{"id":3778,"date":"2010-06-01T01:10:45","date_gmt":"2010-06-01T06:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=3835"},"modified":"2010-05-31T10:49:40","modified_gmt":"2010-05-31T15:49:40","slug":"gems-of-the-goddess-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2010\/06\/01\/gems-of-the-goddess-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Gems of the Goddess"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sekhmet<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"sekhmet\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Sekhmet is a powerful Egyptian Goddess.\u00a0 There are some variations to the spelling of her name – Sachmet, Sakhet, Sekmet, Sakhmet, Sekhet and Nesert.\u00a0 She is also known as Sacmis, which is a Greek name.\u00a0\u00a0 She was the sister and wife of Ptah.\u00a0 Some places have her linked with the Goddess Hathor.
\nSekhmet is a Warrior Goddess and her name means \u201cThe Mighty One\u201d.\u00a0 She was also known as (One) Before Whom Evil Trembles, the Mistress of Dread, the Lady of Slaughter and the Lady of the Flame.\u00a0 Her head is depicted with a lioness\u2019 head.
\nShe was known as a Solar Goddess and you will see many of her statues, in addition to having the lion\u2019s head, has a solar disc on the top.\u00a0\u00a0 Many see her as a Goddess of War and Destruction.\u00a0 She is tasked with protecting the Pharaohs when they went into battle by shooting arrows.\u00a0\u00a0 Sekhmet could be vengeful and could destroy by sending plagues, disease and misery to people.\u00a0 However, she could easily reverse the effects, which shows the balance between her ability to destruct and to heal.
\nSekhmet is part of the story \u201cThe Destruction of Mankind.\u201d\u00a0 Re, a Sun God, created Sekhmet from the fire in his eye to stop people that were plotting against him and being disrespectful.\u00a0 Sekhmet was always enthusiastic about her slaying job and, once she got a taste of vengeance, she did her job so well she almost eliminated humanity.\u00a0\u00a0 Re put a stop to it by getting Sekhmet drunk beer that was colored to look like blood.\u00a0 She was so tipsy that she abandoned her plans to finish off humanity and they were saved.
\nTo avoid her wrath again, there were daily rituals (every morning and afternoon) performed to Sekhmet every day of each year.\u00a0 Many statues will built in her honor \u2013 over 700.
\nSekhmet is identified with Bast (Bastet).\u00a0 She is known to wear red while Bast wore green.\u00a0 Sekhmet was considered the Goddesses of the West while Bast was considered Goddess of the East.\u00a0\u00a0 Both had the lioness heads.
\nHer symbols are the lioness, cobra and Urjat (the eye of Horus).\u00a0\u00a0 To work with her, let her help with getting rid of anger and dealing with vengeance for a situation but it\u2019s important not to get carried away.\u00a0 Handling a situation properly will help you see the lessons of the experience much clearer than deal with problems when you\u2019re in a temper.\u00a0 She helps to transform the anger \u2013 letting you be safe to express yourself but stopping you from getting consumed by the fire.
\nConnecting with Sekhmet is easy \u2013 use interactive ways to do so.\u00a0 Take a shamanic journey or work on doing some interactive meditations.\u00a0 She is there to help you heal from your demons while acknowledging and facing them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sekhmet Sekhmet is a powerful Egyptian Goddess.\u00a0 There are some variations to the spelling of her name – Sachmet, Sakhet, Sekmet, Sakhmet, Sekhet and Nesert.\u00a0 She is also known as Sacmis, which is a Greek name.\u00a0\u00a0 She was the sister and wife of Ptah.\u00a0 Some places have her linked with the Goddess Hathor. Sekhmet is a Warrior Goddess and her name means \u201cThe Mighty One\u201d.\u00a0 She was also known as (One) Before Whom Evil Trembles, the Mistress of Dread, the Lady of Slaughter and the Lady of the Flame.\u00a0 Her head is depicted with a lioness\u2019 head. She was known as a Solar Goddess and you will see many of her statues, in addition to having the lion\u2019s head, has a solar disc on the top.\u00a0\u00a0 Many see her as a Goddess of War and Destruction.\u00a0 She is tasked with protecting the Pharaohs when they went into battle by shooting arrows.\u00a0\u00a0 Sekhmet could be vengeful and could destroy by sending plagues, disease and misery to people.\u00a0 However, she could easily reverse the effects, which shows the balance between her ability to destruct and to heal. Sekhmet is part of the story \u201cThe Destruction of Mankind.\u201d\u00a0 Re, a Sun God, created Sekhmet from the fire in his eye to stop people that were plotting against him and being disrespectful.\u00a0 Sekhmet was always enthusiastic about her slaying job and, once she got a taste of vengeance, she did her job so well she almost eliminated humanity.\u00a0\u00a0 Re put a stop to it by getting Sekhmet drunk beer that was colored to look like blood.\u00a0 She was so tipsy that she abandoned her plans to finish off humanity and they were saved. To avoid her wrath again, there were daily rituals (every morning and afternoon) performed to Sekhmet every day of each year.\u00a0 Many statues will built in her honor \u2013 over 700. Sekhmet is identified with Bast (Bastet).\u00a0 She is known to wear red while Bast wore green.\u00a0 Sekhmet was considered the Goddesses of the West while Bast was considered Goddess of the East.\u00a0\u00a0 Both had the lioness heads. Her symbols are the lioness, cobra and Urjat (the eye of Horus).\u00a0\u00a0 To work with her, let her help with getting rid of anger and dealing with vengeance for a situation but it\u2019s important not to get carried away.\u00a0 Handling a situation properly will help you see the lessons of the experience much clearer than deal with problems when you\u2019re in a temper.\u00a0 She helps to transform the anger \u2013 letting you be safe to express yourself but stopping you from getting consumed by the fire. Connecting with Sekhmet is easy \u2013 use interactive ways to do so.\u00a0 Take a shamanic journey or work on doing some interactive meditations.\u00a0 She is there to help you heal from your demons while acknowledging and facing them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3778"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3722,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3778\/revisions\/3722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}