INVOCATION OF SEKHMET

As it was at Memphis, So be it now! Hear me, I beseech Thee, O Powerful

One! Lady of Rekht, Lady of Pekhet, Lady of Set, Lady of Rehesaui, Lady of
Tchar and of Sehert!

Mother in the Horizon of Heaven, In the Boat of Millions of Years, Thou art
the Great Defender! Thou art Overthrower of Qetu! Preserve us from the evil
chamber of the souls of Hes-hra! Deliver us from the Abode of Fiends!

O Thou Who Art Sekhmet, Life-Giver to the Gods, Sekhmet, Lady of Flame,
Sekhmet, Great One of Magic, Sekhmet, Eternal Is Thy Name! O, Hear me
now!

Sekhmet, With Lioness head, Sekhmet, Whose color is Red, Sekhmet,

Daughter of Ra, Sekhmet, Consort of Ptah, Sekhmet, Mighty Is Thy Name!
O, Hear me now!

Sekhmet, Goddess of Pestilence, Sekhmet, Goddess of Wars, Sekhmet, Queen

of the Wastelands, Sekhmet, Terrible Is Thy Name! O, Come to me!

Sekhmet, Destroyer of Rebellions, Sekhmet, Scorching Eye of Ra, Sekhmet,

Protector, Ruler, Sekhmet, Holy Is Thy Name! O, Reveal Thyself to me!

Sekhmet, Mother of the Gods, Sekhmet, Mistress of the Crowns, Sekhmet,

Thou art called Only One, Sekhmet, Beloved Is Thy Name! Hear me now, O
Great One!

Sekhmet, Greater than Isis, Sekhmet, Greater than Hathor, Sekhmet, Greater
than Bast, Sekhmet, Greater than Maat, Sekhmet, Mysterious Is Thy Name! I
am lost in mystery!

Sekhmet, Pre-eminent One, Sekhmet, Light beyond Darkness, Sekhmet,

Sovereign of Her Father, Sekhmet, Hidden Is Thy Name! Rapturous my dying!
Lady of Amt, Lady of Manu, Lady of Sa, Lady of Tep-nef, Lady of Heaven!

Thou art Ammi-seshet, Destroyer, Upholder! Thou art the Terror Before Which
fiends tremble! Thou art Lust! Thou art Life! Ever-Burning ONE! Tekaharesa-
Pusaremkakaremet, Sefi-per-em-Hes-Hra-Hapu-Tchet-f, Mistress of
Enchantments, Source and Word of Power, Forbidden Is Thy Name!
I am the sealed one! Do not consume us With Thy Fire, Give us Light! O Lady,
Mightier than the Gods, Adoration rises unto Thee! All beings hail Thee!

O Lady, Mightier than the Gods! Preserved beyond Death, That Secret Name,
O Being Called Sekhmet. At the Throne of Silence, even, shall no more be
spoken than Encircling One! I lose myself in Thee!
THE GODDESS SEKHMET

