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The Sekhem Associates are proud to introduce the Scintilla Artwork Artisans Group to the Sekhem team.
Scintilla Artwork is a local Washington Artisan Group that produces high quality Metaphysical, New Age,
Elemental and Native American inspired artwork. Scintilla is Latin For "Spark of Brilliance that lies
within the Heart". Their goal is to create each piece to manifest that spark of brilliance within the
heart of the person they are creating the item for.
Dream Catchers, A dream catcher is much more than just a simple gift; it says you care about the person's life journey both conscious and in the dream world. We believe that it is a much more personal experience to receive a gift that is personalized and high quality rather than a gift that is made in quantity for mass-distribution. When you give a dream catcher to someone, you share legend and accompanying belief of the gifts power with the person you give it to. When the gift has personal meaning, the recipient is more likely to share the story of you giving it to them and the effect it has had on them. By customizing, we allow our loved ones and friends to remember that personal bond between you and them whenever they look at the beautiful gift they were given. A custom-made dream catcher is a gift that shows the person you give it to that you are personally expressing a profound personal connection with them by deciding what best represents them to you.
Smudge Fans, Smudging is an act of clearing space to prepare for ceremonies, meditations or room/house blessings. A smudge is a powerful ritual tool, usually composed of plants and herbs such as Sage, Cedar, Juniper or Sweetgrass. It cleanses and purifies the body, home, or ceremony and healing area. Smoke is used as both a cleanser and carrier of prayers. We can see it but it is not something we can hold on to. As it becomes one with the air, it takes our prayers into the realm of Spirit as well as carries the negative energies with it back to the Ether. The fan, representing the sweeping away of negative energies, is used to waft the smoke toward a person or area in order to cleanse them. Smudge fans are typically made of feathers or an entire bird wing as birds are creatures of the air and their use is symbolic in the carrying away of prayers on the wind.
Rattles, are made for healing using materials that possessed healing energy, and others for spirit work. Some shaman rattles were made out of many different items such as turtle shells, snakes, gourds and rawhide. They can be filled with many different items to make the rattle sound from stones, seeds, corn, and teeth, to crystal chips and bone pieces. Today, rattles are still used for healing but more often they are used to help the shaman go into trance state to connect with the spirit world, where they are guided or given advise on what to do to help those in need. A shaman's rattle possesses strong powers and is often kept in their own special medicine bag. Rattles, for those drawn to them, are very powerful tools and should always be handled with proper care and reverence.
Amulet Bags, Amulet : an object worn or used to provide magical protection against danger and ill fortune.
Amulets are worn because it is believed that the wearer is given certain guidance and protection by the power of the god/spirit/totem that the amulet represents as well as qualities or aspects pertaining to the governing host. Three of the four Egyptian words translated as "amulet" comes primarily from words meaning, "to guard" or "protect". The fourth has the same sound as the word meaning "well being". These amulet bags provide a customized and personalized receptacle in which to carry objects representing the guardian power. These objects, decided by the wearer or gift giver, can be crystals, coins, carvings, feathers, teeth, claws, etc. These ritual links are personal to the wearer and should be placed there by them or by the person giving the amulet bag as a gift. Amulet bags can be either worn by the individual or hung within the home in a place where the individual will see it on a daily basis in order to benefit from its presence. These bags can also have a sigil (a symbol created for a specific magical purpose) or a talisman (a small object intended to bring good luck or protection to the owner) on the outside.
Amun-Ra, God of Kings and King of Gods. The oldest and longest venerated ruler of ancient Egypt,
Amun, meaning "hidden" and Ra meaning "light" translates to "hidden light". The sacred creature of Amun is the
ram with curved horns. This image was probably suggested by the ram's procreative energy, a symbol to his aspect
as a God of fertility. "Woserhat", the gilded, festival boat of Amun had a rams head at its prow and stern, and
the processional roads to his temple were flanked with ram-headed lions. Pharaohs repeatedly called themselves
"Merry-Amun" or Beloved of Amun. Also, since the ruler was "Son of Ra" it followed that Amun was father of the
Monarch. As God of the Theban capital, Amun attained the position of supreme state God in the new kingdom, and as
Amun-Ra was identified with the Sun-God. Lastly, the God "He who abides in all things", was imagined as the soul
(Ba) of all phenomena.
