Hey all,

I posted earlier about my wife talking to a statue in her altar room around 3:30am. I described how I’d wake up and find her lighting candles, whispering, sometimes crying, or just sitting in silence in front of it. I admitted it made me uncomfortable as I didn’t understand what it was or why it felt so heavy when I was near it.

I got a lot of different responses…some supportive, some critical, and a few warning me about demons. So I did something I hadn’t done before:

I asked her and I REALLY listened. And I researched.

Here’s what I’ve learned:

The statue is Sekhmet. She’s not a demon. She’s not a cursed idol. She’s not something from a horror movie.

Sekhmet is the goddess of fire, war, healing, and protection. She represents divine rage, sacred boundaries, and clearing away lies and trauma.

My wife has been through a lot. Deep trauma, grief, ancestral pain that she never had language for. Traditional therapy helped, but she felt something missing. When she discovered Sekhmet, she said it was like something ancient in her woke up. My wife said that Sekhmet doesn’t just protect her, but she purifies her, and forces her to face her truth and stop apologizing for her fire.

She’s not “doing witchcraft” when I catch her awake at 3:30am.. she’s at-least not doing it in the way some people mean. She’s doing something very old, very sacred, and very personal.

She lights candles to pray, ask for clarity, release pain, protect our family (yes, me too), or sit in silence with the fire until she feels peace again.

Sometimes she cries. Sometimes she journals. Sometimes she just listens.

I thought she was being pulled away from herself. Turns out, she was finally coming home to herself through a practice that looks different, but is rooted in something deeper than any label.

So when she prays to the statue, lights candles, or cries in front of it, she’s worshipping it. She’s transforming. She’s healing.

I guess that’s why it felt heavy being near it. Because Sekhmet isn’t soft energy. She’s fire. She represents shadow work, truth-telling, and ancestral cleanup.

And when you carry unspoken pain or fear that fire, it feels intense to be near her. I wasn’t ready for it. That was on me. I wasn’t aware of what it actually meant to work with an archetypal energy for healing and feminine power. But now that I understand, I don’t feel scared anymore. I feel respect.

Im sharing this not because I need to convince anyone. But because I know there are people out there going through spiritual awakenings that don’t look like mainstream religion, trying to heal in ways their families don’t understand, or carrying fire in their belly but being told it’s “wrong” or “dark”.

If that’s you, or your partner, I encourage you to ask, not accuse. Listen, not judge. You might find out the thing that scares you… is actually saving them.