continuing exploration of ancient Egyptian religion
The lilacs were blooming, so I decided it was a good time to offer some on my shrine. I dedicated them to Bast. I’ve decided to use my Japanese ceramics in my shrine. That way I get to see them a lot more often. The shrine cloth was a surprise gift from a friend. The…
The Kemetic Orthodox Devotional Calendar lists today (Shomu 5) as “Geb and Nut are judged before the Netjeru” (Beautiful Feast of the Valley, Day 2). “Spend some of the day contemplating Geb and Nut.” So, inspired by Naydler’s Temple of the Cosmos, here we go: Let’s review the Heliopolitan creation story: Atum is the self-created one. …
The issue of syncretic deities is one of the difficult concepts to understand in Kemeticism. This article covers some interesting points, and makes distinctions between it and other ways that deities can combine. The link was mentioned by Amuntihera, on Following the Sun.
I’ve been reading Red Land, Black Land by Barbara Mertz. It’s an engagingly written, enjoyable read. Talking about the scribes and other officials, she said: “One of the significant aspects of Egyptian life which is brought out by the Hekanakhte letters is the combination in one man of functions which we would consider incompatible, or…