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Egyptian Reverence for the Gods
My applied theurgy classes are about ways understanding and reverence for the gods can have practical benefits in life. Recently, they have been examining closely how the brain works in many different cases, and one thing that is proving universally true is everything about brain function seems to be dependent on context. In Egyptian metaphysics,…
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Associations of Bast
The best way to understand the Egyptian gods is to understand the culture they lived in. Egyptian spirituality was a living and changing thing so over time the roles of the gods changed as both the politics and the culture of the various Egyptian nomes changed. When Egypt was unified, eventually the city states expanded…
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Applications of Bast
So applications of the way of Bast in modern life? Well, one would be simple as the citizens of Per-Bast did share their life with a cat. In Egyptian spirituality there wasn’t as much devotionalism as there was in other religions. People saw themselves as living with their gods, alongside them, and living in good faith…
Category: Bast
The goddess Bast was originally a lioness, and she was associated with the ways of war of the people of the city of Bast. The name Bastet actually means she of Bast. To her followers, Bast represented many things, especially strength of spirit and strength of community as a lioness is not a solitary hunter.
Perhaps not unlike the Berserkers of Norse lore, their warriors and their people in general valued ferocity of spirit, but this ferocity was not just centered on bloodshed. Like a cat, they lived life in such a way as to pursue everything they did with passion, and her worship in most cases was more akin to a wild party, playful and feisty and flirtatious, and killing had nothing to do with it.
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