Sun enters Virgo

Blessings of the Sun in Virgo!  The Shrine of Virgo is located outside of the Cave of the Mothers in the Foundation Center Temple in Ireland.  Click on the link below to listen to an historic audio clip of Olivia Robertson giving a meditation:

Meditation on the Window of Virgo

(mp3  / 7 min / 1.62 mb)

Audio transcript:

"We shut our eyes and still our minds. We see before us in the distance a hill crowned with a beautiful Temple surrounded by myriads of stars. We mount the hill by a winding path. We are climbing up to the Temple of the Zodiac. It is twelve-sided and pearl colored with long windows that glow with many colored lights. We are approaching a Gateway in the south-east, guarded by two bronze statues of Sphinxes - women to the waist, lions below, their wings reaching the roof. On the left of the Gateway is a spring from which a stream flows into the Temple through a conduit.

 

"We particularly examine the windows on either side of the doorway. On the left, is a window marked "Leo". The stained-glass depicts a naked woman surrounded by a Hawk, a Lioness, a Cow and a Winged God. On the window on the right, is a picture of a woman veiled from head to foot, holding an Ankh in her right hand, a scroll in her left. Over the window is the sign of Virgo, formed by two folded wings and the knot of Isis. The sign of Virgo looks like an "M" and you can form a loop in the center, the Knot of Isis.  Over the doorway is a bas-relief of a Sphinx, her lion's body facing the Leo window, her woman's face turning towards the window of Virgo. Her wings sweep downwards on either side of the entrance, forming two feathered curtains.

 

"Suddenly a powerful wind rushes through the Temple pushing open the Window of Virgo! Through it we see eight blazing stars shining through nebulae. Within this astral sphere of Virgo are the Isles of the Blest where we learn how to weave the future from the past, by using the present.

 

"Now I want you to visualize yourself passing through the Window of Virgo, the eight blazing stars, and we see islands of great beauty.  All may enter this place, the Isles of the Blest, but those who have done wrong, learn here how to expiate and make all well. How lovely are the islands.  There is music here, great beauty, nature spirits, wonderful animals.  Peaceful lions, deer, small animals playing around their feet, lionesses. . . The animals and birds here are intelligent.  You can communicate with them telepathically, as we can with Angels, Nature Spirits, Deity.  Do this. . learn. . learn how to be blest so we may attain this place even in sleep on earth.  You learn here the weaving, because we are the Fates, we create our own Fate.  They're not sinister ladies sitting on thrones being disagreeable to us.  We have to learn even how to turn evil into good, which is wonderful because nothing's wasted you see - we can use the past now to create the present.  But you need help to do this and that is why we need to be in the Isles of the Blest.

 

"At first we feel overcome when we think of the harm we've done.. . maybe we've harmed animals or people.. .but now we see how we can 3-fold make up for it.  We can forgive others.  There's all of infinity to do good in.  There's much laughter here because nothing is more delightful than to recognize the Truth, and often it makes one laugh, at oneself, preferably.   All pretense vanishes here.  Now if you feel you have experienced this bliss of creation, of creating a better future for ourselves and our earth, you may now, I should think, feel like looking at the eight stars.. . you feel spiritual light pouring through you.  We learn here to center ourselves.  Now is the center of the circle around which time flows - past and present, like a stream flows around us - that is the secret.   We are not moving through time, we are ever the same in spirit - no, time is moving around us.  We are not moving through space, space is moving around us.  Feel this consciousness, this awareness.  You are in the center.  Time and space are flowing around you and you may therefore alter what happens.  This is the art of Creation."

 

"It is now time for us to return through the Window of Virgo.  Leave by this Window of Virgo, come back through the window.  We all return to the holy Temple, changed - even a little."

(© Shrine of Virgo photo by Minette Quick; audio by the FOI Homepage; all copyrights reserved.)

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Audio transcript:

"All the zodiac is a part of us, although we have our particular sun sign.  Unless we relate to the whole lovely heavens, a little part of us is missing.  But know also that if we turn away from the Goddess, her lovely starry body has lost something.  Without each one of us, each creature, the Universe is incomplete."

 

 

(Recording of Olivia Robertson, art from cover of "Nuit of the Milky Way", copyright OR & FOI-Crossroads Media.)

