Sekhmet - Menstruation Obosom (Goddess)

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Sekhmet

Mikyia mo (Greetings),

There is a great deal of misinformation circulating in the Afurakani/Afuraitkaitnit (African~Black) community about the nature of menstruation (referred to in Akan as obra --the menses).

Decades ago, some of the white lesbian "new-age" pseudo-spiritualists put forward the false proposition that "menstruation is not normal", "it is a sign of disease". Many in the Afurakani/Afuraitkaitnit community who began to look into holistic or "alternative" health gathered this misinformation, unwittingly internalized it and later propagated it. Some went even further to promote the idea that in ancient Afuraka/Afuraitkait (Africa) Black women didn't menstruate. This is absolutely inaccurate.

All sistas are not the same and their bodies may manifest functions slightly at variance with other sistas, however obra (menses), in general, is natural for Afuraitkaitnut (African Women) in the fullest sense of the term. Indeed, it is a connection to the Divine operating within Nature.

The Obosom (Goddess) Sekhmet pictured above from a mural in Kamit (Egypt) is a Divine Spirit-Force in Creation Who participates in the enforcement of Divine Order. She also governs obra/menstruation. Moreover, She governs plagues/epidemics as well as their alleviation/cures.

We have addressed these functions of Sekhmet in the context of the 4th part of our article-series entitled:

MMARA NE KYI
Divine Law and Divine Hate

The link to part 4 which includes information about Sekhmet and Her connection to menstruation can be found here:

MMARA NE KYI - Ofa a eto so Nan, Part 4

Obra/menstruation is not only natural...there is a Obosom/Goddess in Nature Who governs this Divine release of life-blood. Sekhmet, by the way, infuses Her Divine Energy in the mogya (blood) of Afuraitkaitnit (African) Women only.

[It is always important to note that the Abosom/Orisha/Vodou/Arusi (Deities) only work with/through Afurakanu/Afuraitkaitnut (Africans~Black People)].

We should also note that Sekhmet is spelled with the consonants s-kh-m-t in the metutu (hieroglyphics) of Kamit. This is why some Afurakani/Afuraitkaitnit ethnic groups pronounce the name Sekhmet, Sechemet, Sechimat, Sakhmat, etc.

The Sakhmat or Sakhmata pronunciation became Sakpata and Sagbata in the languages of the Fon and Ewe.

In the culture of the Fon and Ewe people, the Vodou (the Divinities), Da Zodji and Nyohwe Ananu are the Male and Female Twin-Divinities birthed by Mawu-Lisa (The Mother and Father Supreme Being) to govern Earth.

These Two Vodou, Da Zodji and Nyohwe Ananu, are called the Sagbata (Sakpata) Twins.

Those who know of Sakpata know that this Divine Spirit-Force governs plagues and epidemics and their alleviation/cures...among other things. The male Sakpata Twin is called Obaluaiye (Babaluaiye) in Yoruba and Oboade in Akan.

In Kamit this male Ntoro (Neter/Divinity) is called Ptah, the Husband of Sekhmet. [Research the story of how Ptah released a plague of rodents to destroy the shields (the immunity) of the assyrian army in order to help the Kamau win the battle of Pelusium.]

A question has been posed: Can an obaa, an Afuraitkaitnit (African) woman, alter her diet and stop monthly bleeding?

Of course she can. She can also alter her diet and develop high blood pressure.

Just because you can affect your bodily processes through changing diet and behavior doesn't mean that you should. [Perspiration is natural. However, some individuals opt to use anti-perspirants for convenience---unwittingly trapping toxins inside the body.]

It is important to understand that you should only alter your diet and behavior in order to align yourself and/or realign yourself with Divine Order.

With regard to obra/menstruation, certainly, excessive bleeding is unnatural. However, for those who want to truly know the Divine nature of obra (the menses) you should invoke Sekhmet/Nyohwe Ananu and ask Her---as well as your Nananom Nsamanfo (Egungun/Kuvito/Mmuo--Spiritually Cultivated Ancestresses and Ancestors). The monthly release is directly related to your connection to Asaase Afua (Earth Mother) and the Ancestresses and Ancestors of your matricirulage (matrilineal blood-circle) Who must return through you.

Many Afuraitkaitnut (African Women) have done this. They have invoked Sekhmet (Nyohwe Ananu) and have discovered the truth for themselves.

We cannot hold our spirituality hostage to white pseudo-spiritualist rationalizations being unwittingly propagated by well-meaning but misinformed members of our own community. (There are also those who are informed, but seek to prey on ignorance in order to seduce Afuraitkaitnit women into a pseudo-religious cult by mesmerizing them with "deep" mis-information.)

Please read the excerpted article and do further independent research---intellectual and ritual (invocatory).

..SANKOFA..
www.odwirafo.com/nanasom.html

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Mikyia mo (Greetings),

Parts 1 (posted above) and 2 of this article-series on Sekhmet can be found as pdf documents on our website at:

www.odwirafo.com/nhwehwemupage.html

..SANKOFA..

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Mikyia mo (Greetings),

Part 3 of this article-series has been published and can be found, along with Parts 1 and 2 as pdf documents on our site:

www.odwirafo.com/nhwehwemupage.html

..SANKOFA..

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