Nephthys

 

Nephthys is the Greek name of the Egyptian  goddess also known as Nebet – Het. Similar to Isis her sister – she was known as the goddess of fertility, and transitional death.  She was the wife of Set, and in some accounts the mother of Anubis.  The aspects of civilization that she was associated with were certain temple rites, and funerary processions.  She was known as the “Useful Goddess”, the “Excellent Goddess”, and “Mistress of Enclosures.”  In the Golden Dawn Neophyte ritual she was the god form of the Imperator.

Her role however is also very important to other Western occult branches for her attributes can be seen as representing the death of the old ways, and of the old psyche.  On the kabbalistic Tree of Life she is placed in Geburah.

~ by marquisinverted on August 12, 2008.