 

 

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Solar Eclipse Blessings

 

To celebrate the solar eclipse, here is an archival audio clip of Olivia Robertson as the Oracle of Hathor:

The Sun is our Heaven

(mp3 / 1:36mins / 379kb)

 Audio transcript:"The sun is our Heaven, yours and mine. Every dawn you see it rise and it culminates, and then it appears to leave you, sinking in the West. But in reality it is always there, awaiting you. For all of you are children of the sun. Your solar bodies are hidden in earthly flesh, as the sun is hidden during an eclipse. It is through your solar bodies of light and warmth that you hear not only the voices of those attuned to you on earth, but you also begin to receive words from the whole Company of Heaven. Your vision extends to seeing the divine form of myriad-colored Deities, and your minds are enabled to understand their spiritual teachings. Listen then for the voices of the Goddesses and Gods, and allow your vision to accept their presence. When the sun shines at day you do the works of earth: but when the outer sun is hidden in night, then is it time for your souls to awaken. The solar Spirit that shines in each of you and in all beings shines forth in glory!"

 

("The Sun Goddess Awakens" drawing by Olivia Robertson, copyright reserved.)

Audio Gallery

 

Three more recordings of Olivia Robertson reading (and commenting) on her Reflections articles have been added to the Audio Gallery.  These are in mp3 format and are large files (between 7-11 minutes long), so high speed internet is recommended.  Transcripts of each article are also included.  To listen/read go to this link and click on the "Olivia Robertson - Reflections" section:

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(photo of Olivia Robertson with her gold microphone by Dennis Murphy, copyright reserved.)

July Oracle: Goddess Tiamat

 

This month's Oracle is now available and includes a historic audio file of Olivia Robertson as invoking Priestess and Oracle:

 

Oracle of Tiamat

 

 

(Photo of Olivia Robertson by Dennis Murphy, Logic Reality. All Rights Reserved.)

Shrine of Cancer

 

Blessings of the Sun in Cancer and happy Solstice!  Please enjoy this historic audio clip of Lawrence Durdin-Robertson speaking on the sign of Cancer:

 

Click to hear the Mystery of Cancer

(MP3/1:45 min./412kb)

 

Audio transcript:

"Companions on the quest for occult wisdom hidden within the Great Deep, know that the Sign of Cancer was reverenced in remote antiquity. In the fourth month of the Chaldea Duzu, it is the Northern Gate of the Sun whence, at the Summer Solstice, it commences its retrograde movement. With Scorpio and Pisces, Cancer forms the Watery Trigon. To the Coptic Egyptians, this sign was the Power of Darkness of the Jackal Anubis, Guide of the Dead, a Deity of Sirius. It was known as the Dark Sign with no eyes. The Ancient Egyptians knew it as Scarabeus, the beetle Kephera that holds the mud ball of earth. Cancer is depicted as Sacer, the Water Beetle of Immortality, in the most ancient Zodiac known, found in the Temple of Isis in the Denderah Temple of Hathor."

 

  

(Photo of the Shrine of Cancer by Minette Quick, which has a statue of the Goddess Juno and paintings of the Muse of Comedy and the Mermaid Goddess by Olivia Robertson.  Photos and audio files on this site are copyright protected.)

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Aquarius

 

Blessings of the Sun in Aquarius!  The Shrine of Aquarius is dedicated to Amaterasu No Kami, Sun Goddess of Japan and is located in the Castle Temple Sanctuary.  Listen to a meditation by Olivia Robertson from a past rite:

 

Aquarius Meditation

(MP3 file - 3:00 mins./692kb.)

 

Audio transcript:

 

"The air and water of Aquarius symbolize spirit in union with emotions.  You rise above the situation in Aquarius - you have some terrible row or some problem at your work, or you've been having rows with people - the Aquarian method is to rise above it and look down and it becomes in proportion.  You don't ignore it.  Have you any problem, don't hide it away and then it pops out at you later when you sleep in a nightmare.  Face it now and rise above it - look down on it from this starry standpoint.  All problems vanish when you are your true Self, for we are only players in this shadow world.  Now, at the birth of a new aeon, we look ahead, now we've solved our problems, to what we plan for our own future, not only now but in future lives, whether on earth or in the stars. . . There is no jealousy, envy or hatred in the new aeon, for we share others' triumphs and glories.  There's no competition.  As we feel this, we feel the waters of Aquarius and the stars pour through us. . .Happiness is not yesterday or tomorrow, it is NOW and that now extends like ripples right through the whole of one's being.  Sorrow passes, joy lasts forever.  You are receiving inspiration from the stars. . . and you can see the star Cassiopeia, the great "W" in the sky, the northern constellation and you know that beneath, below the south pole, is Aquarius.  And the stars are always there.  There is no loss.  We are shrouded with a starry mantle.  When the sun goes down the stars are seen: so in Winter, when our earthly vitality perhaps decreases, our inner spirit shines forth. . ."