The Ankh is the Egyptian sign of life and indicates that the King or God holding it has the power
to give life or take it away from lesser mortals. The Ankh as a symbol of the life giving elements of air and water
was often used by a God or Goddess who holds the ankh before the King's nose, giving him the "br /eath of life"
or as streams of water in the form of ankhs running over the King during ritual purification.
The Egyptians didn't worship the animals, but the forces of nature that they symbolized. Anubis,
God of the Dead, represented with a head of a jackal or simply as a jackal opened the road to the other world and
presided over embalmments. After a funeral, Anubis would take the deceased by the hand and introduce him into the
presence of the sovereign judges where the soul of the deceased would be weighed. Anubis was the Guardian of
Offerings brought to the ceremony by heirs of the deceased and he also guarded the mummy from evil forces in the
night. When the body was embalmed, a priest wearing a jackal mask acted as Anubis's representative. He also was the
guardian of the Sacred Esoteric Mysteries. The origin of this God lay in the fact that jackals could be heard
howling in the desert to the west of the Nile at sunset-at the time when burials took place.
Feline figures may display a scarab, the symbol of the rising sun, engraved on the head or br /east thus showing
their solar significance. Hundreds of figures were set up as votive offerings in the temple of Bast
at Bubastis in order that the donor might share in the Goddess's grace. Actual mummies of cats were buried by the
thousands in special cemeteries in the area. Cats protected the temples from snakes. The ancient Egyptians held
cats in the highest esteem and the penalties for injuring or killing a cat were very severe.
Her name means "The Dwelling of Horus", for it was thought that Horus as the Sun God came to rest each
evening on her breast before being reborn with the awakening dawn. Hathor is the great Sky-Goddess
that as a celestial cow gave birth to the universe. She was often represented as a cow or with bovine attributes
such as a cows head, cows ears or horns on her headdress. Hathor was the Goddess of Joy and Motherhood and the
embodiment of all that is best in women. She was also considered the Goddess of music, song, dance and lighthearted
pleasure, but she was essentially a Moon Goddess. She was considered the protectress of pregnant women and midwives.
Her main cult centre was at Dendera, where she was worshipped along with her husband, Horus. Hathor was the Supreme
Goddess of sexual love in Egypt, immediately identified with Aphrodite by the Greeks. Her temple at Dendera was
"The House of Intoxication and Enjoyment". Her main attributes were two ritual instruments carried by her
priestesses, the sistrum, a bronze sacred rattle and the menat, a necklace, thick with beads and a counterpoise long
enough to be grasped in the hand which was only worn by Hathor, but used by her priestesses as a healing instrument.
Horus is the Falcon-God "Lord of the Sky" and symbol of divine kingship. The name Horus is a latinized
form of the greek "Hores" which in turn derived from the egyptian "Hor". This name comes from
the same root as the egyptian word for "the high" or "far away". Horus was represented either
as a falcon-headed man or as a falcon. The sky was represented by the wings of Horus and his two eyes symbolized
the sun and the moon, with the right eye being the sun and the left, the moon. The phrase "the eye of Horus"
usually refers to the moon eye. It was this eye that was lost to Seth and later, after being recovered, presented
to Osiris to aid him in his resurrection. The falcon was sacred to Horus from the earliest times and the image of
a falcon on its perch became the hieroglyp symbol representing the word 'God'. In ancient Egypt, the Pharaoh was
seen as a manifestation of the "living Horus" on the throne of Egypt and each succeeding Pharaoh used the
name of Horus as the first of his titles.
The name Isis means "Seat" or "Throne". She was regarded as the symbolical
mother of the King. In myth she sought her dead husband and brother, Osiris, conceived her son Horus by him,
buried him and mourned him together with her sister Nephtys. Isis was regarded as the "Eye of Ra"
and was worshipped as the "Great of Magic" who had protected her son Horus from snakes, predators and
other dangers; thus she would protect mortal children also. In the New Kingdom Isis was closely connected with
Hathor whose physical attributes, the cows horns and sun-disk she adopted.
The Goddess Maat is the personification of all the elements of cosmic harmony as established by
the Creator-God at the beginning of time-including truth, justice, law, world order and moral integrity. Maat is
shown as a lady wearing on her head an ostrich feather. The seated image of Maat was held in pharaohs hand like a
doll and was presented as an offering to the Gods. This meant that the king was the representative of divine order
since Maat was seen as legitimizing their authority to govern and to uphold the laws of the universe which she
embodied. Judges were regarded as priests of Maat. In the hall of judgement at the weighing of the heart the heart
of the deceased was placed on the scales of justice balanced against the feather of Maat, symbol of justice.
