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Weekly Goddess Inspiration: Sekhmet
I am just returned from three amazing days in the Texas Hill Country, where I attended Texas SpringFest, a Goddess spirituality event. I am refreshed and renewed after spending time in a woman-centered, explicitly feminist space, communing with my Goddess and my sisterhood and the reawakening Earth. I'll be writing more about SpringFest in the next days, as I slowly return to my regular life rhythms.
I did, however, take the time to pull this week's Goddess Inspiration Oracle card, and was surprised to find Sekhmet greeting me from the deck. The Egyptian Goddess of war (among other things), Sekhmet rules our darker emotions. Known as The Mighty One, Sekhmet asks us to examine those feelings that we -- especially those of us who are women -- are encouraged to keep hidden, out of sight, out of mind. Those emotions that we are told that "nice girls" don't feel -- anger, rage, righteousness, fury.
Sekhmet, from The Goddess Inspiration Oracle by Kris Waldherr
Some questions for us to ponder together this week:
What are my "darker" emotions?
How do I feel about these emotions?
What, if anything, scares me about expressing these emotions? Why?
What sometimes keeps me from fully expressing these emotions?
Do I sometimes express these emotions in ways that are do not serve me?
How can I express these emotions most healthfully?
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