“In Bastet's Thrall by Stewart Stafford A sight unseen, Eyes of feline green, Make me do their bidding. That whiskered mask, In adulation basks, Affection makes a killing. Great but small, In Bastet's thrall, It dares me with a licking. In regal fur, A seductive purr, And tail brazenly quitting. © Stewart Stafford, 2021. All rights reserved.” PoetryPoemCatPoemsCatsFelineEgyptian GodsCats And Other MythsCat LoversBastet Author:Stewart Stafford
“The cat's sophisticated personae are masks of an advanced theatricality. Priests and god its own cult, the cat follows a code of ritual purity, cleaning itself religiously. Priest and god of its own cult, the car sacrifices to itself and may share its ceremonies with the elect. [...] The cat is the least Christian inhabitant of the entire home.” CatsPaganEsoterismRitual SacrificeBastetEgyptian Spirituality Book:Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson Source: Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson