Love and fertility are often interconnected, with both being associated with female deities in ancient Greek and Egyptian mythology. It is in these ancient goddesses that we find the structural ideas of the Church of Aphrodite and the Community of Isis. These are two neopagan religions that developed in the last century. The Fellowship of Isis has flourished, while the Church of Aphrodite has seen little activity in recent years. Both of these new religions love the idea of ​​the mother goddess, but why hasn't one of them been so successful? To answer this question, we must first consider the patron goddess worshiped in each religion. Next, we must research the people who founded each religion and the periods in which they developed. Neopaganism is the worship of deities or practices from an ancient culture, the most common forms being the Greek and Roman gods (alder). The Church of Aphrodite, as its name clearly indicates, is dedicated to the worship of the Greek goddess Aphrodite (alder). In Greek mythology, Aphrodite is considered the goddess of love, and often of the physical kind (Davis 200). She is also considered the goddess of beauty and has a close connection to the ancient Eastern goddess of fertility (Davis 200). In Egyptian mythology, Isis was the goddess of fertility and she also seemed like a pious and perfect wife (Davis 89). Isis also represented mystery and magic, as she was able to resurrect her murdered husband Osiris (Davis 89). So how do these Goddesses lead to the development of new religion movements? The Isis Fellowship was founded in the spring of 1976 in Ireland by Olivia Robertson, her brother Lawrence Robertson and her sister-in-law Pamela Durdin-Robertson (Isis Fellowship). ...... middle of paper ...... it's not something intrusive, or completely different from anything they've ever believed before. Even if we want to move away from our roots, what is familiar to us is always more likely to catch our attention. Works Cited Alder, Margot. “Draw the Moon.” Google Scholar. Penguin Group, 1986. Web. November 30, 2011. Davis, Kenneth C. I don't know much about mythology. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2006. Print. Gills, C. “1970-1979.” American cultural history. Lone Star College-Kingwood, 1999. Web. November 30, 2011. .Robertson, Olivia. Community of Isis. FOI Foundation Center, 2011. Web. November 30, 2011. Stuart, R. “Entheogenic Sects and Psychedelic Religions.” Sex, mind and psychedelics. NP, 2002. Web. November 30 2011. .