New Photos and Commentary

Seven beautiful photos of additions and changes made to the Temple of Isis at Clonegal Castle by FOI Co-Founder Olivia Robertson have been uploaded to Fellowship of Isis Central. The photos were taken by Minette Quick, Honorary Secretary of the Circle of Brigid in Ireland on Saturday, February 25, 2012.

You may view them all here:

Olivia Robertson's Online Log

Left: "Visionary of the New Aeon," one of the new paintings by Olivia Robertson



Text and Photo © The Circle of Isis Advisory Board, Fellowship of Isis Central Global Website.

Sekhem Workshop

Sekhmet Sekhem Workshop (Goddess and Vibrational Healing Intunement)

Sunday, 1 April 2012

10:00 until 16:00

CHIRINKA Natural Therapies, 30/B Glenmorgan St Brunswick East VIC 3057

What is Sekhmet Sekhem?

Sekhmet Sekhem is channeled vibrational healing energy direct from:

The Goddess Sekhmet

Sekhmet Sekhem (sek-kem) comes from the Egyptian word SekHem which translated into English means “Power of Powers”.

Sekhem is an ancient and sacred healing energy that the Ancient Egyptians used and were taught in the temples of Ancient Egypt. It is an advanced form of hands on healing which utilises sounds and symbols. It is said Sekhem is the parent Energy of all hands on healing systems.
Although ancient in its essence, in modern times Sekhmet Sekhem is much more than simply a hands on healing technique. Its power can help you connect to deity and can be used an insightful healing method.

What can Sekhmet Sekhem be used for?

Sekhmet Sekhem can be used for the following benefits:

Mind: Assists in clearing the mind of unbalanced thought forms and helps break down and release mental blocks.

Body: Promotes the body’s own internal mechanisms of healing, whilst assisting with relaxation and therefore pain management.

Spirit: Helps you unite to Sekhmet; as a universal connection is established and anchored during intunements.

Emotion: Stabilises the emotions while helping move blockages. It allows an individual to take ownership of health through active acknowledgement.

Sekhmet Sekhem is a never-ending source of pure healing energy, which you can tap into at any time.

What will the workshop include?

This workshop is a one day course which will encompass:

*Where Sekhmet Sekhem originated from: history and modern interpretation.

*Sekhmet as an archetype: working with her and her titles.

* Sekhmet Sekhem used as a vibrational healing modality.

*Sekhmet prayers, hymns and evocations.

*Sekhmet meditation & visualizations.

* Sekhmet Sekhem Initiation (which makes you a qualified Sekhmet Sekhem practitioner).

* Sekhmet Sekhem Manual (which includes symbols to use as part of practice).

* Sekhmet Sekhem Certificate (which shows you are certified as a Sekhmet Sekhem practitioner).


Date: 1st April 2012

Time: 10.00am - 4.00pm

Venue: CHIRINKA Natural Therapies, 30/B Glenmorgan St Brunswick East VIC 3057


Cost: $200.00 Full Price
$150.00 Concession

To book a place in this workshop*, please contact Tina directly on 0402 4454 96 or tarotwithtina@yahoo.com.au

* A $50 deposit by direct bank deposit is required a week prior to workshop to confirm your place.

New Iseum in Canada

Iseum of Yogamaya
French-speaking Canada

Our Iseum will offer training and services in both French and English (Traduction à venir sous peu)

The Iseum of Yogamaya was founded on Imbolc 2012 by Manohara in French-speaking Canada. He is an brahmin-initiate of an ecstatic & devotional Hindu tradition (Gaudiya Vaisnavism) as well as a 1st degree priest/witch within the Greenwood Tradition. He is studying the Isian tradition with Ysis Nout-Sophia of Montreal and Greencraft. Manohara is an Adept and Priest within the Fellowship of Isis and his ministry is devoted to the Divine Mother as the Goddess Radharani with the guidance & blessings of Durga Devi, Sekhmet & Epona. His mentor was Matthew Bearden of the Lyceum of Hathor of the Ten Houses and is now exploring the Druid Clan of Dana and well as Hierophancy training with Arthur Freeheart (Heart Beats Drum Lyceum). He works as a Special Care Counselor in a preschool and a youth shelter & is currently being trained in animal-assisted therapy.

The Iseum of Yogamaya will not be taking students for a minimum of a complete Wheel of the Year (Imbolc 2013) to prepare its curriculum & so that its founder may advance towards Hierophancy. You may still contact the Iseum to be placed on a waiting list & we will get back to you when will be accept students. It is possible to join the Iseum right away though as a member. Membership in the Fellowship of Isis (which is free) is required.

All services will either be free or offered in exchange of small donations or trading. Paypal will be used. Nobody will be refused for financial reasons & a portion (10%) of the donations raised will be tithed to a local charity.

