My metaphysical research has led me to the pantheon of writers. Seshat, sister/daughter/wife of Thoth depending on the interpretation, wore a 7 pointed palm and a reversed pair of horns as her headdress. The number 7 is significant to me, and well, the horns need not be explained. This is a beautiful poem about the Great Mistress.
In Honor of Seshat
by Amanda Artemisia Forrester
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I sing now in honor of Seshat, All-seeing Goddess
The female scribe, inventor of writing, stylus in hand
She Who records
Everything
Since the beginning of the Universe, unto its end.
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Lady of Builders, to Whose ears the pounding of hammers is as sweet music
The Engineer’s Goddess, Who inspired the architects of old Aiegyptos,
To build the great pyramids in the Valley of the Kings
Through which they achieved immortality
Goddess of architecture, of structures long standing
Of firm foundations and ancient stones
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Numbering Goddess, Lady of Mathematics
Calculating Goddess, Lady of Measurements
Lady of education in all forms
Friend of Neith and my Goddess head-born Athene
Three Goddesses of scholars, of the marble halls of learning
Lady of the House of Books, Holy Librarian,
Record-keeper of the Gods, wife of wise Thoth
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I offer this song of…
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