continuing exploration of ancient Egyptian religion
Here comes Wepwawet, here comes Wepwawet, Openin’ the Wepwawet way! He’s 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. Mehet-Weret 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!
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: 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, 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? The neo-pagan* 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 further reinforces the “teeming with life” theme. Related articles The Frog Goddess #1 (Pagan Blog Project #10a) (kemeticrecon.com) The Frog Goddess…
Here’s an interesting blog post on Pantheos, summarizing Religio Romana. It’s interesting to see the similarities and differences with Kemeticsim.
Another amazing, beautiful post by Kiya/Darkhawk: My Path. It seems intensely Kemetic in its view, while scarcely referencing the netjeru at all.
The Forge of the Coppersmiths! Execration. It’s the more precise term for ‘curse.’ It comes from the Latin word “execrare.” “Ex” meaning “out” (as in exterior) and “sacrare” meaning to make sacred (as in consecrate.) Tomb curses The most famous ancient Egyptian curse is the one on King Tutankhamen’s tomb. The excavators ignored the warning:…