Dua Bast! Mighty of Heart! Day 2 of the Great Festival of Bast

"Lady Bast beloved of the Gods (Mau Bast Merit Netcheru) we call to you Mighty Lady of the East, Right eye of Ra.

Thank you Beloved daughter of Ra for the blessings you bestow on all of us everyday.

Thank you for your love, most Powerful Mother. Thank you for the Peace and Protection you bring into our homes, to the temples and Sanctuaries; to the people and your Beloved Animals!

We are renewed by your Blessings each day, you are the rekindler of new life, Beloved Lady of Bubastis, who grants your creation, from the first occasion. [The world was said to have emerged from an infinite, lifeless sea when the sun rose for the first time, in a distant period known as Zep Tepi, or the First Occasion.]

Goddess, you are the Concealed One who shows us love and affection and who grants us pleasure to experience the deepest fulfillment of life. Our hearts rejoice in your presence like the Lotus praises Ra at each new day.

Lady of Blossoming you bring us joy and we thank you for bestowing this upon all of us! You have our love, oh beautiful Bast, Powerful One, Soul of Isis.

Offerings we make to you, flame of the Sun, Great Protectoress, Daughter of Delight, Infinite Fulfillment Made Manifest. Most honored Bast!"

~ version of Hymn to Bast by Rahopet (circa 2000 BCE)

Hymn from this lovely website

Today marks the second day of the Great Festival of Bast- or the holiday of Chewing Onions for Bast, chewing of onions took place on the first day and the boat procession took place on the second. 

“I permitted Bast to shine forth in her boat, on her beautiful festival of the fifth day of the eighth month.” (Louvre A88, Saite statue inscription)

Dua Bast! May Her blessings fill your hearts!

Senebty, 

Isa