Amun the Hidden
“Self-made, you fashioned your body,
Creator uncreated.
Sole one, unique one, who traverses eternity,
Remote one, with millions under his care.
Amun is one, concealing himself. . .
He is hidden from the gods, and his aspect is unknown
He is farther than the sky, he is deeper than the Duat,
No god knows his true appearance.”
Excerpted from - Leiden Papyrus I 350
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Pagan ▫ Wiccan Spiritual Counseling & Leadership
The following is an update regarding the Temple of Kemetic Wicca's focus, agenda, and action items:
Pagan ▫ Wiccan Business Development, Leadership & Mentorship
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Pagan ▫ Wiccan Spiritual Counseling Ethics
Pagan ▫ Wiccan Spiritual Personal Deliverance
Pagan ▫ Wiccan Temple Formation & Operation
The Pagan ▫ Wiccan Spiritual Counselor
The Pagan ▫ Wiccan Ministerial Leader
The Pagan ▫ Wiccan Ministerial Leader's Mindset
To learn more, contact the Temple directly.
The following is an update regarding the Temple of Kemetic Wicca's focus, agenda, and action items:
Pagan ▫ Wiccan Business Development, Leadership & Mentorship
Pagan ▫ Wiccan Crisis Counseling
Pagan ▫ Wiccan Ministerial Leadership & Development
Pagan ▫ Wiccan Spiritual Counseling
Pagan ▫ Wiccan Spiritual Counseling and Care
Pagan ▫ Wiccan Spiritual Counseling Ethics
Pagan ▫ Wiccan Spiritual Personal Deliverance
Pagan ▫ Wiccan Temple Formation & Operation
The Pagan ▫ Wiccan Spiritual Counselor
The Pagan ▫ Wiccan Ministerial Leader
The Pagan ▫ Wiccan Ministerial Leader's Mindset
To learn more, contact the Temple directly.
Em Hetep,
Ankh ▪ Udja ▪ Seneb!
Dr. Kheti A. Sahure, DD, MscD, ThD
Elder High Priest ▪ Arch Hierophant
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Friday, April 10, 2009
The 12th Hour
The Book of Gates
by
by
E.A. Wallis Budge
[1905]
[1905]
[Original Title: The Short Form of the Book of Am-Tuat and the Book of Gates]
THE TWELFTH HOUR
The majesty of this great god taketh up his position in this Circle at the limits of the thick darkness, and this great god is born under the form of KHEPERA in this Circle. The gods NU and AMMUI, and HEH and HEH[UT] are in this Circle at the birth of this great god, when he maketh his appearance from the Tuat, and taketh up his place in the Matet Boat, and riseth from between the thighs of the goddess Nut.
THENEN-NETERU is the name of the gate of this City.
KHEPER-KEKUI-KHA-MESTI is the name of this City. [This is] the secret Circle of the Tuat, wherein this great god is born, when he maketh his appearance in NU, and taketh up his place in the body of NUT.
Whosoever shall make [a copy] of these [representations] according to the figures which are depicted on the east [wall] of the palace of Ament of the Tuat, they shall be magical protectors to him that knoweth them upon earth, both in heaven and on earth.
At this point the light beginneth [to come], and it is the end of the thick darkness which Ra travelleth through in Amentet, and of the secret matters which this great god performed therein. He who hath no knowledge of the whole (?) or part (?) of the secret representations of the Tuat, shall be condemned to destruction.
Whosoever shall make [a copy] of these [representations] according to this copy of what is in the Ament of the Tuat, [which] cannot be looked at or seen, and whosoever shall know these secret images shall be in the condition of the spirit who is equipped [for journeying], and shall come forth [from] and shall descend into the Tuat, and shall hold converse with the men and women who live [there] regularly and unfailingly, millions of times.
Source: http://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/gate/gate14.htm
Friday, March 13, 2009
Ancient Egyptian: Suggested Reading
Temple of Kemetic Wicca Theological Seminary
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Ancient Egyptian – Suggested Reading
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Ancient Egyptian – Suggested Reading
The Temple's Priesthood / Priestesshood training program is quite rigorous and does require a vast amount of reading, studying, comparative analysis, expository writing, presentation, and practicum:
1. A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses [1986] George Hart.
2. A Handbook of Egyptian Religion [1907] Adolf Erman, Königliche Museen zu Berlin.
3. An Egyptian Book of Shadows: Eight Seasonal Rites of Egyptian Paganism [2000] Jocelyn Almond, Keith Seddon.
4. Ancient Egypt and Black Africa [1996] Dr. Théophile Obenga.
5. Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated Reference to the Myths, Religions, Pyramids and Temples of the Land of the Pharaohs [2002] Lorna Oakes, Lucia Gahlin.
6. Ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts: Spells 1-354 [2000] Dr. Raymond O. Faulkner.
7. Ancient Egyptian Divination and Magic [1998] Eleanor L. Harris.
8. Ancient Egyptian Magic [1980] Dr. Bob Brier.
9. Ancient Egyptian Magic [2003] Dr. Geraldine Pinch.
10. Ancient Egyptian Religion: An Interpretation [2000] Henri Frankfort.
11. Ancient Records of Egypt [1907] Dr. James H. Breasted.
12. Awakening Osiris: The Egyptian Book of the Dead [1988] Normandi Ellis.
13. Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt [1996] Erik Hornung, John Baines.
14. Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian [1970] Dr. Raymond O. Faulkner.
15. Development of Religion and Thought in Ancient Egypt [1905] Dr. James H. Breasted.
16. Egypt of the Pharaohs: An Introduction [1964, 1972] Sir Alan Henderson Gardiner.
17. Egypt, Canaan & Israel in Ancient Times [1993] Dr. Donald B. Redford.
18. Egypt: Gods, Myths and Religion [2001] Lucia Gahlin.
19. Egypt: Three Essays on the History, Religion and Art of Ancient Egypt [1891] Martin Brimmer, Minna Timmins Chapman.
20. Egyptian Astronomy [1980] Edwin C. Krupp.
21. Egyptian Cosmology: The Animated Universe [1997, 2001] Moustafa Gadalla.
22. Egyptian Divinities: The All Who Are THE ONE [2001] Moustafa Gadalla.
23. Egyptian Grammar (Egyptology: Griffith Institute) [1957] Sir Alan Henderson Gardiner.
24. Egyptian Harmony: The Visual Music [2000] Moustafa Gadalla.
25. Egyptian Hieroglyphics: How to Read and Write Them [1989] Stephane Rossini.
26. Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life [1908] E.A. Wallis Budge.
