Bastet goddess was a protective lioness goddess, however, and is useful only in deciphering the origin of the term, alabaster. Bastet was originally a fierce lioness warrior goddess of the sun throughout most of ancient Egyptian history, but later she was changed into the cat goddess that is familiar today, becoming Bastet. She was also seen as the daughter and consort of Atum-Ra. She also had a son with Atum-Ra, the lion god Maahes. As protector of Lower Egypt, she was seen as defender of the pharaoh, and consequently of the sun god, Ra. Along with other deities like Hathor, Sekhmet,
The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume Two The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume Two The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume Two is a 1965 recording by the jazz musician Sun Ra and his Solar Arkestra. Where ""Volume One"" of the "Heliocentric Worlds" series had predominantly featured short abstract pieces, "Volume Two" features longer pieces performed by a smaller group, making it closer in spirit to the contemporaneous "The Magic City", released on Ra's own Saturn label. The record has been widely bootlegged, some versions of which were retitled The Sun Myth. The album was re-released on CD by ZYX-Music (ESP 1017-2) in the 1990s. "The