The first order of business was to set up an indoor shrine for Bast as we celebrated Her in an intensive Friday and Saturday. Here you can see the Shemsu-Ankh banner of our faith, the smaller gold icon of Bast used in our formal shrine, a larger bronze Bast to be placed in Her outdoor shrine on Sunday, Her Holiness' regalia, and other items donated or placed there by participants in the intensive.
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A closeup of the formal shrine icon of Bast, standing behind a lotiform fountain and piles of offerings.
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As the guardian of the royal house, Bast's new icon oversees the regalia of our Nisut (AUS) on a pedestal bowl. Offerings have also been placed inside the container below the crown and pectoral and scepters.
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A better look at the new image of Bast. This image was presented as a gift to the temple by Wenemaset at the 2001 New Year retreat, and the peacock-feather necklace around it was a gift from Her daughter Wosretbast.
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Images of Bast and candles sprinkled with food, jewelry and other offerings adorn Her altar.
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A lotus fountain donated by Imakhu Niankhsekhmet bubbles merrily next to a lotus-shaped candle-burner.
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Bast is an important goddess to the Kemetic Orthodox. She was the first divinity to appear to all of the founders of the faith, and as such was honored in the name of our first temple for many years, the House of Bast.
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The lights are turned out and the shrine prepared for Friday evening prayers and meditations.
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Kai-Imakhu Merybast welcomes Kai-Imakhu Inibmutes, returning after surgery for her first event since being off work. Welcome back Kai-Imakhu!
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