Bubastis

[Gwion]

After reading many of the threads on this page, I was struck by the number of us who are connected to Bast, and cat owners. (If one can really claim to OWN a cat)

I'm wondering what ways you interact with your cat in relation to Bast and/or as your familiar in your magic.

When my mother was being treated for breast cancer, my familiar Punkin was staying with her. I sent healing through Bast to her. Punkin sat on mom's lap and put her paws over the tumor, and purred. Punkin purrs very loudly. The cancer disappeared. Mom is fine.

This is from "The Three Lives of Thomasina," a 60's live action Disney movie.

Temple of Bast
"I opened my eyes, and where was I? I had heard that to die was a journey from light into darkness, and yet here was light again. This was no quiet, endless sleep; I was flying, flying wildly, without weight or effort; spinning, diving, falling backwards and downwards into the mists of time, where my ancestors were worshipped in the temples of Bast, thousands of years ago. Bast, the Cat Goddess; the Goddess with the golden eyes, staring and staring, drawing me upward and upward; then there were flowers, flowers everywhere, all around me, touching me, and the sound of music."

Lauri, the Mad Witch in the Wood, who cares for hurt and sick animals, had a profound influence on me as a child, and still represents for me what is noblest in being a Witch.

"It'll not harm me; no animal ever harms me, because they're not afraid."

[Raevyn]

I'm not exactly sure what you're asking, but as a follower of Tameran beliefs, I feel compelled to point out that Bast is far more then a Goddess of cats. The only way I interact with Sekhmet through my cats is how she finds it good when I cuddle them and lavish attention on them and how she gets a bit miffed if I say, push them out of the way :) She's a lion headed Goddess but her associations are far beyond that; if you're interested in Kemetic deities there are several threads here including one with tons of links in the History forum.