Isis Rising

People often agonize over the appropriate name for their company. Often they use their own personal name. Indeed, when selling jewelry or something similarly hands-on intensive, choosing your personal name for your company can be a very reasonable marketing tool. In spite of the common sense for me to use Sandra Graves or Sensations by Sandra or something else similar, I chose Isis Rising. I chose the name because it chose me. And that choosing was recalled to my mind earlier in the week when I knew that Spring had returned to my wintery home.

I have walked the path of the Creator for a long time. I celebrate both the male and the female aspects, but feel very close to the female - not unexpected in any woman. The female has been celebrated in this world in many incarnations, one of which has been Isis. She is instantly recognizable and, in my many years of Egyptian studies, she and Maat are the two female aspects that are most important to me on a personal level. There are many symbols of Isis, but one of the more obscure is the white egret which symbolizes water. I have a grey crane and a white egret who regularly visit one of the small ponds that I pass daily on my way to and from work. One of my major signs of spring are when my beloved birds return to my pond. And earlier in the week, my grey crane was back in the water looking for small munchies. I expect my Egret to return within the next month and then I can happily spend the summer looking for his beauty every time I pass his small realm. It always brightens my heart to see him in the pond, and to see him on the wing is simply breathtaking. I've been trying to capture him in enamels for a year, but I fear it will take longer since I don't have him nailed yet. But I took the name Isis Rising from the love of seeing him on the wing as a living prayer to She/He who looks after all of us. It is one more small aspect of how I view all items that I create as made as physical prayers to the Creator, and in thanks to Her/Him for the small talents that were placed into my mind and my hands. I am very grateful.