 

 

 

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Audio Highlight - Divine Center

Olivia Robertson discusses her view on Space and Time and the Divine Center:

Listen to Audio File

(1:49 minutes, 430kb)

Transcript:

"For me, space and time exist in total reality. It is all there – NOW . . . Space is a mighty spiral of planetary and stellar scenes that exist in eternity. Time is not a line with a beginning and an end. It is a radiating centre that pierces through all galactic centres – and in every atom, every being. Every atom – you name it – is part of the almighty whole, which includes galaxies and the feared Black Holes. After all Black Holes are a womb, they are tunnels between the spheres of being from one state to another. I received from the Realm of Spirit a handy method of achieving harmony with diversity. Take a long strip of paper and write a horizontal line of emblems of religions, political parties, people, species – whatever interests you. They are all of course separate. Now fold the paper in squares, a separate square for each emblem. Take a sharp instrument and pierce the thickness of the folded paper. Thus each emblem, once separate, are One. You can call the paper, Space or Love: the instrument – Time, or Truth. By identifying with Centre, you can happily travel the Spheres, knowing that infinite variety is yet linked through Divine Centre. Reality is where you ARE NOW."

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Blessings of the Lunar Eclipse!

Listen to Olivia Robertson in this archived recording:

Moon Audio - MP3

(1:50min. 431kb)

Audio transcript:

"The Moon is the mirror both of the polarized rays of the Sun, and of Earth, when its shadow blackens the Moon. So those who fear the occulted Moon reject their own shadow!  The Moon symbolizes duality. . . the Moon is our sister planet and her influence moves both the tides of the sea and our own souls. In her darkness she shows us our own black image, the earth's shadow.. . So she is an enigma that conceals the truth. For everything in this physical world is but a reflection of greater spheres.   Harken to the Mystery of the Occulted Moon: 'And I beheld a mighty Goddess and Her head with its dark waving hair reached the heavens, and Her feet stood within the abyss and a black panther with blazing golden eyes was coiled about them. Her naked body was black as night and the only light therein were two white crescents about her majestic dark eyes. In Her hands She bore a rough rock of quartz. And I knew that She held the Moon and that She was Ngame'!"

(Photo of the "Shrine of the Moon" in the Temple of Isis, Clonegal Castle, by Minette Quick.  All rights reserved.)

Audio highlight: Moon Goddess

In honor of Olivia's birthday (tomorrow, the 13th of April), we have uploaded an audio file of her speaking of her experiences with the Moon Goddess:

Moon Goddess - Click to Hear Audio File

(MP3 file: 6:46 mins. 1.5mg)

Audio transcript:

"In orthodox churches we were not encouraged when I was in the congregation, to have roses or mirrors. 'Rose-petals when they fall bring sweetness to all.' Lilies smell horrible, but they don't fall when they are old – they kept themselves to themselves. They die on the stem, on the altar. Roses mean romance: lilies - virtue. Mirrors show one – oneself. This might bring vanity.

When my brother and I created a Temple of Isis we chose another way. Our Temple was a labyrinth, and at each stage – through mirrors or indoor windows – you could see where you had been and where you were going. Go one way, left was past, right was future - go the other way, you see something completely different. I do remember the astonishment of one of our members when he thought he was alone, looking in a mirror – and then the reflected people began to move in and out. This was an indoor window. Even our outdoor windows were triple. On each side were mirrors that showed Mobius strips of endless reflections. They go on forever.

Recently I became enthusiastic about painting on mirrors – or putting painted cloths over them, which could be lifted. Why did I do this? Possibly this sprang from my own experiences of the Goddess of all mirrors – the Moon Goddess. We may never see Her face. She turns away.

My first lunar experience was in vision at night, on the 18th of October, 1977. I found myself at the end of a temple facing an altar. Behind the altar was a pale veil that loosely covered the whole background. Upon the altar was a silver stag’s head with eye closed, facing left. I found myself holding up my right arm and saying: 'I salute the altar.' The stag opened his eye, which was dark and looked at me. It reminded me of the haunting black eyes I had seen on Greek icons in Greece. From behind the veil appeared pale women’s arms gently waving. I advanced up the aisle when the stag-eye closed, and I stopped. I held up my arm and repeated the words, 'I salute the altar.' The stag opened his eye and looked at me. Then he closed it. Curiously, I felt his other eye hidden from me was golden. The arms once more appeared through the veil, women's arms, beckoning me. Then I heard a voice saying clearly: 'If you can bear it, do this for the third time.' So I approached the altar, lifted my arm and spoke. 'I salute the altar.' The stag’s eye opened and looked at me. It closed and the arms waved to me. With this a woman’s voice spoke clearly: 'What is your intention?' I felt that I was the first of many who were following me, and this was a very ancient Mystery. I answered: 'To reconcile the religion of Egypt with the tradition of Avalon.' The intention was accepted, and I was directed to leave by the right. I felt that others were behind me.

