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Title: Esoteric Development: Lecture VII: The Great Initiates
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divine couple who were united with the earth, Osiris and Isis. This
Osiris was pursued by Typhon and cut into pieces, and Isis had to
Osiris were distributed among the various parts of the earth. So he
were given in the pictures of Osiris and Isis. All the great

Title: Origin and Destination of Humanity: Lecture XVI: The Great Initiates
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Once a divine couple, Osiris
of everything that happens on earth. But Osiris was persecuted and dismembered
it home, but at different places of the earth Osiris's graves were laid
of Osiris and Isis. All great religions which we find in antiquity were

Title: Origin and Destination of Humanity: Lecture XVII: Ibsen's Attitude
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through the whole being, lives and works in nature. We find it in Osiris

Title: Riddles of the World: Lecture VII: The Core of Wisdom in the Religions
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new life, symbolised as Osiris, the sun, the god of light; as
called Father, Word and Holy Spirit — Isis, Osiris, Horus

Title: Lecture: Easter
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to ancient Egypt with its Osiris-Isis-Horus cult expressing

Title: Riddles of the World: Lecture XIX: The Easter Festival
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Osiris, Isis, Horus, which expresses the continual rejuvenation

Title: Supersensible Knowledge: Lecture XII: Richard Wagner and Mysticism
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Osiris, and dramatized also at various places of initiation

Title: Lecture: Isis and Madonna
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Osiris saga, means to us. For when we understand it aright, this saga
the religion of Egypt, the saga of Osiris is still what is most
induced Osiris to lie down in it, when the lid was quickly closed. The
Osiris in Egypt. Osiris now becomes King of the Dead, as previously he
Osiris. Horus, who has come into existence as the result of
the senses; Osiris is ruler of the realm of the dead. Whereas the soul
enters the realm of Osiris, itself becomes an Osiris. The Egyptian
arraigned before the tribunal in these words: “And thou, O Osiris,
death itself becomes an Osiris.
which the soul enters after death where Osiris holds sway. But at the
after death — that he could be united with Osiris. The initiate
therefore himself became an Osiris. He tore himself from the physical,
was united with Osiris.
the legend that Osiris is the sun, whose disappearance signifies his
What is this age when Osiris ruled over men? It was the time when men
therefore, the realm of Osiris is spoken of, it is not the physical
a being of soul and spirit. And the brother, the enemy of Osiris, is
once purely spiritual Osiris was laid in a chest. This chest is simply
the human physical body. But because Osiris is a being who in
Osiris could not enter this physical realm; he died to the external
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Title: Where/How/Spirit: Lecture XVI: Isis and Madonna
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expresses itself in the legend of Isis and Osiris. This legend
here or there, the legend of Osiris is the most significant one
and full of contents. Osiris was the king who ruled in ancient
called Typhon causes to form a box, and by stealth, Osiris is
him; the pieces are buried in many graves. Hence, many Osiris
graves existed in Egypt. Osiris now becomes the king of the
of Osiris. Horus, originated by conception from beyond, is the
ruler in the earthly-sensuous world. Osiris is a ruler in the
the kingdom of Osiris if it leaves the body — the
“Osiris, what have you done?” and so on, so that
the soul matures to become Osiris while it goes through the
Osiris rules. At the same time, however, we know that the
only after death that he can be combined with Osiris. The
initiate himself becomes Osiris. He snatches himself from the
becomes a purified soul, and is then combined with Osiris. What
basis that Osiris is the sun, and if it sets, it is overcome by
When did Osiris rule over the human beings? When the human
beings. If one speaks about the kingdom of Osiris, it is not
brother of Osiris is that being that coated the human with the
condensed. We see now how the once purely spiritual Osiris is
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Title: Antworten der Geisteswissenschaft: Vortrag XII: Hermes
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Osiris und Isis sind, erscheinen, wo sie
Osiris und Isis, und die Ã¤gyptische Legende nennt
Hermes den weisen Ratgeber des Osiris. In Osiris sieht die
habe, auf dem nunmehr die Menschen leben. Dieser Osiris, der
in das materielle Wesen dieser Kultur hinein, dieser Osiris
Typhon. Dieser Feind stellte dem Osiris nach,
und Gattin Isis suchte den Osiris, suchte lange nach dem
also erst entstanden war nach dem Tode des Osiris — nur
eine andere Welt gegangenen Osiris auf die Isis
— von Osiris ausgehend — in die Menschheit
Osiris und Isis zunÃ¤chst lebendig. Es ist nicht gut,
wenn man solche Gestalten wie Osiris und Isis dahin
auslegen will, daß man in Osiris von vornherein die Sonne,
zunÃ¤chst in Osiris und Isis charakterisiert sind.
eineOsiris-Kraft. Sie stellt mir ein Ã¼bersinnliches
Osiris und das andere mit dem Namen Isis belegt: Osiris-Isis.
verhÃ¤lt sich Osiris zu Isis. Man mÃ¶chte
Prinzip: das Osiris-Prinzip, wie ein
so ist die Osiris-Kraft als Denkkraft in uns tÃ¤tig
und ausgebreitet im geistigen Weltall als Osiris, als die das
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Title: Lecture: Hermes
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Gods, of whom the most important are Osiris and Isis, are represented
Osiris and Isis, is a case in point. According to the legend, Osiris
inhabited by human beings. Osiris is represented in the legend as the
the Egyptians their ancient culture. Osiris had an enemy, for whom
the Greek name was Typhon. Typhon pursued Osiris, killed him,
Isis, the sister and spouse of Osiris, sought unceasingly for him who
after the death of Osiris, Isis gave birth to Horus. A spiritual ray
descended upon Isis from Osiris, who had meanwhile passed into
proceeding from Osiris himself, was again to stream into mankind.
understanding of such figures as Osiris and Isis become really
living. It is not right to state crudely that Osiris is the Sun, Isis
figures of Osiris and Isis.
to conceive what the names of Osiris and Isis conveyed to the ancient
Osiris-powers within me, bearing witness that I was once a
Osiris-forces and the Isis-forces. “Osiris-Isis” —
product of the active principle there before us, as Osiris to Isis.
Father-Principle, a masculine Principle. The Osiris-Principle is
Osiris-power now living within us as
spread over the spiritual universe as the Osiris-power that permeates
ancient Egyptians towards Osiris and Isis.
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Title: Turning Points: Lecture 2: Hermes
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Gods, of whom the most important are Osiris and Isis, are
and goddess, Osiris and Isis. It was Hermes himself who called
Osiris‘. In all these fables, Osiris is a being who in the
dwells. In the legend Osiris, who is represented as a benefactor
called Typhon. This enemy, Typhon, waylaid Osiris and slew him,
sea. The goddess Isis, wife and sister of Osiris, sought long her
influence which descended upon Isis from Osiris, who had
the life-current emanating from Osiris, which would continue to
associated with the ideal forms of Osiris and Isis. Further, it
saying that Osiris represents the Sun, and Isis the Moon, and so
factors that finds expression in the ideal forms of Osiris and
activity. Thus do I feel within me an Osiris power, which placed
dual, the one element being termed Osiris, while the other was
known as Isis; hence we have an Osiris-Isis duality. When we give
upon the relation between Osiris and Isis in a somewhat similar
Osiris-Principle must be looked upon as an active Male-Principle,
concerning Osiris and Isis from the following considerations]: —
ancient Egyptians concerning their conception of Osiris-Force,
Osiris. Even as the elements which form the physical body enter
olden peoples picture the Osiris-Force, as descending upon man to
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Title: Signs/Symbols: The Birth of the Light
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Christmas festival. In Egypt we find Horus, Isis and Osiris, the
we have the triad of Isis, Osiris and Horus. The fact that the Divine

