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Hwt-Her (Hathor) the Mistress of the Sky, Lady of Contentment, the Eye of Ra Who is beautiful of face. Hwt-Her the Golden Lady, the Mistress of Turquoise and Lady of the West. So declare the gilded hieroglyphs flanking this elegant icon in celebration of Egypt's oldest Mother Goddess.

Hwt-Her or Hat-hor embodies the sacred power of female sexuality, motherhood, love, the dance, the union of couples, the production of offspring and the glories of love. In this icon, the Goddess rises up in a brilliant turquoise sky, her arms upraised as if in a dance, her long, slender fingers hoisting up the edges of a star-spangled glyph saying "sky", "heaven".

On the viewer's left we see an image of the Sacred Falcon mounting the sesheshet or sistrum, the divine rattle used in rituals to the Goddess Hwt-Her, but also as a personification of the Goddess Herself. This part of the iconic composition is actually a rebus expressing firstly the meaning of the name of the Goddess as intend...

Ptahmassu Nofra-Uaa is an internationally recognized artist, writer, human rights spokesperson and spiritual teacher, whose scholarship and vision have been noted by significant members of the metaphysical and cultural arts communities. Born in San Diego, California into a family of artists, he began at six years of age to receive instruction in figure studies, watercolor technique, and Old World oil painting methods from his father, an accomplished portrait and landscape painter. At the age of six, Ptahmassu began what has evolved into a life long obsession with the civilization, art and religious practices of the ancient Egyptians. Even at this tender age, the boy astonished (and not a little horrified) his parents when he declared...