Bes

  • February GMC Wrap-up

    So, I didn’t get to do quite as much as I had planned this month, and I didn’t have time for any elaborate rituals, which I would have liked to do. But when I did have a problem or something come up this month, I made a point to pray to the Agathos Daimon and/or

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  • GMC: Some interesting links

    Just a quick one here, not quite the long essay I wrote last time, lol. I’ve gathered some links for each of the Gods of the Month, so you can go forth and so studying and thinking of your own on each of these very intriguing Deities. Some of these are mythological “just the facts”

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  • GMC poetry: Bes

    Dancing Bes Who delights in the loud clamor of drums And the din of war Leonine dwarf Out of Nubia Crowned with the ostrich feather Guardian of the Horus-child Who stands at the door To protect those who dwell within O Lord of Punt Chase away the mischievous spirits of misfortune And bring only sweet

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  • GMC: Bes, Agathos Daimon, and Household Worship So, Bes and the Agathos Daimon both shoved up in the same month, which I find fascinating. A cursory examination of Bes’ symbolism shows that He was regarded in Egypt as a protector of the home. He is sometimes also called Aha, which means “fighter”. There do not

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