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Isis

Isis

Health, Marriage, Wisdom, and Magic (Egyptian, Roman, and others)

Feb 15, 2025
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Pronounced: “EYE-sis”

Before lunatics recently ruined her name with an anagram, Isis was having a pretty good run. She started out as a fairly obscure deity. But as time went on, she became a huge presence in ancient Egypt. Her cult eventually spread to the Roman Empire where she was worshipped from England to Afghanistan—for millenia.

To this day, she i…

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