Astaroth-Astarte...Isis? Options

In the book "Modern Magick" I read of Astaroth being Astarte, or Isis..True? I haven't worked with any of the goetics, and don't plan to do so soon, but this was bugging me, lol...And if so, then can Bael/Baal be called as..Osiris? Since Re, and Horus are in the goetia, I wouldn't be suprised if Astaroth/Astarte, and Bael/baal can be called as Isis, and Osiris...Hell, it'll help my little egyptian pantheon shrine in the future, king, parents, and son. Any info? Thank you in advance for any information.

.::Sempre Bene::..::Chris::.
-Fiat Lux

This post has been edited by SangueDiNapoli: Mar 8 2006, 05:59 PM

I have absolutely NO idea of how much experience you have in the assumption of godforms, etc. I was exercising my right to an opinion only....evidently my ballooned up ego made it appear that I knew what experiences you have! LOL! We are in disagreement, a fortunate occurance on debate Forums. The whole one god, multiple aspects is a convenience (again, IMHO)...not to say that there are no aspects...there is. My stance comes from one of a pan-polytheistic viewpoint. Most shamans tend to anthropomorphise their universe and I've fallen into that thoughtstream. Believing in the bigbang theory would normally suggest a monadic point but I'm a heretic.

Aka Venus is not the exact same as Aphrodite, Amun and AmenRa and Re are all different forms with a different personality. So naturaly this will reflect in the grimoir pantheons(if you will), Amon is not the same as Amun..

I agree with this statement. My point as said above...
In a prior post it was suggested that various Goetics were, in actuality, different god(forms) from Egyptian pantheons. I refuted some of that. In the case of Astaroth/Astarte/Ashtoreth there is very strong evidence that this may be true, though having touched two of those three currents I felt that this was not true (ah...IMHO...). The only thing left is a very subjective observation. And, for others who use the Goetia, it is a different thing again! 'Tis, T'ain't.

This post has been edited by bym: Mar 10 2006, 11:16 PM