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COMPILED BY NOBLE A. T. WALLER, 33°
Under the Direction of
NOBLE J. H. MURPHY, 33°
NOBLE J AS. O. BAMPFIELD, 33°
Committee.
INTRODUCTORY
ISIS, an Egyptian goddess named Hes, daughter of Seb
or Cronos, and Nut or Rhea, sister and wife of Osiris and
locally one of the titrad of Abydos, which consisted of
Osiris, Isis, her sister Nepthys and Horus.
Her worship is not mentioned at the earliest period, but
became universal at the time of the eighteenth and later
dynasties. Her name is expressed in heiroglyphics by a seat
or throne, and in her terrestial type she is represented with
this ornament on her head. She is styled in the inscription
the mother goddess, or great mother, mistress of heaven,
regent of the gods, and queen of the upper and lower coun¬
try. In her celestial character she wears on her head the disk
and horns and the modins or splindrical head attire sur¬
rounded by 12 serpents, emblems of the 12 hours of day
and night. In the monuments she is the constant companion
of Osiris, standing between him, supporting him or lament¬
ing at his bier, or else as mother of Harpakrat of the "Youth¬
ful Horus," nursing and suckling that god on her lap. Isis
is rarely, if ever, seen alone, excepting in votive figure and if
at a later period she is represented winged, such a type
appears to have been introduced from Asiatic sources. The
legend of Isis is partly confirmed by the accounts of the
monuments and papyrus. During the absence of Osiris from
his kingdom it is stated that she ruled over the state, and her
name appears in a cartouche as one of the gods of the second
dynasty who ruled Egypt.
After the murder of Osiris by Typhon on the 17th month
Athor in the 28th year of his reign, Isis was informed of the
death of Osiris and cut off one of the locks of her hair. She
also searched for Ambis, the god of embalming, the son of
Osiris and Nepthys. The chest in which the corpse of Osiris
was enclosed was carried to Byblos and lodged in the branches
of a tamarisk tree in which perches the Proenix, the soul of
Osiris. The King of Byblos had made the trunk of the tree
into a pillar for his house. Ingratiating herself with the
queen's women, whose hair she plated, and subsequently
engaged by the queen as wet nurse for the king's son. She
suckled the boy with her finger and laid him on the burning
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coals to make him immortal, while she herself transformed
into a swallow, hovered around the pillar and when her
proceedings were discovered, obtained it by request from the
monarch. Obtaining the trunk, she took it with her into
the desert and opening the lid, threw herself in grief on the
dead body of her husband; and when the king's son approached
her, she turned around and killed him with a glance.
Returning to her son Horus, she left the chest at the city of
Boitus, in an unfrequented place; where, however, it was dis¬
covered by Typhon in the moonlight, who tore the body into
14 pieces and scattered them about in the river, apparently.
These Isis collected, apparently, from the river upon which
she went for the purpose and found all except one piece which
had been devoured by the oxyrhynchus fish. In the war which
ensued between Horus and Typhon at Kar (or the Egyptian
Babylon) on the 6th of the month Kath, and which endured
for three days and nights, the gods changed during the
battle from human to animal forms, Isis changed both com¬
batants. Subsequently she liberated Set or Typhon from his.
chains, and Horus, enraged by this act, cut off the head of
Isis which Thoth subsequently replaced by the head of a cow.
Another account places this action at Atch in the oxyrhynchite
nome on the 7th of the month Tybi, when the boat of the
sun was moored at Pakhera. A second battle supervened at
Anrutef at a later period. She is said to have founded sepul¬
chres of Osiris wherever she found portions of his body. She
appears as goddess of the lower world, for Rhampsinitus
(Rameses III) descended to Hades and played at draughts
with her, winning a golden napkin with which he returned
to earth. One of the epagomenae or intercalery days was
sacred to her. She was identified with other deities as Wrik,
Bast, Athor and even Nepthys, and one of the sacred books
was entitled "Her Sighs or Respirations."
