The Death & Resurrection Initiation of Osiris
(Egypt, spread to Rome)
- Deities: Isis, Osiris, Horus
- Theme: Death, dismemberment, resurrection, and divine motherhood
- Initiation: Symbolic descent into death and rebirth as Osiris
- Known For: Isis was portrayed as the Mother of God, and initiates believed in salvation and immortality through her.
Osiris myth as an encoded alchemical formula:
- Osiris’ green skin = vegetation.
- Chopping up Osiris = preparation and breaking down of plant matter.
- Casting into the Nile = digestion in liquid.
- Isis transforming into a bird = distillation.
- Use of incense and lamps = calcination.
- Resurrection = completion of alchemical work and the perfect elixir.