This is a great article about the Myth of the Celestial Cow and Ra. This is the myth for the holidays of Return of the Wandering Eye and the Establishment of the Celestial Cow
Rev. Tamara Siuda’s article is here: And There Were Stars
Month: December 2013
New BA Devotional: Mantle of Stars
I have a few poems published in this devotional dedicated to the Queen of Heaven. The Publications page has been updated.
Here is a page about the devotional: A Mantle of Stars: A Devotional for the Queen of Heaven
To purchase this item from the Bibliotheca Alexandrina store: A Mantle of Stars: A Devotional for the Queen of Heaven
To purchase this item from Amazon: A Mantle of Stars: A Devotional for the Queen of Heaven
Happy Moomas!
Happy Establishment of the Celestial Cow! (also affectionately called, Moomas since it is close to Christmas). Rev. Tamara Siuda has a great blog post about this festival here: Winter Holidays: This One Goes up to Eleven.
The Celestial Cow Goddess for this festival is normally Hethert-Nut, Hethert, Nut or Mehet Weret. Since Aset can also be a Celestial Cow Goddess, as Aset-Nut or Aset-Mehet Weret, I’m going to celebrate Aset as the Celestial Cow for this festival.
I’m going to offer water and candles for Her to represent the starry heavens and the waters of creation.
Hail Aset-Nut
Hail Aset-Mehet Weret
Hail Aset, the Heavenly Cow
Hail, Aset, Blessed Lady
Please be with us tonight.
Update
Link: Gods with Agency
Here is a great post about ritual etiquette with deities: Gods with Agency: Ritual Theory for Polytheists
New Second Edition of Hera/Juno Devotional
Due to an error with the First Edition, a Second Edition of Queen of Olympos: A Anthology for Hera and Iuno has been released.
I have updated the image and links on my Publications page: Publications.
You can purchase the new Second Edition from the links on the publications page.
Traveller’s Guide to the Duat by Kiya Nicoll
Here is a great book about the spiritual realms of the Egyptian cosmos. I highly, highly recommend this book.
From Megalithica Books: Traveller’s Guide to the Duat
From Amazon (Paperback): Traveller’s Guide to the Duat
Link: Odin and Santa Claus
Beth Lynch wrote a great article about Odin, Thor, Freyr and Santa Claus: Did Odin inspire the Santa Claus legend?
Heru-sa-Aset Born on December 25?
Priestess and author, Isidora Forrest has a wonderful post detailing the reason why Heru-sa-Aset’s birthday is celebrated on December 25 (Hint: Look in Plutarch). Here is the article: Isis, Osiris, Horus and the Holy Day of December 25.
The Kemetic Festival dates for the birth of Heru-sa-Aset (Horus son of Isis) are different.
The celebration of Giving Birth of Aset, Mother of God is from 4 Peret days 4-21 which is in March or April depending on the Kemetic calendar (1). And the Kemetic date of the festival titled the Birthday of Heru-sa-Aset (Horus son of Isis) is not on the Winter Solstice (I can’t remember the exact date off the top of my head). And there is also a Greek/Roman festival of Aset Births Heru-sa-Aset/Isis Births Horus the Younger on 4 Peret Day 28.
Notes
(1) El-Sabban, Sherif. Temple Festival Calendars of Ancient Egypt. (Wiltshire: Liverpool University Press, 2000), 176.
Festivals of Athena
From Here: Baring the Aegis by Elani Temperance
http://baringtheaegis.blogspot.nl/p/festivals-by-month.html
Monthly Holy Days
First Decad – Waxing Moon – Mên Histámenos
1. Noumenia – Selene, Apollon Noumenios, Zeus Herkios and Ktesios, Hestia, and the other Theoi of the Household
3. Tritomênís – Athena
Second Decad – Middle Moon – Mên Mesôn
13. (3.) Athena
Third Decad – Waning Moon – Mên Phthínôn
23. (-8) Athena
Hekatombaion (Ἑκατομϐαιών) – Creteon – July/August
16 / 15-16 – Sunoikia – community festival in Athens. Sacred to Athena. Two-day celebration every other year.
23-30 – Panathanaia – main celebration on the twenty-eighth in honor of Athena. Greater held in the third year of each Olympiad, Lesser held annually for fewer days.
Metageitnion (Μεταγειτνιών) – Diomedeon – August/September
12 – Sacrifice to Athena Polias
Boedromion (Βοηδρομιών) – Hippeon – September/October
2 – Niketeria – festival in honor of Athena
27 – Sacrifice to Athena at Atic deme of Teithras
Pyanepsion (Πυανεψιών) – Gereon – October/November
19-21? Apatouria – paternity festival. The first day (Dorpia) was celebrated with a communal feast within the brotherhood, the second day (‘Anarrhusis’) sacrifice were made to Zeus Phratrios and Athena Phratria, and the third day (‘Koureotis’) young boys admitted to their father’s brotherhood.
30 – Khalkeia – Festival in honor of Athena and Hephaestus.
Maimakterion (Μαιμακτηριών) – Hespereon – November/December
Poseideon (Ποσειδεών) – Cerbreon – December/January
Gamelion (Γαμηλιών) – Nemeaneon – January/February
9 – Sacrifice to Athena at Erchia
Anthesterion (Ἀνθεστηριών) – Lerneon – February/March
Elaphebolion (Ἑλαφηϐολιών) – Archaedeon – March/April
Mounichion (Μουνιχιών) – Erymantheon – April/May
Thargelion (Θαργηλιών) – Augeon – May/June
Between 20 and 25 – Kallunteria – spring cleaning of the Temple of Athena
25 – Plynteria – festival of washing, where the statue of Athena was removed from the city of Athens to be cleaned. Auspicious day.
Skirophorion (Σκιροφοριών) – Stymphaleon – June/July
3 – Arrephoria – festival in honor of Athena; or, Arretophoria. Ending of the priestess term at the temple of Athena, for young handmaidens
3 – Sacrifice to Athena Polias
12 – Skirophoria – festival in honor of Athena
28/29 (last day) – Sacrifice to Zeus the Savior and Athene the Savior
Fiercely Bright One 