The Lotus Blossom and Isis

Isis is a Goddess with a symbol of the lotus blossom. In regions of ancient Egypt, the blue Lotus, otherwise known as the Nymphaea caerulea was most appreciated, and was so revered that the Egyptians sometimes called the flower “the sacred lotus.” This sacred blossom thrives along the river banks of Egypt’s Nile, and it takes roughly two to three day’s time for the blossom to rise up out of the waters and to begin blooming. Once above water the flower gently rests above the water’s surface, when the Egyptian lotus blooms, it does so during a particular time span throughout the day: the flower begins opening up its petals at around 9 am and the petals close up at 3 pm in the afternoon. Interestingly, the times that the flower blooms links the blossom to concepts of the Goddess’s triple aspects: Isis as maiden, mother, and crone.



The growth action of the lotus is similar to Egyptian myths describing the moment of creation. Ancient Egyptian myths convey a story where before the beginning of all that is, there was a mass of primordial waters which were dark, and chaotic. These primordial waters were identified as Nun: and Nun has been associated with the Nile waters as well. Out of the primordial waters, or out of Nun, rose up a hill or mound called the primordial hill or primordial mound. The very moment that creation began is represented by the actions of the lotus as it rises up out of the primordial Nile waters and symbolically brings beauty out of chaotic waters.



As the water blossom rests just above the surface of the Nile waters, the flower can also represent parallel universes as well as energy polarities. The blossom represents the physical world and the entrance of the spirit into it; the waters represent the otherworldly realm for whence the blossom came. The fact that the waters reflect an image of the blossom back into the world and the blossom casts its image into the waters suggests the ghostly like reflections of either realm when viewed from an alternative/opposing or parallel reality. This links the lotus to life, death, and rebirth concepts.



The coloring of this blue blossom links it to the sky and sun for the blossom holds a golden center within its vivid blue and sometimes blue and white petals. This flower has a number of connections to a variety of solar deities in Egypt simply because the images of the flower evoke sky imagery. The lotus blossom can also be a symbol that represents the birth of the human spirit, from the chaotic waters of creation, into the physical plain. The blossom itself can stand as representation of the life cycle of human beings: each day the flower opens and closes, and every day, people are born into this world and pass away. The blossom can also represent the everyday cycle and the renewability of life: it reflects the behaviors of the sun in its growth patterns, and everyday people get the opportunity to start their day anew. It is believed that the lotus has some psychoactive properties and that the ancient Egyptians might have used the bloom for sacraments.



On ancient Roman coins the Goddess Isis is often portrayed with lotus blossoms, and sometimes her son Harpocrates is portrayed wearing a lotus crown on his head on Roman coins as well. Isis has also appeared on Roman coins with a lotus flowered coronet. The lotus flower’s symbolism conveys the characteristics of the Goddess Isis: the lotus is a symbol of purity, it was a source of nourishment (lotus bread and lotus roots), and the Goddess Isis is a pure and nurturing Goddess, offering us the spiritual and physical nourishment we need. The Lotus was equally sacred to the Goddess Isis’s twin sister Nephthys and the bloom is also a symbol of rebirth, tranquility, enlightenment, knowledge, and revelation. Finally, the lotus can represent the act of becoming and of actually going through the process of discovering the hidden mysteries.

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