Words from Isis
Oct. 18th, 2007 06:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qosThis morning during my meditation, I found myself in the presence of Isis.
I asked her about Ereshkigal and about the process of re-connecting with Michael (just referred to as "M" here previously), who was my other partner during the past year. We ended our romantic partnership shortly after LM died.
On the subject of Michael, she reminded me that I am now a priestess, and that my behavior and choices must be impeccable. They may not be the conventional ones, but I need to be sure that I am doing the right things, for the right reasons, and that I respect and uphold my honor and the honor of my gods. Michael might say that I need to be "resonant" with them. In the past, my greatest lapses of ethics and honor have come when my passions were engaged and I became their servant -- and the servant of the one who inspired them. Nothing else, no one else, mattered as much as the experience and satisfaction of those desires. I am either blessed or very, very lucky that there was no long-term harm done during a couple of points in my life.
On the subject of Ereshkigal, Isis said, "She is a great power -- and a lonely one." I have a sense that Nergal is no longer present, but that's something that will need to be expolored before I fully credit it. Isis suggested that I honor Ereshkigal with a shrine -- and that a good first step would be to create an image of Her.
I haven't found any actual images of Ereshkigal in my googling, and I got rid of a lot of my artsy goddess books before a recent move. The task before me is to meditate on Ereshkigal, let myself get as full a sense of Her as I can at this time, and then create a collage that will express her different aspects and serve as an icon/focus for prayer, meditation, and worship.
(Suggestions, pointers, or links to images are welcome.)
I asked her about Ereshkigal and about the process of re-connecting with Michael (just referred to as "M" here previously), who was my other partner during the past year. We ended our romantic partnership shortly after LM died.
On the subject of Michael, she reminded me that I am now a priestess, and that my behavior and choices must be impeccable. They may not be the conventional ones, but I need to be sure that I am doing the right things, for the right reasons, and that I respect and uphold my honor and the honor of my gods. Michael might say that I need to be "resonant" with them. In the past, my greatest lapses of ethics and honor have come when my passions were engaged and I became their servant -- and the servant of the one who inspired them. Nothing else, no one else, mattered as much as the experience and satisfaction of those desires. I am either blessed or very, very lucky that there was no long-term harm done during a couple of points in my life.
On the subject of Ereshkigal, Isis said, "She is a great power -- and a lonely one." I have a sense that Nergal is no longer present, but that's something that will need to be expolored before I fully credit it. Isis suggested that I honor Ereshkigal with a shrine -- and that a good first step would be to create an image of Her.
I haven't found any actual images of Ereshkigal in my googling, and I got rid of a lot of my artsy goddess books before a recent move. The task before me is to meditate on Ereshkigal, let myself get as full a sense of Her as I can at this time, and then create a collage that will express her different aspects and serve as an icon/focus for prayer, meditation, and worship.
(Suggestions, pointers, or links to images are welcome.)
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Date: 2007-10-27 10:01 pm (UTC)I just found yr journal through
blessings,
Oli
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Date: 2007-10-28 05:02 pm (UTC)I've added you as a friend.