Ways of Worshipping Mistress Sekhmet
Offerings of alcohol, like bourbon, wine and beer
other drink offerings such as sun water, black coffee, milk and strong teas
pomegranate and pomegranate juice
wear or offer her associated stones: sunstone, carnelian, garnet, Amber, Ruby, red agate, tigers eye, citrine, orange calcite and topaz
warm/strong scented candles/incense/oils: cinnamon, frankincense, blood orange, pumpkin, ginger, cardamon, sandalwood, mahogany, neroli, vanilla, oak and Myrrh
Red, gold, yellow or white candles
Food offerings of blackberries, raspberries, mushrooms and bread
wear the colour red (red is associated with power, energy, war, passion, strength and determination)
DO YOUR SHADOW WORK
go to a rage room or just break (not expensive, not good quality) shit
find constructive ways to release and express your anger
Learn first aid / join a volunteer service to help people
pray to her at sunset and sunrise
stand up for yourself and others (justice)
lion/ess and cat symbolism
a statue of her
papyrus
Dogwood
Celebrate the feast of Sekhmet/Hathor by having a night of eating and drinking
Adopt a cat
Cat whiskers and cat claws (ethically sourced)
sing for her
Have $ex
have self respect and set FIRM boundaries, this is the best way to honour her
Learn the different facets of her as a goddess, this can mean studying Hathor (sky, women, love, fertility) and Bastet (women's secrets, the home, childbirth, cats, protection) as well, as they're often associated with Sekhmet
Write poetry as a way of expressing your emotions and dedicate it to her, a war of words if you will
Stand up for human rights
learn her many names and their origins (ie: eye of Ra, powerful one, holy one, lady in red, lady of terror, lady of life, Nesert)
Snake skin (ethically sourced) and Snake imagery
sand!
wear an ankh or the eye of Ra
Learn archery / throwing knives
Put a knife or dagger on her altar
Wear makeup or clothes that make you feel confident
A statue of her
Figurines, toys or imagery of cats/lions
A prayer to Sekhmet
O Sekhmet, Eye of Ra, Great of Flame,
Lady of protection who envelops her creator,
Come towards the King, Nb-twy (Lord of the Two Lands) . . .
Protect him and preserve him from all arrows,
And every evil of this year . . .
O Sekhmet, who fills the ways with blood,
Who slaughters to the limits of all she sees,
Come towards the living image, the Living Falcon,
Protect him, and preserve him from all evil,
And every arrow of this year.”
Hymn of Sekhmet
“Mine is a heart of carnelian, crimson as murder on a holy day.
Mine is a heart of corneal, the gnarled roots of a dogwood and the bursting of flowers.
I am the broken wax seal on my lover’s letters.
I am the phoenix, the fiery sun, consuming and resuming myself.
I pace the halls of the Duat.
I knock on the doors of death.
I wander into the fields to stare at the sun and lie in the grass, ripe as a fig.
The souls of the gods are with me.
They hum like flies in my ears.
I will what I will.
Mine is a heart of carnelian, blood red as the crest of a phoenix.”