27. Egyptian Love Spells and Rituals [2005] Claudia Dillaire.
28. Egyptian Magic [1908] E.A. Wallis Budge.
29. Egyptian Magic [1982] Florence Farr.
30. Egyptian Magick: Enter the Body of Light & Travel the Magickal Universe [1997] Gerald & Betty Schueler.
31. Egyptian Medicine and Its Curing [1948] Dr. Benjamin M. Duggar.
32. Egyptian Mystics: Seekers of the Way [2003] Moustafa Gadalla.
33. Egyptian Mythology [1968] Veronica Ions.
34. Egyptian Mythology [1997] Simon Goodenough.
35. Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt [2004] Dr. Geraldine Pinch.
36. Egyptian Paganism for Beginners [2004] Jocelyn Almond.
37. Egyptian Power Stamps [2003] Dr. Ronald L Bonewitz, Douglas Bloch.
38. Egyptian Reading Book [1948] Adriaan de Buck.
39. Egyptian Reading Book for Beginners [2003] E.A. Wallis Budge.
40. Egyptian Religion [1973] Siegfried Morenz.
41. Egyptian Religion: The Beliefs of Ancient Egypt Explored and Explained [2002] Lucia Gahlin.
42. Egyptian Rhythm: The Heavenly Melodies [2002] Moustafa Gadalla.
43. Egyptian Scarab Oracle [2001] DeTraci Regula, Kerigwen.
44. Egyptian Symbols [2008] Heike Owusu.
45. Egyptian Tarot Deck (Cards) [2001] Comte C. de Saint-Germain.
46. Egyptology Today [2008] Richard Wilkinson.
47. Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris [2004] Emily Sands, Dugald A. Steer, Helen Ward.
48. Exiled Egyptians: The Heart of Africa [1999] Moustafa Gadalla.
49. Feasts of Light: Celebrations for the Seasons of Life Based on the Egyptian Goddess Mysteries [1999] Normandi Ellis.
50. Fundamentals of Egyptian Grammar: Elements [2000] Leo Depuydt.
51. Genesis in Egypt: The Philosophy of Ancient Egyptian Creation Accounts [1988] Dr. James P. Allen.
52. Gods and Myths of Ancient Egypt [1986] Robert Armour.
53. Gods, Rites, Rituals and Religion of Ancient Egypt [2008] Lucia Gahlin.
54. Historical Deception: The Untold Story of Ancient Egypt [1999] Moustafa Gadalla.
55. History & Chronology of the Egyptian 18th Dynasty [1967] Dr. Donald B. Redford.
56. History of Ancient Egyptians [1908] Dr. James H. Breasted.
57. History of Egypt Chaldea Syria Babylonia and Assyria [1903, 1904] Gaston Maspero, Archibald Henry Sayce, M.L. McClure.
58. History of Egypt [1905] Dr. James H. Breasted.
59. How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs [1998, 2001] Mark Collier, Bill Manley.
60. Legends of Ancient Egypt [2000] Dr. Margaret A. Murray.
61. Metu Neter Volume 1: The Great Oracle of Tehuti and the Egyptian System of Spiritual Cultivation [1990] Ra Un Nefer Amen.
62. Middle Egyptian [2001, 2002] Dr. James P. Allen.
63. Myth and Symbol in Ancient Egypt [1959] R.T. Rundle Clark.
64. Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt [2001] Dr. Donald B. Redford.
65. Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt [2008] Barbara Mertz.
66. Religion and Magic in Ancient Egypt [2003] Dr. Rosalie David.
67. Short History of the Egyptian People [1923] E.A. Wallis Budge.
68. Sixth and Seventh Book of Moses [1997] Egyptian Publishing Co.
69. Symbols of Egypt [2000] Heike Owusu.
70. Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt [2007] Barbara Mertz.
