Naomi Ozaniec - Becoming a Garment of Isis: A Nine-Stage Initiatory Path of Egyptian Spirituality

BECOMING A GARMENT OF
ISIS

Consistently with each book, Naomi Ozaniec has been calledpowerfully calledto demonstrate what it means to be a metaphysician, a priestess, and a living Garment of Isis. If you feel you have been called by She of 10,000 names, this book will assure you of your place in Her retinue. The work of the priestess requires an open heartmind. It is deep, both personal and transpersonal, conscious-expanding, and entirely necessary for our planets transformation. This is a necessary guidebook for our Aquarian age.

REV. NORMANDI ELLIS, D.D., AUTHOR OF HIEROGLYPHIC WORDS OF POWER, THE UNION OF ISIS AND THOTH, AND AWAKENING OSIRIS

Magnificent! This book is a beacon of light in the world today. Every page is a beautiful revelation and a true joy to breathe in. Written with the searing power of the heart and the wisdom of a true master initiate, Becoming a Garment of Isis takes us into the profound mysteries of ancient Egypt and Greece and the mystery schools that taught the sacred Kemetic science of soul liberation. Its pages not only remind us of the deep wisdom that flourished in an age of philosophy, science, and spiritual understanding, but this book provides a road map back to the very heart and soul of who we are. Its message is as essential to us today as it has ever been, for its wisdom is eternal. Do yourself a favor. Read this book!

TRICIA MCCANNON, AUTHOR OF RETURN OF THE DIVINE SOPHIA

This book is a real treasure, wrought from the wisdom of one who has truly walked these pathways and has the rare skill to convey their knowledge and experience in a way that feels warm and familiar. A powerful yet gentle work, Becoming a Garment of Isis is deeply soul-nourishing and sure to become a trusted companion, revealing deeper levels of understanding on each reading.

EMILY CARDING, CREATOR OF THE TRANSPARENT TAROT AND AUTHOR OF SO POTENT ART: THE MAGIC OF SHAKESPEARE

Wisdom does not tell us what we need to know; instead, it reveals how we need to be. Becoming a Garment of Isis is a priceless gift solely for the good of our neighbors. If you are ready to truly put aside the noise from the outer world and receive the illuminations stored within these pages, then grab yourself a copy! There are timeless repositories hidden in remote places to reveal the answers for this time, and this body of work is one of them.

ANAIYA SOPHIA, AUTHOR OF FIERCE FEMININE RISING AND SACRED SEXUAL UNION

Naomi Ozaniecs work reflects a profound understanding of many esoteric traditions, with an exceptional insight into Egyptian spirituality. Her guidance, disclosed through personal experience and dedication to one of the most exalted deities of the ancient temple, brings to life ones innate connection to the wellspring of divinity.

ROSEMARY CLARK, AUTHOR THE SACRED TRADITION IN ANCIENTEGYPT AND THE SACRED MAGIC OF ANCIENT EGYPT

CONTENTS

PART I
TEMENOS I: THE HEARTMIND

PART II
TEMENOS II: THE SPIRITMIND

PART III
TEMENOS III: THE SOULMIND

PART IV
THE STAR OF THE MYSTERIES

Nine is the highest digit. It symbolizes comprehensiveness and culmination. The enneagram is a fusion. Its used for the pursuit of knowledge and in the quest for cosmic deities.

The power of the temenos

The stellar universe is alive, directed by will and controlled by intelligence.

C. R. F. SEYMOUR, THE FORGOTTEN MAGE

Some might question whether it is worth studying the nature of the Egyptian Mysteries in present timesafter all, the Mysteries belonged to the very farthest reaches of our recorded history, to a twilight realm upon the horizon. Why then should we seek there, in antiquity, for the truth. Are we not better off ignoring the ancients, the origins of western culture, such as it is now is, and concentrating upon the future. Perhaps soperhaps ignorance does bestow a kind of security.

ARTHUR VERSLUIS, THE EGYPTIAN MYSTERIES

The Egyptians, imitating the nature of the universe and the creative energy of the Gods, themselves produce images of mystical insightshidden and invisibleby means of symbols, just as nature symbolically reveals invisible measures through visible shapes, just as the creative energy of the Gods outlines the truth of the Forms through visible images.

IAMBLICHUS, DE MYSTERIIS

PREFACE

PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS

T his book has been a long time in gestation. It has been almost completely rewritten and the title has been changed four times. It was my initial intention to prepare a contemporary approach for women seeking service to Isis, hence the first title, The Garments of Isis: An Initiation for Women. The project was written as a series of seminars, and on its completion, I was unhappy with the result, and the project was shelved and left to ferment. Although I perceived a hunger for the subject, the idea of extracting Isis from the company of divinities and the greater Kemetic context is without historical or spiritual validity: we may live in an age of separation; the ancient Egyptians did not. My view might not be popular, but it is a mistake to approach Isis without placing her significance within a broader metaphysical context. The strangulation of the broader view for the sake of modern convenience cannot suffice. Yet my attempt to set Isis within a wider temple tradition, with the title The Garments of Isis: Entry into the Sacred Science, was also abandoned. After many years spent wrestling with the intricacies and complexities of Kemetic thought, it became clear to me that simplistic explanations are inadequate. What passes for an ancient Egyptian religion and is often described as such is within the temple tradition, theurgy, the divine work of being and becoming. This is essentially a mystical endeavor quite unlike modern religion. It is always holistic in scope and relational in purpose, much like yoga, which unites and connects through its many forms. A mystical apprehension is derived from awakening the higher and less commonly used powers of the mind. Yet another title was discardedThe Garments of Isis: A Mystical Approach. The title may have been discarded, but the viewpoint still stands. This is a mystical philosophy, and Isis is a part of it. The mystical mind is holistic, neither linear nor literal but geared to the symbolic and the allegorical. It is also the enlightened or illuminated mind since it is without boundaries and its language is taken from the mythic, the poetic, and the cosmic; these are the horizons without limit. This perspective is essentially esoteric, an inward path of revelation and realization that connects the personal to the universal. This comprehension cannot be conveyed through a linear sequential method. It is essentially a holographic conception revealed only to a holistic apprehension.