My next experience was not only in vision, because it affected my physical body. This was on the night of the full moon, on the 9th of March, 1982. I found myself in vision lying flat on a couch next to a friend, an occultist. Before us was a very tall woman. I once saw Dana and She also gave the appearance of having a different proportion to us humans – even 7-8 feet - much taller and beautifully proportioned. I could not see Her face, which she turned from me. I associated the colors of her filmy gown with the many colors of the moon – silvery, with a small touch of orange. She stopped and picked up a bottle containing saffron-colored oil with a sphere as stopper. She bent and anointed my friend’s forehead with this, thus forming a large circle. I was disappointed when She turned away, replacing the bottle. But then the Goddess picked up another bottle, and I thought it contained a violet-colored oil. She took out the stopper and bent over me. She made a full circle of the oil on my forehead. But still I could not see Her face. Now comes that sudden switch, when vision impacts on one’s waking mind and body. I was fully conscious of the fragrance of the oil which was both powerful and exquisitely beautiful. I lay awake for about ten minutes, then I got out of bed and went downstairs. It was ten to twelve. From the Castle balcony, looking over the yew walk to the south-east we can see the full moon. There was the full moon, and all this time I was experiencing the on-rush of electric-light power flow through me. First, I had felt it in my room, down the left side of my brain. When I entered the balcony, the power reached up my shoulder-blades. Finally it was like a white shining shower from some celestial fountain, as it flowed through my whole body from the top of my head to my feet.

Romantics search for The Immortal Beloved in the mirrored realm of Vision. I used the concept in our 'Wedding Rite.' The Maiden speaks: 'Some adore the Beloved in many lovely forms. Others honor the many in one loved face.' The Bard speaks: 'To find the Other you need to look within. Gaze deeply in a well; and you will find your Twin.' Now a Wise-Woman speaks: 'Look around you and you will find the Other! Gaze in a mirror: You will see your Brother.'

May you find your heart's desire, but know that the Immortal Beloved is always veiled. . ."

(Photo of Shrine of Isis, Osiris & Nephthys. Isis is painted on glass with a cloth background and Osiris is painted on the mirror above Her.  Nephthys is also painted on stone at the very top and the mask of Osiris is on the shroud on the left. Copyright Minette Quick.)

Virgo Shrine and Meditation

Blessings of the Sun in Virgo!  Above is a photo of the Shrine of Virgo at Clonegal Castle, and below is a more detailed view.  This altar is contained within a blocked-up window in the Egyptian passage of the basement Temple.  The center figure of Isis raising Osiris, was carved by David Durdin-Robertson when he was 16, and Olivia painted Her gold a few years ago.

We also have an audio file to share with you of Olivia Robertson leading a meditation during a past ritual.  This is a large file, so you may need to allow extra time for it to download:

The Window of Virgo Meditation

(MP3 File / 7:00 min. / 1.62MB)

Audio transcript:

"We shut our eyes and still our minds. We see before us in the distance a hill crowned with a beautiful Temple surrounded by myriads of stars. We mount the hill by a winding path. We are climbing up to the Temple of the Zodiac. It is twelve-sided and pearl colored with long windows that glow with many colored lights. We are approaching a Gateway in the south-east, guarded by two bronze statues of Sphinxes - women to the waist, lions below, their wings reaching the roof. On the left of the Gateway is a spring from which a stream flows into the Temple through a conduit.

"We particularly examine the windows on either side of the doorway. On the left, is a window marked "Leo". The stained-glass depicts a naked woman surrounded by a Hawk, a Lioness, a Cow and a Winged God. On the window on the right, is a picture of a woman veiled from head to foot, holding an Ankh in her right hand, a scroll in her left. Over the window is the sign of Virgo, formed by two folded wings and the knot of Isis. The sign of Virgo looks like an "M" and you can form a loop in the center, the Knot of Isis.  Over the doorway is a bas-relief of a Sphinx, her lion's body facing the Leo window, her woman's face turning towards the window of Virgo. Her wings sweep downwards on either side of the entrance, forming two feathered curtains.