Her worship was introduced into Asia Minor and Greece
about B. C. 300 and into the Roman Empire at the time of
Sylla and although attempted to be banished at different inter¬
vals (B. C. 133-129) by different acts of the Senate, and
repelled by Augustus, was finally established with the wor¬
ship of Serapis at Rome and only disappeared with the fall
of Paganism which took place A. D. 391 at Alexandria. Isis
was suppose'd to represent nature, the moon, the earth, Dem-
eter and other elements or powers.
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Rank Titles and Positions of Officers—
Their Costumes and Badges
111. Commandress, first officer in the East on the throne.
Purple robe, crown with inverted crescent in the center.
Badge, the sun.
Second Officer, 1st Lieut. Commandress in West. White
Fez, red robe. Badge, full moon.
Third Officer, 2nd Lieut. Commandress in South. White
Fez, blue robe. Badge, the earth.
High Priestess, Right of East.
White Fez, white robe. Badge, half moon.
1st and 2nd Ceremonial Commandresses in West, in front
of 1st Lieutenant Commandress. Badge, quarter moon.
Imperial Treasurer, right of throns. Badge, keys.
Imperial Recorder, left of throne. Badge, pen.
Outside Spy, on the outside of the door, with scimitar
in her hand. Badge, scimitar.
Inside Spy, inside of Court, at the door, with a scimitar.
Badge, scimitar.
The Oriental Guide, on the right of the 2nd Lieut. Com¬
mandress. Badge, staves.
OPENING CEREMONIES
The Commandress will say:—The officers will take their
stations and regale themselves.
Commandress—1st Lieut. Commandress, you will announce
that I am about to open this Court for the dispatch
of business. You will announce the same to the 2nd Lieut.
Commandress, and she to the Daughters that all may be duly
informed as to our purposes.
The 1st Lieut. Commandress will repeat the same to the
2nd Lieut. Commandress and the 2nd Lieut. Commandress
to the members.
Commandress—1st and 2nd Ceremonial Daughters, you
will come and whisper the pass to me, so that I may be
assured that you are in possession of the same. Then you will
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proceed to take the pass from every member present and
report to me.
The pass is— x x x x x
Answer—x x x x x
Commandress—Inside Spy, you will inform your com¬
panion, the Outside Spy, that I am about to open this Court,
direct her to guard accordingly.
The Inside Spy closes the door and raps o o o o which
is answered by the Outside Spy in the same manner.
Inside Spy—Commandress, we are guarded.
Commandress—Inside Spy, how are we guarded?
Inside Spy—Doubly picketed.
Commandress—'Tis well. The High Priestess will pray.
Commandress—Attend to the giving of the signs.
Commandress—I now declare this Court open for business.
INITIATION
Remove the candidate's wraps. Blindfold her. Remove
her shoes and stockings, and then conduct her to the outer
door of the Court, and in alarming the Court the attendants
of the candidate should make all the noise possible.
The Commandress will say—"What is the cause of this
confusion at the door of our secret Temple?"
Inside Spy, opening the door, will say—"What is the cause
of this intrusion?"
Outside Spy—We have made a captive.
Inside Spy—Commandress, our trusty spies have made a
captive.
Commandress—Who is she? From whence does she comes,
and what is her desire?
Inside Spy—She is the nurse of the youthful Horus. She
has escaped from the wrath of Typhon and desires to find
refuge with the Daughters of Isis.
Commandress—Oriental Guide, you will take charge of
this (or these) stranger (s). Admit them and lead them on
their journey. You will conduct them five times across the
burning sands of the desert in order to test their courage
and anything else, thence to the outer chamber.
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OFFICIAL PROGRAM
FOR THANKSGIVING SERVICE
This service to be held the third Sunday in May.
