![]() Most of her statuettes were rigidly crafted and do not exhibit any expression of movements or dynamism this design was made to make them last a long time rather than to express any form of functions or actions she is associated with. This practice resulted in many images of the goddess being preserved. To learn about Sekhmet and how to honor her, the only book I had to turn to was Robert Masters’ The Goddess Sekhmet: The Way of the Five Bodies. ![]() At that moment, I heard very clearly the desires of Sekhmet to have songs and praise to her, songs of love and beauty with passionate and joyful energy.But to honor Sekhmet, what did I have? Unlike the Hindu and Buddhist traditions, which are living traditions still practicing ancient techniques, the Egyptian traditions were long unpracticed as Islam gained popularity. We chanted to Kali Ma, with Kalli’s operatic voice filling the space with love and praise. And I began the slow process of allowing my strength to come from within.One warm summer evening while Kalli Rose was visiting, we went up to the temple and lit a fire. ![]() The words of Chinnamasta’s mantra exposed these whisperings for their true nature. I began to see my ego attachments in these instances that my self-importance was dinged when I was not invited that my self-aggrandizement and pride were confronted with overwhelming evidence that my charisma was not always enough to induce hordes of people to drive an hour into the desert for a ceremony.
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