Guest guest Posted April 16, 2006 Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 This is nice :-), thank you Prainbow :-)) prainbow61 <paulie-rainbow wrote: Sekhmet rocks. She was also prayed to by women who wished for children. Here's a good page on her: http://www.thekeep.org/~kunoichi/kunoichi/themestream/sekhmet.html Sekhmet, Powerful One, Sun Goddess, Destructor... skht Sekhmet and Ptah "The good god, the lord of action, Neb-Ma'at-Ra [Amenhotep III], Beloved of Sekhmet, the Mistress of Dread, who gives life eternally. The son of the God Ra of His own body, Amenhotep, ruler of Waset (Thebes), Beloved of Sekhmet, the Mistress of Dread, Who gives life eternally." -- Inscription on a statue of Sekhmet The lion-headed goddess Sekhmet (Sakhmet, Sekhet) was a member of the Memphite Triad, thought to be the wife of Ptah and mother of Nefertem (though the motherhood of Nefertem was in dispute - Bast and Wadjet (Edjo) were touted as his mother in their respective cities). Associated with war and retribution, she was said to use arrows to pierce her enemies with fire, her breath being the hot desert wind as her body took on the glare of the midday sun. She represented the destructive force of the sun. According to the legends, she came into being when Hathor was sent to earth by Ra to take vengeance on man. She was the one who slaughtered mankind and drank their blood, only being stopped by trickery (this story can be found under Hathor's story). She was, thus, the destructive side of the sun, and a solar goddess and given the title Eye of Ra. Being mother of Nefertem, who himself was a healing god, gives her a more protective side that manifested itself in her aspect of goddess of healing and surgery. Part of her destruction side was also disease and plague, as the 'Lady of Pestilence'... but she could also cure said ailments. The priests of Sekhmet were specialists in the field of medicine, arts linked to ritual and magic. They were also trained surgeons of remarkable caliber. Pharaoh Amenhotep III had many statues of Sekhmet, and it has been theorised that this was because he dental and health problems that he hoped the goddess may cure. Hundreds of Amenhotep's Sekhmet statues were found in the Theban temple precinct of the goddess Mut at South Ipet-Isut (Karnak). The statues may have been made for the king's funerary temple on the West Bank of the Nile and may have been dispersed to other sites at Waset and elsewhere beginning with the reign of Rameses II. Sekhmet was depicted as a lion-headed woman with the sun disk and uraeus serpent headdress. Although she is connected with Bast, she has no family relationship with the cat goddess. They are two distinct goddesses in their own rights - the Egyptians did not claim they were siblings of any kind. Bast and Sekhmet were an example of Egyptian duality - Sekhmet was a goddess of Upper Egypt, Bast of Lower Egypt (just like the pharaoh was of Upper and/or Lower Egypt!)... and they were linked together by geography, not by myth or legend. Blessings of the terrible and tender Goddess, prainbow , "NMadasamy" <ashwini_puralasamy wrote: > > > Have you heard of Sekhmet : the Lioness Goddess [ Goddess with the > lion head ]also interpreted as "The Powerful One". Also referred to > as the mistress of war and strife. Paradoxically, she is alo the > mistress of healing who drove away sickness. She thus known as SHE > who could kill could also cure. She is also identifies as Hathor, > Mut and Pakhet. > > The sympathetic and compassionate form is Bastet. > > > > > , "joannapollner" > <joannapollner@> wrote: > > > > just a note on this Devi while searching for the meaning of this > Devi Pratyangira , it is > > interesting to note that ancient Egypt had Lion Godesses Hathor I > am not sure if there is > > any correlation but that is what I was able to retrieve on the > interent . I surley understand > > the importance of patience , for me in particular it is a puzzle > that over the seven years > > now has been slowly unraveling weather in dreams or personal > visions , i guess spiritual > > practice is not instant coffe . regards, Joanna > > > > > > I understand. Some ppl have affinity to particulat devatas > because of past karma. Such > > ppl will get their Gurus. patience is the name of the game. > > > > > > joannapollner <joannapollner@> wrote: Hi it is interesting this > subject was revived > > here again , I asked once about this Devi , > > > I am not sure how to understand this , I have had visions of > this Devi in the form of my > > > Guru, that is the reason I asked once what could mean seeing > such Devi. I don know the > > > mantras for Pratyangira but feel very close to Her. > > > > > > Namaste, Joanna > > > > > > > > Pratyangira is taken up by advanced upasaks with full siddhi > in at least one Mantra > > and > > > the user has to be told by one who has siddhi in that mantra. If > not it will backfire. > > > > Having just deeksha in one manra will not entitle one to use > mantras such as these. > > > The slightest hint of selfish motive will cause her t roar. So > keep of. > > > > > > > > vikas <vikasjeer@> wrote: > > > > Sirs, > > > > can anyone guide me regarding pratyangira devi and her mantras? > > > > > > > > with regards > > > > > > > > vikas > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Visit your group "" on the web. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Terms > of Service. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Talk is cheap. Use Messenger to make PC-to-Phone > calls. Great rates starting > > at > > > 1¢/min. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Traditions Divine > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Visit your group "" on the web. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Terms of > Service. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > How low will we go? Check out Messenger's low PC-to- > Phone call rates. > > > > > > > > > > > > Visit your group "" on the web. Messenger with Voice. 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