{"product_id":"the-cult-of-isis-the-goddess-who-conquered-rome-9798197530349","title":"The Cult of Isis: The Goddess Who Conquered Rome","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Simone Butler\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ancient - Egypt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBefore Rome bowed to emperors, it learned to fear a goddess from the Nile.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsis began in Egypt as a goddess of magic, mourning, motherhood, kingship, and resurrection. She stood beside Osiris in death, protected Horus in childhood, guarded the throne, healed the broken, and answered the prayers of those who came to her in grief, danger, longing, and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen she crossed the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the temples of Egypt to the harbours of the Mediterranean, from Alexandria to Pompeii, from merchant ships to Roman streets, Isis became one of the most powerful and mysterious religious forces of the ancient world. Her worship moved through sailors, women, freed people, merchants, priests, dreamers, and emperors. Rome resisted her, suppressed her, mocked her, feared her, absorbed her, and finally made room for her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Cult of Isis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the extraordinary true story of the Egyptian goddess who entered the Roman world and transformed it from within.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside this book, you will discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe ancient Egyptian origins of Isis as mother, magician, mourner, and restorer of life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow Alexandria turned Isis into a universal goddess of empire, sea travel, fate, and salvation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy her cult spread through ports, trade routes, temples, and private devotion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow Rome tried to control Egyptian religion, yet could never fully silence it\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe world of Isiac priests, initiates, sacred processions, incense, linen, ritual water, and hidden temple rites\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe haunting remains of Isis worship in Pompeii, where devotion was frozen beneath volcanic ash\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe rise, survival, and transformation of Isis from ancient goddess to enduring symbol of divine feminine power\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of a goddess who conquered without armies, ruled without a throne, and outlived the empire that once tried to contain her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe crossed empires.\u003cbr\u003eShe entered dreams.\u003cbr\u003eShe became eternal.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47891521667223,"sku":"9798197530349","price":1106.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798197530349.webp?v=1781183979","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-cult-of-isis-the-goddess-who-conquered-rome-9798197530349","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}