Scully - Sekhmet: transformation in the belly of the goddess

This book is lovingly and gratefully dedicated to my two mothers,Sergee Summer (19182015)and the goddess Sekhmetmay she continue to nurture and protect us eternally,and may I reciprocate in lifelong service as a true warrior of Maat.

SEKHMET

Im truly impressed with this remarkable book. While Nicki shares the magic of Sekhmets power to create healing and transformation in your life, she gifts you with sacred stories and extraordinary photos to illustrate your journey. Nickis mastery is clear as she guides you through an alchemical process comprised of many initiations and exercises that will change your life.

SANDRA INGERMAN, M.A., AUTHOR OF SOUL RETRIEVAL

Just reading Nickis fierce and fearless book can begin the process of transformation. Ah, but if you actually do the workif you let Sekhmet devour you, digest you, heal you, change youthat is when the magic happens. Let Nicki be your loving and wise guide on this transmutational journey. It will be scary. There will be fire. But oh, it will be worth it.

M. ISIDORA FORREST, AUTHOR OF ISIS MAGIC: CULTIVATING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GODDESS OF 10,000 NAMES

Sekhmet is a potent amalgamation of Nicki Scullys Alchemical Healing and the wisdom of Sekhmet, the transformative goddess of the threshold who arrives when the Great Ages shift. As the most intense Aquarian shift comesSekhmets hourNicki Scullys guidance for regenerating our brains and body systems is a lifesaveran exquisite healing balm.

BARBARA HAND CLOW, AUTHOR OF AWAKENING THE PLANETARY MIND

Nicki Scully has decades of leading tours to the sacred sites of ancient Egypt, in two of which I participated many years ago. In the course of this book, while focused on Sekhmet, the reader will also encounter Thoth the god of wisdom; Ptah the inventor; Maat the cosmic truth, justice, and balance; Knum the potter who rebuilds the body; and Khepera, the protector. The reader learns not only about these mythic figures but learns how to access these deities in a ritualistic way for spiritual transformation. Lavishly illustrated with striking photographs, this book is a treasure chest of healing meditations!

RALPH METZNER, PH.D., AUTHOR OF ECOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

I have heard many accounts of Sekhmet and her powerful, ongoing manifestations through select individuals. This goddess refuses to be forgotten. She serves as a hierophant or bridge to a world of vast psychic potentialities. She beckons us to visit her small and obscure shrine located amid the magnificent Temple of Karnak. Nicki Scully takes us further into her mysteries as only a daughter of the goddess can do.

JEFFREY MISHLOVE, PH.D., HOST AND PRODUCER OF NEW THINKING ALLOWED VIDEO CHANNEL

This is an amazing book, beautiful in both images and words, empowering readers to deal with the profound issues and challenges of our time. Read it to gain knowledge, surrender to its wisdom to heal yourself, and work it to transform your ability to act for the good of all our relations!

BROOKE MEDICINE EAGLE, AUTHOR OF BUFFALO WOMAN COMES SINGING

Sekhmet enlivens the alchemical fire of transmutation within and offers a pathway to become ones most refined and potent self. All who choose to partake in this primal alchemical process and embrace Sekhmet as ally and friend have an opportunity to self-initiate into an empowered state of grace. What a gift Nicki is giving to readers.

DANIELLE RAMA HOFFMAN AUTHOR OF THE TABLETS OF LIGHT

Are you ready for transformation? If so, this is the book for you. The belly of the goddess is a haven of peace, a cauldron of illumination and ultimate rebirth. Now, more than ever, we need Sekhmet in our lives and she is available at her finest in this book.

KATHRYN W. RAVENWOOD, AUTHOR OF HOW TO CREATE SACRED WATER

Nicki Scullys latest book, Sekhmet, leads the reader to new depths of understanding and connection with the mighty Sekhmet. Sa Sekhem Sahu.

CANDACE ROSS, RESIDENT PRIESTESS AT THE TEMPLE OF GODDESS SPIRITUALITY, DEDICATED TO SEKHMET

Acknowledgments

Bern, Switzerland, January, 1997Sekhmet spoke up. It was time, and her teachings would no longer wait. Dr. Christine Fehling, Jungian psychiatrist, lineage sister, and a teaching partner for many years, stepped comfortably in to her role for those first lessons, and the conversations began. In the years that followed, many others partook in the co-creation that has become this book, while a growing hunger for Sekhmets teachings has become a flood that empowers students and teachers alike.

Another growth Ive witnessed over the years is the number of Sekhmet priests and priestesses who have stepped in to the magic as the words and phrases waited for harvest. There are others, more than I can put a number to, who knew when to pick up the phone, fade into the dream, and flow through the mists with me. When the teachings came and the words were put into the manuscript that morphed into this book, they became available for generations to come.

It is at this momentwhen a list is emerging as some of the cocreators whom I have turned to so often are like a parade before my eyes while the cheers of the ancients fill my ears and Sekhmets banner flows over themthat I would like to present my gratitude to all of those without whom this book would never have been written.

Over the years, and in response to what I perceived as a growing need for Sekhmets teachings to become more available, I continued to share the work, each time observing it expand and grow. Eventually I started keeping track of those with whom I worked to bring in new journeys to add to the alchemy. I apologize to anyone whom I may have forgotten, as all of her teachings are co-creations, delivered through trusted visionaries, fellow students, and Sekhmet priests and priestesses.

Those without whom this book would not have come to fruition, and upon whom I shower deep and abiding gratitude, include:

Debbie Clarkin, dear friend, colleague, lineage sister, and teacher of Alchemical Healing who spent countless hours on the phone with me from her home in Canada, three teleclasses, two retreats that were devoted to Sekhmets work, and three tours to Egypt (so far) supporting me and Sekhmets work. Debbie deepened the teachings with new journeys, including Merging with Sekhmet, Fierce Compassion, The Land of False Hopes and Broken Dreams, In the Soup with Wadjet, The Oasis, First, There Was the Word, as well as Nefertums bubbles, the meridian chapter, and more. She patiently answered my endless questions, researched many of the things that I didnt fully understand, practiced Alchemical Healing on me when I hurt, and all the while kept me upbeat and on track. In addition, Debbie drew six of the illustrations and provided several photographs that are included in this book.

Indigo Rnlov, soul sister friend, who showed up again and again, whenever needed. Her vision quest in the White Desert yielded the journey to retrieve and strengthen our skeletal systems, and she contributed the bundle at the Sphinx while coleading with me during an Egypt tour devoted to Sekhmets work. Indigo influenced Khnums journey and almost every other journey in the book. She generously gave constant support and friendship. She was always available to listen to my changes, take the journeys, and give me intelligent feedback. She also did many Alchemical Healings and even typed for me when my back wouldnt allow me to do it myself. Indigo is also a great photographer who contributed a number of fine photographs to help illustrate this book.