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<blockquote>Certainly, Isis gives her children the sure hope of eternal salvation: but in return she demands of them unquestioning, even blind obedience, just as she subjects them to the most gruelling tests before they reach the haven of their rest....</blockquote> | <blockquote>Certainly, Isis gives her children the sure hope of eternal salvation: but in return she demands of them unquestioning, even blind obedience, just as she subjects them to the most gruelling tests before they reach the haven of their rest....</blockquote> | ||
<blockquote>The faithful must sometimes toil for long without reward before the everlasting arms of their Mother are suddenly reached out to rescue them.... She is in the fullest sense Love.<ref>Witt, pp. 134–135, 137. | <blockquote>The faithful must sometimes toil for long without reward before the everlasting arms of their Mother are suddenly reached out to rescue them.... She is in the fullest sense Love.<ref>Witt, pp. 134–135, 137.</ref></blockquote> | ||
[[File:Coffin Fragment Showing Mourning Isis - Egypt, Late Period, Dynasties 26-31, c. 664-332 BC, painted wood - Brooklyn Museum - Brooklyn, NY - DSC08778.JPG|thumb|Coffin fragment showing mourning Isis (Egypt c. 664–332 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>.)]] | [[File:Coffin Fragment Showing Mourning Isis - Egypt, Late Period, Dynasties 26-31, c. 664-332 BC, painted wood - Brooklyn Museum - Brooklyn, NY - DSC08778.JPG|thumb|Coffin fragment showing mourning Isis (Egypt c. 664–332 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>.)]] | ||