{"id":41,"date":"2011-01-27T14:59:16","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T19:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/?p=41"},"modified":"2015-03-22T20:43:04","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T00:43:04","slug":"hymn-to-bast-mut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/2011\/01\/27\/hymn-to-bast-mut\/","title":{"rendered":"Hymn to Bast-Mut"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-41-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Hymn-to-Bast-Mut.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Hymn-to-Bast-Mut.mp3\">https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Hymn-to-Bast-Mut.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><font size=+1>Hymn to Bast-Mut<\/font><br \/>\n<font size=-2>&#169; 2011 Natalie Baan<\/font><\/p>\n<p>Hymn to Bast-Mut<\/p>\n<p>O Great of Sunlight<br \/>\nIn beauty rising at dawn,<br \/>\nO Lady of Might,<br \/>\nSole One in the presence of Ra,<br \/>\nYou shine like silver.<br \/>\nKhepera adores You.<br \/>\nO Woman of Gold,<br \/>\nHeru is praising You.<\/p>\n<p>Living of Soul,<br \/>\nQueen of Heaven,<br \/>\nSmile upon us<br \/>\nIn every good season.<br \/>\nShine for us now,<br \/>\nShow us Your face,<br \/>\nPour down Your love<br \/>\nand grace.<\/p>\n<p>Wadj-scepter in hand,<br \/>\nYou bring forth all that is good.<br \/>\nO Flame of All Lands,<br \/>\nLiving by the strength of Your Word.<br \/>\nRa knows Your beauty,<br \/>\nadorned in majesty,<br \/>\nYour shining White Crown<br \/>\nand lapis-lazuli.<\/p>\n<p>Mighty of Births,<br \/>\nNoble Udjat,<br \/>\nCobra of fire,<br \/>\nRising up before Ra,<br \/>\nKindly of face,<br \/>\nWe shall not fear<br \/>\nWhen we know You<br \/>\nAre near.<\/p>\n<p>Great Lady Bast-Mut<br \/>\nUpon the throne that You love,<br \/>\nIn Your Name of Sekhmet,<br \/>\nYou are the Lion of God.<br \/>\nIn Your Name of Hethert,<br \/>\nYour joy is perfect and pure.<br \/>\nGreat Lady Bast-Mut,<br \/>\nThrough You these Two Lands endure.<br \/>\nGreat Lady Bast-Mut,<br \/>\nIn our hearts the Two Lands endure.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><font size=-2><i>Notes<\/i>: Written in the fall of 2007. Lyrics drawn from\/inspired by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishmuseum.org\/explore\/highlights\/highlight_objects\/aes\/t\/the_crossword_stela_of_paser.aspx\">&#8220;crossword stela&#8221; of Paser<\/a>; see H. M. Stewart, &#8220;A Crossword Hymn to Mut&#8221; (<i>Journal of Egyptian Archaeology<\/i> 57 [Aug. 1971], 87-104).<\/font><\/p>\n<hr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hymn to Bast-Mut &#169; 2011 Natalie Baan Hymn to Bast-Mut O Great of Sunlight In beauty rising at dawn, O Lady of Might, Sole One in the presence of Ra, You shine like silver. Khepera adores You. O Woman of Gold, Heru is praising You. Living of Soul, Queen of Heaven, Smile upon us In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bast-mut"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.firecat.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}