Title: Lecture: The Manicheans
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Osiris, who represented the inpouring Divine. He is the Revealer. The
Manichean, Manicheanism, Manes, Mason, Masonry, Mother, Osiris,

Title: Temple Legend: Lecture 6: Manicheism
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Father and mother, Osiris and Isis, those are the two forces present
directly into man, Osiris, he that is the father; the soul itself,

Title: Temple Legend: Lecture 13: Concerning the Lost Temple and How It Is To Be Restored - 3
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mysteries and again in the Osiris mysteries. What was still
a connected version which is very similar to the Osiris legend.

Title: Foundations of Esotericism: Lecture XVIII
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described in Egypt as the union of Osiris and Isis. From it came forth

Title: Foundations of Esotericism: Lecture XXXI
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the case of the Egyptians, Osiris, Isis and Horus were conceived of as
whole world is made, corresponds to the cutting into pieces of Osiris.

Title: Lecture Series: Easter and the Awakening to Cosmic Thought
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connected with Osiris. In Greece a Spring festival was celebrated in honour of

Title: Theosophy/Rosicrucian: Lecture XI: Evolution of Mankind on the Earth. I
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feminine-Isis; Sun Osiris, masculine. An ego-consciousness, however,

Title: Reading Pictures of the Apocalypse: Part 2: Lecture Four
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had to be taught to live in such a way that they could find Osiris in
in this way: Only by uniting with the Light of Osiris, the Osiris impulse,

Title: Reading Pictures of the Apocalypse: Part 2: Lecture Six
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The teaching of Osiris and Isis can be characterized from the most varied
as Osiris and the soul that seeks the sun spirit was seen as Isis. Thus,
of the moon. Osiris was a sun spirit residing on the moon. He could
nature became like a box to Osiris. As human beings increasingly came
to be earth beings in the strict sense, Osiris withdrew more and more.