"Suddenly a powerful wind rushes through the Temple pushing open the Window of Virgo! Through it we see eight blazing stars shining through nebulae. Within this astral sphere of Virgo are the Isles of the Blest where we learn how to weave the future from the past, by using the present.

"Now I want you to visualize yourself passing through the Window of Virgo, the eight blazing stars, and we see islands of great beauty.  All may enter this place, the Isles of the Blest, but those who have done wrong, learn here how to expiate and make all well. How lovely are the islands.  There is music here, great beauty, nature spirits, wonderful animals.  Peaceful lions, deer, small animals playing around their feet, lionesses. . . The animals and birds here are intelligent.  You can communicate with them telepathically, as we can with angels, nature spirits, Deity.  Do this. . learn. . learn how to be blest so we may attain this place even in sleep on earth.  You learn here the weaving, because we are the Fates, we create our own Fate.  They're not sinister ladies sitting on thrones being disagreeable to us.  We have to learn even how to turn evil into good, which is wonderful because nothing's wasted you see - we can use the past now to create the present.  But you need help to do this and that is why we need to be in the Isles of the Blest. 

"At first we feel overcome when we think of the harm we've done.. . maybe we've harmed animals or people.. .but now we see how we can 3-fold make up for it.  We can forgive others.  There's all of infinity to do good in.  There's much laughter here because nothing is more delightful than to recognize the Truth, and often it makes one laugh, at oneself, preferably.   All pretense vanishes here.  Now if you feel you have experienced this bliss of creation, of creating a better future for ourselves and our earth, you may now, I should think, feel like looking at the eight stars.. . you feel spiritual light pouring through you.  We learn here to center ourselves.  Now is the center of the circle around which time flows - past and present, like a stream flows around us - that is the secret.   We are not moving through time, we are ever the same in spirit - no, time is moving around us.  We are not moving through space, space is moving around us.  Feel this consciousness, this awareness.  You are in the center.  Time and space are flowing around you and you may therefore alter what happens.  This is the art of Creation."

"It is now time for us to return through the Window of Virgo.  Leave by this Window of Virgo, come back through the window.  We all return to the holy Temple, changed - even a little."

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(Our thanks to Minette Quick for the altar photo.  Additional cropping & enhancement by this website. All rights reserved.)

Shrine of Gemini

Happy Sun in Gemini!  Above is a photos of the Shrine of Gemini at the Foundation Center Temple in Ireland.  You may also hear Olivia Robertson, during a meditation on the "Window of Gemini":

Gemini Audio

(Link will open and play with the audio software you have designated for MP3 files - it is 3:16 min./765kb.)

Audio transcript:

"We reach the window of Gemini. The picture shows a young man and woman embracing each other, their wings reaching upwards to two stars. They head a spiral procession of twins winding like a serpent through indigo space. Each, man and woman, twins. Suddenly a wind blows open the window and we see the constellation of Gemini itself. Hear the words of Meylo Moya, Sage of the Builders of Zimbabwe.

'Look for the Star! That star does not rise, nor does it set: it holds a fixed place beyond the clouds. O seeker, know that this Nature in which you live and labour is the battleground of the Gods of Storm. Not until you dominate strife will the clouds of fury lift, and the Star illumine the sleeping earth. Then while the Star flames upon the way may you rest with Peace and raise the veil from Her Face. Ngisi kuve hambaseke kahlese! Which in arcane Bantu means: Follow thou after Peace.'

Look upon the orange star, Pollux, of the Gemini twins. Within its aegis is the Heaven of Zimbas. Its rulers are the Rain Queens, each known as Queen Mujaji: 'She who must be obeyed.'

Now, gaze upon the other star of Gemini, light years apart and yet one to our vision: the white star Castor. Within its pure light dwell Mawu and Li-Sa, first of the seven twin deities. Hear the words of the Berber sage Meylo Moya: 'I mounted seven steps of Rainbow Crystal in the Temple, and three more of Opal. And I knelt and adored the Sacred Star. And the crystal pavement of the Temple became a pool, clear as a perfect mirror reflecting the midnight sky. And I heard these words: If thou wouldst be perfect, O servant of Life, thou must dwell in the Light and work in the Shadow. Ili Tongo ka lase nwaya zu ze esu nka dhlineni. May thou and the United All dwell together in Eternity.’

