Every year at this time Ancient Egyptians gathered to celebrate the Feast of Nut (pronounced “noot” like “boot”), whose vast blue star-covered body stretched across the sky above them. The sun (symbolized by the scarab beetle in the painting at left) traveled across her body each day, was swallowed by her at dusk, then rebirthed each dawn. Nut’s arms and… Read more »
Sunday, March 18, 1:00 PM Feast of Isis Ceremony with Osireion At the spring equinox we celebrate Isis, the great mother goddess who brings new life, creates families, gives birth to Horus, brought Osiris back to life, is a healer, magician and midwife, and the first earthly queen of Egypt. At the ancient festival of shem el nessim, still celebrated… Read more »
Every year at this time Ancient Egyptians gathered to celebrate the Feast of Nut, whose vast blue star-covered body stretched across the sky above them. The sun (symbolized by the scarab beetle in the painting at left) traveled across her body each day, was swallowed by her at dusk, then rebirthed each dawn. Nut’s arms and legs were the four… Read more »
Sunday, November 20, Osireion will hold beautiful ritual drama commemorating the death of Osiris, the lamentations of Isis, her search for Osiris, and the magic of his return to life as god of the ancient Egyptian world of the dead. Annually, for thousands of years, this drama was re-enacted over a period of several days in Abydos, home of the… Read more »
“Truth, integrity, honesty, goodness and balance bring one closer to the spiritual essence that is all pervasive in the Universe. There is nothing more sacred or important to the practitioner of Ancient Egyptian religion. The cosmic order that is Ma’at connects everything in the ageless dance of beauty and motion giving meaning to existence on all levels. It is for… Read more »
Wep Renpet – the “opening of the year” was the time in ancient Egypt of the great annual Nile inundation. Sahu (Orion) and Sopdet (Sirius), swallowed by the Duat around time of Vernal Equinox, reappear about 70 days later, just before the Nile’s annual inundation floods the land. The World of Manu is the original water of creation, embodied by… Read more »
All are invited to join Osireion as we celebrate the May with a Feast of Hathor and Min. Saturday, May 7, 12 Noon at Cayce Riverwalk Park Pavilion. Hathor and Min may be thought of as the Aphrodite and Pan of Ancient Egypt. Hathor brings music, beauty, joy and feasting to all, and Min is the source of virility and strength. … Read more »
All are invited to join Osireion as we observe the cross-quarter often called Imbolc, or the Feast of Brigid. Time to sweep out the closets of our life, plant the seeds that will emerge in the spring and remember the promise of the growing light. Public ritual (and light refreshments following) will be held Saturday, February 5, 12 Noon at Cayce… Read more »
All are invited to join Osireion as we celebrate the rebirth of the winter light. Public ritual (and light refreshments following) will be held Sunday, December 19, 12 Noon at Cayce Riverwalk Park Pavilion. This beautiful park runs along the Congaree River, and the Pavilion is the large picnic shelter just inside the main entrance (beside restrooms), at the intersection… Read more »
All are invited to join Osireion as we celebrate the harvest and pause to find our balance at this time of the year when light and dark are in equal balance. Public ritual will be held Sunday, September 19, 6:30 PM – 7:15 PM at Cayce Riverwalk Park Pavilion. This beautiful park runs along the Congaree River, and the Pavilion… Read more »
