, She is the mother her wisdom is still seen today in the images of Mary. She has tolarance and understanding and nurtures new life. And creativity with out which i dont know where i would be today, she is my anchor and link to reality when my brain is away with the fairys, she is the goddess that no matter how drained and down i get helps me to see the need of others. Hercate, the crone she is the wisdom in the darkness, she hold all the secrets of the world, life to her is a endless mystery. in short she knows everything and theres no hiding anything from her. To me shes my guild, my common sence, she helps me see lifes path in many ways and that sometimes you have to turn the puzzel on its head and think outside the box, she is the goddess who helps me keep it together and shares her secret in those littel moments that others miss. now with my hair going grey i feel quite comfetable with her guildance. well there you have it in short i hope these goddesses help you as much as they help me Blessed Be to you all
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Plutarch a Greek scholar who lived in 46 C.E. wrote, Isis and Osiris, which is considered a main source about the very late myths about Isis. In it he writes of Isis: “she is both wise, and a lover of wisdom; as her name appears to denote that, more than any other, knowing and knowledge belong to her.” The shrine of Isis in Sais carried the inscription “I am all that hath been, and is, and shall be; and my veil no mortal has hitherto raised.” At Sais, however, the patron goddess of its Ancient Cult was Neith, many of whose traits had begun to be attributed to Isis during the Greek occupation. In The Golden Ass the Roman writer Apuleius later gives us his understanding of Isis in the second century. The following paragraph is particularly significant: “ You see me here, Lucius, in answer to your prayer. I am nature, the Universal Mother, Mistress of all the elements, primordial child of time, sovereign of all things Spiritual, Queen of the dead, Queen also of the immortals, the single manifestation of all gods and goddesses that are, my nod governs the shining heights of Heavens, the wholesome sea breezes. Though I am worshipped in many aspects, known by countless names … some know me as Juno, some as Bellona … the Egyptians who excel in Ancient learning and worship call me by my true name…Queen Isis. Painting using mixed media and gold leaf / 102 cm x 42cm Music – Across Egypt – by John Williams 16th December 2008
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The Gnostic Gospels are a collection of early Christian Gnostic texts discovered near the Upper Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi in 1945. That year, twelve leather-bound papyrus codices buried in a sealed jar were found by a local peasant named Mohammed Ali Samman. / The contents of the codices were written in Coptic, though the works were probably all translations from Greek. The best-known of these works is probably the Gospel of Thomas, of which the Nag Hammadi codices contain the only complete text. / Amongst this wonderful collection was a Hymn to Isis. The complete translations of this collection was not completed until 1971. / Hymn To Isis / Because I am the first and the last / I am the venerated and the despised one / I am the prostitute and the saint. / I am the bride and the virgin. / I am the mother and the daughter, / I am my mother’s arms, / I am the sterile one, yet my children are numerous, / I am the married woman and the unmarried one, / I am She who gives birth and She who has never given birth, / I am the consolation for the pains of childbirth. / I am the bride and the groom, / And it was my man who nurtured my fertility, / I am my father’s Mother, / I am my husband’s sister. / And he is my rejected son. / Respect me always, / As I am the Scandalous and the Magnificent one. III-IV century before Christ / Found in Nag Hammadi, Egypt – 1945 Music* – Music of Ancient Egypt / 14th January 2009_
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At last i’ve finished the colouring to the grail, challace image i’ve been working on, and i’m keeping my fingers crossed that i can get the challage well gardens to stock the image into there shop. / Now that i’ve added the colour it is easyer to see how the pitcher is made up. Around the grail i have added a maze, this represent the maze of life and that journey that all of us are on, with all its countless turns and mistakes that make us who we are. And in many ways each of us is on our own Grail Quest. / Around this i have added a knotwork patten this represents the two springs that run through Glastonbury. The red spring runs through the challace gardens where the Grail turns it red as it passes through it or so the ledgend goes. this spring is also full of iron and like so many others i’ve used it to clense crystals and other bits and bobs. The other spring is the White Spring which flows under the Tor and then come out across the road from the red spring. Currently the white spring is being added two and the room where the waters flow through is amazing to behold. / below the central design i have included the design of the challage well which is forged of iron and protects the well with in the challage gardens. / Whilst above i have added the cressent moon holding a pentagram, this symbol is a sign of protection as well as the pagan path, whilst the moon represents Diana and Isis two of the goddess that are worshiped with in Glastonburys Goddess temple, I hope you like it and i’m looking forward to seeing what you all think, Love and light to All Cherrie
