Sekhmet: What Ancient Egyptian Myths Teach Us About America TODAY!

[DistressedAmerican]

I just got this great story from a fellow DUer, undergroundpanther. It examines the paralelles between the Ancient Egyptian myth about the goddess Sekhmet and our fine modern culture.

Those who ignore the past are doomed to repeat it!



Read the full piece here:

http://www.seedsofdoubt.com/distressedamerican/Sekhmet.htm

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Sekhmet Visits the White House

By Underground Panther in the Sky, Democratic Underground and Unknown News

Sekhmet is my favorite Goddess.

In Ancient Egypt there was human corruption, so bad Ra and the gods left Earth, but before they left Ra sent for Sekhmet. Sekhmet is the lion-headed goddess of war, pestilence, and healing. It was for her the arts were made. She heals broken bones. Boneset is her sacred plant, as it can be made a gluey gel, and with cloth strips it sets up and is good for casts.

Sekhmet was as feared in Egypt as the fierce hot midday sun. She is swathed in red linen, made red from the blood of slaughtered humanity. Sekhmet means, in translation, power. Sekhmet is power.

Sekhmet, in one of her legends, almost destroyed humanity because Ra could not stand all that human corruption. She went out on his call as his fiery eye and slaughtered tons of people to teach 'em a lesson. Ra saw the devastation, he saw mothers crying, kids with their arms chopped off, scorched orchards, demolished homes... and Ra felt guilty and demanded Sekhmet stop it.

But she didn't stop when Ra commanded her to. And Ra, being an old infirm god, was not able to subdue her. In fact none of the Gods could. She is, after all, the goddess of raw power.

-Please read on at the link above-

[DistressedAmerican]

1. Kicker!

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. Great stuff! nt

[JitterbugPerfume]

3. very

interesting

I love this stuff

[KittyWampus]

8. Me Too, Especially The Artwork! In Fact, That Was One Of My Majors

in University.

:)

[DistressedAmerican]

4. A Little Goddess Kicking!

[DistressedAmerican]

5. Again!

[Roland99]

6. Damn...that site gave me a headache! Someone teach that moran HTML!

[DistressedAmerican]

7. Was That Needed? Don't Like My Site? Don't Visit!

That is the only freaking comment you have after reading the post and article?

If so, why freaking bother? Talk to me with constructive comments about the post or stop wasting my freaking time! Jesus!

[Roland99]

9. Apologies if you're offended but, DAMN, that color scheme!

Ooof

[DistressedAmerican]

15. I Refuse To Let The Right Co-Opt The Flag And Its Colors.

Hence the color scheme. Sorry if it hurt your eyes!

What did you think of the article?

[Roland99]

17. Good article despite the Bright White on Blue text

You'll be more effective with a better color scheme.


BTW, I just picked this up at a local Borders...was on sale:

Encyclopedia of Ancient Myths and Culture

[DistressedAmerican]

19. Nice! Looks Like A Good Read And A Better Shelf Reference For Future!

[Roland99]

20. Hope that shelf is reinforced...it's a big boy!

[MountainLaurel]

10. Yowza, that was good

I loves me some Sekhmet!

[jayctravis]

11. kick

Wisdom from Egypt.

[raifield]

12. Very interesting!

While I'm a Bastet kind of guy myself, this was a very interesting article, excellent even. Bookmarked and forwarded!

[DistressedAmerican]

13. Glad You Liked It. I Didn't Write It. But, I Loved It!

[Eloriel]

14. Very nice, thanks. n/t

[true_notes]

16. Rather Interesting I can say...

I have friends that study Egyptology, and they smirked at the article. I guess they know something we don't.....

[DistressedAmerican]

18. I Am A Mayanist Myself. My Knowledge Of Egyptology Is Pretty Limited.

If there are factual issues, I may have missed them. I think the basic point remains good.