I published Thrice Great Goddess: An Anthology for Aset. Page here: Thrice Great Goddess Book! It is available on Amazon in kindle, paperback, and hardback formats.
I’m still working on Mother of Mothers: Ancient Hymns for Mut.
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Book Updates
My book, Thrice Great Goddess: An Anthology for Aset is with the formatter. The cover is just about done for this book as well.
I’m still working on, Mother of Mothers: Ancient Hymns for Mut.
Poem: Dispel Darkness
Dispel Darkness
by TahekerutAset
It’s My birthday
My day to shine
To be in the limelight
I am the Hidden Goddess
I am the one unseen
Yet I am always present
At every shrine
At every ceremony
At every temple space
For I am the Lady of the Temple
I guard the threshold between the holy and profane
I guard the shrine from impurity and all unholy things
I am the guardian
I am the guide
through shadow and darkness
I shine when darkness reigns
I dispel darkness with My light
The Sun’s power is Mine
since I am the Daughter of Ra
and the Eye of Ra
The Nile’s power is Mine
since I am the Daughter of Nut and Geb
The Storm’s power is Mine
since I am the Sister of Set
since I am the Mourner of Wesir with Aset
since the Nile’s flood is caused by rain
by the Two Sisters, who mourn Him
I am the Goddess
Who shines so bright
I dispel darkness
With My light
Poem: No Darkness Can Withstand My Power
No Darkness Can Withstand My Power
by TahekerutAset
I am Aset, the Brightest Goddess in the Sky
I am Sopdet
I am the Solar Eye
I am the Moon when it is full
I am the stars filling the night sky with light
This is who I am
as the Brightest Goddess
I gleam
I glow
I shine
I illuminate all pathways, all roads
I dispel darkness
With light
I dispel fear
With candle flame
So, come to Me
When you are fearful
Come to Me
When you are afraid
And I will quell your fears
And I will give you the strength you need to endure
I am the Possessor of Strength
I am the Lady of Power
I burn away all fear with My flame
All darkness retreats from My light
For I am the Fiercely Bright One
And no darkness can withstand My power
Set, Great of Strength
Set, Great of Strength
by TahekerutAset
I am Set
Great of Strength
Lord of the Oasis
Lord of the Land of Egypt
The desert is sacred to Me
Listen
I am here to bring you strength
In this Year of the Lioness
I am here to bring you love
In these trying times
I am not without compassion
I am stern
I am strict
I am strong
But I am the Lord of Love
So listen
I come before you as He Whom the Sky Shakes
I am the rebel God
I am the one who brings joy from hardship
I am the one who brings strength from pain
I dispel fear
I am Set, Great of Strength
And I am here
With all those who honor Me in this year
Poem: In Every Sunbeam
In Every Sunbeam
by TahekerutAset
Sobek of the Nile is the purification god
Sobek of the Waters of the Nun
Light of the sun dispels darkness
The Light of Sobek and Ra dispels darkness
Ask for this light
Ask for this water to purify you
of grief, of rage, of fear
of helplessness, of powerlessness
Bring to yourselves strength, devotion, kindness
Bring to yourselves health, love and self-care
Be kind to yourselves in this darkness
Be kind to others
Know that We are with you in your grief and rage
Know that We are with you in your sorrow and fear
Know that We are with you
We walk with you through this
Now and forever
So says Aset, Mistress of Light
Lady of Life
I am in every sunbeam
in every starlight
in every candleflame
I am in every droplet of water
in every river, every stream
in every rainstorm
in all water in your homes
So listen now
Use this power
of light, of water
and purify yourselves
cleanse yourselves
in baths
in showers with buckets to pour over yourselves
Or use sacred soap
Or Florida Water
Or other cologne water
Or cense with incense
Burn candles in front of Our shrines
Ask Us to help you
and We will
We are with you
Always
Simple Ways to Honor Gods and Goddesses
Some may find it hard to go into shrine right now. Or maybe you just want something simple to do outside of shrine. If you are looking for inspiration to honor Them outside of shrine, I have a few ideas:
1) Find them in the nature around you. Shu, Nebet Het and Aset are associated with breath. The Eyes of Ra manifests in the sunbeams or starlight. Nut is the night sky. Go outside and spend time with Them. Breathe and think of Their Names.
2) Say a prayer before you eat, offer your meal and then eat it.
3) Can you wear jewelry? Wear something you’ve dedicated to them, like a necklace, ring or bracelet.
4) You could wear clothes with colors that remind you of Them. (Blue or purple for Aset, black or purple for Nebet Het, white for any of the Netjeru).
5) Is there a Netjeru over your profession? Offer your workshift to Them.