Nefertiti means "the Beautiful one is Come". The bust of painted limestone was found by
the German professor Borchardtt in 1912 at Tel-El-Amarna, ancient Akhetaton, which was the Kings new capital in
Middle Egypt in what used to be the workshop of the sculptor, Thutmes. Nefertiti was the daughter of a high
dignitary of the Pharaoh's court. She was the wife of King Akhenaton who ruled from 1379 to 1362 b.c.
She was an influential Queen but she is principally remembered for her personal beauty and the lovely statue
that was carved centuries ago. Details of the life of the beauteous Queen are veiled by the mist of time. One of
her six daughters was Ankhesenamun, Tutankhamuns wife. Her tomb has never been discovered.
Osiris, the Resurrection God, is the central figure in the afterlife myth and in Egyptian mythology
as a whole. His name means "The Seat of the Eye". To die and be properly prepared for the other life is to become
one with Osiris in the underworld over which he rules. Osiris received earthly rule from his father, Geb.
His brother Seth envied his hegemony; he enticed Osiris into a chest and flung him into the Nile. His wife sought
and found his body and with her own magic powers and the help of Thoth, Nephthys, Anubis and Horus, restored Osiris
to life. Osiris, however already belonged to the world of the dead, and although after his resurrection he could
have reclaimed his throne, he preferred to maintain his kingdom in the Land of the Dead, leaving his vindication on
earth in the hands of his posthumous son Horus.
Originally a local god of Memphis, Ptah is generally represented as a standing mummiform figure
with hands protruding from the tight shroud to hold a scepter that combines the "waas" scepter and the
djed pillar symbols. He wears a tight-fitting cap, and has a menat hanging down behind his neck. Originally he was
only a god of craftsmanship, therefore the invention of the arts were attributed to him, but in the Pyramid Age, he
assumed the position as god of the creation. He created by means of his heart and tongue, thus fashioning the world
by the power of his word. The god's creative power was then manifest in every heartbeat and in every sound. Ptah was
regarded as "the ancient one" who united in his person the entity Nun, the masculine aspect and Naunet,
the female aspect. Ptah was known as the "sculptor of the earth" who created all beings on a potters wheel.
Harakhte, whose name meant "Horus of the Horizon", and who was also called "Horus of
the Two Horizons", was the form which Horus took when his early characteristics as a god of light were
emphasized. He was identified with Ra as he made his daily journey from the eastern to the western horizon,
and especially with his Khepri and Atum aspects. The roles of the two gods as solar and as royal deities became
inextricably mixed, and under their combined authority Ra-Harakhte held sway over all Egypt. He was represented as
a falcon or a falcon-headed man wearing the solar disk and triple crown or the uraeus and the atef crown.
The scarab was associated very early on in Egypt with the generative forces of the rising sun and
with the concepts of eternal renewal. The beetle is known for coming out of the sand backwards dragging its ball of
dung behind it along the ground before depositing it in underground tunnels as a source of food for its larvae,
therefore symbolizing the suns daily journey across the heavens from East to West. Because the young beetles seemed
to emerge spontaneously from these tunnels, the Egyptians worshipped the scarab under the name Khepri:
"He who came forth from the earth" or "He who came into being". Thus the beetle was equated with
the creator Got Atum from early times. Scarabs thus became potent amulets and were often placed upon the breasts of
mummies in the position of the heart as a symbol of new life and were then weighed against the feather of truth in
the final judgment. They were usually inscribed with part of chapter 30 of the Book of the Dead.
Together with her husband Ptah and her son Nefertem, Sekhmet made up the Memphis Triad. Her name
meant "The Mighty One". Her nature being that of a Goddess of War, she accompanied the King to battle and
was often described as his mother. She spread terror everywhere; the henchmen of Seth and even the serpent Apophis
succumbed to her. Sekhmet was represented as a lioness or as a woman with lion's head. Her weapons were arrows
"with which she pierces hearts" and a fiery glow emanated from her body. The hot desert winds were regarded
as the Goddess's hot breath. She was connected with the fire-spitting Uraeus of the King and thereby became the
"Eye of Ra". Sekhmet was also regarded as the one "Great of Magic" whose knowledge of sorcery
gave her a place in the service of healing.
