Rosicrucian Digest


Rosicrucian Digest Vol 98 No 2 2020

The Sacred Feminine 

Volume 99 Number 1 2021

In this issue of the Rosicrucian Digest we celebrate the Sacred Feminine, exploring how She has been revered throughout history and around the world and how embracing the Sacred Feminine can contribute to a healthier, more balanced future for our species and our planet.

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Contents

Introduction

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Image: Mother of the World
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Mother of the World

African Dark Mother – Oldest Divinity We Know
Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum, PhD

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Images: African milk tree, Black Madonna of Toulouse, Female Figure, Isis nursing Horus in the Cairo Museumn, Lucia, Meroe Pyramids in Sudan, RC-12 Isis nursing Horus, , RC-1605 Standing Sekhmet, RC-1677 Tahure Coffin detail, RC-3066 Predynastic Beaker

Isis nursing Horus

The Hymn of Isis
From “Thunder, Perfect Mind”

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Image: Isis holding Sistrum

Isis holding Sistrum

The Oracles of Delphi
Julie Scott, SRC

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Images: Aegeus consults the Oracle, Map of ancient Greece, Michelangelo's Delphic Sibyl, Omphalos, Priestess of Delphi, Temple of Apollo faultlines

Priestess of Delphi

The Ritual Path of Initiation into the Eleusinian Mysteries
Mara Lynn Keller, PhD

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Images: Acropolis rendering, Conon’s Walls, Demeter and Kore, Demeter and Metanira, Eleusinian Mystery water vase, Marble votive of the Eleusenian deities, Plemochoe, Ruins of the Temple at Eleusis, The Abduction of Proserpina, The Ninnion Tablet, The Return of Persephone, Thesmophoria, Votive piglet

Thesmophoria

Vestals
Christina d'Arcy, SRC

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Images: Ancient statue of a Vestal, Hearth in an Ainu house, House of the Vestals in the Forum, Shakti statue, Shekinah in the Grand Temple

Statue of a Vestal

Mary, Great Woman Initiate
Hélène Bernard, SRC

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Images: The Visitation, Virgin and Child

Virgin and Child

Searching for the Secret of the Black Virgin
Jean Donohue, SRC

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Images: Black Madonna of Chartres, Doorway Black Virgin in Les Baux-de-Provence, Doorway Madonna in Marseilles, Our Lady of Dublin, Our Lady of Rocamdour (detail), Our Lady of Rocamdour (full), Our Lady of Tindari

Our Lady of Rocamdour (detail)

Grandmothers of the Light
Paula Gunn Allen, PhD

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Images: Dignity of Earth and Sky, Logarithmic scale conception of the observable universe, White Buffalo Calf Woman, Wind symbol

Dignity of Earth and Sky

Clemence Isaure: The Rosicrucian Golden Isis
Julie Scott, SRC

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Images:H. Spencer Lewis, 1915, Poster for the Rosicrucian Salons, The Appearance of Clemence Isaure to the Troubadours, The First Meeting of the Jeux Floraux, The Troubadour Singing to His Love (detail)

The Appearance of Clemence Isaure to the Troubadours

The Dinner Party

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Image: The Dinner Party

The Dinner Party

Supplemental Materials

Masculine and Feminine Symbolism in Kabbalah
Lloyd Abrams, PhD, FRC

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Images: Ancient of Days, Shekinah, Tiferet, TMO, Tree of the Sephiroth

Shekinah

The Epiphany of Isis
Lucius Apuleius

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Image: Isis and Lucius, Isis Finial, Isis-Sothis-Demeter, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Royal Sistrum

Hidden Harmonies: Rediscovering the Egyptian Foundations of the Rosicrucian Path
Steven Armstrong, MA, MAHum, MDiv, FRC

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Images: Akhenaten, Hatshepsut Bead, May-Banks Stacey, The Enchanted Garden

 

The Veil of Isis: The Evolution of an Archetype Hidden in Plain Sight
Steven Armstrong, MA, MAHum, MDiv, FRC

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Images: Artemis of Ephesus, Genius Unveiling a Bust of Nature, Goddess Neith, Holy Protection Icon, Isis and Thuthmose III, Minerva-Athena, Statue of Isis, Virgin of Mercy, Virgin of Mercy Statue

Spiral Galaxy

Just Beneath the Surface: A Report on the Transdisciplinary Fume Research at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi
Elisa Cuttjonn, SRC

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Images: Aegeus consults the Pythia, Entrance to the Sanctuary of Gaia, Fault Lines under the Temple of Apollo

Aegeus Consults the Pythia

Platonic Love
Elisa Cuttjohn, SRC

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Images: Diotima of Mantinea, Socrates

Diotima of Mantinea

I was a Priestess at Delphi: A Historical Meditation
Defenstrix

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Image: Delphi with an Offering Procession

Delphi with offering Procession

Oracles of Delphi
Olga Deulofeu, Jeannine Klos, Rhonda Mitchell, Terry Orlikowski, Rebecca Richards, and Lisa Spencer

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Images: Dionysus and Panther, Delphic Oracle, The Oracle of Delphi, Underground Oracle

Underground Oracle

Ancient Civilizations Influenced by the Feminine Principle
Valerie Dupont, SRC

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Image: Baker Djehuty and wife Ahhotep

Baker Djehuty and wife Ahhotep

Hypatia of Alexandria
Valerie Dupont, SRC

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Images: Hypatia Sketch, Painting of Hypatia

Hypatia

Early Christianity & the Gospel of Mary
Karen L. King, PhD

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Image: Mary of Magdala

Mary of Magdala

Translation of the Gospel of Mary
Karen L. King, PhD

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Image: Mary Magdalene Announcing the Resurrection

Mary Magdalene Announcing the Resurrection

Hypatia and the Power of Reasoning
Ese Magege, RPA-C, MBA, SRC

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Image: Hypatia of Alexandria

Karyatid from Eleusis

Human Rights is a Religion
April Milbry, SRC

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Image: Karyatid from Eleusis

Karyatid from Eleusis

"Letter" of Helena Roerich, from Great Women Initiates
Helena Roerich

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Image: Helena Roerich

Helena Roerich

An Isis Timeline
Katherine Schaefers, MA

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Image: Altar of Isis at Philae, Cave of Pluto at Eleusis, Cleopatra VII, Island of Philae, Isis and Serapis, Isis Nursing Horus, Isis welcoming Io to Egypt, Joy of All Who Sorrow Church, Joy of All Who Sorrow Icon, Roman Isis, Virgin and Child from Priscilla Catacomb

Death of Socrates

Demeter and Persephone
Charlene Spretnak, MA

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Images: Ceres, Ceres and Triptolemos, Demeter and Kore, Persephone

Demeter and Kore

The Feminine in the Temple
Serge Toussaint, FRC

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Image: Ishtar

Ishtar

At Eleusis
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, SRC

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Images: Eleusis Museum and Mountains, Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Aegeus Consults the Pythia

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