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Performed by Lorene Shyba, Music by Islene Runningdeer.

Performed by Lorene Shyba.

We enter and exit this life through the same gateway, the Breath.

The Heart is directly connected to the workings of our minds and emotions.

A strong and open Heart intelligence can improve one’s sense of well-being,
and connectedness with others and the world.

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Excerpt, from the Chapter "Ancient Egypt"

Nenet might have sung, recited, or written these incantations on a tin tablet while working at the bedside of a woman giving birth.
Hymn to the Seven Hathors (goddesses of fertility, childbirth)

We beat the framedrum
for Her spirit
we dance
for Her majesty
we raise high Her image
to the heights of heaven
it is She who is
the Lady of the Sekhem sistra
and the menat
the Lady of the Naos sistrum
music is made for Her ka (life energy)
we worship Her majesty
making offerings from sunset to dawn
it is She who is
the lady of joyful music
the lady of the iab-dance
the lady of sounding the sistrum
the lady of singers
the lady of the kheb-dance
the lady of weaving garlands
the lady of beauty
the lady of the keskes dance
when Her two eyes open :
the sun and the moon
our hearts rejoice in seeing the light
it is She who is the lady of the dance wreaths
the lady of those who are drunk with joy
we do not dance and drum for any other
we devote ourselves to Her divine spirit alone
Nenet may have sung this hymn, with sister Shemayet, in the Temple of Hathor in Dendera. A special chamber in the temple, a birth house called the mammisi, was reserved for pregnant women who wished to pray to Hathor for a successful and healthy birth. Nenet may have sung within these walls many times.