71. The Ancient Egyptian Prayerbook [2005} Tamara L. Siuda.
72. The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts [2005] Dr. James P. Allen.
73. The Ancient Egyptian Roots of Christianity [2007] Moustafa Gadalla.
74. The Ancient Egyptian Wisdom Texts [2007] Dr. Muata Ashby.
75. The Ancient Gods Speak: A Guide to Egyptian Religion [2002] Dr. Donald B. Redford.
76. The Art of Medicine in Ancient Egypt [2006] Dr. James P. Allen.
77. The Black Ancient Egyptians [2007] Dr. Muata Ashby.
78. The Book of Egyptian Ritual [2002] Jocelyn Almond.
79. The Calendars of Ancient Egypt [1950] Richard A. Parker.
80. The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt [2003] Richard H. Wilkinson.
81. The Daily Life of the Ancient Egyptians [1999] Dr. Bob Brier, Hoyt Hobbs.
82. The Egyptian Book of Life [1988, 2004] Dr. Ramses Seleem.
83. The Egyptian Book of the Dead [2000] Dr. Raymond O. Faulkner.
84. The Egyptian Coffin Texts (volume 2. Texts of spells 76-163) [1947] Sir Alan Henderson Gardiner.
85. The Egyptian Coffin Texts [1954] Adriaan de Buck.
86. The Egyptian Demotic Language [2008] Leonardo Caldas Vieira.
87. The Egyptology Handbook [2005] Emily Sands, Dugald A. Steer.
88. The Glory of Ancient Egypt [1990] Dr. Bob Brier.
89. The Gods of Ancient Egypt [1998] Pascal Vernus, Erich Lessing, Jane Marie Todd.
90. The Gods of the Egyptians: Studies in Egyptian Mythology [1969] E.A. Wallis Budge.
91. The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt [2002, 2003] Ian Shaw.
92. The Sacred Tradition in Ancient Egypt: The Esoteric Wisdom Revealed [2000] Rosemary Clark.
93. The Search for God in Ancient Egypt [2001] Jan Assmann, David Lorton.
94. The Serpent Myths of Ancient Egypt [1873] William Ricketts Cooper.
2. A Handbook of Egyptian Religion [1907] Adolf Erman, Königliche Museen zu Berlin.
3. An Egyptian Book of Shadows: Eight Seasonal Rites of Egyptian Paganism [2000] Jocelyn Almond, Keith Seddon.
4. Ancient Egypt and Black Africa [1996] Dr. Théophile Obenga.
5. Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated Reference to the Myths, Religions, Pyramids and Temples of the Land of the Pharaohs [2002] Lorna Oakes, Lucia Gahlin.
6. Ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts: Spells 1-354 [2000] Dr. Raymond O. Faulkner.
7. Ancient Egyptian Divination and Magic [1998] Eleanor L. Harris.
8. Ancient Egyptian Magic [1980] Dr. Bob Brier.
9. Ancient Egyptian Magic [2003] Dr. Geraldine Pinch.
10. Ancient Egyptian Religion: An Interpretation [2000] Henri Frankfort.
11. Ancient Records of Egypt [1907] Dr. James H. Breasted.
12. Awakening Osiris: The Egyptian Book of the Dead [1988] Normandi Ellis.
13. Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt [1996] Erik Hornung, John Baines.
14. Concise Dictionary of Middle Egyptian [1970] Dr. Raymond O. Faulkner.
15. Development of Religion and Thought in Ancient Egypt [1905] Dr. James H. Breasted.
16. Egypt of the Pharaohs: An Introduction [1964, 1972] Sir Alan Henderson Gardiner.
17. Egypt, Canaan & Israel in Ancient Times [1993] Dr. Donald B. Redford.
18. Egypt: Gods, Myths and Religion [2001] Lucia Gahlin.
19. Egypt: Three Essays on the History, Religion and Art of Ancient Egypt [1891] Martin Brimmer, Minna Timmins Chapman.
20. Egyptian Astronomy [1980] Edwin C. Krupp.
21. Egyptian Cosmology: The Animated Universe [1997, 2001] Moustafa Gadalla.
22. Egyptian Divinities: The All Who Are THE ONE [2001] Moustafa Gadalla.
23. Egyptian Grammar (Egyptology: Griffith Institute) [1957] Sir Alan Henderson Gardiner.
24. Egyptian Harmony: The Visual Music [2000] Moustafa Gadalla.
25. Egyptian Hieroglyphics: How to Read and Write Them [1989] Stephane Rossini.
26. Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life [1908] E.A. Wallis Budge.
27. Egyptian Love Spells and Rituals [2005] Claudia Dillaire.
28. Egyptian Magic [1908] E.A. Wallis Budge.
29. Egyptian Magic [1982] Florence Farr.
30. Egyptian Magick: Enter the Body of Light & Travel the Magickal Universe [1997] Gerald & Betty Schueler.
31. Egyptian Medicine and Its Curing [1948] Dr. Benjamin M. Duggar.
32. Egyptian Mystics: Seekers of the Way [2003] Moustafa Gadalla.
33. Egyptian Mythology [1968] Veronica Ions.
34. Egyptian Mythology [1997] Simon Goodenough.
35. Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt [2004] Dr. Geraldine Pinch.
36. Egyptian Paganism for Beginners [2004] Jocelyn Almond.
37. Egyptian Power Stamps [2003] Dr. Ronald L Bonewitz, Douglas Bloch.
38. Egyptian Reading Book [1948] Adriaan de Buck.
39. Egyptian Reading Book for Beginners [2003] E.A. Wallis Budge.
40. Egyptian Religion [1973] Siegfried Morenz.
41. Egyptian Religion: The Beliefs of Ancient Egypt Explored and Explained [2002] Lucia Gahlin.
42. Egyptian Rhythm: The Heavenly Melodies [2002] Moustafa Gadalla.
43. Egyptian Scarab Oracle [2001] DeTraci Regula, Kerigwen.
44. Egyptian Symbols [2008] Heike Owusu.
45. Egyptian Tarot Deck (Cards) [2001] Comte C. de Saint-Germain.
46. Egyptology Today [2008] Richard Wilkinson.
47. Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris [2004] Emily Sands, Dugald A. Steer, Helen Ward.
48. Exiled Egyptians: The Heart of Africa [1999] Moustafa Gadalla.
49. Feasts of Light: Celebrations for the Seasons of Life Based on the Egyptian Goddess Mysteries [1999] Normandi Ellis.
50. Fundamentals of Egyptian Grammar: Elements [2000] Leo Depuydt.
51. Genesis in Egypt: The Philosophy of Ancient Egyptian Creation Accounts [1988] Dr. James P. Allen.
52. Gods and Myths of Ancient Egypt [1986] Robert Armour.
53. Gods, Rites, Rituals and Religion of Ancient Egypt [2008] Lucia Gahlin.
54. Historical Deception: The Untold Story of Ancient Egypt [1999] Moustafa Gadalla.
55. History & Chronology of the Egyptian 18th Dynasty [1967] Dr. Donald B. Redford.
56. History of Ancient Egyptians [1908] Dr. James H. Breasted.
57. History of Egypt Chaldea Syria Babylonia and Assyria [1903, 1904] Gaston Maspero, Archibald Henry Sayce, M.L. McClure.
58. History of Egypt [1905] Dr. James H. Breasted.
59. How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs [1998, 2001] Mark Collier, Bill Manley.
60. Legends of Ancient Egypt [2000] Dr. Margaret A. Murray.
61. Metu Neter Volume 1: The Great Oracle of Tehuti and the Egyptian System of Spiritual Cultivation [1990] Ra Un Nefer Amen.