Ponder upon the wisdom of ancient Africa.”

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Remembering Lawrence Durdin-Robertson

This post is in honor of the late Lawrence Durdin-Robertson, who was born on this day in 1920 and passed to spirit sphere in 1994.  Please take a moment to remember this FOI co-founder and Olivia's brother, while listening to this audio clip as he described his own religious background:

Lawrence Speaking

(Link opens as MP3 file 1:32 min./361kb)

Audio transcript:

 “I started as the Church of Ireland, or as we call Anglican, as an Anglican. I suppose one approaches. . . everyone is basically interested in religion, and their first approach is through their religion to which they were born, and as I say I was born into the Church of Ireland, the Anglican Church. And then my horizon broadened and I became interested in many other religions, and so many of them the last 150 years have been prevented, Indian, Chaldean, Egyptian, Japanese, the old Norse and Celtic, and so on - that my horizon broadened, so I became – actually I call it – a Universalist, believing in all the religions, but particularly of course, the fair feminine aspect, which is now very much coming into the fore again. Of course you get that in Christianity, particularly in the cult of the Divine Wisdom, Sophia, that you get of course in the Hebrew Bible, Hakma, but also in the Virgin Mary. So there isn’t really such a gap because the Virgin Mary has many of the titles as the Goddess Isis. Isis represents all women and corresponds to all the Great Goddesses or in fact, every Goddess, or every woman to that extent."

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Shrine of Taurus

Blessings of the Sun in Taurus!  Above is the Shrine of Taurus at the Foundation Center Temple in Ireland, honoring many Native American Deities. The painting above the altar is of the Goddess Maya, by Olivia Robertson.

Below is an audio file of Olivia Robertson, which will take you on a magical journey to the constellation of Taurus:

Taurus Audio

(Link will open and play with the audio software you have designated for MP3 files - it is 3:00 min./709kb.)

Audio transcript:

To realize the harmony of Justice and Compassion, we need to make a magical journey to the Constellation of Taurus.  Know that these signs are given to us by the Adepti, the Magi of old, so that we may relate to the reality of the stars - not through the sciences, but through our spirits: this is spiritual rising.  Come.  Approach the window of Taurus.  This window depicts a red-haired Goddess seated on a white bull, which is emerging from the sea. Descending from the stars of Taurus, are 14 maidens who bathe in the ocean. Now suddenly a sharp wind blows, and it throws the window open, and we are faced with the constellation of Taurus.  Gaze upon the 7 stars of the Hyades, in V-formation - 7 of the 14 Atlantides maidens. Within their aetheric sphere is the mountain of Hursag, Paradise of Creation.  For what appears as earthly, flaming stars, planets and space, is but a symbol of a reality beyond.  Hear of this mountain of Hursag, this paradise.  Ninurta, the God, created the mountain to save his people from the flooding of the Tigris. Hear the ancient words written on tablets, about this God-king: "Behold now, everything on earth rejoiced afar at Ninurta. The Lord made mourning disappear from the land, he made happy the spirits of the Gods. Because of his Mother's great joy at his great and heroic deeds, Ninurta addressed her: ‘O Lady, O Ninmah, because for my sake you would enter the matchless land, the hill which I have set up, let its name be Hursag, and you be its queen’.”  In this magical world ruled by Ninmah and Ninurta, only those who do great deeds are admitted. Pass through the window, if you dare.  Imagine yourself now, entering this land if you would - if you would do great deeds.  Enter and visualize what you would like to do in the future, and see it as if it happens!



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(Photo by Olivia Robertson, with additional cropping/enhancement by this site.)

Happy birthday Olivia!

© photo Logic Reality

This April 13th is Olivia Robertson's 94th birthday, and we join with all members worldwide in wishing her a day full of love and joy!

In honor of the day, we have uploaded three new audio files.  In the first clip, Olivia speaks of her first vision of the Silver Lady, the second is another encounter with Her and how she influenced Olivia's charitable work, and the third is Olivia's first vision of the God.  Transcripts of each may be found below.

