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Hathor Goddess of Love and Music LightWorker™ Series

Channelled and compiled by Elizabeth “Starlightowl” Hibel Layout by Jens “Tehuti” Søeborg

Hathor - Goddess of Love and Music This manual may be passed on to students providing it is kept in its entirety and not altered in any way without the written permission of the founder. Copyright November, 2008.

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Introduction to the Series According to the Emerald Tables of Thoth – he was the founder of the culture in Kemet (the Black Land) which the Greek later called Egypt. Along with Thoth came other Netjeru – “guardians” or “watchers” – who we in our culture normally call Gods. What we must understand is, that they originally worked among the citizens of Kemet and that the first Pharaohs were descendants of those “Gods”. Kemet was divided into two main parts: • Lower Egypt (6 6¯µ¤é - Ta Mehu) - mainly the Delta - from Memphis [Mennefer] to the Mediterranean Sea with 20 provinces (nomes). Among the symbols of Ta Mehu was the bee (bit - Ó), the red crown (desret - Ö) and the Snake-deva (Wadjet - Ç). • Upper Egypt Nildalen (6 6ñÀ¤> - Ta Shemau) mainly the Nile Valley but also the desert areas around it with 22 provences. Among the symbols of Ta Shemau were the rush (su - ð), the white crown (hedjet - Ô) and the vulture-deva (Nekhbet - d). The ancient Egyptians believed in many different “gods” and “goddesses”. Each one of them with their own role to play - maintaining prosperity, peace and harmony across the land. But each of those 42 provinces had their own favourites and it was not quite the same belief system all over the two countries – ruled under the double crown. Some gods and goddesses took part in creation, some brought the flood every year, some offered protection, and some took care of people after they died. Others were either local gods who represented towns, or minor gods who represented plants or animals. The ancient Egyptians believed that it was important to recognise and worship these gods and goddesses so that life continued smoothly. The worshipping of the “gods” and “goddesses” varied over the four most important historical periods: 1. The Old Kingdom (3rd–6th Dynasties) came after the Protodynastic Period (Apprx. 3100 - 3000 BCE) and the Early Dynastic Period (1st–2nd Dynasties). The Old Kingdom is best known for the large number of pyramids, which were constructed – the first one being the Step Pyramid in Memphis' necropolis, Saqqara. 2. The Middle Kingdom (12th–13th Dynasties) came after the First Intermediate Period (7th–11th Dynasties) and was again a good period for Kemet, but again decay started and the Hyskos took advantage of that. 3. The New Kingdom (18th–20th Dynasties) came after the Second Intermediate Period (14th–17th Dynasties) and could be called the “Golden Ages” of Egypt. Here we find the most famous Pharaohs - Hatshepsut, Akhenaton, Tutankhamon, Amenhotep III, Seti I, Ramesses II ("the Great") and Ramesses III. 4. The Ptolemaic dynasty (year 332 to 30 BCE) after the Third Intermediate Period (21st–25th Dynasties) and the Late Period (26th–31st Dynasties). Now the Pharaohs – among them the famous Kleopatra (51-30 BCE) - were of Greek origin, but we can thank them for leaving us many temples that we can visit today. After that the Roman Empire prevailed, and soon Christianity took over – and later Islam.

Short story of the creation of the earth in Old Egypt At first, there was only Nun. Nun was the dark waters of chaos. One day, a hill rose up out of the waters. This hill was called Ben-Ben. On this hill stood Atum, the first god (creator of the universe). Atum coughed and spat out Shu, the god of the air, and Tefnut, the goddess of Shu and Tefnut had two children. First, there was Geb, the god of the earth. Then, there was Nut, the goddess of the sky. Shu lifted Nut up so that she became a canopy over Geb. Nut and Geb had four children named Osiris, Isis, Seth and Nephthys. Osiris was the king of the earth and Isis was the queen. Osiris was a good king, and he ruled over the earth for many years. However, everything was not well. Seth was jealous of Osiris because he wanted to be the ruler of the earth. He grew angrier and angrier until one day he killed Osiris. Osiris went down into the underworld and Seth remained on earth and became king. Osiris and Isis had one son called Horus. Horus battled against Seth and regained the throne. After that, Horus was the king of the earth and Osiris was the king of the underworld.

Hathor - Goddess of Love and Music When you are attuned to the energies of the Goddess Hathor, you will have access to her attributes, as set out below. Hathor was a goddess of many things, among them she was a: • •

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Celestial goddess: The Mistress of Heaven Goddess of love, music and beauty: the Goddess of Love, Cheerfulness, Music, and Dance, Goddess of women, fertility, children and childbirth. The Mother of Mothers, the Celestial Nurse, Goddess of destruction and drunkenness: The Vengeful Eye of Ra, the Lady of Drunkenness, Goddess of the dead: Lady of the West

The reason that she has so many names, one would assume, is because she is an ancient goddess - she seems to have been mentioned as early as the 2nd Dynasty. She may even been associated with the Narmer palette - although the two human faced bovines may also have been a representation of the king. Hathor was also known as the "Great Menat". The menat, a necklace with a special counterweight, is not actually jewelry - it is a musical instrument – also sacred to Hathor! The counter piece is similar to the fertility dolls found in ancient tombs, while the beaded necklace was believed to represent the womb. It was held in the hand and rattled to convey the blessing of the goddess. She was the patron of dancers and was associated with percussive music. Many of her priests were artisans, musicians, and dancers who added to the quality of life of the Egyptians and worshipped her by expressing their artistic natures. Hathor was the incarnation of dance and sexuality and was given the epithet "Hand of God" (refering to the act of masturbation) and "Lady of the Vulva". One myth tells that Ra had become so despondent that he refused to speak to anyone. Hathor (who never suffered depression or doubt) danced before him exposing her private parts, which caused him to laugh out loud and return to good spirits. Hathor was also the "Lady of Greenstone and Malachite" and "Lady of Lapis-Lazuli, and Turquoise”, presiding over these materials as well as being a goddess of the fringes where they were mined. Malachite is a banded light and dark green semiprecious stone that was ground up and mixed with eye make-up in Kemet.

