The sixth of the month of Penipt (Day of the Charm of Aishat) is dedicated to the expression of the magic power of the Goddess Aishat. The Goddess Aishat is one of the rare deities, past and present, that transcends geography, time and cultural barriers to affect the course of the world.
By Neb Naba Lamoussa Morodenibig, Nehez Meniooh and Sahkana Merutepiaou
CHARM OF AISHAT: PENIPT 6
The sixth of the month of Penipt (Day of the Charm of Aishat) is dedicated to the expression of the magic power of the Goddess Aishat. The Goddess Aishat is one of the rare deities, past and present, that transcends geography, time and cultural barriers to affect the course of the world. She is worshipped by all people under diverse names. Her original name is Aissiata, but she can be found under the names of Assietou, Aicha, Setou, Ai, Aissia, and more. The Greeks adopted her under the name of Isis, Ishtar, Minerva, Europ, Danae, Alcmene, Leto, Semele, Coronis, Mary, etc.
Aishat is recognizable as a Mother Goddess, provider of love and protection. Every human being can be put in the position of the God-son Heru as a result of the incomparable love between a dead God Wsr (Osiris) and the powerful Goddess, whose love is so strong that it could snatch her husband from the hands of death.
Aishat has always been the benefactor Goddess with extraordinary magic powers. If the God Wsr has won over death, it is because Aishat’s love for him was so strong that she enabled him to overcome death.
This is what the whole of humanity is celebrating on the 6th of Penipt. Traditionally, it is the date which every human with paranormal powers exposes their abilities to the public. This day is celebrated throughout the whole world under different traditions, and sometimes as carnivals that are directed to God-mothers.
In Africa, the celebration of the Charm of Aishat is a period of joy and reconciliation between mankind, his ancestors, and Gods. In initiation camps, this is the occasion for the neophyte to come closer to the sacred and also expose themselves to magic. Individually, one can celebrate the Charm of Aishat with sequences of prayers to the Goddess, a meditative retreat, or a day of fasting (spiritual fasting happens between sunrise and sunset - one does not eat, drink, smoke, etc.), and at sunset, one can organize a feast in the name of the Goddess. Celebrate your mother and your entire mother’s side of the family during the month of PENIPT. The Charm of Aishat is the origin of the idea of a Mother’s Day.
Neb Naba Lamoussa Morodenibig
Meditations on Charm of Aishat
As an initiate of Kemetic wisdom, I am coming to better understand the power of a woman’s role within the household, the family, and the community. This is inspired by the model of femininity, strength, courage, perseverance, and support that our Ancestral Goddess Mother Aishat demonstrated in the Holy Drama. When she learned of the death of her husband, WSR (The God-Father Osiris), she utilized all of her gifts and powers to find him. She demonstrated versatility, rigidity, and the willingness to do whatever it took to realize her husband’s goals.
As a single mother in modern society, I find all of these qualities within my daily practice with the support of my child physically, energetically, spiritually, and financially. The strength, courage, perseverance, rigidity, and willingness to do whatever it takes for our survival. All mothers are in the image of our Goddess-Mother Aishat. As we celebrate the original holiday (holy day) Charm of Aishat, on the 6th day of Penipt (16th of October), we celebrate All Mother’s charm and mystical powers.
Within Kemetic culture, the women's role within the household is often referred to as the “backbone of the family”, the backbone that supports the head of the household while holding together the entire family (body). We bring good energy and life to the household by nourishing and healing our family through cooking and keeping the house tidy/clean. We are the healers, the accountants, teachers, and through our positive energy, patience, tolerance, and willingness to sacrifice like our Goddess Mother, we contribute to the stability of the family. These same qualities are what we bring into or deprive our communities.
Let us all, as women, bring our attention to the model of Motherhood, Womanhood, and Sisterhood that the Goddess Mother inspired us with. May we find the qualities that survived to our own mothers, aunties, and elder women, and may we embody all that we can for the next group of charming, magical women in the image of the Goddess that are watching us.
Ntr Duau
Sahkana Merutepiaou
SUNSTICK DAY : PENIPT 23
Sunstick Day is an astronomical event that represents the official day from which the distance between the Earth and the sun becomes greater than the distance in the equinoxes and the summer solstice. This date marks a starting point of a dangerous distancing of the Earth from the sun. This happens with important astronomical consequences : the slowing down of the rotation and speed of the Earth, the cooling down of Earth, the pronounced interference of the energies from the celestial bodies, and the accentuation of the gravitational forces of Earth.
