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In Memory of Dr. Jocelyn Sarah Almond
25 November 1956 – 27 November 2014
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It is with deep sadness that we report the passing of Dr. Jocelyn Almond in the early morning of Thursday, November 27th. She was an FOI Archpriestess and member of the Star of Isis. In 1995 she founded the Lyceum of Isis Myrionymous near London and had correspondence students world-wide.
Jocelyn was the author of many books, including Egyptian Paganism for Beginners, An Egyptian Book of Shadows (republished as The Book of Egyptian Ritual), The Fall of Xeirozogenes, The Barricaded Tower and also several on the Tarot, co-written with her husband, Dr. Keith Seddon.
Jocelyn's funeral will be held on Friday, 19 December, at 12:20pm GMT. (7:20am EST) An adaptation by her husband of the FOI ritual that will be used is available here in pdf format: Jocelyn's Dulce Domum
Our heartfelt condolences go out to her family and friends.
Please note: Inquiries regarding Jocelyn's coursework may be sent to the FOI Homepage
Jocelyn's Autobiography, written in 2004 (pdf)
Amazon's List of Jocelyn's Books
December 2014 Oracle dedicated to Jocelyn.
Original Funeral Ceremony of the FOI: Dulce Domum
Jocelyn wrote in the Introduction to "Precepts and Teachings of Ancient Egypt":
"In our modern secular world we still have a lot to learn from these ancient writers. Living with competitive capitalism, family breakdown, anti-social behaviour, drug addiction, terrorism, and guns and knives on the streets, it is not the ancient Egyptians who are godless, barbaric or wicked, but our own society that is found wanting, not theirs. In the face of these modern evils, who can argue with their timeless advice to be kind to your wife, respectful to your neighbours and your employer, forgive debts, avoid fighting, law suits, covetousness and social climbing, not worry about tomorrow , and to end your quiet life like a shady tree in a peaceful garden.
Here also is Jocelyn's tribute to Olivia Robertson:
"The death, on 14 November, of the Honourable Olivia Robertson, Co-Founder of the Fellowship of Isis, comes as a great loss to the Goddess Spirituality movement and the Pagan community. Lady Olivia not only wrote about, spoke about and expressed through her artwork the Divine Feminine, but showed in all aspects of her life what it meant to be a priestess of the Goddess. From her message of compassion and tolerance, to her exuberant creativity, to her flamboyant dress sense, even in great old age, she was a living embodiment of the Goddess’s love, wisdom, and sheer joie de vivre. As a member of and, later, priestess of the Fellowship of Isis, I had the privilege of meeting Lady Olivia on two occasions, and had a written correspondence with her over a period of about seventeen years. She was always kind, enthusiastic, encouraging, and a total inspiration. I would like to say that she was my friend, for she seemed to be the friend of everyone who encountered her. She had the most wonderful air of grace which made everyone feel special and loved. My personal, most amazing experience of her happened when I was diagnosed with subluxation of the vertebrae in my neck. I mentioned this in a letter to Lady Olivia. One night, the goddess Isis herself came to me in a dream and physically healed my neck, telling me that I would not need the operation that the doctors had told me was required if I was not to become paralysed. The following morning, I received a letter from Lady Olivia with her icon of Isis which she had anointed with water from the holy well in her home, Clonegal Castle. Unbeknown to me, she had performed a healing ritual for me. The next time I attended the hospital, a scan revealed that the vertebrae in my neck had ‘spontaneously fused’, obviating the need for my having the hazardous operation to wire them together. I shall forever be grateful to Lady Olivia for asking Isis to perform this miracle for me. To me, it is a palpable demonstration of Lady Olivia’s genuine spiritual energy that she was able to bring Isis to me in such a remarkable way. In a world seemingly full of fakes and phoneys and grasping materialism, Lady Olivia was a wonderful person, the genuine article -- someone who was truly spiritual, divinely inspired, full of grace, wisdom and love, who will surely be remembered, by all those whose lives she touched, with equal measures of both admiration and the greatest affection."
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