Title: Universe/Earth/Man: Lecture I: The Egyptian period, and the present time
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of light fell from Osiris upon Isis, a kind of miraculous birth took

Title: Universe/Earth/Man: Lecture II: Ancient Wisdom and the new Apocalyptic Wisdom
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In Egypt the solar forces were perceived as the forces of Osiris.
Osiris was the power of the sun as it worked in the third epoch of
earthly evolution, and the religion of Osiris arose and flourished in

Title: Universe/Earth/Man: Lecture IV: The Outer Manifestations of Spiritual Beings in the Elements
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Their connection with Man. Cosmic partitions. The Myth of Osiris.
The Outer Manifestations of Spiritual Beings in the Elements. Their connection with Man. Cosmic partitions. The Myth of Osiris.
the name of Osiris to the forces of the sun, those pure rays which man
perceived Osiris no longer, and because of the cloudy envelope
opposer had killed Osiris,” they said, and the forces which were
sought that ancient Osiris with longing.
Osiris.”
acted like a sting, stinging the sense organs to activity; thus Osiris
for the vision of Osiris.
myth of Osiris, but we must see in it the result of the deep
the basis of the myth of Osiris.

Title: Universe/Earth/Man: Lecture X: The reflection in the fourth epoch of mans experiences
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Light, the Sun-God, This was the same being who was called Osiris. It
was the journey to Osiris — the union with him that was imparted
united with Osiris; indeed it was actually addressed as an Osiris,
because united with Him. The words are: “Osiris was cleansed in
a spiritual day — when it will be united with Osiris, when it may
itself become an Osiris. The soul in this way actually experienced its
earlier teachers. Even the ancient Egyptians when they spoke of Osiris
said: “The kingdom of Osiris will be established again upon

Title: Universe/Earth/Man: Lecture XI: The Reversing of Egyptian Remembrance by way of Arabism.
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say: That spiritual form which was preserved in men's minds as Osiris
of Osiris; it knew that Osiris was held to be the same as the high
the eye of Osiris, the embodiment of the Spirit of the Sun. All this
possible to a materialistic age, this ancient idea of Osiris, which at

Title: Egyptian Myths: Lecture 2: The Reflection of Cosmic Events in the Religious Views of Men.
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it is exemplified in Osiris, Isis, and Horus.

Title: Egyptian Myths: Lecture 3: The Old Initiation Centers. The Human Form as the Subject of Meditation.
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also pointed out that the trinity of Osiris, Isis, and Horus reflected

Title: Egyptian Myths: Lecture 5: The Genesis of the Trinity of Sun, Moon, and Earth. Osiris and Typhon.
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Osiris and Typhon.
for this soul — the murder of Osiris by Typhon, or Set, the
Osiris to be killed by Typhon.† The
harmony with his brother, as Osiris. Typhon was the air-breath that