- Offers a distance Priest/ess training (the curriculum is currently being prepared)
- Provides distance Reiki/energy healing treatments & attunements
- Teaches mantra meditation & various sadhanas
- Performs Deity worship according to the Hindu bhakti tradition
- Divination services offered
- Provides the opportunity for FOI members to fellowship and grow into their spiritual vocation through this cyber Iseum
- Performing online and astral rituals

Contact: Manohara
E-mail: mountainchild7@gmail.com

Juno Covella: Lupa

Lawrence Durdin-Robertson, "Juno Covella" has this entry for Valentine's Day: "Roman: LUPA (Whistler, English Festivals, p. 90) “St. Valentine’s Day, February 14th … Like the candles of Candlemas, recently gone by, it comes to us by direct descent from the Lupercalia of pagan Rome ... It was about the middle of the month that the names of willing young ladies were put in a box and well shaken up,... so that each young blood could draw out one at random; the girl thus won to remain his companion while the gaieties lasted ... centuries passed and still the lottery for girls continued ... ‘It is a ceremony never omitted among the Vulgar’, wrote Bourne in 1725, ‘to draw lots which they term Valentines. The names of a select number of one sex are by an equal number of the other put into some vessel; and after that, everyone draws a name, which for the present is called their Valentine, and is also look’d upon as a good omen of their being man and wife afterwards’.

Text and Photo © The Circle of Isis Advisory Board, Fellowship of Isis Central Global Website.

New Coursework Guidelines

Just completed and published:

1. A complete overhaul of the Druid Clan of Dana section on Fellowship of Isis Central, including new Coursework Guidelines for the DCD, which is based on "The Rite of Dana. Druid Initiation". Everything has been reviewed and approved by Olivia Robertson. It's something new and different. Olivia Robertson and Circle of Isis members hope you will enjoy it and be inspired by it. Besides the coursework guidelines there are several selections by Olivia Robertson, which includes materials previously unpublished online.

Druid Clan of Dana

2. A complete overhaul of the Noble Order of Tara section on Fellowship of Isis Central, including new Coursework Guidelines for the NOT, which is based on "Tara and Lugh: Ordeal of the Danaan Treasures". Everything has been reviewed and approved by Olivia Robertson. It's something new and different. Olivia Robertson and Circle of Isis members hope you will enjoy it and be inspired by it.

Noble Order of Tara

Text and Photo © The Circle of Isis Advisory Board, Fellowship of Isis Central Global Website.

Two Important Announcements from Olivia Robertson

Greetings Everyone!

Two important announcements from Olivia Robertson regarding the work of teaching centres (Iseums, Lyceums, Groves, Priories) within the Fellowship of Isis:

Athena: Coursework
Inclusion
Nesu House, Isis Oasis, Geyserville, California, USA
October 11, 2011

For All Global Centres
From Olivia Robertson
FOI Co-Founder

There are those who founded teaching centres within the Fellowship of Isis before coursework, guidelines and regulations were implemented. In those years between their founding and the production of guidelines, regulations and courses, these centres have brought through others, who have founded their own centres, and in turn, teach in the same format. The question arose - are they valid? ALL training courses are valid. ALL centres have autonomy. Regulations and procedures are provided as guidelines, they are meant as suggestions. The ONLY basic requirements are teaching centres base their work on the F.O.I. Manifesto and the F.O.I. Liturgy. The Candidate using rites suggested in the coursework most helpful to his or her own chosen Path. The College of Isis being the exception, as guidelines were laid out upon the revival of the College as inspired by Isis.

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Athena: Coursework
By Olivia Robertson

“The Queen’s regulations are handrails, not handcuffs.” - General Sir Lawrence Parsons, grandfather of Lawrence Durdin-Robertson and Olivia Robertson. He burnt mounds of red tape in his day!

When members founded Lyceums, Iseums, Groves and Priories they did so in the understanding that their work, based on the F.O.I. Manifesto, had validity!

Since 1976 there have been many lists of requirements and regulations for the courses of various centres. However, the requirement for acceptance of the Manifesto is the only basic necessity to unite us all. Regulations multiply which is the usual order of Societies! As Lawrence Durdin-Robertson was wont to remind us: “In the beginning of Christianity, all members were called Saints. Now you need to have performed two miracles and to be dead to qualify!”

The time has come to be free from secrecy, binding vows and inflexible rules! Any coursework should be available to all sincere seekers. This is essential to preserve the ethical validity required by the Goddess Isis of Truth for her Fellowship.

Signed, Olivia Robertson
11/10/11

FOI Convocation, Geyserville, California

Featured here is a photo of Loreon Vigne (left), founder of the Temple of Isis in Geyserville, California. The Temple of Isis in Geyserville is referred to as the 'legal branch' of the Fellowship of Isis by FOI Co-Founder Olivia Robertson (right).

These two priestesses have been friends since the early 1980s. Loreon was able to visit with Olivia and her brother, Lawrence and his wife Pamela at Clonegal Castle in 1983.

Olivia will be a featured speaker at the FOI Convocation in Geyserville again this year. She will offer a guided visualization on Friday evening. The Convocation starts Friday evening, October 7 and ends on Monday afternoon, October 10. Loreon has been hostess of the FOI Convocation at Geyserville since 1990. Olivia has attended every year since 1995.

Photo © Tim Laughrin. Used by permission. Text © The Circle of Isis Advisory Board, Fellowship of Isis Central Global Website.