Isis and Osiris : exploring the goddess myth
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TextNew York Doubleday c1994Edition: 1st edDescription: 209p.; ill.; appendix; indexContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0385417977
- BL2450.I7 C68 1994
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1 Introduction. 2 The story of Isis and Osiris. 3 Isis and Osiris: a conversation with James P. Allen. 4 The fellowship of Isis at Clonegal Castle. 5 Isis and Osiris: a conversation with Robert S. Bianchi. 6 The people of the faith: the Ammonite Foundation. 7 Isis and Osiris: a conversation with Mark Hasselriis. 8 The Isis/Osiris workshop: Evangeline and Franklin Kane. 9 Epilogue: A night in a garden of Spain
'The ancient Egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris--the story of a goddess's search for and reassembling of her brother/husband's dismembered body--has haunted humanity's imagination since the dawn of time. Over the centuries this tale of love and betrayal, of death and resurrection, has made its way from the fertile Nile valley to affect cultures throughout the world. The Cult of Isis flourishes even to this day in many corners of the globe, five thousand years after its first mention in ancient Egyptian texts. This myth's significance as an archetype is undeniable....'
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