Silver Lady Part I

(MP3 file, 745KB, 3:10 mins)

Silver Lady Part II

(MP3 file, 508KB, 2:09mins)

Vision of The God

(MP3 file, 275KB, 1:10mins)

The Silver Lady

Audio clip transcripts:

Silver Lady Part I:  "She who inspired me to do all my work, came to me, at night in 1946 at Imbolc; about Feb. the 1st I saw her. I associated her with snow, because she came at midnight in the snow with the aura of stars and moon. It was at the time of Capricorn still, getting on to Aquarius - that queer, cold, magical time of midwinter, moving to spring. She told me to get out of bed, which I did reluctantly because of the bitter cold, and put on my red cardigan. Now I guess she wished me to know that she WAS REAL. But she was made of different substance, of crystallized white light, her hair raven black, her dress was cut in v-shapes of different cloths - violet and blue-green. I knew that they were blended together, the material, in some way - not sewn. She unwound a white scarf. Her face had delicate features. To me she was absolutely real, as physical reality to be absolutely real, but obviously in different dimensions. She told me to sit, and she sat facing me. The extraordinary thing is, that I could not remember one word of our half hour's conversation. Now I believe I was not meant to remember in the surface of my mind, that I had to have free will to work out what I wanted to do as well. This has influenced me all my life - whatever our conversation was - from the depths, like the depths of the ocean. My own feeble telepathic abilities were as nothing in comparison with the clarity and power of her thought-stream. This was the first Goddess who had come to me. By Goddess, I mean an advanced feminine Being. The visits were a very rare occurrence, with years inbetween. I knew she belonged to a more spiritual and wise race of being. At the close of our communion - it was communion - she rose and I thought: "she has a dignity of a queen, the grace of a ballet dancer and the power of a gymnast!" At that date I had not heard of UFO's, so could not make out at all what was this small plane which she had to wait for? Goddess or no Goddess, she had to wait for some, what I thought, was like a little Aer Lingus plane. And above all, what was the giant ship in the sky that the plane would take her to? I gathered it was as big or bigger than the Queen Mary liner, and that to me was immense. I think that size in the sky made of some wonderful substance like this Lady - well, I couldn't understand it at all - I was overcome."

Silver Lady Part II:  "A year or so later, I had a vision of the Silver Lady, as I called her, appearing in a wretched slum dwelling with an African family of some immigrants, in utter poverty, which then existed in the Dublin slums, which I'd worked in for four years. I looked after children in the most terrible conditions. What struck me was her power. She stood, straight and slim, and raised her right arm in command. Her left arm she gestured downwards in utter dismissal of such conditions. It reminded me of the figure of Christ, in Michalangelo's Last Judgment: one arm up, the other down. It's as if you call down the powers of heaven with your left hand and execute them with your right. It was a call to action. My brother Lawrence, his wife Pamela and I did go on doing my social work when we created the Clonegal Welfare Association in 1960 to '63, when the government then took over local authority and the people actually had enough to eat. In our area of Clonegal, it was extraordinary that there were people living below subsistence level. There was one farm family living on 15 pounds a week, and yet they'd be too proud to accept. This wasn't charity - we suggested people join the scheme, contributed when they could and then - well, we did get a lot of money, we got 10,000 pounds from the English who helped us in this, but nontheless - the people all contributed themselves when they could. It was extraordinary - we visited 400 families, we knew all about them intimately. We were fascinated by what they wanted. One woman who had absolutely nothing longed for a peacock firescreen. Another one wanted a cuckoo clock and my sister Pamela, very imaginative, she managed to get it for them as a Christmas present. So I think those small thing matter, just as much at subsistence level. I feel that we can't really proceed in our spiritual life without respecting not only our fellow human beings, whatever race or color, but all the other beings."

Vision of the God:  "Some months after we had finished the Order of Tara, which is very much environmentally active, I had an extraordinary experience, which introduced me to the God. In vision I found myself at night, down in our Temple of Isis. The male being appeared, made of crystallized white light. These bodies are energy bodies. They are made of pure light and they and they are actually and can work on our - people often think they're no use here, they just light. They're not. They can actually affect our physical matter because they include our physical material in some other way: it's inclusive. He radiated Divine happiness and love. I received a sudden lightening flash down from the top of my head, right through my body, so extreme that I experienced in two locations: at the Temple Chapel of Healing, and at the same time, in my earthly body which was lying in bed. I was given the name of the being - Michael. The Archangel Michael. Or Horus, son of Isis and Osiris. Whatever name you love. Like Shiva or Krishna."

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Archival link:  Olivia's recordings

Photo of Olivia during Castle festival by Dennis Murphy of Logic Reality.

New Audio Gallery

In honor of the Fellowship of Isis' 35th anniversary, we have added a new Gallery to the Homepage Archive - an audio gallery of over 40 clips of the FOI co-founders, Olivia Robertson and her brother, Lawrence Durdin-Robertson, speaking on various subjects, as well as enacting ritual. These have been compiled from FOI ritual CDs, as well as other tapes provided by Olivia.