62. Middle Egyptian [2001, 2002] Dr. James P. Allen.
63. Myth and Symbol in Ancient Egypt [1959] R.T. Rundle Clark.
64. Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt [2001] Dr. Donald B. Redford.
65. Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt [2008] Barbara Mertz.
66. Religion and Magic in Ancient Egypt [2003] Dr. Rosalie David.
67. Short History of the Egyptian People [1923] E.A. Wallis Budge.
68. Sixth and Seventh Book of Moses [1997] Egyptian Publishing Co.
69. Symbols of Egypt [2000] Heike Owusu.
70. Temples, Tombs, and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt [2007] Barbara Mertz.
71. The Ancient Egyptian Prayerbook [2005} Tamara L. Siuda.
72. The Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts [2005] Dr. James P. Allen.
73. The Ancient Egyptian Roots of Christianity [2007] Moustafa Gadalla.
74. The Ancient Egyptian Wisdom Texts [2007] Dr. Muata Ashby.
75. The Ancient Gods Speak: A Guide to Egyptian Religion [2002] Dr. Donald B. Redford.
76. The Art of Medicine in Ancient Egypt [2006] Dr. James P. Allen.
77. The Black Ancient Egyptians [2007] Dr. Muata Ashby.
78. The Book of Egyptian Ritual [2002] Jocelyn Almond.
79. The Calendars of Ancient Egypt [1950] Richard A. Parker.
80. The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt [2003] Richard H. Wilkinson.
81. The Daily Life of the Ancient Egyptians [1999] Dr. Bob Brier, Hoyt Hobbs.
82. The Egyptian Book of Life [1988, 2004] Dr. Ramses Seleem.
83. The Egyptian Book of the Dead [2000] Dr. Raymond O. Faulkner.
84. The Egyptian Coffin Texts (volume 2. Texts of spells 76-163) [1947] Sir Alan Henderson Gardiner.
85. The Egyptian Coffin Texts [1954] Adriaan de Buck.
86. The Egyptian Demotic Language [2008] Leonardo Caldas Vieira.
87. The Egyptology Handbook [2005] Emily Sands, Dugald A. Steer.
88. The Glory of Ancient Egypt [1990] Dr. Bob Brier.
89. The Gods of Ancient Egypt [1998] Pascal Vernus, Erich Lessing, Jane Marie Todd.
90. The Gods of the Egyptians: Studies in Egyptian Mythology [1969] E.A. Wallis Budge.
91. The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt [2002, 2003] Ian Shaw.
92. The Sacred Tradition in Ancient Egypt: The Esoteric Wisdom Revealed [2000] Rosemary Clark.
93. The Search for God in Ancient Egypt [2001] Jan Assmann, David Lorton.
94. The Serpent Myths of Ancient Egypt [1873] William Ricketts Cooper.
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Monday, March 9, 2009
Ancient Egyptian History & Culture (AEHC)
Visit the Ancient Egyptian History & Culture (AEHC) website and Alt-Webring:
The AEHC highlights online resources and information about Ancient Egyptian history, culture, Egyptology, religion (Kemeticism) and spirituality, science and medicine, Priest/esshood, Egyptian Book of the Dead, archaeology, Ancient Egyptian Language (AEL) - Middle Egyptian Language, and more.
The AEHC highlights online resources and information about Ancient Egyptian history, culture, Egyptology, religion (Kemeticism) and spirituality, science and medicine, Priest/esshood, Egyptian Book of the Dead, archaeology, Ancient Egyptian Language (AEL) - Middle Egyptian Language, and more.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Names of Deities
Ancient Egyptian Legends
by M. A. Murray
[1920]
INDEX OF NAMES OF GODS
Abtu-fish.—A mythological fish which accompanies the Boat of Ra at sunrise.
Amemt.—The mythical animal which devours the hearts of the wicked at the Judgment of Osiris.
Amon.—God of Thebes. In and after the xviiith dynasty he became the supreme deity of Egypt under the name of Amon-Ra.
Ant-fish.—A mythological fish which accompanies the Boat of Ra at sunrise.
Anubis.—A jackal-headed deity who presided over the embalming of the dead. He was said to be the illegitimate son of Osiris and Nephthys, and, in the form of a dog, to have protected Isis in her wanderings.
Apep.—The enemy of Ra in the Duat.
Astarte.—A Syrian goddess, whose name is found occasionally in Egyptian inscriptions.
Atmu.—An early name of the solar deity worshipped at Heliopolis. In later times, the name of the setting sun.
Bes.—A bandy-legged dwarf with horns. God of music and pleasure, and protector of children. Possibly also a god of birth.
Besa.—A spirit of the corn.
Geb.—The earth-god, father of Osiris.
Harmakhis.—Horus on the Horizon, i.e. the sun at its rising and setting.
Harpocrates.—Horus the Child, son of Isis and Osiris.
Hathor.—Goddess of love and beauty; often identified with all the other goddesses, including Sekhmet.
Hekt.—The frog-headed goddess of birth.
Her-desuf.—A form of Horus.
Horakhti.—The Horizon-Horus. The same as Harmakhis.
Horus.—The hawk-headed god is, properly speaking, the brother of Isis and Osiris; but is constantly confused with Horus the Child, and is called Avenger or Protector of his Father.
Isis.—The greatest of Egyptian goddesses, wife of Osiris, and mother of Harpocrates.
Khepera.—The rising sun, god of resurrection.
Khnum.—The ram-headed god of the cataract, who creates man upon the potter's wheel.
Khonsu.—The moon-god at Thebes.
Mehen.—The serpent who protects Ra in the Duet.
Mentu.—God of war.
Meskhent.—Goddess of birth.
Min.—Father of gods and men. God of Koptos.
Neith.—Goddess of Saïs. Identified by the Greeks with Athena.
Nekhbet.—The vulture-goddess of Upper Egypt.
Nephthys.—Sister of Isis and Osiris.
Nepra.—A spirit of the corn.
Nun.—God of the primaeval waters.
Nut.—The sky-goddess, mother of Osiris.
Osiris.—One of the chief gods of Egypt. Murdered and torn to pieces by his brother Set,
Amemt.—The mythical animal which devours the hearts of the wicked at the Judgment of Osiris.
Amon.—God of Thebes. In and after the xviiith dynasty he became the supreme deity of Egypt under the name of Amon-Ra.
Ant-fish.—A mythological fish which accompanies the Boat of Ra at sunrise.
Anubis.—A jackal-headed deity who presided over the embalming of the dead. He was said to be the illegitimate son of Osiris and Nephthys, and, in the form of a dog, to have protected Isis in her wanderings.
Apep.—The enemy of Ra in the Duat.
Astarte.—A Syrian goddess, whose name is found occasionally in Egyptian inscriptions.
Atmu.—An early name of the solar deity worshipped at Heliopolis. In later times, the name of the setting sun.
Bes.—A bandy-legged dwarf with horns. God of music and pleasure, and protector of children. Possibly also a god of birth.
Besa.—A spirit of the corn.
Geb.—The earth-god, father of Osiris.
Harmakhis.—Horus on the Horizon, i.e. the sun at its rising and setting.
Harpocrates.—Horus the Child, son of Isis and Osiris.
Hathor.—Goddess of love and beauty; often identified with all the other goddesses, including Sekhmet.
Hekt.—The frog-headed goddess of birth.
Her-desuf.—A form of Horus.
Horakhti.—The Horizon-Horus. The same as Harmakhis.
Horus.—The hawk-headed god is, properly speaking, the brother of Isis and Osiris; but is constantly confused with Horus the Child, and is called Avenger or Protector of his Father.
Isis.—The greatest of Egyptian goddesses, wife of Osiris, and mother of Harpocrates.
Khepera.—The rising sun, god of resurrection.
Khnum.—The ram-headed god of the cataract, who creates man upon the potter's wheel.
Khonsu.—The moon-god at Thebes.
Mehen.—The serpent who protects Ra in the Duet.
Mentu.—God of war.
Meskhent.—Goddess of birth.
Min.—Father of gods and men. God of Koptos.
Neith.—Goddess of Saïs. Identified by the Greeks with Athena.
Nekhbet.—The vulture-goddess of Upper Egypt.
Nephthys.—Sister of Isis and Osiris.
Nepra.—A spirit of the corn.
Nun.—God of the primaeval waters.
Nut.—The sky-goddess, mother of Osiris.
Osiris.—One of the chief gods of Egypt. Murdered and torn to pieces by his brother Set,
revivified by Isis and Horus.
Ra.—The Sun-god, one of the chief gods of Egypt. Heliopolis (the On of the Bible) was the principal centre of his worship.
Sekhmet.—The lioness-headed goddess of Memphis.
Selk.—The scorpion-goddess.
Set.—Brother and murderer of Osiris. Looked upon, in late times, as the Author of Evil.
Shu.—Twin-brother of Tefnut. He holds up the sky above the earth.
Sokar.—The hawk-headed god of the dead. When fused with Ptah (Ptah-Sokar) he appears in the form of a misshapen dwarf, and is then looked upon as a god of resurrection.
Tatanen.—An obscure god, generally fused with Ptah of Memphis as Ptah-Tatanen.
Ta-urt.—The hippopotamus goddess of birth.
Tefnut.—Lioness-headed. Twin-sister of Shu. The two form the constellation Gemini.
Tepu-yn.—A spirit of the corn.
Thoth.—The ibis-headed god of all learning and magic. Chief centre of worship Khemennu or Hermopolis, now called Eshmunen.
Uazet.—Goddess of Lower Egypt.
Up-uaut.—The jackal-god of Siut.
Source:
Murray, Margaret Alice. Legends of Ancient Egypt. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2000, pp. 117-119.
Ra.—The Sun-god, one of the chief gods of Egypt. Heliopolis (the On of the Bible) was the principal centre of his worship.
Sekhmet.—The lioness-headed goddess of Memphis.
Selk.—The scorpion-goddess.
Set.—Brother and murderer of Osiris. Looked upon, in late times, as the Author of Evil.
Shu.—Twin-brother of Tefnut. He holds up the sky above the earth.
Sokar.—The hawk-headed god of the dead. When fused with Ptah (Ptah-Sokar) he appears in the form of a misshapen dwarf, and is then looked upon as a god of resurrection.
Tatanen.—An obscure god, generally fused with Ptah of Memphis as Ptah-Tatanen.
Ta-urt.—The hippopotamus goddess of birth.
Tefnut.—Lioness-headed. Twin-sister of Shu. The two form the constellation Gemini.
Tepu-yn.—A spirit of the corn.
Thoth.—The ibis-headed god of all learning and magic. Chief centre of worship Khemennu or Hermopolis, now called Eshmunen.
Uazet.—Goddess of Lower Egypt.
Up-uaut.—The jackal-god of Siut.
Source:
Murray, Margaret Alice. Legends of Ancient Egypt. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 2000, pp. 117-119.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Temple of Kemetic Wicca - Resources 2009 C.E.
History of Witchcraft
This discussion eGroup is devoted to researching and tracing the historical roots and panoramic history of Witchcraft as well as the Universality of Witchcraft (Global Magick and Witchcraft). The beliefs, traditions, customs, and practices of an earlier time throughout social history will be examined. A concrete study of the evolution of the words, for example, "Witchcraft, Witch, Wicca, and Magic(k)" will be conducted from the insights and perspectives of Alternative Religion Spiritualists. Our endeavors also include the origins (etymologies) of the words "Pagan, Paganism, and Neo-Paganism". From an independent and alternative research approach, topic and subject matter include: The Salem Witch Hunts and Witch Trials; Witchcraft Persecutions and Religious Zealotry; Medieval Magick; Renaissance Mages; Astrology in Antiquity; Religion and Magick During the Middle Ages; the Influence of Alchemy and Esoteric Mysticism on Early Witchcraft practices; Folklore; Grimoires and Book of Shadows (BoS); Spellwork, Incantations, and Rituals; Daemonology (Demonology); and human motivation as it relates to and influences spiritual consciousness.
Hex Witch
Hex Witch is a place where you will find hexes, curses, incantations, and all kinds of spells, rituals, and ceremonies of malcontent. The Art of Hexing and Hexwork from around the world and throughout history, from ancient to modern times, will be discussed as well as how to go about the Transference & Transformation of Energy in your Occult, Magickal workings.
Topics of discussion include but are not limited to:
▪Aboriginal Witchcraft
▪Afrikan Witchcraft
▪Animalia (Familiars & Minions)
▪Black Magick
▪Blood Rituals
▪Candle Magick
▪Cauldron Magick
▪Cemetery (Graveyard) Spellwork
▪Chaos Magick
▪Dark Witchcraft
▪Demonology
▪Fire Magick
▪Goofer Dust (Graveyard Dirt)
▪Heathenism
▪Hoodoo
▪Magick (General)
▪Minions (Fawning, Servile Spirit Entities & Mundane Human Assistants)
▪Native American Witchcraft
▪Necromancy
▪Night Witches
▪Occultism
▪Polarity Magick (Yin-Yang, Gender, etc.)
▪Psychic Domination
▪Rootwork (Conjure)
▪Satanism (LHP)
▪The Nature of Evil
▪Vampyrism (Vampirism)
▪Vodou (Voodoo)
This forum is not for the squeamish, faint of heart, or those who are easily offended. You must be age 18+ to join. This eGroup is overseen, facilitated, guided, and moderated by the ordained Priests & Priestesses of the Temple of Kemetic Wicca.
Antiquus Research Group
The Antiquus Research Group (ARGroup) is an independent, non-profit organization and project devoted to the research, study, teaching, and cogent analysis of the ancient, ancestral, historical, cultural-anthropological, sociological, religio-spiritual, and metaphysical practices of humankind who engaged in the vastness of Alternative Religions and Spiritualities (ARS) through modern times. The scope and focus involve conducting purposeful independent, original research utilizing technology, innovative qualitative and quantitative (statistical) research design methods. We offer a knowledge base where one can learn the rudiments of social science and humanities research from the basic (simple) through the advanced (complex). Our research projects focus on Afrikan (African) Traditional Religions (e.g., Ifá, Santería, Vodou-Voodoo), Ancient Theology, Archaeology, Divination, Egyptology, Esoteric Mysticism, Geology (crystals, minerals, rocks, and stones), Herbalism, Hoodoo (an African-centric, ethnocultural spirituality and practice of Rootwork - Conjure), Kemeticism (a modern reconstruction and interpretation of Ancient Egyptian religion), Magick, Native American Spirituality, Paganism, Rituals, Shamanism, Spellwork, Wicca (the religion), and Witchcraft (the practice).
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Applicatus Occultus Metaphysicus
Applied Occult Metaphysics is for those seekers who are interested in the diverse applications of Witchcraft, Afrikan Traditional Religions (Santería, Vodou, Yoruba Ifá), Kemeticism, Kemetic (Egyptian) Wicca, Hoodoo Rootwork, Traditional Paganism & Neo-Paganism, Pagan Theology, Magick (Heka), Spellwork, Rituals, Divination, Holistic Healing, Esoteric Mysticism & Mystickal Systems, Kinesis, Mythology, Herbalism & Botanicals, Astrology, Tarot, Zoomorphism, Native American Spirituality, Shamanism, Cosomology, I Ching, Thelema (Crowley), Ontology, Sacred Geometry, Psionics, Kabbalah (Qabala), Enochian Magick, Celtic Witchcraft, Philosophy, Theosophy, Hermeticism, Energy Work (e.g., Reiki, Chakra Attunement, Radionics, Auras, Hypnosis (NLP), Radiesthesia, Orgonomy & Orgone Energy) and so much more from the learned perspectives and experientials of practitioners of Alternative Religions & Spiritualities (ARS) worldwide. Newcomers and Seekers of spiritual enlightenment are welcome to apply for membership.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Applied_Occult_Metaphysics
This discussion eGroup is devoted to researching and tracing the historical roots and panoramic history of Witchcraft as well as the Universality of Witchcraft (Global Magick and Witchcraft). The beliefs, traditions, customs, and practices of an earlier time throughout social history will be examined. A concrete study of the evolution of the words, for example, "Witchcraft, Witch, Wicca, and Magic(k)" will be conducted from the insights and perspectives of Alternative Religion Spiritualists. Our endeavors also include the origins (etymologies) of the words "Pagan, Paganism, and Neo-Paganism". From an independent and alternative research approach, topic and subject matter include: The Salem Witch Hunts and Witch Trials; Witchcraft Persecutions and Religious Zealotry; Medieval Magick; Renaissance Mages; Astrology in Antiquity; Religion and Magick During the Middle Ages; the Influence of Alchemy and Esoteric Mysticism on Early Witchcraft practices; Folklore; Grimoires and Book of Shadows (BoS); Spellwork, Incantations, and Rituals; Daemonology (Demonology); and human motivation as it relates to and influences spiritual consciousness.
Hex Witch
Hex Witch is a place where you will find hexes, curses, incantations, and all kinds of spells, rituals, and ceremonies of malcontent. The Art of Hexing and Hexwork from around the world and throughout history, from ancient to modern times, will be discussed as well as how to go about the Transference & Transformation of Energy in your Occult, Magickal workings.
Topics of discussion include but are not limited to:
▪Aboriginal Witchcraft
▪Afrikan Witchcraft
▪Animalia (Familiars & Minions)
▪Black Magick
▪Blood Rituals
▪Candle Magick
▪Cauldron Magick
▪Cemetery (Graveyard) Spellwork
▪Chaos Magick
▪Dark Witchcraft
▪Demonology
▪Fire Magick
▪Goofer Dust (Graveyard Dirt)
▪Heathenism
▪Hoodoo
▪Magick (General)
▪Minions (Fawning, Servile Spirit Entities & Mundane Human Assistants)
▪Native American Witchcraft
▪Necromancy
▪Night Witches
▪Occultism
▪Polarity Magick (Yin-Yang, Gender, etc.)
