We have prayers, rituals to protect us from Evil, some of us though have a favorite- which do you find yourself saying when those things that go bump in the night are pounding at your front door?
*“From ghoulies and ghosties
And long‑leggedy beasties
And things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us!”
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I pray the Lord my soul to keep.
If I should die before I wake,
I pray the Lord my soul to take.
Amen.
Sekhmet is the daughter of the sun god, Ra, and is among the more important of the goddesses in the Egyptian Pantheon. Sekhmet acted as the vengeful manifestation of Ra’s power, the Eye of Ra. Sekhmet is said to breathe fire, and the hot winds of the desert were likened to her breath. She is also believed to cause plagues (which were described as being her servants or messengers), although she is also called upon to ward off disease and heal the sick.
The Invocation: “I am Sekhmet who cometh forth in the dawn. I am the power of Ra by day. Nor man nor god shall hurt me, nor shall the living… My name is created to defy all evil. I am the flame that shineth in the sanctuary”.
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