Sekhmet
Egyptian lioness goddess, Eye of Ra sent to destroy rebellious humanity. Ra flooded the ground with beer dyed red with ochre so that it looked like blood; she drank it, became drunk and forgot the slaughter, and was pacified as Hathor. Both destroyer and healer. Plague-bringer and plague-curer. Solar fire incarnate.
Correspondences
Offerings
- Offerings
- Red wine or beerMeatRed flowersGoldActs of fierce protectionStanding in righteous rage
Sacred timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- The Powerful OneLady of SlaughterThe Fierce
- Gender Expression
- Feminine
- Titles
- The Powerful OneLady of SlaughterEye of RaThe FierceDestroyer and Healer
- Symbols
- LionessSolar diskUraeusRed crown
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- ToneRespect for dangerous powerAddressLady SekhmetPowerful OneEye of RaRelationshipFierce protector and destroyerWarningHer rage is uncontrollable once unleashedResonanceThose needing fierce protection or righteous destruction
- Modern Practice
Invoked for fierce protection, healing through destruction, righteous rage work, solar magic. Teaches power of divine feminine rage, transformation through fire, healing and destroying as two faces of same force.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- WarHealingPlagueDivine rageProtectionSolar fireTransformation through destruction
- Mythology Summary
Egyptian lioness goddess, Eye of Ra sent to destroy rebellious humanity. Ra flooded the ground with beer dyed red with ochre so that it looked like blood; she drank it, became drunk and forgot the slaughter, and was pacified as Hathor. Both destroyer and healer. Plague-bringer and plague-curer. Solar fire incarnate.
- Related Deities
- KaliThe MorriganDurga
Details
- Secondary Planets
- Mars
- Correspondences
- ColorsRedGoldCrimsonScentsFrankincenseMyrrhCinnamonMetalsGoldCopperAnimalsLioness
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