Title: Egyptian Myths: Lecture 6: The Influence of Osiris and Isis. Facts of Occult Anatomy and Physiology.
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The Influence of Osiris and Isis.
now consider a relationship associated with the figure of Osiris.
In the figure of Osiris, the Egyptian saw the influence of the sun
began in man, the unitary being, Osiris-Set, split. Set or Typhon
light of the sun, while Osiris worked only as the light of the sun.
Why has the being whom we know as Osiris become darkened? The light
earth until the moon split off. Osiris was the spirit who contained
depart; Yahweh remains behind on earth with his hosts, with Osiris.
Man learns to breathe, and at the same time the moon departs. Osiris
sunlight from the moon to the earth. Osiris is laid into a chest,
Osiris-influence from the sun. At this point he begins to feel that
“Osiris, it is you who from the moon send me the light of the
moon. In fourteen days Osiris turns himself toward the earth in the
significance that the moon, i.e., Osiris, takes on fourteen forms,
and recounted it by saying, “Osiris ruled the earth in past
air-breather.) Typhon overcame the Osiris-consciousness, killed
Osiris, laid him in a chest, and committed him to the sea.”
the sun-god Osiris reigns, then he is driven out with the moon. The
thereafter Osiris is in cosmic space. But we recall that in the myth
it is told that when Osiris was found again, when he arose again in
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Title: Egyptian Myths: Lecture 7: Evolutionary Events in the Human Organism up to the Departure of the Moon. Osiris and Isis as Builders of the Upper Human Form.
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Osiris and Isis as Builders of the
Osiris. We are all acquainted with this picture, and no one who knows
In earlier times Osiris long ruled the earth, to the blessing of
Scorpion. Then it was that Typhon, or Set, killed his brother Osiris
closed and committed to the sea. Isis, the sister and wife of Osiris,
of Osiris, cut him in pieces. Isis gathered the fragments together and
buried them in various places. (Various graves of Osiris are still
Typhon. Osiris was now again admitted into the world of the divine
Osiris.
godly form the Egyptians called Osiris. Until the moon left the earth,
earth would have to assume the corresponding human form. Osiris, as
head-ornament, the lantern of Osiris,**
god Osiris had separated himself from the sun and had gone to the
also sacred to the Greeks. They too knew that it was this god, Osiris,
groundwork for the twenty-eight nerves in man. Through Osiris, the
column the twenty-eight aspects of Isis and Osiris work from outside.
Isis and Osiris are the shapers of all this, and in the tentacles that
the brain sends down into the spinal column, Osiris works upon the
with the Egyptian mysteries they recognized that Osiris was the same
as the god whom they called Apollo. They said that the Egyptian Osiris
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Title: Egyptian Myths: Lecture 8: The Stages of Evolution of the Human Form The Expulsion of the Animal Beings. The Four Human Types.
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Egyptians called Osiris, which can work upon man through the different
Osiris-Apollo played on the human lyre, the mid-part, the hip-region,
through the intervention of the Isis and Osiris forces. In order for
the Osiris forces to work in him, in order for the nobler part to
Osiris. Man was led from stage to stage by sun and moon, which kept
also shown to what extent Osiris and Isis participated in this. Now we
Osiris forces.
dark, Isis is characterized, but that Osiris is characterized in the
shining phases of the full moon. Isis and Osiris are spiritual beings
through the influence of Osiris; the ancestors of men were formed
through the workings of Isis. The influence of Isis and Osiris on
shown through Isis's seeking Osiris; the male and the female seek each
dreams. So the Osiris myth also was dreamed before the pupil could

Title: Egyptian Myths: Lecture 9: The Influence of the Sun and Moon Spirits, of the Isis and Osiris Forces. The Change in Consciousness. The Conquest of the Physical Plane.
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of the Isis and Osiris Forces.
moon spirits, especially of the Osiris and Isis forces, through whose
forces, would have gazed upward and said, “This is Osiris who
me.” We would have felt ourselves sheltered in Osiris during the
night; we would have lived, so to say, in Osiris with our ego. We
would have felt, “I and Osiris are one.” Had we been able
lap of Osiris, or in the lap of Isis, where we again united our ego
with Osiris.
Osiris and Isis worked on him. Now he had emerged from this world, out

Title: Egyptian Myths: Lecture 11: The Ancient Egyptian Doctrine of Evolution. The Cosmic View of the Organs and their Coarsening in Modern Times.
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candidate became acquainted with the true form of Osiris, Isis, and
what a special way the Osiris influences had shaped themselves when
Isis and Osiris; he saw the four human types, the bull, the lion, the
were not like Osiris and Isis. These latter were beings who had
Lemurian time, the Egyptian initiate looked upon the gods, Osiris and
* Note 1: Fantastic speculation on the reason why the Egyptians worshipped animal-headed gods began in classical times. See Plutarch, On Isis and Osiris, Sec. 72.
† Note 2: For pictures of the Green Osiris, see the frontispieces in both volumes of Budge, Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection, and in Volumes II, X, and XII of Maspero and Rappaport, History of Egypt (London, Grolier, 1901). See also text in Budge, Vol. II, p.355.

Title: Egyptian Myths: Lecture 12: The Christ Impulse as Conqueror of Matter.
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pictures of the Sphinx, of Isis, of Osiris, were memories of ancient
forces worked in the folk-soul. What the Egyptian saw as Osiris worked
Osiris-influence. But Isis he saw in the folk-soul.
Thus Osiris was not visible on the physical plane. He had died for the
physical plane. Only when a man had died was Osiris again placed
the Egyptian felt that he was united with Osiris in death, that he
himself became an Osiris. Osiris and Isis worked together in the state
bodies. The Osiris and Isis principles must work in me. I must will
nothing personally; if I say something, Osiris must speak; if I do
something, Osiris must do it; if I move my hand, Osiris and Isis must
be active. I must represent Horus, the son of Isis and Osiris.”
perception. The way Osiris and Isis lived in the moon had become
divine beings, Isis and Osiris, now he sees only abstract forces
†† Note 4: A full description of these 42 gods is to be found in Budge, Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection, Volume I, pp. 316-317. For a fairly good picture, see pages 344-45 of the same work.