Homage to thee, O Sekhmet-Bast-Ra, thou mistress of the gods, thou bearer of

wings, thou lady of the red apparel, queen of the crowns of the South and
North, Only One, sovereign of her father, superior to whom the gods cannot be,
thou mighty one of enchantments (or, words of power) in the Boat of Millions
of Years, thou who art preeminent, who risest in the seat of silence, mother of
PASHAKASA, queen of PAREHAQA-KHEPERU, mistress and lady of the
tomb, Mother in the horizon of heaven, gracious one, beloved, destroyer of
rebellion, offerings are in thy grasp, and thou art standing in the boat of thy
divine father to overthrow (the fiend) Qetu. Thou hast placed Maat in the bows
of his boat. Thou art the fire goddess Ammi-seshet, whose opportunity escapeth
her not. . . . Praise be unto thee, O Lady, who art mightier than the gods, words
of adoration rise unto thee from the Eight Gods of Hermopolis. The living souls
who are in their hidden places praise the mystery of thee, O thou who art their
mother, thou source from which they sprang, who makest for them a place in
the hidden Underworld, who makest sound their bones and preservest them
from terror, who makest them strong in the abode of everlastingness, who
preserves them from the evil chamber of the souls of HES-HRA, who is among
the company of the gods. Thy name is SEFI-PER-EM-HES-HRA-HAPU-
TCHET-F.
NAMES OF THE GODDESS 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
DESTROYER OF REBELLIONS
EYE OF RA
EYE OF HORUS
PRE-EMINENT ONE IN THE BOAT OF THE MILLIONS OF YEARS
ROAMER OF DESERTS
WANDERER IN THE WASTES
SELF-CONTAINED
ONLY ONE
AWAKENER
LADY OF ENCHANTMENTS
OPENER OF WAYS
LADY OF TRANSFORMATIONS
LADY OF THE MANY FACES
ENRAPTURING ONE
GIVER OF ECSTASIES
SATISFIER OF DESIRES
INSPIRER OF MALES
VICTORIOUS ONE IN BATTLES
OVERCOMER OF ALL ENEMIES
RULER OF THE DESERT
RULER OF SERPENTS AND OF DRAGONS
RULER OF LIONS
COMPLETE ONE
SUBLIME ONE
ENLIGHTENER
EMPOWERER
SPARKLING ONE
GREAT ONE OF HEKAU
LADY OF THE MAGIC LAMP
MOTHER OF THE DEAD
LADY OF THE BLOODBATH
DESTROYER BY PLAGUES
GREAT ONE OF HEALING
DESTROYER BY FIRE
LADY OF THE WATERS OF LIFE
MISTRESS AND LADY OF THE TOMB
GREAT ONE IN THE PLACES OF JUDGMENT AND EXECUTION
GUIDE AND PROTECTRESS FROM THE PERILS OF THE
UNDERWORLD
GREAT ONE OF THE PLACE OF APPEARANCES IN SILENCE
LADY OF THE WAY OF THE FIVE BODIES
UNRIVALED AND INVINCIBLE
ONE RULER OF THE CHAMBER OF FLAMES
THE SOURCE
SHE WHOSE OPPORTUNITY ESCAPETH HER NOT
WINGED ONE
POWERFUL OF HEART
THE AWARE
THE GLEAMING ONE
SEKHMET, WHO REDUCETH TO SILENCE
SEKHMET, WHO ROUSETH THE PEOPLE
LADY OF JUBILATION
ADORABLE ONE
SHINING OF COUNTENANCE
MOTHER OF IMAGES
INCOMPARABLE ONE
LADY OF INTOXICATIONS
MIGHTIER THAN THE GODS
MOST BEAUTIFUL
MOST STRONG
GREAT ONE OF LAWS
PROTECTRESS OF THE DIVINE ORDER
THE ONE WHO HOLDS BACK DARKNESS
THE BEAUTIFUL LIGHT
WARRIOR GODDESS
GODDESS OF LOVE
GREAT ONE IN HEAVEN
GREAT SERPENT ON THE HEAD OF HER FATHER
GREAT ONE OF THE INCENSE OF THE ENNEAD
GREAT LADY OF THE HOUSE OF LIFE
QUEEN OF THE VENERABLE ONES
LADY OF THE HOUSE OF BOOKS
DEVOURING ONE
SEKHMET OF THE KNIVES
BURNER OF EVILDOERS
ONE BEFORE WHOM EVIL TREMBLES
TERRIBLE ONE
LADY OF ALL POWERS
ETERNAL AS HER FATHER
LADY OF THE MANIFOLD ADORNMENTS
MOST BEAUTIFUL AMOUNG THE GODS
BOUNTIFUL ONE
SEKHMET, WHO GIVES JOYS UNWAVERING
LOYAL ONE
BELOVED TEACHER
BELOVED SEKHMET