THE KNOT OF ISIS
HEKA
Words of Power and Healing
"I speak words of power over it.
Formed in my heart and brought
forth by my tongue, my words
make this blood-red cord live.  
I tie the Knot.  
I work the magic."
"Offering to Isis"
M. Isidora Forrest

SPELL OF A KNOT-AMULET OF RED JASPER
Papyrus of Ani, Spell 156
The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, R.O. Faulkner

You have your blood, O Isis; you have your power, O Isis; you
have your magic, O Isis.  The amulet is a protection for this
Great One which will drive away whoever would commit a crime
against him.
To be said over a knot-amulet of red jasper moistened with
juice of the ‘life-is-in-it’ fruit and embellished with sycamore-
bast and placed on the neck of the deceased on the day of
internment.  As for him for whom this is done, the power of Isis
will be the protection of his body, and Horus son of Isis will
rejoice over him when he sees him;  no path will be hidden from
him, and one side of him will be towards the sky and the other
towards the earth.
A true matter; you shall not let anyone see it in your hand,
for there is nothing equal to it.


THE KNOT OF ISIS
"Awakening Osiris", Normandi Ellis
Phanes Press, 1988
At the ends of the universe is a blood red cord that ties life to
death, man to woman, will to destiny.  Let the knot of that red
sash, which cradles the hips of the goddess, bind in me the ends
of life and dream.  I’m an old man with more than my share of
hopes and misgivings.  Let my thoughts lie together in peace.  At
my death let the bubbles of blood on my lips taste as sweet as
berries.  Give me not words of consolation.  Give me magic, the
fire of one beyond the borders of enchantment.  
Give me the spell of living well.
Do I lie on the floor of my house or within the temple?  Is the
hand that soothes me that of wife or priestess?  I rise and
walk.  The sky arcs ever around; the world spreads itself
beneath my feet.  We are bound mind to Mind, heart to Heart-no
difference rises between the shadow of my footsteps and the
will of god.  I walk in harmony, heaven in one hand, earth in the
other.  I am the knot where the two worlds meet.  Red magic
courses through me like the blood of Isis, magic of magic, spirit
of spirit.  I am proof of the power of gods.  
I am water and dust walking.

Her reference  is “The chapter of a buckle of carnelian”,
CLVI, Papyrus of Ani
"May this knot tie me to You,
Goddess.  By the life of my body,
by the depth of my soul, by the
breadth of my mind, by the fire
of my spirit, may it bind me to
You in love."
"Offering to Isis"
M. Isidora Forrest
THE KNOT OF ISIS SONG
Diana Rocha-Parks,  Jeni Rodrigues, and Denise Allen
Temple of Isis/Los Angeles
April 2001

At the ends of the universe
A blood red cord
Binds life to death
And will to destiny
Let the knot of that red sash
Bind us all together
Cradling Her hips
And weaving all our dreams

(Chorus)
We are the knot where the two worlds meet
Red magic courses through our veins
Magic of Magic, Spirit of Spirit
We are the power of Isis

We are bound Mind to Mind
We are bound Heart to Heart
Heaven in one hand
Earth in the other
We will walk in harmony

(chorus)

Give us not consolation
Give us Magic
Give us the spell of living well
Give us Magic

(chorus)
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