Title: The Deed of Christ and the Opposing Spiritual Powers
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of “Ahura Mazdao”, Hermes of “Osiris”; and Moses spoke of

Title: Lecture: The Ten Commandments
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in the Egyptian time. Here stands the form of Osiris, as we
kind of being is Osiris, mainly in his godly form? Consider
a worthy person, then you will be united with Osiris after
death. - On the other hand they are told: Osiris had only a
descend lower. It is no longer possible for Osiris to step on
the physical plane. Therefore people can't meet Osiris in life.
they will be united with Osiris because then they are within
the world in which Osiris stays. A person can therefore meet
Osiris, either after they have died or if they enter as an
the Osiris religion were prepared: the supersensible to which
as is imagined under the concept of the astral body. Osiris
the Being of Osiris.
the Christ, descended into the physical world - not like Osiris
known to them. Osiris was represented by the Egyptians in an

Title: Lecture: A Chapter of Occult History
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aspect of the figure of Osiris which can be of interest to us
today. — Osiris was the central God of Egypt, the God who was
initiates. The legend of Osiris is known to you. Osiris ruled
could not bring Osiris back again into this world. From the
other world a ray from Osiris fell upon Isis who then gave
birth to Horus, the successor of Osiris on the earth. Osiris
remained in the other world. The Egyptians were told: Osiris
gained in the physical world. Osiris is one of those Beings
physical world. Osiris can be found only when man passes over
will be together with Osiris; you will feel yourselves to be
members of Osiris.
aspired to be united with Osiris had therefore to be referred
were united with Osiris they were only able to
their highest bliss — the union with Osiris. But
Osiris, and in solemn moments after death they felt
themselves as members of the Osiris-soul. This consciousness
of belonging to Osiris gradually faded away. While culture
Osiris-experience, but it was a preparation for something

Title: Lecture: The Christmas Mystery, Novalis, the Seer
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all the people of ancient Egypt. In the legend of Osiris may
legend of Osiris conveyed to men? The legend is that in olden times
the people were blessed in that Osiris ruled in the Land of Egypt
or Typhon, resolved to destroy Osiris. To this end he built a
chest in which Osiris was imprisoned, and cast it into the
Osiris to life again on the Earth. He had been transported
Osiris as truly as your hand is united with you here on
Earth. After death you can be part of Osiris and call him
of Osiris was revealed to him — the picture that came
and then, one who even in his lifetime had gazed upon Osiris
could proclaim to the others:- Osiris lives! But never could
it have been proclaimed in ancient Egypt: Osiris dwells among
us! This was expressed in the legend by saying: Osiris is a
The moment Osiris is laid in the physical body, the inimical
personal witness that Osiris lives — ‘although we
would make definite communion with Osiris possible for him in

Title: Principle/Economy: Lecture X: The God of the Alpha and the God of the Omega
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had the notion that in death he would be united with Osiris.
more and more like Osiris himself. The soul will then itself
become Osiris-like and will be united with Osiris after
death.” And so, by clinging to Osiris, the soul tried
Osiris was unable to give to the human soul is told in an
Egyptian legend, whereby Osiris was once living with human
wooden box similar to a casket. This means that Osiris did
good for the human form. By becoming similar to Osiris, the
it had in common with Osiris. This is so because, after all,
Osiris was not suited for this physical incarnation.
No longer does the soul endeavor to unite itself with Osiris

Title: Principle/Economy: Lecture XI: From Buddha to Christ
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named him Ahura Mazdao, and in Egypt he was known as Osiris.

Title: The East in the Light of the West: Lecture V
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Consider the Egyptian Osiris. Osiris is the divinity found by man on
Passing through the gate of death; Osiris is the god who cannot live
incarnation. This was why Osiris was felt to be most intimately bound

Title: The East in the Light of the West: Lecture VIII
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which came to them from the Chaldeans. But when they spoke of Osiris
divinities and Osiris were to be found there. The two paths clearly

Title: Macrocosm/Microcosm: Lecture 5: The Egyptian Mysteries of Osiris and Isis
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The Egyptian Mysteries of Osiris and Isis
THE EGYPTIAN MYSTERIES OF OSIRIS AND ISIS
Sanctuaries of Osiris and Isis. And now, in order to explain what man
the experiences undergone by a pupil of the Osiris and Isis Mysteries.
the Osiris and Isis Mysteries to submit to this domination which would
pupil of the Osiris and Isis Mysteries was able, with the help of his
Osiris and Isis the priest led the candidate for Initiation back as
Mysteries of Osiris and Isis.
ancient Mysteries of Isis and Osiris. It could only be followed under
teacher as did candidates in the ancient Mysteries of Isis and Osiris.

