THE ISIS PAPERS
THE LADIES OF FLAME
October 2000 - Issue 12
Table of Contents
Bast
Lady of the Beautiful East
The Awakening of Bast                - Linda Iles
Bast Shrine illustrations        
Bast in Her Shrine, Fullerton
                            - Cathy "Ghost Cat" Farah
Sekhmet in Her Shrine, Karnak
                                          - Arlene Sukolsky
Skhmt                                        - Kassandra
Hymn to Sekhmet                         - Linda Iles
Winged One                - Eva Yaa Asantewaa
Uraeus                                 - Charlee Jacob
Sekhmet (cover art)                     - Linda Iles
O Sekhmet                                      - Viktoria
To Defend Maat                     - John Picinich
The Goddess Sekhmet is Alive and Well
                                       - Lauren O. Thyme
For Mistress Mean Cat    - Stephania Ebony
Sekhmet on the Metro        - Denise Dumars
Amaterazu-No-Kami                    - Don Lewis
Under the Hawthorne Bush
                                    - Eva Yaa Asantewaa
Two Poems for the Sun Goddess
                                 - Laura Janesdaughter
Amaterasu                               - Roy Gibbon
The Blessing of the Paw
                            - Cathy "Ghost Cat" Farah













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                                  O SEKHMET

O SEKHMET, DESTROYER OF THE INESSENTIAL,
       Cleanse from me all which hinders the broadening of my experience,
      my tolerance, and my generosity of heart.

REVEALER OF THE SEED OF BRIGHTNESS
       Uncover my Heart’s desire,
       And bring that silence of peace
       In which its voice I may hear.

O SUN, LIGHT THIS DARKENED HOUSE
   Devour with your rays the pride of my ignorance
   Clear away all obstacles in my path,
   And with Beauty inspire me on my Way.

O TERRIBLE, O IRRESISTIBLE!
PRAISE UNTO SEKHMET THE MIGHTY!
   And woe unto him who would make War upon Her,
   For even the greatest is subdued by Her love
   And the World overwhelmed with the children of Her Victories!

                                         Viktoria