▪Psychic Domination
▪Rootwork (Conjure)
▪Satanism (LHP)
▪The Nature of Evil
▪Vampyrism (Vampirism)
▪Vodou (Voodoo)
This forum is not for the squeamish, faint of heart, or those who are easily offended. You must be age 18+ to join. This eGroup is overseen, facilitated, guided, and moderated by the ordained Priests & Priestesses of the Temple of Kemetic Wicca.
Antiquus Research Group
The Antiquus Research Group (ARGroup) is an independent, non-profit organization and project devoted to the research, study, teaching, and cogent analysis of the ancient, ancestral, historical, cultural-anthropological, sociological, religio-spiritual, and metaphysical practices of humankind who engaged in the vastness of Alternative Religions and Spiritualities (ARS) through modern times. The scope and focus involve conducting purposeful independent, original research utilizing technology, innovative qualitative and quantitative (statistical) research design methods. We offer a knowledge base where one can learn the rudiments of social science and humanities research from the basic (simple) through the advanced (complex). Our research projects focus on Afrikan (African) Traditional Religions (e.g., Ifá, Santería, Vodou-Voodoo), Ancient Theology, Archaeology, Divination, Egyptology, Esoteric Mysticism, Geology (crystals, minerals, rocks, and stones), Herbalism, Hoodoo (an African-centric, ethnocultural spirituality and practice of Rootwork - Conjure), Kemeticism (a modern reconstruction and interpretation of Ancient Egyptian religion), Magick, Native American Spirituality, Paganism, Rituals, Shamanism, Spellwork, Wicca (the religion), and Witchcraft (the practice).
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Antiquus_Research_Group
Applicatus Occultus Metaphysicus
Applied Occult Metaphysics is for those seekers who are interested in the diverse applications of Witchcraft, Afrikan Traditional Religions (Santería, Vodou, Yoruba Ifá), Kemeticism, Kemetic (Egyptian) Wicca, Hoodoo Rootwork, Traditional Paganism & Neo-Paganism, Pagan Theology, Magick (Heka), Spellwork, Rituals, Divination, Holistic Healing, Esoteric Mysticism & Mystickal Systems, Kinesis, Mythology, Herbalism & Botanicals, Astrology, Tarot, Zoomorphism, Native American Spirituality, Shamanism, Cosomology, I Ching, Thelema (Crowley), Ontology, Sacred Geometry, Psionics, Kabbalah (Qabala), Enochian Magick, Celtic Witchcraft, Philosophy, Theosophy, Hermeticism, Energy Work (e.g., Reiki, Chakra Attunement, Radionics, Auras, Hypnosis (NLP), Radiesthesia, Orgonomy & Orgone Energy) and so much more from the learned perspectives and experientials of practitioners of Alternative Religions & Spiritualities (ARS) worldwide. Newcomers and Seekers of spiritual enlightenment are welcome to apply for membership.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Applied_Occult_Metaphysics
Friday, December 19, 2008
Hail! Mighty Ancient Nile
Records of the Past, 2nd series, Vol. III
ed. by A.H. Sayce
[1890]
ed. by A.H. Sayce
[1890]
HYMN TO THE NILE
I
Adoration to the Nile!
Hail to thee, O Nile!
who manifesteth thyself over this land,
and comest to give life to Egypt!
Mysterious is thy issuing forth from the darkness,
on this day whereon it is celebrated!
Watering the orchards created by Ra [1]
to cause all the cattle to live,
thou givest the earth to drink, inexhaustible one!
Path that descendest from the sky, [2]
loving the bread of Seb and the firstfruits of Nepera,
thou causest the workshops of Ptah [3] to prosper!
II
Lord of the fish, during the inundation,
no bird alights on the crops.
Thou createst the corn, thou bringest forth the barley,
assuring perpetuity to the temples. [4]
If thou ceasest thy toil and thy work,
then all that exists is in anguish.
If the gods suffer in heaven [1]
then the faces of men waste away.
III
Then he torments the flocks of Egypt, and great and small are in agony.
But all is changed for mankind when he comes;
he is endowed with the qualities of Num. [2]
If he shines, the earth is joyous,
every stomach is full of rejoicing,
every spine is happy,
every jaw-bone crushes (its food).
IV
He brings the offerings, [3] as chief of provisioning;
he is the creator of all good things,
as master of energy, full of sweetness in his choice.
If offerings are made it is thanks to him.
He brings forth the herbage for the flocks, [4]
and sees that each god receives his sacrifices.
All that depends on him is a precious incense.
He spreads himself over Egypt,
filling the granaries, renewing the marts,
watching over the goods of the unhappy.
V
He is prosperous to the height of all desires,
without fatiguing himself therefor.
He brings again his lordly bark;
he is not sculptured in stone, in the statues crowned with the uræus serpent,
he cannot be contemplated.
No servitors has he, no bearers of offerings!
He is not enticed by incantations!
None knows the place where he dwells,
None discovers his retreat by the power of a written spell. [1]
VI
No dwelling (is there) which may contain thee!
None penetrates within thy heart!
Thy young men, thy children applaud thee
and render unto thee royal homage.
Stable are thy decrees for Egypt [2]
before thy servants of the North! [3]
He stanches the water from all eyes
and watches over the increase of his good things.
VII
Where misery existed, joy manifests itself;
all beasts rejoice.
The children of Sebek, the sons of Neit, [4]
the cycle of the gods which dwells in him, are prosperous.
No more reservoirs for watering the fields!
He makes mankind valiant,
enriching some, bestowing his love on others.
None commands at the same time as himself.
He creates the offerings without the aid of Neit, [1]
making mankind for himself with multiform care.
VIII
He shines when he issues forth from the darkness,
to cause his flocks to prosper.