Title: Lecture: From Jesus to Christ (single lecture)
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nature-forces, called by the names of Isis and Osiris, when it was
Thus the Greek Mysteries, as also those of Isis and Osiris in the

Title: From Jesus to Christ: Lecture VI: St. John and St. Paul, First Adam and Second Adam
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the life of Osiris or of Orpheus, it often seems that important

Title: Lecture 9: Spiritual Beings in the Heavenly Bodies and in the Kingdoms of Nature
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dismembered. Osiris dismembered by his brother is a reference to that
the name) as Osiris, and which we, in the fourth period of

Title: Lecture 10: Spiritual Beings in the Heavenly Bodies and in the Kingdoms of Nature
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by the Holy Rishis, Zarathustra, and the worshippers of Osiris. Just
Zarathustra, Osiris by the ancient Egyptians, or as the Christ, as He

Title: Three Paths: Lecture I: The Path through the Gospels and The Path of Inner Experience
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becomes united with the Osiris-principle (so did the ancient Egyptian
lead to Osiris; the soul must first have passed the portal of death to
be united with Osiris. Then, in death, the soul becomes a piece of
Osiris, it becomes itself a sort of Osiris. The world outside has
become such that it dismembers Osiris through his enemy; that is,
the old Sun-time, so is the Osiris-culture a reminiscence of the old
endure, the time will come for men when Osiris will descend and show
lives they could not come to Osiris; that they must first pass through

Title: Three Paths: Lecture II: The Path of Initiation
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Ahura-Mazdao, Zarathustra also pointed; to which, as their Osiris, the
setting before men symbolically in their mysteries the Osiris-Set
myth. Just yesterday we considered what feelings the Osiris-Set myth
which men wished to attain; this was called Osiris. But on earth the
human being cannot unite himself with Osiris; he must first go through
the gate of death. On earth Osiris could not live; he was immediately
dismembered; this was not the place for what was incarnated in Osiris.
the Osiris-principle, as to a Beyond. Then came the Greek time, which
Greeks did not prize this incorporation into Osiris; they were more
his Osiris, so man learned to know, in the fourth post-Atlantean
Osiris, who for him was the Christ, in order to unite himself with him
experiencing the third act which follows consistently after the Osiris

Title: Mysteries of the East: Lecture 3
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Egyptian Initiation which added the Osiris Initiation to that of the
appearing of Osiris. “Isis in association with Osiris”: thus
Initiation it was said that Osiris was at the same time spouse and son
death and a new birth. Through the union with Osiris it was possible
that later age no Osiris could be born, no Cosmic Harmony resounded,
the power to bring forth Osiris and to have him at her side, Osiris as
Son and Spouse. He felt that Osiris had been torn from Isis.
to experience the birth of Osiris in those ancient Egyptian Mysteries,
which added the Osiris-Initiation to the mourning Isis, as she later
Osiris, the secret of the Cosmic Word! And if he had not left behind
of this frame of mind there gradually condensed the myth of Osiris,

Title: Mysteries of the East: Lecture 4
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Osiris legend we learn that the spouse of Isis was overcome by the
spiritual worlds became a participant in the fate of Osiris, the God
spiritual worlds, I found Osiris permeating cosmic space with the
The God who was called Osiris has forsaken these realms. He is

Title: Das Fünfte Evangelium: Vierter Vortrag, Berlin, 6. Januar 1914
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des Osiris. Aber das ist abstrakt gesprochen. Dahinter

Title: On the Fifth Gospel: Lecture IX
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Connection between the Son of Isis and Osiris. A deep,

Title: Lecture: Inner Impulses: Lecture VII
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this science was betrayed by the opponents of the Osiris-Isis cult.
has again a connection with the Osiris-Isis saga — was henceforth
Remember that the servant of Osiris prepared the priestess of Isis
an Isis nor an Osiris cult will appear. Something else will arise that
the Isis and Osiris cult existed. It will show that the new science of
Time into Space is to be mediated by the Osiris priest. He is to carry

Title: Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Times: Lecture 1
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of Isis and Osiris, or of Dionysos, He studied these ancient
myths were told — the Isis and Osiris myth, for
person as Hercules or Osiris or Isis had, of course, never
of Hercules, Dionysos and Osiris. Christ too is none other
and Osiris, the Suns of the Old Testament.
Hercules or Osiris existed as physical and human

