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Fellowship of Isis - Online Liturgy http://www.fellowshipofisis.com Ordination of Priestesses and Priests By: Olivia Robertson Preface Since this Rite was first published, Archpriests and Priests have been ordained in the Fellowship of Isis Ministry. Thus this amplified ceremony is now necessary. In the Directory of the Fellowship of Isis 1980, Volume 1, the Priesthood of the F.O.I. is described thus: ʺAll beings are children of the Mother Goddess. Hence all are in essence Divine. Priesthood involves a voluntary acceptance of work undertaken for the Divine Plan of the Deities . . . Human beings attain Priesthood in various ways. Vocation is received from the Deities. Reincarnation brings memories of previous ministry. Initiation is given through Rite or touch. Heredity gives family priesthood. Priestly authority may also be claimed through occupation, such as the Smiths with their God, Weyland Smith, the starry Blacksmith in the sky.ʺ The Egyptian Priesthood was conveyed through heredity or by rites and appointment. The Priesthood of the Fellowship of Isis is hereditary in source, through the Robertsons of Strathloch. It is passed to Priestesses and Priests through the Rite of Ordination by consecration through oil. The ceremony may also be conducted through attunement at a distance through mutual arrangement. The Priestly line comes to Lawrence and Olivia Robertson from the Egyptian Princess, Scota, the dark one, the daughter of the Pharaoh ʺCincrisʺ. Scota was hereditary Daughter of Isis, through her descent from Isis and Osiris. Scota left Egypt with her Scythian husband Nel and gave her name to Scotland. The Gaelic race was named after her son, Goadhal or Gaelglas. Lawrence and Olivia Robertson derive the titles ʺPriest and Priestess Hierophantʺ from Scota in another connection. Those Princesses who did not attain the rank of Queen by marriage, filled the office of Priestesses of the Goddess Nit or Hathor and bore in their households titles which they transmitted to their children, writes Maspero, in the ʺDawn of Civilizationʺ. Hierophant means a Guide, one who both leads and aids: ʺAt the gates of the other world . . . one often sees the dead welcomed by a Goddess who offers bread and water. The Deity who thus welcomes the dead is often Ament, Nut, Hathor, Neith or Mayet.ʺ Veronica Ions ʺEgyptian Mythologyʺ, Genealogical Sources; Manetho ʺLebor Gabala Erennʺ, Mediaeval; ʺIrish Pedigreesʺ,OʹHart, 1979. The Robertson of Strathloch line is traced through Matriculation, Lyon Office, Edinburgh, 1907, and through Matriculation, Genealogical Office, Dublin Castle, 1979. Each new Priestess and Priest of the Fellowship is enrolled and presented with a certificate from Foundation Centre. The traditional Isian title of Archpriest is given with reference to the scope of the work undertaken. All other priesthoods are honoured as channels for Deity. The Rite of Ordination as described in the introduction to the first edition was presented in ʺNewsroundʺ of Telefis Eireann in 1977, interviewer and producer, Mr. Peter McNiff, and some of this was shown on Irish National Television in a book programme ʺFolioʺ in 1982, interviewer, Mr. Patrick Gallagher. Fortysix members have been ordained in the Fellowship of Isis since 1977; twentyeight Priestesses and eighteen Priests. These have their Ministry in ten countries, Ireland, England, France, Germany, Nigeria, Ghana, Canada, the United States of America, Japan and Australia.*

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Fellowship of Isis - Online Liturgy http://www.fellowshipofisis.com

Ordination of Priestesses and Priests By: Olivia Robertson

Preface

Since this Rite was first published, Archpriests and Priests have been ordained in the Fellowship of Isis Ministry. Thus this amplified ceremony is now necessary.  

In the Directory of the Fellowship of Isis 1980, Volume 1, the Priesthood of the F.O.I. is described thus:  

ʺAll beings are children of  the Mother Goddess. Hence all are  in essence Divine. Priesthood  involves a voluntary acceptance of work undertaken  for  the Divine Plan of  the Deities  .  .  . Human beings  attain Priesthood  in  various ways. Vocation  is  received  from  the Deities. Reincarnation  brings memories  of previous ministry.  Initiation  is given  through Rite or  touch. Heredity gives  family priesthood. Priestly authority may also be claimed through occupation, such as the Smiths with their God, Weyland Smith, the starry Blacksmith in the sky.ʺ 

The Egyptian Priesthood was conveyed through heredity or by rites and appointment. The Priesthood of the  Fellowship  of  Isis  is  hereditary  in  source,  through  the  Robertsons  of  Strathloch.  It  is  passed  to Priestesses and Priests  through  the Rite of Ordination by consecration  through oil. The ceremony may also be conducted through attunement at a distance through mutual arrangement.  

The Priestly  line comes  to Lawrence and Olivia Robertson  from  the Egyptian Princess, Scota,  the dark one,  the daughter of  the Pharaoh  ʺCincrisʺ. Scota was hereditary Daughter of  Isis,  through her descent from Isis and Osiris. Scota left Egypt with her Scythian husband Nel and gave her name to Scotland. The Gaelic  race was named after her  son, Goadhal or Gaelglas. Lawrence and Olivia Robertson derive  the titles ʺPriest and Priestess Hierophantʺ from Scota in another connection.  

Those Princesses who did not attain the rank of Queen by marriage, filled the office of Priestesses of the Goddess Nit or Hathor and bore in their households titles which they transmitted to their children, writes Maspero, in the ʺDawn of Civilizationʺ. Hierophant means a Guide, one who both leads and aids: 

ʺAt the gates of the other world . . . one often sees the dead welcomed by a Goddess who offers bread and water. The Deity who thus welcomes the dead is often Ament, Nut, Hathor, Neith or Mayet.ʺ  Veronica Ions  ʺEgyptian Mythologyʺ,  Genealogical  Sources; Manetho  ʺLebor  Gabala  Erennʺ, Mediaeval;  ʺIrish Pedigreesʺ, OʹHart, 1979.  

The  Robertson  of  Strathloch  line  is  traced  through Matriculation,  Lyon Office,  Edinburgh,  1907,  and through Matriculation, Genealogical Office, Dublin Castle, 1979. 

Each  new  Priestess  and  Priest  of  the  Fellowship  is  enrolled  and  presented  with  a  certificate  from Foundation Centre. The  traditional  Isian  title of Archpriest  is given with  reference  to  the  scope of  the work undertaken. All other priesthoods are honoured as channels for Deity. 

The Rite of Ordination as described in the introduction to the first edition was presented in ʺNewsroundʺ of Telefis Eireann in 1977, interviewer and producer, Mr. Peter McNiff, and some of this was shown on Irish National Television in a book programme ʺFolioʺ in 1982, interviewer, Mr. Patrick Gallagher. 

Forty‐six members have been ordained in the Fellowship of Isis since 1977; twenty‐eight Priestesses and eighteen Priests. These have their Ministry in ten countries, Ireland, England, France, Germany, Nigeria, Ghana, Canada, the United States of America, Japan and Australia.* 

 

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*The Preface and figures are from the 1998 edition. 

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