#war deity

Offerings of alcohol, like bourbon, wine and beer

other drink offerings such as sun water, black coffee, milk and strong teas

pomegranate and pomegranate juice

wear or offer her associated stones: sunstone, carnelian, garnet, Amber, Ruby, red agate, tigers eye, citrine, orange calcite and topaz

warm/strong scented candles/incense/oils: cinnamon, frankincense, blood orange, pumpkin, ginger, cardamon, sandalwood, mahogany, neroli, vanilla, oak and Myrrh

Red, gold, yellow or white candles

Food offerings of blackberries, raspberries, mushrooms and bread

wear the colour red (red is associated with power, energy, war, passion, strength and determination)

DO YOUR SHADOW WORK

go to a rage room or just break (not expensive, not good quality) shit

find constructive ways to release and express your anger

Learn first aid / join a volunteer service to help people

pray to her at sunset and sunrise

stand up for yourself and others (justice)

lion/ess and cat symbolism

a statue of her

papyrus

Dogwood

Celebrate the feast of Sekhmet/Hathor by having a night of eating and drinking

Adopt a cat

Cat whiskers and cat claws (ethically sourced)

sing for her

Have $ex

have self respect and set FIRM boundaries, this is the best way to honour her

Learn the different facets of her as a goddess, this can mean studying Hathor (sky, women, love, fertility) and Bastet (women's secrets, the home, childbirth, cats, protection) as well, as they're often associated with Sekhmet

Write poetry as a way of expressing your emotions and dedicate it to her, a war of words if you will

Stand up for human rights

learn her many names and their origins (ie: eye of Ra, powerful one, holy one, lady in red, lady of terror, lady of life, Nesert)

Snake skin (ethically sourced) and Snake imagery

sand!

wear an ankh or the eye of Ra

Learn archery / throwing knives

Put a knife or dagger on her altar

Wear makeup or clothes that make you feel confident

A statue of her

Figurines, toys or imagery of cats/lions

A prayer to Sekhmet

O Sekhmet, Eye of Ra, Great of Flame,

Lady of protection who envelops her creator,

Come towards the King, Nb-twy (Lord of the Two Lands) . . .

Protect him and preserve him from all arrows,

And every evil of this year . . .

O Sekhmet, who fills the ways with blood,

Who slaughters to the limits of all she sees,

Come towards the living image, the Living Falcon,

Protect him, and preserve him from all evil,

And every arrow of this year.”

Hymn of Sekhmet

“Mine is a heart of carnelian, crimson as murder on a holy day.

Mine is a heart of corneal, the gnarled roots of a dogwood and the bursting of flowers.

I am the broken wax seal on my lover’s letters.

I am the phoenix, the fiery sun, consuming and resuming myself.

I pace the halls of the Duat.

I knock on the doors of death.

I wander into the fields to stare at the sun and lie in the grass, ripe as a fig.

The souls of the gods are with me.

They hum like flies in my ears.

I will what I will.

I thought I would share with you all a poem I wrote as an offering to Lord Tyr. I hope you enjoy!

The mighty God of justice and war,

A deity I have come to always adore.

You have been there for me through all the worst,

Have always been there when I want to burst.

Protected me from dangers I didn’t know,

Keeping me on my path in order to grow.

I don’t know what I would do without you,

I hope to make you proud with delight too.

Without you, I was weak and very alone,

Numb and cold all the way down to my bone.

Then you came along, giving me new life,

A place of comfort away from all strife.

Fatherly love I never knew from old faith,

Kept me from all the pain of any such wraith.

A relationship I never had once,

One where I haven’t been feeling like a dunce.

I appreciate everything you do,

I give all I can in service to you.