At the appointed hour the officers and members enter
the church in the following manner:
Oriental Guide
1st Ceremonial Daughter 2nd Ceremonial Daughter
Members
High Priestess
Recorder Treasurer
1st Lieutenant 2nd Lieutenant
Illustrious Commandress
Past Officers
Inside Spy Nobles Outside Spy
Hymn Choir
Invocation
Song—"All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name."
Reading—27th Psalm By a Noble
Song—"Lead Kindly Light."
Commandress calls Court up and reads—Praise ye the
Lord; praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in the firma¬
ment of His power.
Members—Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him
according to His excellent greatness.
Commandress—Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet;
praise Him with the psaltery and harp.
Members—Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; praise
Him with stringed instruments and harp.
Commandress—Praise Him with the loud cymbals; praise
Him with the high sounding cymbals.
Members—Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord.
Praise ye the Lord.
Commandress—1st Lieutenant, what are the basic principles
of the Daughters of Isis?
1st Lieutenant—Devotion to kindred and friends.
Commandress—2nd Lieutenant, how does our obligation
lead us ?
2nd Lieutenant—To do good and endeavor to promote the
happiness of mankind.
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Commandress—High Priestess, from what passage of the
Scripture do we derive our faith?
High Priestess—From John, 11th chapter, 25th verse,
Jesus said, "I am the resurrection and the life. He that
believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live."
Court is seated.
Song Choir
Sermon
Collection
Benediction
Arranged by Daughter:
LAURA WILLIAMS, P. I. G. Commandress.
Approved by:
C. M. C. HAMMOND, W. L. GANAWAY,
CLARENCE E. DUNLOP, EUGENE PHILLIPS,
E. J. VICTORIA, JR.
EGYPTIAN CALENDAR
February Athor Has 30 days
March Rath Has 30 days
April Tybi Has 30 days
May Wrick Has 30 days
June Bast Has 30 days
July Anru Has 32 days
August Utef- Has 30 days
September Ambi Has 30 days
October Ama Has 30 days
November Seb Has 30 days
December Kara Has 30 days
January Aisa Has 33 days
The Egyptian, year of Osiris, begins on the 8th day of
February and ends on the 33rd day of January, which is the
last day of the year.
Thus if you wished to write of the day on which this
session started you would write month Utef, 15th day, year
of Osiris 5003, which answers to August 23rd, 1920.
Anyone wishing to use the Egyptian calendar can take
one of our own calendars, and beginning with February 8th
write the names of the Osiris month over the name and date
them as I have named them, beginning with February 8th
and ending the year on the 7th day of January.
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INSTALLATION
111. Commandress—I take great pleasure in receiving
you as a presiding officer of this Court, Daughters of Isis.
Before investing you, however, with the emblem of your
office, I must require your unequivocal assent to the following
interrogations:—
1. Do you solemnly vow upon the honor of a woman
that you will exert your best endeavors to promote the happi¬
ness of your sisters and the interest of this Court?
2. That you will not acknowledge or have intercourse
with any Court that does not work under constitutional
authority of Imperial Council A.E.A.O.N.M.S. or the Imperial
Court, Daughters of Isis?
3. Do you promise before these Ladies that you will use
your best endeavors to correct the wrongs if there be any
and purify the morals of your sisters ?
4. That you will let no one enter your Court that is not
in good standing and member of a court holding a charter
from the Imperial Council or the Imperial Court, and that
you will not hold intercourse with any Court that does not
work under a charter from the same?
5. Do you submit to all of these requirements and promise
to observe and practice them faithfully and honestly? Raise
your right hand to God and answer: I do, so help me God.
The Marshal will conduct the Noble Commandress to the
throne.
To 1st Lieut. Commandress—You have been elected to
the important office of 1st Lieut. Commandress. It is of such
a nature as to require your utmost skill; in the absence of the
Commandress, you are to enter upon her functions and
assume her responsibilities. You promise a strict obedience
to all the laws, rules, and regulations of this Court. (I do.)
You will be conducted to your station in the West.
