[2.5] Unveiling the Cosmic Rebels: SEKHMET 🦁❤️‍🔥🏜️

We made it to the end of the Unveiling the Cosmic Rebels series! Today I’m keeping it short and sweet as we ride into the weekend. Here’s a recap of the Dark Goddesses we’ve met this week:

They’re each so incredible, no?! I hope you can begin to see the themes and similarities across these badass Dark Goddesses.

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Today I share the fifth and final (for now) profile of a glorious Dark Goddess to inspire you radical baddies 😈😘

Sekhmet -The Mistress of Dread

The last goddess in our series is Sekhmet from the Egyptian tradition! There are many goddesses in the Egyptian tradition, including Isis the great sorceress and Great Mother archetype. Hathor, the goddess of love and music, was more popular in ancient times. And when she became angry, she became Sekhmet.¹

Sekhmet is the Egyptian Goddess of Fire, Hunting, Death, War. She represents both violence and retribution, the chaos of plague and the healing power of medicine. A queen of duality: she both led Pharoahs to war and served as patron saint of physicians and healers. She was invoked to ward off diseases and was known to cause plagues. To me she feels like the necessary misery of a fever - it is the heat which kills the bad foreign bodies and keeps you safe and healthy.

In learning about Sekhmet, I was pleased to see the parallels between Sekhmet and the goddesses who I’m more familiar with in through my lineage - Kali and Durga. They have the same chaotic Shakti energy, and even have similar stories and symbology.

Like Kali’s story of emerging through Durga’s third eye to serve retributive justice, Sekhmet’s mythology describes her as the vengeful manifestation of the sun god Ra’s power, sent to destroy mankind because it was not upholding the laws of Ma’at, the ancient Egyptian concept of order and justice.² She is also like Kali when described as having out of hand bloodlust and nearly destroying civilization with her wrath. Sekhmet’s energy reminds me of Durga as well - the warrior goddess, ferocious nature, lion, and the color red are the most important associations of Durga’s symbology as well.

Invoke Sekhmet for healing, protection, and tenacity. This is a stunning music and mantra meditation I’ve been playing as I wake up in the morning, getting ready to conquer the day. I also love the guidance shared by Okani Luna on Kemetic Spirituality and ways to work with Sekhmet:

When it comes to symbols and associations, they are both symbols you can have on your person to carry the Goddess’s energy and protection with you (think jewelry, talismans, tattoos, etc.) but they also are signs that will show up in your dreams and daily life. Keep an eye out for the symbols and messages the pantheon of Dark Goddesses might be sending you 👀

Associations:

• Lions

• Sun

• Arrows

• Red Linen

• Serpent

• Offerings: Beer, Incense, Gold

For a round-up of additional ways to work with the Dark Goddess, check out this post from the Kali series:

[1. 3] Working with the Dark Goddess🖤🧿✨

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1. The War Goddess of Ancient Egypt: Sekhmet the Bloodthirsty (7 Facts)

2. Ancient Egypt Online