Oracle of the Month - December

December 2016
Oracle: The Goddess Muth
Book: "Panthea, Initiations and Festivals of the Goddess"
By: Olivia Robertson



Invocation:
Divine Muth, Mother of all beings, come to our hearts! Inspire us with wisdom and compassion, so that at the last we may dwell in Thy everlasting habitations overshadowed by thy Wings.

Oracle:
In verity the two lands of earth and after-life are One. They are only separated by the blindness of the ignorant. Day and Night are One. Sun and Moon are One, Man and Woman are One. The inner sun which shineth within the depths of the earth is One with the Sun in Heaven. Every heart is united with all hearts through the spheres with the warmth of Love. Yet every being and atom calleth to the others through unique quality that is its essence.

But discord destroys peace and joy through this very Love, when it becomes distorted into obsessive passion. It strikes through narrow devotion to family and nation, but it is at its most evil when it consumes the soul with religious fanaticism. Devotees so deluded will torture and kill those who will not accept the object of their worship.

My children of ancient Egypt saw Deity in the Many. They recognised innate divinity in cats and dogs and hippopotami, through beetles and crocodiles and rivers. As the intellect brought separation of man and nature, men found the Path of the One Light: they acknowledged the Many as emanating from the One. This satisfied mind and heart. Both ways of approaching reality have brought many to everlasting joy. Yet both have caused great evil, through abuse by overemphasis. Those who worshipped the Many in a mindless way degenerated. They became dissipated and lost strength of directed mind and purpose. After them came the followers of the One, whether the One God or Mind: these through unbalanced ideals killed millions of their fellows in the name of love and justice.

The Deities always provide an antidote to poison. And the antidote to obsessive devotion, whether to a person or to a country, to a religion or to an ideal, is to face the truth. This is not easy. If facts contradict long-held feelings and opinions, a man would rather die than accept them. Such people regard Truth as ugly and shun it. They are terrified of the unknown. For them the Goddess is shrouded in black night. Yet if they had the courage to unveil Her, they would see the beautiful countenance of Truth. Instead they pursue Love, thrusting aside all that stands in their way. Inevitably they are consumed by violence and insanity. Love must be approached with humility.

Let Love and Truth be brought into that Sacred Marriage which bringeth forth harmony.

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Samhain Letter from Cressida Pryor

FOI Steward Cressida Pryor has published her Samhain letter. You may read it here.

Oracle of the Month - November

November 2016
Oracle: The Goddess Sekhmet
Book: "Isis of Alchemy, Transformation through the Goddess"
By: Olivia Robertson

Invocation:
Mighty Goddess Sekhmet, Who with Your Inner Sun bestows life blood throughout the universe, help us to transmute our passions into Your Divine Gold.

Oracle:
You need gold to create gold. But however hard you try, you will not attain the Inner Sun by ministering to your own ambition. An obsession to be a Spiritual Leader works in reverse. In digging for such fools' gold, you dig your own grave. To gaze directly on the earthly sun blinds you. But it is far more dangerous to steal the rays of the Inner Sun. Spiritual blindness is the punishment.

How then may the seeker attain the goal of Divine Awareness? The answer is simple. Watch shadows! My Gold is not to be seized upon by greedy hands, but shows itself in humble places. It reveals its loveliness in the sound of doves in a wood: moonlight on a pool; cubs playing in their earth. My Nature has its hidden symbols to guide you on your way.

Discover the Inner Sun in those who seem devoid of goodness. It is easy to accept yourself; hard to appreciate the treasure concealed in others whom you find repellent. Most people condemn wrong doers. But the Spiritual Alchemist uncovers good in someone obsessed by evil. Honour such hidden splendour and you yourselves will shine forth as stars!

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Oracle of the Month - October

October 2016
Oracle: The Goddess Kwan Yin
Book: "Melusina, Life Centres of the Goddess"
By: Olivia Robertson

Invocation:
Divine Mother of all beings, Whose heart is open to those in need, come to us! When men, women and their children were starving from drought in Ancient China, secretly Thou didst go to their barren rice fields, and with milk drawn from Thy breasts Thou didst replenish the withered ears of rice. In this hour of earth's need, aid us to feed all on earth!

Oracle:
Truly, My children, your greatest need is not for earthly sustenance, but for spiritual food. The equipoise between heaven and earth has been unbalanced, and the Deities can no longer easily commune with humankind.

Know that there is a spiritual milk that courses through all creatures and upon which every being depends for its life. This elixir is to earthly gaze invisible, not to be seen nor felt. Yet without its health-giving flow you wither and perish. This is the peach-juice of immortality, the Elixir of Life.

