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Welcome to
Seshat Sithathor's
Blessings of Isis
Midwifery Clinic
And
Physician's Office
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Above is a statue of the great Mother goddess Isis nursing her young son Horus. Isis wears a crown originally associated with the goddess Hathor. It consists of a solar disk atop the upward curving horns of a cow. The horns also represent a stylized conception of the moon in its quarter phase. The moon used here is significant of the moon's association with women and the ebb and flow of their menstrual cycles.
Isis (and at various times, Hathor) is the female Solar deity who protects and blesses all mothers and mothers-to-be. She is also considered a goddess of fertility as well as a powerful mistress of divine magic and healing. Other goddesses who have been associated with healing and protection of mothers and children are Bastet the Cat goddess, and Sekhmet the Lion Goddess.
As the benevolent mother goddess, it is Isis who bestows all the virtues of ideal motherhood upon the women who adore her. Isis, by the virtue of her powerful magic, also helps to keep her follower's children healthy and free from harm.
Besides a statue, pendant or charm depicting Isis, there are several other powerful charms and talismans that can be given as gifts to women who are pregnant or already mothers.
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A statue of the god Bes is often given to mothers and mothers-to-be to protect both them and their children from harm.
Bes was depicted as a dwarf with bowed legs and a leonine face. His ugly and deformed appearance was intended to drive away evil influences from any mother or child who donned his image.
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This unguent jar is filled with the special cream I make to soothe and heal the damaged skin of a mother's belly both during and after pregnancy.
It is in the shape of the Hippopotamus goddess Tawaret with a human woman's face to give it extra potency and magical healing power.
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Here is a very special talisman for all women. It is a sacred knife-shaped wand used to draw either a literal or figurative circle of protection.
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The circle is drawn around the area where a woman is giving birth to an infant or where a baby or child might sleep or play.
This protective knife-like wand is carved with the images of several deities. Many of the carved figures on the wand shown here are wielding knives, presumably as weapons of defense. Images on this particular knife include Nekhbet and Tawaret, though similar knives also feature the gods Bes and Thoth and the Goddesses Isis, Sekhmet, or Wadjet. Empowered by these sacred carvings, these ritual knives are magically enhanced in a way that give the knives great protective powers.
It is said that no evil will dare cross over a circle reverently drawn with this knife upon any surface, be it sand or stone. It is therefore an effective protective aid against demons, rats, snakes, scorpions and all kinds of disease and/or grievous injury that could be caused by these aforementioned evil things.
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Another powerful talisman for a woman of childbearing age to possess is a small effigy of Heket, the goddess represented in Egyptian art as a green Nile frog. Associated as she is with the fertile black fields along the Nile created by the annual Inundation, Heket is a powerful Egyptian fertility goddess.
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Those who wish to become pregnant might invoke Heket in magical religious rituals. Pregnant women also seek Heket's protection to preserve their lives during pregnancy and labor as well as to guard over the lives of their unborn children.
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This amulet-sized statue of the Hippopotamus Goddess Tawaret is the perfect size for a pregnant or nursing mother to carry around with her to ensure protection at all times. Since she is depicted as a pregnant hippopotamus with pendulous human breasts, Tawaret too is associated with the Nile and its muddy black banks as a symbol of fertility. The hippopotamus is also a very strong and deadly creature. By implication, this makes the hippopotamus goddess Tawaret a great protective deity for any woman who worships her and seeks her protection during pregnancy and labor.
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With her big breasts sagging with the weight of the milk within them, Tawaret is also a good deity to count on for an abundant milk supply while nursing.
Here at my Midwifery Clinic, you have learned which deities and amulets are best for women of childbearing age. Armed with all these protective amulets, it's time for me to give you an examination to make sure that your health is good or that your pregnancy is going smoothly. For this, we will need to
Click above to see how I treat expectant and nursing mothers and to find my own apothecary room where I keep an extensive selection of herbs and plants you can use in healing.
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Research Sources:
"Ancient Egyptian Medicine," by John F. Nunn, University of Oklahoma Press, 1996.
"The Gods of Ancient Egypt," by Barbara Watterson, Sutton Publishing, 1996.
Disclaimer: The author of this web site hereby disclaims any magical or real benefits from following the advice herein. This site was created for entertainment and education and is not intended to reflect the actual beliefs of the site owner.
In real life, I am a monotheist, not a pagan. I enjoy studying the Bible when I am not writing stories or playing with html and graphics. Here are some links to discover more about what I believe:
My Personal Testimony
My Statement of Faith
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PLEASE NOTE:
The images of the Magic Wand and the Tawaret Unguent Jar were photographed by the creator of this web site at the Oriental Institute Museum in Chicago, Illinois.
No images on this site may be used without the prior written permission of the artist. E-mail requests to use graphics found here to: seshats@yahoo.com.
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