Egyptian Mau on Instagram: "✨ "Music can be a weapon… and its secrets are deeper than you think." In Ancient Egypt, the sistrum was never just a musical instrument. Every vibration carried power: 🔮 One sound could open hidden doors. 🌑 Another could drive away dark spirits. 💫 The secret of music was that it became a sacred force connecting humans to the spiritual world. Now you can own a handmade pure copper sistrum and uncover the same mystery that once enchanted an entire civilization. Order

Jenni-Rose on Instagram: "The Shesheshet (sššt) or sekhem (sḫm) Egyptian words for ancient percussion ritual rattles, now most often called the Sistrum (latin) or Sistra (plural). Considered to be one of the most sacred instruments of worship, probably originally dedicated to goddess Bat (both cow headed) before it became associated with Hathor. Aset (goddess Isis) was sometimes depicted with it also particularly associated with the inundation of the Nile. The Sistrum with its ankh shape and ass