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Songs to the harp are made for you, / One sings to you with clapping hands; / Hymn to the Nile / M. Lichtheim Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume 1, p.208 23rd January 2009
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R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz, lived for fifteen years among the temples and tombs of Luxor and Karnak, in order to try and penetrate the secret symbolism of the hieroglyphs. Below is one of her translations. If you search for the laws of harmony, you will find knowledge. I dedicate this painting to R.A. Schwaller de Lubicz, whom I admire greatly. Painting in acrylics, inks and silver pigment / 102×42cm 25th January 2009
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Model: Bubbler Brett Manning SYMBOLISM: From the Black Butterfly series, charcoal on mylar drafting film, with white backing paper 19×32” From a reference photo self-portrait by Redbubble friend Brett Manning, aka brettisagirl. The piece is inspired by Brett’s artistic “muses” (the butterflies) art, fashion, design, illustration, drawing, her Frankie, coffee, chocolate, her kitties, her puppies, and 60’s music, especially Bob Dylan. The butterflies are “ideas” that flutter around her head. The necklace is a nod to fashion, and to the lyric in Bob Dylan’s tune of the same name. “The World’s Biggest Necklace” is also from Egyptian mythology. There are eleven butterflies, symbolic for myself and my ten siblings. “Isis” lyrics by Bob Dylan: I married Isis on the fifth day of May, / But I could not hold on to her very long. So I cut off my hair and I rode straight away / For the wild unknown country where I could not go wrong. I came to a high place of darkness and light. The dividing line ran through the center of town. I hitched up my pony to a post on the rise, / Went in to a laundry to wash my clothes down. A man in the corner approached me for a match. I knew right away he was not ordinary. He said, “Are you lookin’ for somethin’ easy to catch?” / I said, “I got no money.” He said, “That ain’t necessary. / “ We set out that night for the cold in the North. I gave him my blanket, he gave me his word. I said, “Where are we goin’?” He said we’d be back by the fourth. I said, “That’s the best news that I’ve ever heard. / “ I was thinkin’ about turquoise, I was thinkin’ about gold, / I was thinkin’ about diamonds and the world’s biggest necklace. As we rode through the canyons, through the devilish cold, / I was thinkin’ about Isis, how she thought I was so reckless.
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Isis, the Egyptian goddess of rebirth remains one of the most familiar images of empowered and utter femininity. The goddess Isis was the first daughter of Geb, god of the Earth, and Nut, the goddess of the Overarching Sky. Isis was born on the first day between the first years of creation, and was adored by her human followers.
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This is the fourth variation on the ‘Black and White figure studies’. The first was the male, I did it as a sexy Valentine for my wife. I did a print-out and put it on the kitchen table, and seeing it upside down I saw it looked like a female. I did variation two, ‘Figure study in saturated color’. Painted ladies is having a challenge, Black and white with minimal color, so I turned him upside down again and made the heart a dress, this comes from Marie yelling help when she’s trying to pull a dress over her head and gets stuck, variation three. This fourth variation is, I have fallen in love with anything Egyptian, so here’s Cleopatra, queen of love, back to sexy.
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Pure Watercolour / Arches 140lb / W/N Paints / 14×10in I recently renamed this painting Innocence… I captured this photo of my grandson Isi, picking buttercups in the garden, He stood studying it for ages, he was in his own little world… Children have such Innocent minds..It made me stop and think about what might lie ahead of him in his life to come, and that also worried me too. How wonderful this age is to be so innocent of worry and all that is happening in the world around us.
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