Bast Sistrum Cauldron The Strong One

The Strong One

an illiterate sharecropper who transmits Green Man wisdom

Venus asked him to forge armor for her son Aeneas

she produced all earthly life

Bast Sistrum Cauldron The Strong OneChants, songs, incense; the ringing jingle of the sistrum was central to Egyptian goddess worship. We have recreated this Egyptian sacred rattle to glorify Bast. Its tinkling evokes energy and a mood of good cheer. Egyptian Priestesses used sistrums to create a circle of protection around themselves and the deity image and to banish unwanted negative energy. Bast, the Sacred Cat, symbolized the moon in its function of making a woman fruitful, with