Selket, or Serket, is one of the four protector goddesses who, with gracefully outstretched arms
protect the gilded wooded shrine that houses the alabaster chest containing the four canopic jars which hold the
royal viscera of King Tutankhamun. Her responsibility is to protect Qebehsenuef, god guarding the intestines.
Selket is usually represented as a lady whose head is surmounted by a scorpion with its tail raised ready to sting.
Selket has healing powers over venomous bites and she was patroness of magician-medics dealing with poisonous bites.
She was also known as "lady of the beautiful house" referring to her association with the embalmer's tent.
Seth is "He before whom the sky shakes", God of winds and storms, with lightning and
thunder his heralds. Early in Ancient Egyptian history, Seth is spoken of in terms of reverence. He was known as
the Lord of Upper Egypt. Horus being the Lord of Lower Egypt. It was Seth who stood in the bow of the solar barque
of Ra and slays the enemies of Ra as the ship traverses the sky on its daily journey. It seems that in very early
times the followers of Seth were conquered by the followers of Horus but they resisted the followers of Horus and
the First Dynasty Pharaoh, Menes when he united Upper and Lower Egypt. At this point, Seth was discredited and
literally demonized, and in later periods was identified with Apep as a symbol of complete destruction. Seth was
already known as a deity of the night and darkness. As god of chaos and destruction, Seth represented a necessary
force in the universe, that of strength and violent force which together with the force of creation maintains the
balance of the universe and the cosmic order that was so important for the Egyptians to maintain and was personified
by the Goddess Maat. Seth was represented as a man with the head of an unknown animal with square ears, often called
the "Seth animal".
The name Sobek means crocodile. He was a crocodile god much favored by the kings of the twelfth and
thirteenth dynasties. Many of the rulers of this period chose to bear names such as Sobek-Hotep, which means
"Sobek is merciful". His main place of worship was in the Nome of Faiyum of which he was the patron deity.
His temple there had a holy lake where a sacred crocodile named Pet-Sobek "he who belongs to Sobek" was
kept. He was also worshipped at Kom Ombo, where he replaced Seth in a triad of gods, becoming the husband of Hathor
and the father of Khonsu. He had associations with the god Horus and a further identification with Ra led to a form
of the crocodile with the solar disk on his head. He was usually represented as either a crocodile or a man with a
crocodile's head. Sobek was understandably a god of the water, the Nile river issued from his sweat. He "made
the herbage green" and therefore took on a somewhat Osirian character.
The word "Sphinx" used by the Greeks derives perhaps from the Egyptian Shesepankh "
Living Statue". It designates a type of statue joining a human head to the body of a lion and symbolizes
sovereignty combining the strength of the lion with a human intelligence. The Egyptian Sphinx was, with only a few
exceptions in representations of some Queens of the Middle Kingdom, shown as male. Also, the Egyptian Sphinx was
viewed as benevolent, a guardian, whereas the Greek Sphinx was invariably malevolent towards people. The Sphinx was
the embodiment of royal power often shown smiting the King's enemies, or the King himself being represented as a
victorious Sphinx trampling on his foes.
Originally named Tehuti by the ancient Egyptians, Thoth was given his better known name by the
Greeks. They linked him with their god Hermes, and like Hermes, he was considered to be the god of wisdom, writing
and invention. He was also the messenger and spokesman of the gods and finally the lord of the moon. He is
represented as a man with the head of an ibis, which is often crowned by the crescent moon supporting the full moon
disk. He often holds a writing palette. The baboon is also sacred to him, for in Hermopolis, he merged with the
local baboon god Hedj-wer. Thoth invented the arts and sciences, music, and magic, and was the god of learning,
but above all, he was famed for being the creator of hieroglyphs, and was known as "the lord of holy words".
As the god who invented writing, he was the protector of scribes. Thoth was occasionally described as the tongue or
heart of Ra. As the god of magic, he was called "the elder".
Crystals, have been used for years in Metaphysical practices. Each crystal is unique and carries a specific metaphysical property to aid whoever is using it. They are used for meditation, Reiki, relaxation, attracting things, warding off people or things. Crystals can also be used to Purify places, help increase the positive energy flows, and disperse negativity. So have a look at our selection of crystals to find the one right for you, if you have any questions or want to know more about specific properties and uses of individual crystals, feel free to contact us.
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