Thus, by repeating an incantation three times, we call upon the trinities of goddesses/gods which now need to support our request. In other ancient sources mentioned in the Berlin Papyrus, 7 also stands for Isis and thus has the special power of the goddess.
She also used magical numbers, with 3 and 7 the most sacred, where 3 represents many ( Egyptian gods are usually clustered in threes, just like the Catholic trinity) while 7 is associated with perfection and effectiveness. Isis is also the goddess of wisdom ( Magician with Divine Wisdom), since for the Egyptians knowledge is power. She can also grant the power of magic to others, though only temporarily.
Using this most powerful magic, Isis managed to resurrect Osiris and through Osiris, everyone.ĭo you see the similarity to Mary Magdalene at the tomb and to Jesus as a redeemer? Not only can Isis resurrect the dead but she can also grant immortality to humans. One incantation is I am Isis the Wise, the words of whose mouth of mine come to pass. Both can only be used if one knows the true name of the object or the person ( which were often hidden) to be affected. This power ( heka) works through a proper use of words and incantations which create a spiritual image and reveal the essence of the intended outcome.Īnother term akhu refers to magic connected to the afterlife. It flows between spirit and matter, which is my understanding of spiritual alchemy. Well, heka, says Jackson, flows between the sacred and secular… world. So what is the connection here with alchemy? And in ancient Egyptian lore, Isis was the great magician, she had the most heka ( the creative energy of the universe) of all the gods and even the magic god Thoth called her the Mistress of Magic. In other words, magic was not used to manipulate matter but to reach the very Source, to correct what was obviously wrong or spoiled. Thus, magic was intended to bring harmony to the world and turn chaos into the cosmos. There is nothing alchemical or noble about this, with the only benefit usually being short-term gain or control over something.Īccording to Jackson, for the ancient Egyptians magic was not sinister and was understood as a form of appeal to the higher powers of the universe in the war against the chaos and negativity that was always threatening creation. So, in my understanding, magic as we know it is like child’s play with material forces, and with a price to pay. Magic, as understood by the Romans and carried through to modern times, is basically a clever but gross, and often dangerous, manipulation of worldly forces for our own benefit or to cause someone else harm ( if conceived this way). Jackson makes an important point that the Egyptians viewed magic in a completely different way from how it is viewed now, or how it was viewed in the Greco-Roman period. In this book, especially in the chapter The Great Magician, Jackson explores Isis and her connection to what the Egyptians called magic. At first this was difficult, as many academic books on Isis are of a historical nature and do not touch upon the topic of alchemy, but I found an exceptional book by Lesley Jackson, Isis: the Eternal Goddess of Egypt and Rome. Since the topic is open to much speculation and sometimes very flamboyant conclusions, I wanted to enhance it with some scholarly background. There is so much speculation and mystery about the great magic and sexual alchemy of goddesses that I decided to investigate the possible connection between the great magic of Isis and the sexual alchemy of Mary Magdalene, two goddesses that I believe are closely related to each other in the goddess lore.
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