Sekhmet ("She Who Is Powerful") is the goddess of war, violence and death; of vengeance and retribution; of plagues, diseases and healing.
Daughter of Ra and Hathor, she was created by her father from her mother as revenge against the people who no longer obeyed him. However, Sekhmet killed both the guilty and the innocent, so the people cried out to Ra, who taught them to mix red ochre into beer and pour it into a river. Thinking it was blood, Sekhmet drank from the river, became drunk, and stopped the carnage.
Throughout the long history of Ancient Egypt, Sekhmet was described sometimes as a unique and independent goddess, and sometimes as the counterpart of one of the other goddesses. Therefore, I allow myself to understand Sekhmet also as the representation of female rage.
It's a concept used to try to maintain some social order and balance. The problem begins with the lack of real balance in this concept. If we really stop to think about it, leaving aside all religious moralism, we'll see that a pedophile who abused and killed a child being imprisoned for a few years and then being released for good behavior is not justice because there is no balance. The pedophile didn't pay for his crime. Is having your freedom restricted for a period of time for violating a human being and taking their life a fair exchange? If you were in the victim's shoes, would the imprisonment and confinement of your aggressor for a few years be enough for you to feel that justice was done? You'll have trauma and lasting consequences for the rest of your life, your aggressor spends a few years in jail and then is free. Is that justice? Does that balance things out?
Now put yourself in the aggressor's shoes. You violated and killed a person, how would you prefer to pay your social debt?
A) spending some years in jail.
B) being violated and murdered in the same way you did to your victim.
I suppose you answered letter A. Why? Because it is more advantageous for the offender to pay off their social debt with a few years of incarceration. And if it's advantageous, it's because there is no balance in this payment.
There is no justice (meaning social balance) in simply confining certain types of criminals. Justice would only be served if they suffered in the same way their victim suffered, because only then would we have balance.
"Punishment does not prevent crimes"
In fact, it doesn't prevent crime, but rather punishment isn't about curbing crime; it's about satisfying the need for justice, balance, and retribution for the victim, their family, and society. When many crimes go unpunished, a feeling of indignation and unrest begins to emerge in society. This social disturbance, if not contained or satisfied, ends up spilling over into other areas and causing other problems.
Human societies need their offenders punished to satisfy their indignation. An indignant people is a very powerful and destructive weapon, capable of turning against itself or being manipulated towards the wrong target.
When people see a poor person from the slum being arrested with a marijuana cigarette while a rich person walks free with 400kg of cocaine in a helicopter, it causes outrage. [1] [2]
When a handful of rich kids kill a dog and get away with it because their families were friends with the police chief and the judge, the people get outraged.
When a mother with two young children to raise is run over and dragged for 1km with the handbrake on to cause more friction, that is, more damage and suffering, and dies, and the "justice" is simply to confine the criminal in a penitentiary from which he will be released in 3 years for good behavior, the people get outraged.
When a fighter beats a woman for 4 hours, claims "oops, my bad," and is released, people get outraged.
When there is so much impunity, that is, imbalance in the social order, the people end up looking for culprits in the wrong places.
Offenders must be punished in proportion to the severity of their crimes in order to maintain some stability and security in the social fabric, allowing everyone to continue with their lives and perform their duties normally, for the common good.
Therefore, punishment, or retribution, is something of extreme importance in a society/community.
There's no such thing as "preventing crimes," because you never know what a person is capable of when contradicted, nor when or how they will react.
"We must invest in education."
Education does not prevent crime, because the rich (who have access to education) commit the same crimes that the poor people without education commit: theft (commonly known as "embezzlement"), hit-and-run (commonly known as "Porsche kills..."), femicide (commonly known as "defending honor"), pedophilia (which doesn't even appear in the media, see Samuel Klein and his son, the brazilian Epstein), homicide (commonly known as "accident"), rape (commonly known as "I paid"), etc.
Unfortunately, we have to accept that there is no way to prevent crime, because even long-term solutions don't offer guarantees.
So banning, softening, or suppressing punishments will only bring more resentment and insecurity to the population. And when this reaches its limit, we'll see a civil war or a very dangerous political instability (I'm not referring to polarization, which is something more or less stable).
If you have been a victim of rape, harassment, abuse, assault, bullying, noise pollution, or any other type of violation, in the eyes of Sekhmet you have the right to revenge. Of course, in the world we live in, this right to revenge is not recognized, and is legally and morally rejected (who isn't tired of hearing "revenge is never complete, it kills the soul and poisons it"? e_e).
But if you have a knack for magic, you can get revenge magically. Because we live in a material world dominated by Science, magical attacks won't land you in jail. Lighting a candle and burning some herbs in your house is perfectly fine. \o/
"KARMA! KARMA! KARMA!"
Karma doesn't exist simply because "divine justice" doesn't exist. This is a concept that was forced down the throats of societies influenced by Christianity (like ours) so that the oppressed wouldn't take revenge on their oppressors.
The concept of karma originated in India, which facilitated the caste system. India was a profoundly unequal country, where the rulers had an interest in maintaining that inequality and therefore instilled in the people the idea that if you are poor, it's because you were bad in another life; and if you are rich, it's because you were good. This other life, however, is something for which no one has any evidence or documentation. This belief was sustained on the basis of "trust me bro 👍".
These ideas greatly favor the wealthy who inherited their riches from families that profited from human exploitation, and they favor criminals, especially when all of this is mixed with the "Law of Attraction," which preaches that everything bad that happens to a person is their fault for attracting it with negative thoughts.
Karma, divine justice, and the law of attraction don't exist. So if someone committed a crime against you, you can take revenge magically. You are the criminal's "karma."
In the Spells section you'll find some recipes.
REVENGE (2017)
Raped and murdered, a woman seeks revenge on the men involved in her trauma.
THE MENU (2022)
A film about class revenge between those who serve and those who are served.
If you have a close relationship with the gods, you can call upon Sekhmet and ask for vengeance against the person who wronged you. Make an offering of red and orange fruits, peppers, and red and golden candles. Do not offer alcoholic beverages.
A simple prayer for this:
"Dua Netjeret Sekhmet, Lioness of War,
I come with an open and transparent heart to ask you for revenge for [say what it is and the names of everyone involved.].
As a token of my anticipated gratitude, O great and powerful Sekhmet, I offer you [list all things].
Thank you for listening, incomparable Sekhmet.
Dua Sekhmet!"
Pronounce "Dua" as "doo-AH".
If you don't want to ask any specific being, write on a piece of paper:
"I, [your name], come to claim my right to vengeance for everything that [full name of the person, if you have date of birth, and address put in parentheses.] did with me [list all things].
May he/she suffer for all the pain he/she caused/still causes me.
In return, I offer an apple when I hear news of all his/her suffering."
Visualize all your anger, sadness, pain, and indignation however you like it (a ball of energy, a strange being, etc.) and visualize it penetrating the paper as if it were your personal stamp. If you can't visualize it, feel these feelings filling the paper.
Fold it up, bury it in the dirt ground because it won't work in a plant pot (if your yard is paved or you live in an apartment, you can bury it in a park or square), and say:
"I submit this petition so that the Universe may fulfill my desire for revenge."
When you hear news about what happened to the person, you bury the apple near where you buried the paper and give thanks for the fulfilled wish.
Paper and apples are biodegradable and will not harm the environment.
Tip: If you want to enhance it, you can do this when Mars is in the 8th House (you'll need to use an astrological website to find out the time).
