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Isis Continued
on past the borders of Egypt into strange lands. Everywhere she went
the children recognized her and had the dream of the coffin. finally
Isis came to Byblos on the coast of Syria. There she learned that
where the coffin had touched ground a great tree had sprung up. So
now Isis searched for the tree. Then she saw it standing tall and
strong, Isis ran to the tree and caressed it. "Husband! I have found
you." Isis cried
A breeze came through the tree. Then a mighty king came and ordered
his men to chop the tree down for his house.
Isis pleaded
with them, but they pushed her aside. The kings men chopped the tree
down and took it with them.
Isis followed
their tracks but lost them when she came into town. Isis felt alone
and lost, she sat down by a well and began to cry. Then the hand
maidens of the queen came to the well. They where young and began
to splash each other. then one splashed Isis. Isis smiled and motioned
the girl over. They came came over and Isis showed them to braid
their hair.
When the handmaidens returned to the queen, the queen Astarte saw the braids
and smelled the sweet perfume and was overcome by a longing to bring the
mysterious woman there. So she sent her hand maidens to go bring
her. Soon Isis and the handmaidens where there. Isis seeing
the tree standing in the middle of the house was relieved. Astarte
offered a room and a position to nurse over her children. Isis accepted,
being content to live near her husband. One of the children, a baby
boy was still young enough for magick to work. Isis knowing how deeply
painful it is to lose a loved one began to work magick on the child to
make him immortal like a god.
Instead of nursing the child with milk of mortals, Isis gave the child
her finger so to absorb the divine mile of gods. Late at night she
would place the child amidst the fire to cleanse it of all mortal things.
As she did this she would transform into a swallow and circle the tree
where Osiris rested. In this form she could cry out and no one would
suspect. One night Astarte awoke hearing the bird, thinking it was
one of her children in danger she came down the stairs to look. Confused
at the sight of this bird circling the tree, Astarte began to go back up
stairs. Then she noticed her youngest within the fire, and screamed.
This awoke the child and broke the spell. Isis quickly swooped the
child out of the fire. and turned to her goddess form. No longer
was she a bird or even a humble nurse maid but radiant in her true Goddess
form.
" I am sorry," Isis said "but you have come to soon. if the spell
had been complete your son would have become one with the gods. as it is
he will only be good looking, smart, and brave. but one day he will
die."
Astarte asked
"who are you?"
Isis then proceeded to tell her the whole story and begged if she could
take her husband back with her to Egypt.
The king moved
by her story granted her wish. With the wood from the tree Isis built
a temple, for wives and mother could go for comfort when they lose a beloved.
Then Isis returned to Egypt.
