Nehetankh’s perspective on Ausir, in her blog Osiris, the Living God. I think she’s right on this. Can Ausir be more dead than the Akhu?
Author: helmsin2
Link: Wesir Mysteries
Here’s the start of an interesting series of reflections on the Wesir (Osiris) Mysteries: Day one:Day two:Day three:Day four:Day five:
Book ‘o the Dead 1.0
Send in the next defendant! Make it a bad one, Ammit missed lunch. “The Book of the Dead!” All right, we know it’s really the “Book of Coming Forth By Day,” but BoTD has such a delicious gothy feel to it. It’s usually the only Egyptian book you can find in bookstores, and people get…
Link: Missing Link: When Ancestors Don’t Match Your Religion?
An interesting blog post by Tess Dawson, Canaanaite Polytheist. Missing Link: When Ancestors Don’t Match Your Religion. This is an issue for almost all Kemetics. How do you approach it?
Geb and Nut- and "I am Shu!"
Geb and Nut.. and Shu, Ra, Ma’at, Duat, and Heka One of the striking things about Kemetic rituals is that it’s common to declare yourself as one of the netjeru. It’s difficult for us to wrap our minds around that and to actually say it. “I am Sekhmet!” “I am Djehuty!” Somehow you expect a…
Kemetic Interfaith Network- Checking Back
Gratuitous Shrine Pic Back in July, I did an initial look at the Kemetic Interfaith Network forum. How’s it been doing? Surprisingly well! At the moment, there are 154 registered users on it, and 2,728 posts. The Kemetic world is a small one, so if you’re active on some of the other forums, you’ll recognize…
Set Theory 1.1
The Land Divided I’ve been reading H. Te Velde’s Seth, God of Confusion. It’s excellent, and is probably the major study of Set at this point. There’s a point in the Contendings in which Geb tries to make peace by giving them different parts of the world. Here’s a quote from p. 63: A…
Link: Why do you worship Set? (Warboar)
For those who can’t get enough of Sutekh- here’s an excellent summary with a mix of historical and personal.
Set Theory 1.0
Heru and Sutekh I often get the idea that people don’t understand Balance, and the roles of Heru (Horus) and Sutekh (Set). One of the reasons is undoubtedly that due to the Christian influence on Western civilization we tend to see things in Good/Bad polarities. It’s interesting that most of us can wrap our minds…
Ancient Lives Project: Decypher Papyri In the Comfort of Your Own Home!
In 1896 a dig began at the site of Oxrhnchus, ‘City of the Sharp-Nosed Fish.” What had been garbage dumps began to yield papyri of all kinds- books, poetry, contracts, letters, and wills. When the digging ceased, 500,000 fragments of papyrus were sent to Oxford. Here’s the story… With the Ancient Lives project, you can…