Egyptian Archives | Operation: Brain Leak https://www.operationbrainleak.com/tag/egyptian/ Thu, 04 Aug 2016 15:57:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 211746410 Isis and Demeter https://www.operationbrainleak.com/isis-and-demeter/ Wed, 03 Jul 2013 00:00:35 +0000 http://www.operationbrainleak.com/?p=623 While reading the Egyptian myth of the death of Osiris, I was struck by the similarities in Isis’s search for Osiris’s body and the Greek myth of Demeter’s (Ceres) search for Persephone (Proserpina). In the Egyptian myth, Isis searched the world for Osiris’s body, locked inside a casket. She discovered that the casket had been …

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]]> 623 The Death of Osiris https://www.operationbrainleak.com/the-death-of-osiris/ Wed, 26 Jun 2013 00:00:46 +0000 http://www.operationbrainleak.com/?p=609 When Ra ascended to heaven, Osiris and and his consort Isis took the throne and ruled over Egypt. Osiris tamed the people of Egypt, putting in place good laws and judging in wisdom. Isis and Osiris taught the people to grow and harvest crops. They also taught the people to build temples and live in …

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