Sirius, Isis & Harpocrates

The star Sirius is the second brightest star in our sky. It is often called the Dog Star because it is part of the Canis majors constellation. This constellation is Orion’s dog. 

In Ancient Egypt, the goddess Isis was associated with the star Sirius. So, there is a cross-cultural connection between Isis and dogs. The star of Isis is a part of the dog constellation.

Isis and other ancient Egyptian deities are complex. They seem to be more layered than the Greek. For example, Isis is a mother goddess but she is also a magician. In Greek mythology, there is no goddess who is both a mother and a magician. There is no equivalent.

Juno is a mother goddess but she has no amazing magical powers. She’s also mostly known for being jealous of Zeus’s adultery. The witch of the Greek pantheon is Hecate but she is a crone and does not possess the powers of fertility. 

When we consider ancient Egypt, we must realize that we are looking at over 10 000 years of civilization. This is a long time span and these deities evolved and meant different things to different peoples at different times. It may be hard for us to think about 10 000 years. Our civilization is roughly 2000 years old and look how much has changed in our worldview since 1 AD. 

While looking for a name for my dog, I looked into the meaning of the name “Isis”. It is likely that this goddess was known as “Eesis”, “Eeset”, as well as “Eessee”, the name I chose for my dog. I wanted to call my dog something like “Juno” but with an Egyptian spin. 

Yesterday, it struck me that “Eeset” sounds a lot like “Set”. Maybe it’s not the cult of Set, maybe it’s the cult of Iset. Maybe Set is Isis’s dog. Who knows?

Traditionally, shamans and sorcerers can morph into their companion animals. Perhaps Isis, Set, Osiris and Nephthys are really one being and they represent alchemical transmutations as opposed to individual entities. 

Maybe Osiris and Isis are kinda sort of the same being as well. The names kind of sound similar. 

In the myth of Osiris’s dismemberment, he is killed by his brother, Set. His body is cut into pieces which are spread throughout the world. I have read an account that Set kills Osiris to avenge Nephthys having slept with Osiris. It’s like Fleetwood Mac. Osiris’s dismemberment is reminiscent of shamanic initiation. Many shamans have initiatory visions of being cut into pieces and their bones filled with crystals. As they are put together, they are somehow improved. 

Im not sure what this Ape dog thing really is. In one way it’s the shadow complex. It may also be the duality of this reality. Although, I truly feel that reality is shifting. We are no longer 3d. We are heading to 5d. Things have changed. 

Anyways, Osiris is killed by Set, the Ape dog creature. 

Isis then travels around the world and finds all the pieces of Osiris and puts him back together but she is unable to find his phallus. 

So, after his initiation, Osiris is a man without a penis. He’s lost his masculinity, he has been feminized. In his shamanic initiation, he has figuratively transformed from man to neuter. 

In order to conceive Horus, Isis fashions a gold member for Osiris. Horus is an immaculate conception. He is born of Isis. This is quite the magical feat. 

I feel that this is just scratching the surface of the alchemical meaning of this myth. 

I was also thinking about Horus and how he is sometimes interchangeable with the god Nefertum and also Harpocrates. Nefertum is the god of perfumery and he is associated with the blue lotus. Harpocrates is the child Horus, who represents the sun at dawn, a fresh day. These symbols do work together; the blue lotus is a diurnal plant, opening at dawn, which is usually a fairly quiet time of day, filled with bird song. It is fascinating to note one deity blending into another over the centuries. It represents a shifting of world views. 

Harpocrates is depicted as a child with his finger over his lips. I think that the finger is actually pointing to the third eye; it is not a 2d gesture, sealing the lips, it is a 3d gesture pointing towards the centre of the skull, where the pineal gland is situated. Some depictions of Harpocrates look like he’s pointing to his mouth.