Have you ever had an experience with shrine equipment, statues, or other religious paraphernalia acting oddly? What happened? How did you react? Did you ever figure out what it was? I've seen a thread like this on another forum and found it interesting; I'd love to hear of your experiences here!
I'll start us off:
There's this candle holder I have which has small figures of Sekhmet, Anpu, and Khonsu holding was scepters with their backs to the central column. One day while I was meditating at my shrine, Khonsu's hand--the one holding the staff--shot off and flew across the room! Just... peaceful, quiet, serene and then POW! Scared the heck out of me, and for a while I kept trying to figure out what Khonsu was trying to say by that. What did it mean?!
Then I calmed down and realized that there was a sunbeam which was shining down in a narrow ray on that figure's hand. Probably, the light superheated the hand while the rest of the statue remained cool, and the expansion of the material in the hand caused it to break off and fly across the room rather dramatically. I laughed at myself and glued the hand back on. Now I find the whole experience amusing.
I'll start us off:
There's this candle holder I have which has small figures of Sekhmet, Anpu, and Khonsu holding was scepters with their backs to the central column. One day while I was meditating at my shrine, Khonsu's hand--the one holding the staff--shot off and flew across the room! Just... peaceful, quiet, serene and then POW! Scared the heck out of me, and for a while I kept trying to figure out what Khonsu was trying to say by that. What did it mean?!
Then I calmed down and realized that there was a sunbeam which was shining down in a narrow ray on that figure's hand. Probably, the light superheated the hand while the rest of the statue remained cool, and the expansion of the material in the hand caused it to break off and fly across the room rather dramatically. I laughed at myself and glued the hand back on. Now I find the whole experience amusing.
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