When this pure flow of celestial milk becomes clogged and contaminated, you experience loss of creativity, evil emotions and a craving for stimulants. No longer can the golden power of Yin and the silver power of Yang bring you the ecstasy of Love and Truth! Together these two forces form the Tree of Life within your own bodies, and the Peaches of Immortality are the fruits thereof. But the Forces cannot manifest unless they flow through the white river of plasma, Prana, which should freely circulate through you.

This milky plasma, which may be termed "Yin" in relation to animating Spiritual Fire, may be freed from the pollution of ugly thoughts and emotions by regulated breathing, dance movements and the intoning of Mantras. In-breathing and out-breathing need to be in balance. Left and right sides of the body should be brought into harmony by graceful movements. The arts of painting and music cleanse plasma through appreciation of beauty.

Visualise yourself as either Myself or the Boddhisattva Maitreya! Be seated as we are upon a lotus, floating upon the surface of a tranquil lake. But this exquisite water-lily has a thick slimy stem and its roots are deeply embedded in mud. Do not despise the earth and its elements, for it is from the earth that you grow. Now feel the golden sun within the moon-like petals of the lotus shine within your hearts! When you feel a warm glow radiating within you, you will love as I do, and through your love you will bring happiness, compassion and creativity to all those within your sphere. Omm Shanti. Peace be with you.

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Autumn Equinox Letter from Cressida Pryor

Please see Cressida Pryor's letter discussing the adoption of the tag line you now see as this page's subheader: Rediscovering the Love and Compassion of the Goddess.

Ordination

I am delighted to announce that on the night of September 2nd, 2016, I was ordained as a Priestess in the Fellowship of Isis.

Oracle of the Month - September

September 2016
Oracle: The Goddess Terra
Book: "Sophia, Cosmic Consciousness of the Goddess"
By: Olivia Robertson

Invocation:
Holy Mother of us all, we dwell by Thy sufferance upon the wide earth: all creatures that fly and run and swim are under Thy sway. The sacred elements of Earth form Thy Body and Thy mighty aura encompasses us as a protective veil. But now we dread the destruction we wreak upon Thy Being. Aid us to change the hearts of those who destroy Thy children and Thy life.

Oracle:
Fear not for Me! For if, through immature folly, my destructive sons break my crust irretrievably, causing my inner fires to erupt, for Me this would be a glorious rebirth into a greater orbit! I should encircle the sun in splendour as a far flying comet. In truth, it is not for Me - whom you have trodden underfoot with neglect - for whom you fear, but for yourselves and your works. For what can the students do when they have destroyed their classroom? Yet that which is threatened is suddenly appreciated! So many of you return to My Nature and seek my initiation. Know that heaven and the stars are without, but they are also within Me and within Yourselves! My Inner Sun shines radiantly as my heart's love, and in the depths My Holy Centres glow with myriad ever-changing colours. These are guarded by the two-coiled fiery Dragon-Goddess Tiamat. The first quest to be undertaken by the seeker is not without but within My Being. For within are all your lost treasures, the records of your past lives. The pilgrim soul may through Me live again through each stage of evolving consciousness, as does a child within the womb.

Descend into the Abyss, but only with My Vocation. Without My unmistakable call you will surely perish from fear! Bring with you the Lamp of Truth, and in your hearts love for even those of my children who appear to you as terrible of aspect. You will face and pass through molten sulphurous green lakes, rivers of fire and finally, face all-revealing Light. Know that in My womb rests the lost paradise you seek, and within it is the Tree. The time comes to each of you when the forbidden fruit is freely given to you. And the gifts thereof give you knowledge of past epochs and the rise and fall of planets and the realization of your own latent divinity. Yet even knowledge is not enough. For wisdom to be won you must taste of the ever-renewing Tree of creative Love. Come to Me without fear, but only when I call you Home.

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Oracle of the Month - August

August 2016
Oracle: The Goddess Uzume
Book: "Brigid of the Rainbow Planets"
By: Olivia Robertson



Invocation:
Holy Goddess Uzume, Who brought life through laughter to a dying people and a dying land, restore us who see before us only lingering death. We have lost faith in our own immortality.

Oracle:
Starve yourself of joyful movement and you lose the ever-encircling stars that move through your own bodies, joining atom to atom. The harmony of music travels through mighty constellations, and yet delights also the cricket on the hearth! The myriad colours of stars and planets are echoed in small wild flowers and delight small blue birds in rosy peach blossoms. You are blind on a planet of vision: deaf in a sphere of music: and walk with steps lumbered with cares – while all around you is Paradise.

I bring the arts of Noh, of acting with comedy and tragedy, portrayed in legends that speak to your souls. I dance upon the stormy waves of the ocean and enchant you from the white-faced moon. Eternity is within you. A small insect – a dragonfly – may awaken your sleeping divinity.

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Isian News - Lughnasadh

The Lughnasadh issue of Isian News is now available at this link.