Site of Chelsea Luellon Bolton: Author, Scholar and Poet
There is a festival from the Roman period temple of Soknopaiou Nesos (a temple of Sobek) which lists a 19 day festival to Aset called Festival of the Birth of Aset Neferset, (with the Beautiful Throne) the Great Goddess (in Greek this is Isis Nepherses). The dates for this festival are: 26 of 3 Shomu to 15 of 4 Shomu.
Aset Luminous was on the 2nd of 4 Shomu.
Have a a blessed time! Dua Aset!
So, I got permissions back for Mother of Magic: Ancient Hymns for Aset. Now, all I need to do is go over the manuscript and send it off to the formatters. This book has hymns from Philae, Dendera, Soknopaiou Nesos, Shanhur and some New Kingdom texts. There is also an updated festival calendar and epithets list.
She Speaks Through Silence: An Anthology for Nephthys. I have hymns from various sources such as Philae, Dendera, Komir and Edfu. I have essays, articles, tons of poetry, rituals and a festival calendar and epithets list.
Solar Flares and Sunbeams: An Anthology for Ra and His Daughters. I have some hymns for Ra, poetry, a festival calendar and an epithets list.
Lady of the Double Crown: An Anthology for Mut. I have some ancient hymns, an essay, poetry, a festival calendar and an epithets list.
Lioness Goddess, Lioness Queen: An Anthology for Sekhmet. I have some ancient hymns, poetry, a festival calendar and an epithets list.
Lord of Eternity: An Anthology for Osiris. I have some ancient hymns, poetry, a festival calendar and an epithets list.
Festivals for Bast or Bast-Mut
compiled by Chelsea Luellon Bolton
2nd Akhet/Paopi/September
10-Procession of Bast, Goddess of Ankhtawy
18-Eve of the Festival of Opet
19 to 3 Akhet 10 (24 days)-Festival of Opet
3rd Akhet/Hethara/October
1-Speech of Sekhmet-Bast
20-Procession of Bast, Mistress of Ankhtawy, Before Ra She is Angry
29-Speech of Bast
4th Akhet/Koiak/November
10-Speech of Bast, Lady of Memphis
12-Speech of the Image of Bast
15-Feast of Sekhmet and Bast
1 Peret/Tybi/December
3-Feast of the Drunkenness of the Eye of Ra
19-Speech of Bast
19-Feast of Bast
20-Procession of Bast Who Protects the Two Lands
21-Bast Guards the Two Lands
28 to 2 Peret Day 4-The Distant Goddess Returns from Nubia (6 day festival)
29-Bast and Sekhmet Guide the Two Lands
2 Peret/Mechir/January
29-Feast of the Navigation of Bast
4 Peret/Parmuthi/March
1-Feast of Ra and the Eye of Ra
4-Day of Chewing Onions for Bast
11-Speech of Bast
2 Shomu/Payni/May
16-Feast of Bast, Purifying Sekhmet
Sources
Bakir, Abd el-Mohsen. The Cairo Calendar No. 86637. Cairo, 1966.
Brier, Bob. Ancient Egyptian Magic. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1980.
Cauville, Sylvie. Dendara XV: Traduction. Peeters, 2012.
El-Sabban, Sherif. Temple Festival Calendars of Ancient Egypt. Wiltshire: Liverpool University Press, 2000.
Spalinger, Anthony. Three Studies on Egyptian Feasts and Their Chronological Implications. (Maryland: Halgo, 1992
Sauneron, Serge. Esna V: Les fetes religieuses d’esna aux derniers siecles du paganisme. Institut français d’archéologie orientale, 2004.
Siuda, Tamara. The Ancient Egyptian Prayerbook. Illinois: Stargazer Design, 2009.
4 Peret/Parmuthi/March
1 to 8-Feast of Aset
1-Feast of Ra and the Eye of Ra
4 to 21-Aset, Mother of God Gives Birth to Heru-sa-Aset
5 to 6 of March-Navigation of Aset/Isidis Navigium
9 of March-Adoration of Aset, the very Great Goddess, Sovereign and Savior/Proskynema of Isis
20 of March-Pelusia
20 to 21-Navigation of Aset/Isidis Navigium
20 to 23-Festival of Aset
28-Aset Births Heru-sa-Aset/Isis Births Horus the Younger
29-Dedication Feast of Aset
Since my book is coming out soon, I thought I’d show you some of the books I used in my research. (Not all of them are here as some I got through the library and I had to return them). I feel like Twilight Sparkle from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I’m getting all excited (adorkable) over books!
This collection has taken me over 15 years to build. I just wanted to share this with others in order to share my joy. I do not have a lot of money. I buy books new (if it is within my budget), used or on sale. (Here is an article I wrote about finding books online: Books and Where to Find Them). Continue reading “Books, Books and More Books!”
3 Peret/Pamenot/February
1 to 8-Feast of Aset
5 of February-Festival of Isis
10-Procession of Nesert
29-Adoration of Aset of Many Names/Proskynema of Isis of Many Names
30-Festival of Aset in Busiris
I’d just celebrate the last two festivals on the 28th of February or move it to March 1 and 2nd..
Here is a wonderful post about all the festivals listed on the Neos Alexandria festival calendar! Here is the link: An Explanation of the Festivals of Neos Alexandria.
For people who love festivals or making calendars this is a good read!
