Ausir Mysteries – A New Hope More sprouts! When will it end? If you remember, in our last installment, I’d removed about half the sprouts. The next day the jar is fuller than before! Is one of you sneaking in more sprouts? More sprouts out of the jar for an offering salad. I’m taking more…
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DIY Ausir Mystery (Bast too!) Part 3
Ausir Mysteries – The Two Sprouts Day three. Way, way too many sprouts. It’s aliiiiive! As you can see, our little pile of wheat has grown. You can also see the roots, even at this distance. You can clearly see the roots. I took about half the sprouts out of the jar for the Bast…
DIY Ausir Mystery (Bast too!) Part 2
Ausir Mysteries – The Saga Continues… Twelve to twenty-four hours later we pour out the water and take a look at our wheat. Kamut Grains, with rootlets! The grains are starting to get tiny rootlets- the little white protuberances at one end. Kamut after soaking. You can see that the grain takes up a lot…
DIY Ausir Mystery (Bast too!) Part 1
Osiris, Ausir, Wesir…. The Green Guy For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, our planting season isn’t in synch with the calendar of ancient Egypt. By the time November rolls around it’s way too late to plant anything. And many people don’t have the space for a garden anyway. How do we celebrate the…
Kemetic Interfaith Network, can it really work?
Many of you will have already seen this, but if not… A New Year’s Gift for Kemet and Her People Will the new Kemetic Interfaith Network forum realize its purpose? I hope so! I’ve often felt like I’m in Life of Bryan, in which groups that have almost the same goals see each other as…
Kemetic Orthodox – Aset Luminous Dua
Aset Luminous! This is the Kemetic Orthodox holiday that is based on the Edfu calendar festival of “Aset the Bright.” This particular one took place on the evening of July 6. I hadn’t had any interaction with Aset, especially since she has a bit of a “reputation” amongst people who aren’t devotees. But I’ve decided…
To "Pagan" or not to "Pagan": That is the Question.
An interesting blog entry: Kna’ani: Impressions of Tess Dawson, a Canaanite Polytheist. I wonder if the various polytheist / reconstructionist religions should perhaps build on overall identity, instead of identifying ourselves as Pagans. I especially notice this issue on The Cauldron. Their Reformed Kemeticism SIG is a great resource, but you can tell on the…
Kemetic Orthodox Dua- Beautiful Reunion
On June 22nd, the Kemetic Orthodox group celebrated the Feast of the Beautiful Reunion. In the original festival, the statue of Hethert took a 100-mile, four-day boat journey from Dendera to Edfu, to be reunited with Heru-Behdety. Descriptions of the historic processions are here and here. Beautiful Reunion Dua Music is one of Hethert’s spheres,…
Kemetic Orthodox Dua- Tepy-Semdet (Full Moon Festival)
Tepy-Semdet Offering Table The evening of June 15, the House of Netjer held one of their online Duas, via IRC chat. I enjoy these, even though they’re done remotely as text-only. Knowing that other people around the globe are doing the same chat ritual makes it a lot more interesting and adds some power. This…
Nekhtet! Nekhtet! Nekhtet!
The written job offer has finally come through and been accepted! Previous Breakfast Offering Mummy Case and Roses. Rookwood Vase. Now we will need to plan thank-you duas for Wepwawet and Djehuty, so there are more Skype rituals to be done. I’ll also see if I can persuade my friend to do a guest blog…