The Lark's Nest

khmet, Beloved of Ra, Great Lady at the Place and Beginning of time, Mother of the Gods, hear my prayer to you. Sekhmet, One Before Whom Evil Trembles, Overcomer of All Enemies, Victorious One in Battles, be with me as I walk in the light of Ra. Let Your shield be over me, and let your arrows keep me safe. Sekhmet, Lady of Transformations, Opener of Ways, Beloved Teacher, open my heart and my mind to the beauty of Your path. Let my soul be purified in Your sacred fires. Sekhmet, Lady of the W… Continue

This was brought on by a Yabbut on another message board that I post to.... I have had a number of students over the years with what I refer to as the "Yabbut Syndrome". These are students who have come to me and asked to study with my coven and who express a sincere interest in learning what we have to offer. But the truth of the matter is that they don't really want to learn from us what we have to teach. What they really want is to be handed a magical solution of all of life's problems that… Continue

Sekhmet (Sakhmet, Sekhet) is one of the oldest of the Egyptian deities (Netjer) in Egyptian history. Daughter of Ra, the Sun God and King of the Gods, some of Her titles reflect her great antiquity. (Lady at the Beginning of Time and One Who Was Before The Gods Were.) As a form of the Great Mother, Sekhmet was known at the Mother of the Gods. Sekhmet is wife and sister of Ptah who created the world through His thought and His word, and She is mother to Nefertem, a healer deity and patron God of… Continue

Since we recently had a discussion about whether one could be both Wiccan and Satanist in which there were a number of posts indicating that many here are not familiar with Satanism in its various forms I thought I would post something where we could all learn a bit more about just what Satanists really do believe. After all we get upset when people believe negative things about various Pagan paths, so isn't it also wrong of us to tar Satanists with the brush of evil based on misunderstanding of… Continue

Many years ago the coven I trained in decided to have a Bardic Circle as part of our Yule celebration. I thought about it for quite awhile and thought that I wanted to write something that might resemble the sort of story that would have been told around the fire in the dark of winter by my ancestors. Bits and pieces of a poem started showing up in my head so I sat down at the computer and wrote this entire piece through without stopping. I believe to this day that the Lady had a hand in writing… Continue