Title: Ancient Myths: Lecture I
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Starting with the myths of Osiris and Isis and the Greek gods, Steiner
said, from a certain standpoint — is the Osiris-Isis-Myth
attention to the fact that the Osiris-Isis-Myth is also conceived by
Osiris-Isis-Myth arose as the representative for profounder truths,
united in the Egyptian consciousness with the name of Osiris. Now, in
order to have a foundation, let us consider the Osiris-Myth in its
related of Osiris that at one time he ruled in Egypt. It is related
is then related that Osiris inaugurated not only among the Egyptians
fact it was expressly stated that Osiris did not spread them by the
it is further related that Typhon, the brother of Osiris, wanted to
the Egyptians throughout centuries through the influence of Osiris.
today: after the institution of Osiris had existed for hundreds of
years, Typhon made a revolution while Osiris was absent extending his
institutions among other nations ... But between Osiris and Typhon
waited at home in Egypt. Isis, the consort of Osiris, did not permit
of enraging Typhon, and as Osiris came back from his wanderings
being again which had the complete form of Osiris. She then gave to
that the tomb of Osiris should be kept a secret, but his service and
remarkable statement was then added to this myth, that Osiris now
after the death of Osiris. Then it is related that Isis had the
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Title: Ancient Myths: Lecture II
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Starting with the myths of Osiris and Isis and the Greek gods, Steiner
such mythologies as the Osiris Myth, the Greek mythology — and
Imaginations was the age when Osiris wandered upon Earth. They meant
of course not one Osiris, but it was believed that there had
described by saying: Osiris lived upon earth. Lost and slain had been
this life-in-Imaginations. Osiris has been killed by his brother
dead. Hence Osiris is the Judge of the dead; the human being meets
Osiris and Isis were brought into connection with the Death-Mystery
by those people who set the Osiris myth into the centre of their
thought. Moreover, in the details through which the Osiris myth has
legend, Osiris was killed by Typhon.
World-Saviour) so too have those whose thoughts centred on the Osiris
said: Osiris was slain. They meant to say: the old life in the
evolution has been given by the followers of Osiris as that in
which Osiris has vanished from the earth, that is, in which he was no
plainly indicated in the Osiris-Isis myth. But it is just this that
and Osiris.
know, that when Isis discovered that her spouse, Osiris, had been
last in Byblos in Phoenicia and brought the corpse of Osiris from
there then during the Osiris-time? During the Osiris-time there was
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Title: Ancient Myths: Lecture III
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Starting with the myths of Osiris and Isis and the Greek gods, Steiner
deeper foundations of such Myths as the Osiris-Isis Myth; we have
Osiris, Isis, Zeus, Apollo, Mars, Pallas, who are now connected with
Osiris-myth. We have seen that this early age meant to say: there
his atavistic imaginations. That was the age in which Osiris ruled.
as the Osiris-impulse. So that since then Osiris is a Being at the
the Osiris-Isis Legend in its essentials, have seen how Osiris was
of Egypt. And then as Osiris returned he was slain by Typhon despite
Osiris. Through boys — so says the legend — it was
was able to give each piece the appearance of Osiris again. She then
should keep the grave of Osiris secret, on the other hand institute
the Osiris cult — that is to say, a memorial service of
the ancient Osiris-time, to keep in memory that there had once been a
which Typhon had slain Osiris was indicated to be the time in the
that Osiris once more betook himself from the Underworld, where he
Osiris, grew so angry at this that he came in conflict with Isis his
ancient Egyptian myths standing there at the side of Osiris. And for
mysteries of the ancient Osiris age. And in connection with Isis,
time that Isis was once united with Osiris, when Osiris still
mysteries the Priests explained that the ancient Osiris time was
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Title: Ancient Myths: Lecture IV
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Starting with the myths of Osiris and Isis and the Greek gods, Steiner

Title: Ancient Myths: Lecture V
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Starting with the myths of Osiris and Isis and the Greek gods, Steiner

Title: Ancient Myths: Lecture VI
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Starting with the myths of Osiris and Isis and the Greek gods, Steiner

Title: Ancient Myths: Lecture VII
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Title: How Can Mankind Find Christ Again?: Lecture 5
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when Zeus, Jahve, Osiris, Ormuzd, were believed in, the manner of human

Title: Lecture: Search for the New Isis, the Divine Sophia: The Quest for the Isis-Sophia.
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The main content of the mystery of Isis is the death of Osiris and Isis's
search for the dead Osiris. We know that Osiris, the representative of the
Ahriman kills Osiris, throws him into the Nile, and the Nile carries the
body away. Isis, the spouse of Osiris, sets out on her search and finds him
way. On the one hand, Osiris is the representative of the powers of the
is founded upon the story of Osiris — how he was killed, how his spouse
however, they relate how this being of the sun was lost in Osiris, and was
in a Christian sense. For the Egyptians, Osiris was a kind of
way they looked upon Osiris as the being of the sun, but they imagined this
time. We cannot lose the Christ and what he, in a higher form than Osiris,
Christian understanding standing at the side of Osiris — Isis — the
renewed, then it must not simply follow the old form — Osiris, killed by
the one who takes Osiris away from them, so too, we must look at our
before us in a far greater glory than Osiris did in the eyes of the
understand him. Just as the Egyptians looked from Osiris to Isis, so we
has been killed, and she must be sought, just as Osiris was sought by Isis