6) Do creative projects. Call on Seshat or Djehuty for writing, call on Aset or Hethert for arts and crafts.
7) Do something you love and invite Them.
8) Offer to Taweret, Aset, Hethert, Mut or Bast and clean your home. Offer to Bes or Bast or whomever to protect your home.
9) Breathe. They are There. Gods and Goddesses of air and wind are with you when you breathe. So breathe.
Goddess Spell Books
I have a love-hate relationship with Goddess Spell Books. On the one hand, I love them. I love goddesses, learning about them and seeing many goddesses from all around the globe in one book warms my heart. On the other, I often find some factual errors or a very simplistic view of the goddess in question. Aphrodite gets pigeonholed into the love goddess archetype all the time. And She is a love goddess, but She is also a war goddess, a goddess of roses, a sea goddess, a mourning goddess and a Lady of the Graves.
Isis and Hathor get confused all the time. Hathor is the goddess of motherhood, romance, love, beauty, music and dance. Isis is the goddess of magic, a mother of Horus, a goddess of familial love and self-possession, a goddess of beauty, and a grieving widow. They are not the same goddess!
As for the factual errors:
- Hathor is married to Horus the Elder (Heru Wer) and not Heru-sa-Aset (Horus, son of Isis). These are not the same god.
- Oya’s main animal is the water buffalo
- Nephthys is not a battered wife and Set is not evil
- Isis is a moon goddess due to Roman influence. The ancient Egyptian Aset is a solar and stellar goddess. Aset’s association with the moon is due to Wesir and Heru being killed/harmed and reborn/healed.
Anyway, I would like to see a Goddess spell book have many goddesses from one pantheon and having them be in different categories because they have more than one aspect.
Like for a Learning/School section, you could have Seshat as the Goddess of education, math, writing, organization and libraries and Aset, the Lady of all knowledge, writing and research.
For a home and hearth section, you could have Bast as guardian of the home, Nephthys as Lady of the House, Hathor as a home goddess and Taweret as the home goddess. Aset was also honored this way in the Late Period.
For prosperity and abundance, you could have Aset as Lady of Prosperity and Hethert (Hathor) as Lady of Abundance.
For beauty and self-love, you could have Aset, Hathor, Mut and Tefnut for various reasons.
For protection and strength (mental, physical, spiritual), you could have Aset, Possessor of Strength and Eye of Ra and various other Eyes of Ra like Mut, Bast, Sekhmet, Nit (Neith), and Tefnut.
For creativity and art, you could have Nit as the creatrix, Hathor as the Lady of the arts, music and dance and Aset as Lady of the Arts.
For change, sorrow and grief, Aset and Nephthys as the mourning women and Ladies of transformation.
For compassion, you could have Aset, Nephthys and Nut as the Ladies of Kindness.
Anyway, so here are my thoughts on this.
We Walk With You
My religion has many creation myths and all of them are true. They tell us about creation. Atum masturbated and Ptah spoke and everything was created. The Celestial Cow as Mut or Hethert or Mehet Weret or Nit gave birth to the sun god Ra and as She spoke everything was created. Aset spoke the Word in the Beginning as did Nit and everything was created.
The other Gods, the air in the form of Shu, moisture in the form of Tefnut; Geb and Nut in the forms of earth and sky. Ma’at and Life in the forms of Ma’at, Tefnut and Shu. Ra, Shu, and the Eye Goddesses gave birth to light. Wesir, Heru Wer, Set, Aset and Nebet Het were born and thus more was created by them.
Do you not see? One became many. Creation cannot exist without differentiation. There are many Netjeru for a reason. For each job to be performed, someone must be equipped to do it. Some of Us have the same job, yet do it differently. To borrow a phrase: Diversity is Our Power; Unity is Our Strength.
All of nature is touched by these Gods and Goddesses. Sunbeams are Ra, Mut, Tefnut, Bast, Sekhmet, Aset and other solar Goddesses. The air you breathe is Shu or Aset. The earth you stand on is Geb.
Arrow, Word and Fire
Arrow, Word and Fire
by JewelofAset
Cast Your Gaze upon those who are vulnerable
Cast Your Gaze upon those who are poor
Cast Your Gaze upon those who are downtrodden
Cast Your Gaze upon minorities of all kinds
Cast Your Gaze upon Women as Our rights are stripped away
Anyone who is now in harm’s way
Cast Your Gaze upon us with favor
Please protect us in Your name as the Eye of Ra
Please protect us with Your frightening gaze
With Anger Ridden Eyes
With Blazing Fire
With Scimitars
With Bows and Arrows
With Magical Incantations
Protect us from those who would harm us.
Please protect us with
holy arrow, word and fire
Fiercely Bright One 
