Ronnie Pontiac was the personal research assistance for Manly P. Hall at the Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles. He is author of American Metaphysical Religion: Esoteric and Mystical Traditions of the New World. He is coauthor with Tamra Lucid of The Magic of the Orphic Hymns: A New Translation for the Modern Mystic.
Here he describes both the ancient Egyptian goddess Sekhment and a contemporary movement involving large numbers of people who feel the presence of this figure in their dreams and in their lives.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:19 The festival of drunkenness
00:06:44 Who was Sekhmet?
00:23:38 Early stages of Sekhmet’s modern revival
00:32:49 The influence of Robert Masters
00:47:05 Other contemporary proponents of Sekhmet
00:54:08 Living statues
00:59:49 Deeper meanings and considerations
01:10:08 Goddess, archetype, or egregore?
01:18:25 Conclusion
Edited subtitles for this video are available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, and Swedish.
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(Recorded on June 26, 2024)
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