has anyone ever heard if the Isis religion or cult??????????????

Question

just wondered as thers a group of them near where i live'it just iv heard some bad things about their cult? is it true they blood shed

Answer 1

The adoration of Isis was originally Egyptian and gradually it has been adopted by other nations too, like the Romans and the Greeks. It was a peaceful religion for fertility and eternal life, with mystic rituals and symbols but never with sucrifices and bloodshed... If your neighbours practice blood rituals, they have nothing to do with the real adoration of Isis.

Answer 2

The worship of Isis was the majority religion of ancient Egypt, but also had large followings in ancient Greece, Persia and Rome. It was a pretty straightforward ancient Mediterranean Goddess cult. They sacrificed animals (so did the Jews back then).

At the moment there are several Satanic cults which claim to be the original 'ancient' religion of Isis. This is all b***s***, but like most Satanic cults some of them are just silly and some others are really nasty.

I don't know which Isis cult has set itself up near you. It is definitely bogus, but it may be as harmless as most new-age inadequates are.

Answer 3

The only time I have ever come across someone shedding blood in the name of Isis was in Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles The Queen of the Damned and Pandora, but in this fictional work the first vampire was a Queen and considered at one time to be Isis, she was known as an older version of the goddess. Again this was fictional and as realistic as Rice's books can sound since they incorporate actual history and events with her plot, as far as I know shedding blood under the name of Isis is not how you worship her. If someone is shedding blood under her name their not sane and are doing it because they want to not because their supposed to.

Answer 4

No, it is not genuine. The followers of Isis are Pagans who've chosen Isis because of the fact the Goddess they revere. She is a mom Goddess and isn't violent. I truly have met some people who worship Isis and have by no ability considered them do something risky no longer to show shed blood.

Answer 5

All I can say is that if this cult does shed blood of animals or people, then they are not true Isis members. Isis members are nice and kind.

Answer 6

There are quite a few "Isis" covens, circles, or groups whatever you wish to call them. None of them have shed blood and I have never heard of any 'bad things' involved in their practices. I think someone is trying to scare you.

Answer 7

I am a Priest of Isis.

We do not sacrifice animals.

In fact, some of Her temples are funded by the government because the temple is devoted to saving animals:

http://www.isisoasis.org/docs/more.htm

Also, remember there are sort of 2 versions of Isis.

The Ancient Egyptian version which was solar, and represented the annual flooding of the Nile (meaning the Egyptians could eat for another year).

and...

The Hellenistic Version which was lunar, and represented a sort of universal mother archetype.

Most NeoPagans worship a strange fusion of Isis, focusing on the ideals of the Hellenistic version while worshiping the form of the Egyptian one.

Answer 8

http://sangha.net/messengers/isis.htm
The Cult of Isis was, thanks to Ptolemy, Hellenized to a degree that the Roman mind could understand it, and yet still foreign enough to be exotic and alien.

Unlike most religious structures in the Roman world, the Iseum did not open to the streets or forum where public spectators could view the proceedings inside. The Iseum was walled off from the surrounding world, suggesting a space of inner sanctity. Even within its walls, there was a "sanctuary" much like modern monasteries where only clergy and the initiated could enter. In there rituals involving fire, water and incense were conducted in front of a sacred statuary of the deities concerned. This secret religious life that was set apart from the community and the State is what helped arouse the suspicions of the conservatives back in the days of the Republic.

Not much is known about the details of the inner workings of the mysteries, as they were by definition secret. Prospective initiates were called to the goddess by dreams and visions. Intense preparations of purification and meditation (and abstinence) were followed by exotic rites designed to recreate the myth of Isis and the resurrection of Osiris. By enduring these rituals, the adherent was reconciled to the magic of Isis and effectively granted a favorable afterlife. He or she was in a sense spiritually reborn in a manner common to Greco-Oriental savior religions.

But there were more public festivals too that didn't require initiation. The first was conducted on March 5th. In honor of Isis sailing the seas to find pieces of her lost husband, a colorful procession of costumed people, including especially sailors, marched to port and ritually blessed a boat. The second festival was held October 28th to November 3rd. This was an ancient passion play Again, costumed enactors took to the streets, this time to reenact the death and resurrection of Serapis. Roman conservatives complained the festival was too loud and colorful.

People also had private shrines to Isis and Serapis in their homes.

The subject of the ethics of the cult is a complicated one. We know that Egyptian culture as a whole was free with sexuality compared to Roman culture. Isis was in fact rather popular with courtesans and other such professions, and there are speculations that Isiac cults may have promoted a kind of "positive sexuality" among a more conservative Roman population. Augustus and Tiberius took this as proof of a "pornographic" cult. Yet the Isiac cult also demanded regular periods of sexual abstinence from its adherents for purposes of ritual purification, and even apparently courtesans readily submitted to these observances. Curiously enough, the early Christians who were quick to complain about the degeneracy of pagan cults could not offer as much criticism about Isis as they could about some other cults in the Empire.

Answer 9

In ancient Egyptian myths, Isis was the wife of Osiris. When his evil brother Set killed him and scattered pieces of him, Isis gathered them, so that he could be brought to life. The Romans worshipped foreign gods, e.g. Mithras and Isis. They went too far when they allowed the worship of a god with the head of a donkey. That was Yahweh god of the Jews. that helped cause their downfall, but Isis did not.

Answer 10

No, they don't shed blood. Isis is a goddess of the home and hearth, why would they be sacrificing to her. She's all about life, not death or even pain. Rumors are usually nothing, but lies and hot air, please remember that before you get worried.