#Sobek Kemetic

[the-bandit-brood]

Oh Sobek, Lord Between the Reeds, you lift me up from the dark and treacherous waters that are your home, keeping me safe in my own delving to darkness. Praise to you, and your glorious scales and claws and teeth, may you always be full, and never hungry, and may your teeth never feel the need to bury themselves into our skin.

May you instead feast on all of my shame and fear, and may it fill you with the strength you deserve.

Dua Sobek!

[madmonksandmaenads]

I have been pondering the Labyrinth, not as prison or as maze, but as the house grown to monstrous proportions. Rooms festering without purpose cancerous within winding corridors. Ornamentations of a forgotten past, functionaries without masters.

The Palace of Minos was one such Labryinth. Its walls swelled with the riches of an ancient kingdom. It was the life bed of a man doomed to be a judge of the dead. Life sheltering death. It grew from resplendent garden to a tangled morose due to the seed of stolen sacrifice. A bull from stygian depth denied its proper return. Life clinging to death. That seed flowered into an unquenchable appetite. Death undeniable within life.

A labyrinth is built from the inside out. Every room carved out, filled up, entombed. It expands layer upon layer with each generation within it. What is the labyrinth but the outward expression of the manifold desires of its inhabitants?

What if that inhabitant is a god? Sobek, great god of appetite, resided within his labyrinth kept company by his crocodiles, his cunning priesthood, and his fearful pilgrims. Appetite is a desire that requires growth and consumption in equal measure. Life and death in masturbatory cycle.

To the ancients the Palace of Minos, the Temple of Sobek, were baffling constructs. Buildings whose sheer size made them unnavigatable to the uninitiated. Would modern man find them so?

In this rat racing aeon; in this landscape of malls, offices, campus complexes; would the Labryinth even register as an oddity. We are already so familiar with the cancer spiral of death chasing life. It has built far larger palaces than any ancient Minoan can dream.

[gemahi]

Happy Wep Ronpet and DUA SOBEK-RA!!!!! 🥺

[tawaubast]

Dua Sobek-Ra!

I can honestly say I don't know much about Him, but this is a year in which I can connect to His energy and truly get to know this magnificent Netjeru.

May He watch over you through this new year!

[thetelesterion]

Sobek, god of the Nile River. Depicted with the head of a crocodile, he is in a traditional seated pose with an ankh symbol on his lap.

[visiongoddess]

Kemetic Diety Jar

This is just some basic items that each deity likes. The intention behind this is to in a deity jar (which can be worn as a necklace), as opposed to these being offerings.

These items can be used as something to put on an alter, but from the research I did, there are other things you would offer to them.

[worship-of-the-gods]

I haven't done art in a while so this is rough but I wanted to do something for Sobek-Ra, Netjer of this coming new year!

[houndcall]

I'd love to build an altar out here eventually but for now, my Sobek will chill next to my plumbagos and hopefully bless my garden :)

[wanderingskemetic]

🐊Subtle Sobek Worship💧

Greatly inspired by @khaire-traveler's wonderful subtle worship series, which can be found here.

Stand in water; ground yourself around bodies of water; meditate standing in or near them

Make a list of your personal strengths and things you're proud of

Learn about and uphold Ma'at

Make a playlist or listen to songs that remind you of him or you think he'd like

Make a collage/moodboard/pinterest board/similar collection of photos and images you associate with him, especially if some of the images are your own

Wear a piece of jewelry or other clothing item that reminds you of him, especially green ones

Light a candle or incense that reminds you of him (safely)

Carry a picture of him in your wallet, pocket, phone case, etc. or as a phone or computer wallpaper

Have crocodile or plume imagery

Drink water; stay hydrated

Fall asleep/meditate to water sounds

Visit a local river, creek, or body of water; sit beside it and relax - draw, paint, fish, etc.

Collect river water (please do not drink this)

Eat in season produce; support local farmers

Plant a garden; grow plants in your home/room

Support water related organizations, such as those that help clean up the ocean or those that help people get clean water

Learn about marshes and the animals and plants that live in them

Cook with homegrown herbs or produce

Take charge/leadership roles in parts of your life

Get involved with your government (vote, go to local meetings, protest, write/call a leader, etc.)

Learn self-defense, weapons included or not

Practice standing up for yourself; speak your mind and assert your personal boundaries

Exercise a little, even if it's just stretching

Do something hard or challenging, especially if you've been putting it off, or it needs to get done

Learn about healthy conflict resolution skills; try to implement these in your next conflict

Work on becoming more comfortable with the idea of conflict; it is only natural that we sometimes disagree with people

Spend time out in nature especially near rivers or marshes

Pick and/or press flowers (only from areas you're allowed to)

Try fishing if possible offer the fish you catch to him

Plant seeds, especially the fruit of vegetables you've eaten

Go swimming or learn to swim

Requested by @ratatujl.

I may add more to this list in the future. Suggestions are always appreciated.

Link to the Kemetic Subtle Worship Masterpost

[sehetep-shenwer]

Im Hotep y'all

Just moved into my new apartment and set up my altar!!

Gonna definitely try to implement worship and magic into my schedule now as soon as I get a job. Seneb Ti!

[be-your-bast]

New addition to the shop!

Made to order mini Sobek-Ra icon and altar set

Dua Sobek-Ra who sits amongst the reeds under the Akhu stars!

[meseh-aha]

Dua Sobek-Ra on Your feast day.

Ruler of the Great Green, Strong of Heart and Limb, the Primeval One.

May You feast heartily on this day, and may it be pleasing to You.

[hemseti-seshenmaiu]

Sobek and Sobek-Ra shrine icons

Sobek (left) and Sobek-Ra (right). Sobek-Ra is the god of the year!

If you use, credit back to me (@hemseti-seshenmaiu or @dreadfulstar)

[tawaubast]

I kinda did a thing.

[sensitiveseal]

devotional sobek stimboard! 🐊🥩

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[deitiesofduat]

Hi all! So uhhhhh I used Mermay to explore Sobek's more hybrid features in DEITIESProject >>

This form is something that Sobek -- and most deities -- can canonly take with transformation magic, it fall under the category of hybrid features. Though I'm not sure whether this makes him look more like a "merfolk" or a "centaur" (or both? both ✨).

That said, I feel like every time I draw a crocodilian I have to relearn it all over again, esp. their body markings and scales/scutes -- it's fun, just never very consistent. But I've learned a few new tricks to get Sobek's croc form closer to that "semi-realistic but still stylized/cartoony" look I'm aiming for.

Also! I traded his usual feathered headdress for the horned variant -- originally for the sake of reducing negative space and cropping, but I actually like this look on him too!

DEITIES Website: deitiesproject.com

Sobek’s Profile: deitiesproject.com/portfolio/sobek