We hope you will enjoy this new gallery, and revisit often, as we continue to add new material.

 

Fellowship of Isis Audio Gallery

Happy 35th Anniversary Fellowship of Isis!

Foundation Center - Clonegal Castle

The Fellowship of Isis was founded by Olivia Robertson, Lawrence and Pamela Durdin-Robertson on the Vernal Equinox of 1976.

Click here to listen to Olivia speaking of the Vocation that led her to this work:  Emphasizing the Divine Feminine

Audio transcript:  "It was direct spiritual experience, as with my brother, that I had a direct spiritual Vocation to do this from God - the feminine aspect of God - God who is also feminine to emphasize this, because the world is threatened by destruction, through pollution, through misuse of nature - often through stupidity and greed.  We're destroying the planet.  And the Divine Plan appears to be to emphasize the feminine: charity, kindness, care for nature, nurturing, motherhood - all that side.  Not to get rid of the male aspect, but to balance male aggression and materialism and this linear-logical, mental thought:  always analysis, analysis - we're more for healing and synthesis."

Please also enjoy this audio clip of Lawrence, enacting the ritual of:  "The Athenaea"

Audio transcript: "We are here assembled to celebrate the ancient Athenian Festival of the Panathenaea. The singer Orpheus instituted the Athenaea in honour of Pallas Athena, Goddess of Power, Wisdom and the Arts. At this time of the Vernal Equinox of equal days and nights, when the sun leaves the sign of the tied fishes for the ram, Athenians and foreign visitors formed a joyful procession. They climbed the hill of the Acropolis and brought to the Parthenon the Peplum of Athena."

(Audio and photos copyright protected by this site.  Photo of Olivia from Logic Reality. Photo of Lawrence created with permission from "The Occult Experience".)

Featured Audio Clip: Dark Moons of Winter

Below is a link to a short audio clip of Olivia Robertson during a past mystery drama:

Dark Moons of Winter

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Audio text:  "The dark moons of winter bring initiation to the soul who would penetrate the Abyss, and so learn the occult knowledge of the Tree of Life, which bears the Spheres as its fruit - the Spheres of Being!"

 
 

(© Photo of Olivia Robertson from Logic Reality, and audio files from the Fellowship of Isis Homepage Archive from FOI ritual cassettes.)

Equinox Greetings!

We hope you will enjoy the following audio recording of the late Lawrence Durdin-Robertson (co-founder of the FOI), reading from the rite of the Mystical Awakening of Libra & Kwan Yin: Lawrence Durdin Robertson

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Here also is an excerpt from his book, Juno Covella, Perpetual Calendar of the Fellowship of Isis:

Autumnal Equinox. Sun enters Libra (tropical).

Greek: DEMETER and PERSEPHONE; Roman: CERES and PROSERPINA; The Greater Eleusinian Mysteries, First Day. (Lempriere, Dict.) "Eleusinia . . This festival (i.e. the Greater) was observed in the month Boedromion or September, and continued nine days from the 15th to the 23rd". (Kerenyi, Eleusis, p. 8) According to this author's reckoning the 15th of Boedromion is taken as corresponding to September 23rd or 24th.

(Julian, Hymn to the Mother of the Gods, 173A) "I was saying that we ought not to suppose that the ancients appointed the season of the rites irrationally, but rather as far as possible with plausible and true grounds of reason; and indeed a proof of this is that the Goddess herself chose as her province the cycle of the Equinox. For the most holy and secret Mysteries of Deo and the Maiden (Kore) are celebrated when the sun is in the sign of Libra, and this is quite natural".

Read the rest of this entry and others for the month of September in:  Juno Covella

Blessings of the Equinox to all members, whether you are celebrating Autumn or Spring!

Olivia & Lawrence recordings

For those of you who have never heard the late Lawrence Durdin-Robertson, we have uploaded two recordings to the Homepage. Click on the blue icons to hear the recordings on these pages:

Welcome from Lawrence:
http://www.fellowshipofisis.com/

Lawrence speaking on his spiritual background:
http://www.fellowshipofisis.com/ldrbio.html

There is also a new recording of Olivia Robertson on the introduction page, invoking the Goddess Isis:
http://www.fellowshipofisis.com/intro.html

And you can always hear her version of the FOI prayers and invocations on this page:
http://www.fellowshipofisis.com/prayers.html

Olivia also wishes to thank everyone for their kind comments to her here and on the other blogs that we manage - she finds them encouraging!