2nd Lieut. Commandress—You have been elected to the
important office of the Court as 2nd Lieut. Commandress.
Your prompt attendance at the meetings is essentially neces¬
sary and in the absence of your two superior officers you will
occupy the chair and discharge the duties of that important
office, do you promise to be faithful to the trust imposed in
you? (I do.) You will now be conducted to your station in
the South.
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High Priestess—To you has fallen the sacred duty of the
office of High Priestess. Your duties are of the highest
importance, and in your hand cannot fail to impress all with
reverence, sincerity, and solemnity. May the Supreme Ruler
of Heaven and earth give you strength and protect you. You
will be conducted to your station on the Right of the Com-
mandress.
First and Second Ceremonial Daughters—You have been
elected First and Second Ceremonial Daughters of this Court.
It is your duty to collect the general and secret passwords
from all the Daughters in and about the Court at such times
as you may be directed and perform all other duties that the
Ritual of the Order requires. You will be conducted to your
station in the "West on the right and left of the 1st Lieutenant
Commandress.
Recordress—Noble Lady, in selecting you to discharge the
important duties of the office of Recorder, the Daughters
undoubtedly believe that you possess all those qualities that
should distinguish you; promptitude, correctness, punctuality
and integrity are its four cardinal virtues. You wil record
the proceedings of your Court and make a return to the
Imperial Court at the proper time; collect all moneys that
may be due Court and pay them over to the Treasurer, taking
a receipt for the same and when you have finished the term
of your probation may you be admitted to the Grand Court
above.
Treasurer—Noble Lady, you have been elected to the very
important and responsible office of Treasurer. You will receive
all moneys from the hands of the Recordress, giving her a
receipt for the same; you will pay them out only when the
same has been agreed upon by the Court and the order of
Commandress. Honesty and integrity of character are a
sufficient guarantee to the Court that your duties will be
faithfully performed.
Oriental Guide—Noble Lady, the office of Oriental Guide
to which you have been elected is one of much importance
in the Court in the discharge of the duties appertaining to
its work; it will require much study so you will be able to
familiarize yourself with the duties of the office. You will be
conducted to your station.
Spies—Noble Ladies, you have been elected Inside and
Outside Spies of this Court, I take pleasure in presenting
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you with a scimitar, which is placed in your hands to enable
you to guard the entrance to the Court against all intruders.
You will now be conducted to your station.
CLOSING
Commandress—1st Lieut., I am about to close this Court,
have you or any Daughter any objections?
1st Lieut.—None, 111. Commandress.
Commandress—2nd Lieut., does any work of charity remain
undone ?
1st Lieut.—None, 111. Commandress.
Commandress—1st Lieut., are you a Daughter of Isis ?
Answer—I have traveled the blinding desert.
Commandress—What binds you to our Order?
Answer—My sacred obligation.
Commandress—Having assumed that sacred obligation,
what did you do to make it more binding?
Answer—I was caused to kiss the red stone of Horus.
Commandress—1st Lieut. Commandress, kindly inform this
Court of our relationship to Horus and the object and
principles of the Daughters of Isis.
1st Lieut. Commandress—Horus was the infant son of
Orisis and Isis. The object and principles of this Order are
of a sociable and charitable nature. Its purposes are to
i promote a feeling of harmony and good will among its
members at all times, and have them realize the beauty of an
honest and upright life.
Commandress says—It is well. Inside Spy, you will inform
your comrade, Outside Spy, that I am about to close Court
No , Daughters of Isis. Order her to permit no
interruption.
Commandress—Let us sing our closing ode.
Prayer by High Priestess, after which the signs are given.
Commandress raps—o, o, o.
1st Lieutenant—o, o, o.
2nd Lieutenant—o, o, o.
Oriental Guide will remove the Holy Bible. Koran and
red stone.
Commandress—This Court is now closed. Go in peace,
and may the God of Monmautti guard you until we meet
again. Amen. Amen. Amen.
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