Isian News 162, Samhain 2016

Greetings Aset Shemsu! Isian News Issue No. 162, Samhain 2016 has just been published. 

You may view this new issue of Isian News as a pdf file here: Samhain 2016.pdf 

The cover art for this issue, featured above is titled "Leda and the Swan" by Olivia Robertson. Photo taken by Caroline Wise during Olivia's 95th Birthday Celebration in 2012. Photo used by permission. 

An Oracle of the Seasons has been uploaded for Samhain. We are contemplating the Oracle of the Goddess Brighid, from the FOI liturgy book "Panthea, Initiations and Festivals of the Goddess" ritual no. 11, "Communion with the World of Spirits" written by FOI Co-Founder Olivia Robertson. 

Fellowship of Isis Central on Facebook

Members of the Fellowship of Isis are warmly welcomed to peruse our public page on Facebook. Our page features many beautiful photos, quotes from the FOI founders, news and events: 

Fellowship of Isis Central Site and News

Photo: Olivia Robertson standing before the High Altar in the Temple of Isis at Clonegal Castle, holding her wand and sistrum. Courtesy of P. McCarthy.

Honoring the Great Mother Goddess Isis of Ten Thousand Names

"Divine Isis, Goddess of Ten Thousand Names, I invoke your Grace. The Gods above adore You, the Gods below do homage to You: You set the orb of heaven spinning above the poles, You give light to the sun, You govern the universe. At Your voice, the spirits of earth rejoice, the elements obey. At Your nod the winds blow, clouds drop wholesome rain upon the earth, seeds quicken, buds swell. Birds that fly through the air, beasts that prowl on the mountain, serpents that lurk in the dust, all these tremble in single awe of You. Come to our temple, oh Goddess: dwell in our shrine: make our hearth Your altar: our hearts Your home."

~ Invocation to the Goddess Isis by Olivia Robertson from "Dedication of a Shrine to Isis" in "Dea, Rites and Mysteries of the Goddess"

Many FOI members are looking forward to attending these events within the next few weeks:

FOI Convocation hosted by the Temple of Isis, Geyserville, California. Beginning Friday, October 7, check-ins at 3:00 pm, ending Monday, October 10, at 5:00 pm. This event has been held annually since 1990. For more information: http://templeofisisusa.blogspot.com/p/convocation-schedule.html

Annual FOI Chicago Goddess Convention, Chicago, Illinois. Saturday, October 15, 9:30 am - 7:00 pm. This gathering has been held annually since 1994. Fore more information please visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/1066925373398752/permalink/1092116240879665/

 

 
Photo of FOI Co-Founders Olivia Robertson and Lawrence Durdin-Robertson on the altar of the Isis Chapel, at Isis Oasis, Geyserville, California, Temple of Isis, Fellowship of Isis. Courtesy of Yeshe Matthews.