The Priestess of the Alchemical Tarot
BLOOD MOON ~ Babalons voluntarily decended into the underworld, to awaken the power of the Beast for the purposes of Initiation. So far as the ‘sinful’ nature of the Scarlet Woman is concerned, it is interesting to note that in Hebrew the word “sin” actually means “thorn” and “clay”. Thorny plants such as the acacia or rose symbolise the horns of the crescent moon. The moon itself, like the clay shaped by the hands of the divine potter, is a symbol of the body and the natural soul. Liber AL vel Legis describes the Scarlet Woman as being “a moon” (I: 16); as a moon, she is containment and receptivity, as well as the division into parts of cyclical, phasic existence.
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from The Temple of Goddess Spirituality Dedicated to Sekhmet
Sekhmet, Great one of Magic
Mother of the Gods
One who was before the Gods were
Lady of the Place of the Beginning of Time
Beloved of Ra, her father
Beloved of Bast, her sister
Beloved of Ptah, her husband-brother
At whose wish the arts were born
Beautiful eye which giveth life to the two
lands
Beautiful face, image most beloved by art
Flaming one
Sovereign of Ra, her father
Protectress of the Gods
Lady of the Scarlet-colored garment
Pure One
Only one
Awakener
Lady of Enchantments
Opener of Ways
Lady of Transformation
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