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The next book I’ll hopefully finish is either:
I posted this on my Patreon and thought people here would find it useful.
So I have a book that just came out with ancient hymns in it (see here) and it occurred to me that many people may not know how this works.
Once I find a hymn or quote I want to use, I look up the publisher and email them with the information of what I want to include (the hymn, the full citation of the book or article, including page number) and information about my book (title, publisher, rights, distribution, approximate cost). Then starts the waiting game. Sometimes it takes a few days, a month and some take years to get back to me. Yes, years. (I’m still waiting on some in fact).
Now, once I hear back, I can get different kinds of responses:
And I must include the books in the bibliography as well.
So if the hymn is in German or French, I have to ask permission from either the author or the publisher to translate it and include it in my book. If it is already translated into English, I ask permission from the author/translator or publisher to include it in my book. Sometimes, they will ask for a copy of the book in exchange which I am more than happy to provide.
If it is in hieroglyphs then I ask someone who knows hieroglyphs to translate it for me in exchange for a book copy or monetary compensation. If I knew hieroglyphs, then I could just translate it myself. (But I digress…)
So I hope this helped to clear up any issues about what I include in my books as far as content or footnotes.
Thank you to all the authors, translators and publishers who kindly gave me permission to include their works in my books.
The Eye of Ra is a title of many ancient Egyptian Goddesses. The Eye of Ra protects Ra and all of Egypt from enemies. The Eye of Ra is a solar goddess associated with the cycles of the sun, solar eclipses, the star Sirius, Venus, the Morning Star, and the full moon. All the Eye goddesses are associated with solar rays, flame and starlight—in both restorative and destructive capacities. The Eye Goddesses are associated with snakes, cobras, lionesses, leopards and cats.
Within Flaming Lioness, there are ancient hymns to:
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I sent Lady of the Temple: Ancient Hymns for Nephthys to the formatter! I’m still waiting on the cover for Flaming Lioness: Ancient Hymns for Egyptian Goddesses.
The next book I’ll hopefully finish is either Solar Lioness: Ancient Hymns for Sekhmet or Solar Flares and Sunbeams: An Anthology for Ra.
Creation Mother: Ancient Hymns for Mut (working title) is going to take longer as I’m hoping to be able to include some if not all of the Crossword Hymn to Mut in it.
I am the Eye of Raby TahekerutAset
I am an Eye of Ra
I am the Goddess of the Star,
Sopdet, Sirius
I am the Goddess of the Moon
When it is Full
When it is New
I am the Goddess of the Sun
The Solar Eye, the Fierce Goddess
I wield Flame, Magic and Blade
I am the Lioness, the Leopard, the Cobra
I am the Avenging Eye
I am the Lioness appeased at the Isheru-Lake
I am the Cobra whose tears created Humankind
I am the Raging One, I am the Pacified Lady
I am the Wandering Eye
I am the Goddess who returns and departs
I am the Sun as it moves throughout the Year
Days grow longer, Days get shorter
as I leave and return, as I return and leave;
This is My cycle
as the Goddess of the Solstice
in the Winter and Summer
And this too is My cycle
as Sopdet appears and departs from view
as the Moon reflects Ra’s light
as it waxes and wanes
All of these cycles are Mine
as the Eye of Ra.
Here is an excellent article written by Dr. Tamara L. Siuda about the myths surrounding the Eye of Ra festival on the Winter Solstice and the Establishment of the Celestial Cow.
Here is the link: And There Were Stars