Lapis-lazuli adorned many pieces of ancient Egyptian jewelry. As "the Mistress of Turquoise" and the "lady of Malachite" she was the patron of miners and the goddess of the Sinai Peninsula (the location of the famous mines). The Egyptians used eye makeup made from ground malachite which had a protective function (in fighting eye infections) which was attributed to Hathor. This fits in well with Hathor's role of a goddess of beauty.)

This is perhaps why she was also known as the "Lady to the Limit" - the Egyptians believed her to be a goddess who ruled over the known universe! As the "Lady of the West" and the "Lady of the Southern Sycamore" she protected and assisted the dead on their final journey. Trees were not commonplace in ancient Egypt, and their shade was welcomed by the living and the dead alike. She was sometimes depicted as handing out water to the deceased from a sycamore tree

The Milky Way was seen as a waterway in the heavens, sailed upon by both the sun deity and the king, leading the ancient Egyptians to describe it as The Nile in the Sky. Due to this, and the name mehturt, she was identified as responsible for the yearly inundation of the Nile. Another consequence of this name is that she was seen as a herald of imminent birth, as when the amniotic sac breaks and floods its waters, it is a medical indicator that the child is due to be born extremely soon. Another interpretation of the Milky Way was that it was the primal snake, Wadjet, the protector of Egypt who was closely associated with Hathor and other early deities among the various aspects of the great mother goddess, including Mut and Naunet. Hathor was also favored as a protector in desert regions.

She was a sky goddess, known as "Lady of Stars" and "Sovereign of Stars" and linked to Sirius (and so the goddesses Sopdet and Isis). Her birthday was celebrated on the day that Sirius first rose in the sky (heralding the coming innundation). By the Ptolemaic period, she was known as the goddess of Hethara, the third month of the Egyptiancalendar. As the goddess of beauty and patron of the cosmetic arts, her traditional votive offering was two mirrors and she was often depicted on mirrors and cosmetic palettes. Yet she was not considered to be vain or shallow, rather she was assured of her own beauty and goodness and loved beautiful and good things. She was known as "the Mistress of Life" and was seen as the embodiment of joy, love, romance, perfume, dance, music and alcohol. Hathor was especially connected with the fragrance of myrrh incense, which was considered to be very precious and to embody all of the finer qualities of the female sex.

Iconography Generally, Hathor was pictured as a woman with cow's horns with a solar disc between them (giving her the title of 'Golden One'), or as a beautiful woman with cow's ears, or a cow wearing the sun disk between her horns, or even as a lioness or a lionheaded woman showing her destructive side. It was only in later Egyptian history that she was shown as a woman with the head of a cow. Perhaps one of the main cult objects associated with Hathor was the sistrum, a musical rattle. Its name is derived from the Greek, seiein, meaning "to shake". She often is seen carrying this ancient musical instrument played by the priestesses. The sistrum usually had the face of Hathor where the handle adjoins the rest of the instrument. This particular instrument was thought to have sexual overtones, relating to fertility.

The sound of the sistrum is metallic, produced by a number of metal disks or squares, strung onto a set of transverse bars, set horizontally into a frame of varying design. Its sound was thought to echo that of a stem of papyrus being shaken. However, the acoustic effects were frequently extremely limited. The sistrum was suitable for beating a rhythmical accompaniment in open-air processions.

Family relations Hathor was the consort of Horus, and their son was Ihy. The 3 of them makes out the Dendara and Edfu Triad – Father Horus, Mother Hathor and the son Ihy.

Cult centre Hathor was worshipper all over Egypt, but the main cult centre was in Dendara, where we can still find the beautiful Hathor temple. Festival of Het Heret [Hathor].: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day.

Sacred Animals: Cow,

hippopotamus,

cobra

lioness.

Sacred Bird: Falcon (Horus)

Sacred Plants:

Myrtle

sycamore trees.

Sacred candle color: light blue

Herbs (and Foods) Associated with Hathor ale, beer

grapes, wine

milk

Holy days Wednesday: Hathor is associated with Wednesday. September - November: Hathor is associated with September, October and November.

Attunement Procedure This is by no means the only way to do it, it is just the way I do it Prepare the room by dimming the lights, playing soft unintrusive music, light a candle (pale blue for Hathor )or incense etc - Relax !!!!!! Call in your helpers, guides, God, Goddesses or Gods, Great Spirit or whoever you relate to (especially Goddess Hathor) and ask them to help you to be a clear pure channel to send the Hathor attunement to…………… .and to keep you safe from all negative energies or unwanted entities State your intention, that is to attune …………………….to the energies of the Goddess Hathor - Then just relax and let the energies flow. When you feel that the energies have diminished, then you are done If you are doing a hands-on attunement ground yourself and your client and give your client a glass of water - remember to thank your helpers Enjoy! [email protected] www.starlightowl.com