 High priestess Loreon Vigne of Isis Oasis |
A Protestant church in California is coming under fire from some Christians over its upcoming conference featuring "guided meditations" by a high priestess of thepagan fertility goddess Isis.
The fifth annual"Faith and Feminism Conference"taking place Nov. 11–13 is being hosted by theEbenezer Lutheran Churchin San Francisco, which bills itself as "herchurch."
Among the scheduled participants is Loreon Vigne, high priestess ofIsis Oasis– a temple, retreat and animal sanctuary Vigne founded in 1978 in Geyserville, Calif.
"I personally see Isis as Mother Nature," Vigne told WND, "and that she encompasses everything with her wings. She's a winged goddess. She encompasses any other goddess from any culture."
Vigne, who plans to bring several other priestesses to the conference, will conduct prayers, songs and meditation.
"Guidedmeditationis where the audience closes their eyes and you take them on a little journey," she explained. "I've taken people to their past lives in Egypt, as [that culture] had all the secrets. They're the ones that knew. Their main concept is to know thyself, know thy heart, know thy soul and know thy purpose."
 A depiction of the Egyptian goddess Isis and her son Horus |
She says the belief system is based on the ancient Egyptian concept of balance, with 42 laws that are actually 42 ideals.
"It's kind of like aTen Commandments, but all done in a positive concept," she said. "'I shalt not kill,' [is rendered as] 'I honor all lives as sacred.'"
Besides honoring the goddess, the staff of Isis Oasis also provides massage therapy along with tarot andastrologyreadings,according to its website.
But the San Francisco event blending non-existent, heathen deities with the Christian faith is leaving some outraged.
"You can't make this stuff up!" exclaimedDan Skogen of Marion, Iowa, who describes himself as a Lutheran fed up with the "constant mockery of God's word" by theEvangelical Lutheran Church in America, or ELCA, which boasts some 4.2 million members in 10,000 congregations.
"God tells us inExodus 20:3'You shall have no other gods before me.' Yet this ELCA church brings followers of other gods in to speak and teach at their conference!"
Skogen said the ELCA leadership "accepts and promotes the thought that salvation is secured even for people who do not have faith in Christ."
"So bringing worshippers of Isis to this conference to teach is acceptable to them," said. "Of course, this is a distinct departure from the orthodox teaching of the Christian church."
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GJ - The ELCA bishop (DP) sent representatives, who found no problems at HerChurch.
That may sound exactly like The CORE with Deputy Doug Engelbrecht or Rock N Roll and the entire Conference of Pussycats.
Cutting edge congregations always end up the same. Do not blame the fuzzy-brained pioneers, but their spineless enablers.
