continuing exploration of ancient Egyptian religion
Yinepu is Coming to Town! Oh… you better not cause the children to cry. You better not steal, I’m tellin’ you why: Yinepu is coming to town! He’s adjusting the scales, with a feather of Ma’at, He’s gonna find out if your heart’s good or not. Yinepu is coming to town!
Amazing! The ancient Egyptians faxed ice cream through the Duat. Unfortunately it was subject to sampling and outright hijacking by Duat denizens, and required serious protective heka. Which took time to perform. Often the ice cream melted before the spells were completed. š
Here comes Wepwawet, here comes Wepwawet, Openinā the Wepwawet way! Heās got a sledge pulled by Golden Jackals, Pullin’ on the reins! Sistra are shakin’, merry makin’ All is merry and bright! Light your incense, make your offerings, ‘Cause Wepwawet comes tonight!
This year, the holiday of “The Establishment of the Celestial Cow” falls on December 25th in the Kemetic Orthodox calendar. It’s been dubbed “Moo-mas,” and it gives members an excuse to use up some of their time off to plan get-togethers and send each other cards.Ā Mehet-WeretĀ is the specific name for the Celestial Cow. Then Wepwawet…
Here’s a fun little meme for you. Please link back to kemeticrecon.com if you use it. Thanks!
Devo has just done an intro on making and activating your own amulets. Enjoy!
How separate are the Netjeru? Do they all come from one source? Are they all just reflections of the One? What’s the difference between Monolatry and Henotheism? What about the whole Amun-Ra / Ra-Horakhty / Mut-Aset-Nekhbet Syncretic thing? These are questions that give Kemetics headaches! Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt by Erik Hornung is…
My friend Devo has written a summary of how the ancient Kemetic priesthood operated, and some comparison on how priesthood is handled now, on The Twisted Rope blog:Ā Kemetic Priesthood: Then and Now. She’ll do a post later with her ideas on it, and I plan to do a response here as well. What do you,…
I’ve started a second website/blog called shrinebeautiful.com,Ā Enspiring, Enchanting Sacred Spaces- Altars and Shrines from Many Pagan Paths. Its goal is to go beyond being a photo collection, have people discuss the “why” and “how,” and categorize each shrine by path(s), with links to pages with more information. Why Shrine Beautiful? TheĀ neo-pagan*Ā world is wonderfully diverse….
My friend Sarduriur wrote a beautiful Prayer to Heqet for Healing on her blog, Shadows of the Sun. I forgot to mention in my #2 Heqet post that the hieroglyph for 100,000 is a tadpole. It furtherĀ reinforcesĀ the “teeming with life” theme. Related articles The Frog Goddess #1 (Pagan Blog Project #10a) (kemeticrecon.com) The Frog Goddess…