The slowing down of the speed of the rotation and revolution of Earth, among other consequences, happens with outcomes on our daily lives that are easy to observe. It becomes difficult for the heart to pump blood through the body. This leads to a poor irrigation of our brain, having a consequence of a tendency for bad humor and depression. The tendency we have of thinking that winter is a period of sadness is explained more by the slowing down of the rotation of Earth than by the cold and lack of sun.
This day is named Sunstick Day simply because it is the official date from which the sun starts distancing itself from the Earth. This is translated in popular expressions by a legend of the sun entering its phase of age and turning old, losing its vigor - it becomes slow like an old person. The expression “sunstick” is an analogy of an old person using the help of a cane for their movements.
This date marks the official entering of the Earth in the period covering the winter solstice. According to the tradition of the initiation schools, no material preparation for the ceremonies that commemorate the winter solstice start before this date.
It is important for the reader to understand the value of the influence of the celestial bodies on all the aspects of the energetic expression of the Earth. We will make it our duty to bring it to public knowledge and will be happy to receive your question and opinions.
Neb Naba Lamoussa Morodenibig
Meditation on Sunstick Day
Dogon Astronomer and spiritual master Neb Naba Lamoussa Morodenibig reconnected us born in the modern world with the original calendar and astronomical knowledge of the Kemetic Temples. A civilization we all adore, either from being in awe as we walk through the Ancient Egyptian museum exhibits, study the work of colonial Egyptologists, or when we have a chance to visit the wonder of the world found in the Nile Valley. When we are able to push past the amazing feats we see with the material relics left by these great Ancestors, we come to consider what it took to produce for such a long time, such a civilizational value that not only has provided the foundation to which modern society has been built, but even left a level of harmonious connection with the universe that we have not been able to reproduce.
Sun Stick Day is a celebration of the day our planet moves away from the life-giving and stabilizing energy of the Sun. It opens a time when all Earthlings face the challenges of cold temperatures, depressive mentality, and energetic insufficiency (edible plants). In less than a month, on the original Kemetic Sidereal calendar, we will be observing the death of our God-Father Wsr, a Divine personality in which we see the potential of quality that humanity could achieve. And on the 17th of Ateeri (November 26th), once his energies leave Earth following the strength of the Sun’s, we experience more physical sickness, mental instability, and a higher possibility of accidents and incidents at the hands of the destructive energies that stand uninhibited in assuming their authority on our planet.
If this sounds scary, we can find sobriety in the fact that it happens every year. It is just a part of the cyclical energies at play that we have as a resource in our lives on Earth. The great Ancestors of Kemet perpetuated this wisdom through the Sidereal Calendar, annual ceremonies, and the stories that passed down this high astronomical and spiritual knowledge to their children (and us, their descendants).
Every year, on or around Sun Stick Day, villages across Africa that still follow indigenous wisdom participate in fire ceremonies to drive out negative or harmful energies from their homes and communities. These ceremonies conclude either with a visit to an indigenous authority or to the homes of one’s maternal family. Every human being is born of a mother and inherits the conditional aspect of their destiny from her lineage. Whenever we face a vulnerable time in our lives, from the time we are newborns to the time we enter the grave, we have our mother’s energy to run back to and seek refuge and assistance.
Customarily, on Sunstick Day, we find our uncles (mother’s brother) and mothers (mother’s sisters) and give them a small gift or donation. We do this with selfish motives because we are looking for them to receive our donation and make good wishes in our name, appealing for our protection and achievements as Earth enters a difficult period.
No human being enters life on Earth by himself/herself. We all come through a mother. This Sun Stick Day and throughout the entire month of Penipt (October 11 - November 9), may we all meditate on the profound impact our mother’s side has had on our lives. May we spiritually bring our attention to our maternal family, acknowledging, honoring, and caring for that connection. Let us give our wishes to the spirit of our mother’s family on whatever small gifts or donations we have to give to our living maternal relatives, just as those before us did. Anytime we observe the indigenous tradition and wisdom at the foundation of our humanity in our lives, we become a little more human ourselves.
Happy Sun Stick Day!
Nehez Meniooh