Title: Search for the New Isis: Lecture II: The Quest for Isis-Sophia
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Osiris and the search of Isis for the dead Osiris. We know that
Osiris, the representative of the Sun-Being, the representative
the Ahriman of the Egyptians. Ahriman kills Osiris, throws him into
Osiris, sets out on her quest and finds him in Asia. She brings him
wisdom. Osiris is, on the one hand, the representative of the
The Egyptian myth is founded upon the story of Osiris — how he
in Osiris, and has been sought by Isis, and how the Being has been
For the Egyptians, Osiris was a kind of representative of the Christ
Who had not yet appeared. They looked upon Osiris as the Sun-Being,
My dear friends, it is not the Osiris, but the Isis
Christ and what He gives in a higher form than Osiris; but we can
Osiris — Isis, the Mother of the Saviour, the Divine Wisdom,
form in which it has been transmitted to us — Osiris who
in it Ahriman-Typhon as the one who takes Osiris away from him, so we
it was overwhelmed and killed by Lucifer, just as Osiris was killed
by Ahriman-Typhon. We have not lost Osiris — the Christ —
earth, as Typhon sunk Osiris into the Nile; Lucifer carried the
lost Osiris. We must set out in search of the dead body of the new
with the force of the Christ, with the force of the new Osiris. We
Christ, with the new Osiris, we must set out in search of Isis, the
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Title: Materialism/Anthroposophy: Lecture XVII
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the house of Osiris. Inner consciousness was something they

Title: Mans Life on Earth: Lecture I
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in those times of Ra, whose representative on Earth was Osiris; Ra
him; and they called him Osiris.
Zarathustra, the aspect of the Sun that is associated with Osiris,
threefold teaching of Zarathustra, Osiris, and Anaxagoras — the

Title: Planetary Spheres: Lecture I
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in those times of Ra, whose representative on Earth was Osiris; Ra
him; and they called him Osiris.
Zarathustra, the aspect of the Sun that is associated with Osiris,
threefold teaching of Zarathustra, Osiris, and Anaxagoras — the

Title: Karmic Relationships, Volume III: Lecture VIII: Ahriman's Fight Against the Michael Principle. The Message of Michael
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such as were expressed in the legend of Osiris, or in the

Title: Karmic Relationships, VIII: Lecture IV
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man enters through the gate of death, when he becomes Osiris. But

Title: Cosmic Christianity: Lecture IV
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man enters through the gate of death, when he becomes Osiris. But

Title: Esoteric Lesson: Berlin, 1903 or 1904
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mahadeva, into the light of Osiris. This initiation took place

Title: Esoteric Lesson: Berlin, December 1904
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mahadeva, into the light of Osiris. This initiation took place

Title: Festivals: Christmas: Lecture VI: On The Three Magi
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as that on which, in ancient Egypt, the Festival of Osiris was
celebrated, the Festival of the re-finding of Osiris. As you know,
Osiris was overcome by his enemy Typhon: Isis seeks and eventually
finds him. This re-finding of Osiris, the Son of God, is represented
points to the connection with the re-finding of Osiris.
What does the disappearance of Osiris signify? It signifies the
Osiris. The Divine Manas was disseminated and thereafter dwelt in men.
‘graves of Osiris’ Manas was fettered until it was freed by the new
— the resurrected Osiris. The Initiates — and so too the Three Magi
exemplified in the resurrected Osiris? I refer you here to words of
the Lemurian epoch, Osiris came to his grave; Manas drew into human
In the Lemurian Race, Osiris meets his death, in the Sixth Root Race,
Osiris is resurrected.

Title: Story/Green Serpent/Beautiful Lily: Lecture I
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invisibly in the drama of “Dionysos and Osiris.”

Title: Lecture: The Significance of the Mass
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whose countenance shone like the sun; this was Osiris. He
saw the coming forth of Osiris from Archetypal Man
thou hast now seen Osiris, so hast thou once thyself. Thou
Osiris
the union of Osiris and Isis stands as Sanctissimus above
the Sun-man Osiris the physical

Title: Lecture: The Old Sagas of the Gods
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Osiris and Zeritwen Isis. Man is Horus. There were three

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