Hear me, our Lady Isis, hear and save. O thou who art in matter manifest. Thou bride and queen as thou art mother and daughter of the Slain One. O thou who art the Lady of the Earth. Hear me, O Lady Isis, hear and save. O thou Lady of the amber skin. Lady of love and of victory, bright gate of glory through the darkening skies. O crowned with the Light and life and love.
Hear me, our Lady, hear and save by thy sacred flower, the Lotus of eternal life and beauty; by thy love and mercy; by thy wrath and vengeance; by my desire toward thee, by all the magical names of old hear me, O Lady, hear and save. Open thy bosom to thy child, stretch forth thy arms and strain me to thy breasts. Let my lips touch thy lips ineffable.
Hear me, O Lady Isis,
hear and save. Lift up thy voice to aid me in this critical hour.
Lift up thy voice most musical. Cry aloud, O queen and mother, to save
me from that I fear most. I invoke thee to initiate my soul. The whirling
of my dance, may it be a spell and a link with thy great light, so that
in the darkest hour, the Light may arise in me and bring me to thine own
glory and incorruptibility.
Isis am I,
and from my life are fed all showers and suns, all moons that wax and wane,
all stars and streams, the living and the dead, the mystery of pleasure
and of pain. I am the Mother. I the speaking sea. I am the Earth in its
fertility. Life, death, love, hatred, light, darkness, return to
me, to me. Isis am I, and to my beauty draw. All glories of the Universe
bow down, the blossom and the mountain and the dawn. Fruits blush
and women are creations crowned.
I am the high priestess,
the sacrifice, the shrine. I am the love and life of the Divine. Life,
death, love, hatred, light, darkness, are surely mine, are mine. Isis am
I, the love and light of Earth, the wealth of kisses, the delight of tears,
the bowel and pleasure never come to birth, the endless infinite desire
of years. I am the shrine at which thy long desire devoured thee with intolerable
fire. I was sung music, passion, death upon thy lyre, thy lyre. I am the
grail and I the glory now. I am the flame and fueler of thy
breath. I am the star of God upon thy
brow.
I am thy queen enraptured and possessed. High do these sweet rivers welcome to the sea, ocean of love that shall encompass thee. Life, death, love, hatred, light, darkness, return to me, to me. Hear, Lady Isis, and receive my prayer. Thee, thee I worship and invoke. Hail to thee, sole mother of my life.
I am Isis, mistress of the whole land. I was instructed by Thoth, and with Thoth I invented the writings of the nations in order that not all should write with the same letters. I gave mankind their laws, and ordained what no one can alter. I am the eldest daughter of Nut and Geb. I am the wife and sister of the king Osiris. I am she who rises in the Sirius. I am she who is called the Goddess if women. I have pointed out their paths to the stars. I have invented seamanship.
I have brought together men and women. I have ordained that the elders shall be beloved by the children. With my brother Osiris I made an end of cannibalism. I have instructed mankind in the mysteries. I have taught reverence of the divine statues. I have established the Temple precincts. I have overthrown the dominion of the tyrants. I have caused men to love women. I have made justice more powerful than silver and gold. I have caused truth to be considered beautiful. Come unto me and pledge unto me your loyalties as I pledge mine unto you.
Oh mother Isis, great art thou in thy splendor, mighty is thy name and thy love has no bounds. Thou art Isis, who art all that ever was, and all that there is to be, for no mortal man hath ever unveiled thee. In all thy grace thou has brought forth the sun, the fruit that was born forth for the redemption of man. Oh Isis, Isis, Isis, graciously hear our cry unto thee, we mourn for thy blessings on us this day, every day, to nourish, to aid and to fill the emptiness within, that only you our beloved mother can satiate. Unto thee do we pledge our solemn oath of dedication, and for the power and glory of him the Unknowable One to witness our devotion to thee.
For as we now receive thee into our hearts, we ask that you never leave us, in times of trial and joy, and even unto death.