It is his force that gives existence to all things;
nothing remains hidden for him.
Let men clothe themselves to fill his gardens.
He watches over his works,
producing the inundation during the night. [2]
It is a god Ptah … [3]
He causes all his servants to exist,
all writings and divine words, [4]
and that which he needs in the North.
IX
It is with the words that he penetrates into his dwelling;
he issues forth at his pleasure through the magic spells. [5]
Thy unkindness brings destruction to the fish;
it is then that prayer is made for the (annual) water of the season;
Southern Egypt is seen in the same state as the North.
Each one is with his instruments of labour,
none remains behind his companions.
None clothes himself with garments,
the children of the noble put aside their ornaments.
The night remains silent,
but all is changed by the inundation;
it is a healing-balm for all mankind.
X
Establisher of justice! mankind desires thee,
supplicating thee to answer their prayers;
thou answerest them by the inundation!
Men offer the first-fruits of corn;
all the gods adore thee!
The birds descend not on the soil.
It is believed that with thy hand of gold
thou makest bricks of silver!
But we are not nourished on lapis-lazuli;
corn alone gives vigour. [1]
XI
A festal song is raised for thee on the harp,
with the accompaniment of the hand. [2]
Thy young men and thy children acclaim thee
and prepare their (long) exercises.
Thou art the august ornament of the earth,
letting thy bark advance before men,
lifting up the heart of women in labour,
and loving the multitude of the flocks.
XII
When thou shinest in the royal city, [1]
the rich man is sated with good things,
the poor man even disdains the lotus;
all that is produced is of the choicest;
all the plants exist for thy children.
If thou hast refused (to grant) nourishment,
the dwelling is silent, devoid of all that is good
the country falls exhausted.
XIII
O inundation of the Nile,
offerings are made unto thee,
oxen are immolated to thee,
great festivals are instituted for thee.
Birds are sacrificed to thee,
gazelles are taken for thee in the mountain,
pure flames are prepared for thee. [2]
Sacrifice is made to every god as it is made to the Nile. [3]
The Nile has made its retreats in Southern Egypt,
its name is not known beyond the Tuau. [4]
The god manifests not his forms,
he baffles all conception.
XIV
Men exalt him like the cycle of the gods,
they dread him who creates the heat,
even him who has made his son [5] the universal master
in order to give prosperity to Egypt.
Come (and) prosper! come (and) prosper!
O Nile, come (and) prosper!
[O thou who makest men to live through his flocks [1]
and his flocks through his orchards!
Come (and) prosper, come,
O Nile, come (and) prosper!]
This work has been successfully finished and dedicated to the scribe of the treasury Qaqabu [by the scribe Ennana]. [2]
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Footnotes
48:1 The orchards of Ra are mentioned in the Book of the Dead, ch. 81.
48:2 This belief in the celestial origin of the Nile survived in Egypt, at all events as late as the time of Joinville (Histoire de Saint-Louis, ch. xl.).
48:3 Ptah is associated with the Nile in a list of divinities represented on a wall of the age of Ramses II at Karnak (Champollion: Not. Manuscrites II. p. 255, where Ptah is called Ptah, pa Hapi aā).
48:4 In the Anastasisi text: "Causing the temples to keep holiday."
49:1 The Nile is not only the dispenser of life to mankind, but also to the gods (see verses 4, 10, 53). In the Hymn it absorbs as it were all the gods, and even takes the place of Ra in verse 14.
49:2 Num, the divine creator, like Ptah, is similar to Ptah in his relation to the Nile. The two verses point out that all life is dependent on the Nile, an idea which is developed to excess in the verses following.
49:3 Funerary offerings made to the ka or "double."
49:4 See verse 14.
50:1 The gods had to submit to the power of incantations and magic formulæ (compare the legend of Ra bitten by a serpent, the romance of Setnau, and numerous passages in the Book of the Dead). The Nile alone was excepted from this law; it remained enshrouded in mystery in its retreat near the two whirlpools often mentioned in the texts and even alluded to by Herodotus.
50:2 So in the Anastasi text. The fixity of the periodic return of the Nile is probably referred to.
50:3 Verse 5 has, however, stated that the Nile had no servants; perhaps the secondary gods are meant here who directed the spread of the waters over Egypt, that is to the north of the whirlpools from whence the Nile rose.
50:4 Neit is often represented with two crocodiles on the breast; her relation to Sebek, the crocodile-god, is difficult to define.
51:1 Neit appears here as the goddess of production; the Nile has no need of Neit (or perhaps the rain) in order to generate the crops; it makes its way throughout the country by means of canals and trenches.
51:2 This seems to be an allusion to the festival of the "Night of the Drop" (Lêlet en-Nuqta), still observed in Egypt on the 5th of June, when the rise of the Nile is supposed to commence. The name is due to the old tradition recorded by Plutarch, according to which the rise of the Nile was caused by a tear which dropped into it from the eye of Isis. In M. Amélineau's Contes et Romans de l’Egypte Chrétiennes, i. p. 17, the rise of the Nile is attributed to the intercession of St. Michael, whose festival is celebrated on the 6th of June; three days before, the archangel prays that the water may rise, since it is "the life of men and animals."
51:3 Unknown word, conjectured by Cook to represent the name of a new god Kabes.
51:4 The Nile inspires Thoth the scribe of the divine utterances.
51:5 The Nile is unaffected by incantations, but serves himself with them at his pleasure in order to manifest himself.
52:1 The Nile is indeed the dispenser of all wealth, but true wealth does not consist in gold or silver, but of the products of agriculture which enable men to live.
52:2 Women are represented on the monuments accompanying the singers by clapping the hands; this custom still survives throughout the East. It is possible that we still possess the festal songs of the Nile, of which Lane has preserved for us some fragments in his work on The Modern Egyptians.
53:1 Probably Thebes, the residence of the Pharaohs at the time when the Hymn was composed. No other city can be meant, as otherwise the mythological texts would have mentioned it. Thebes, moreover, is near Silsilis, where the height of the Nile was measured, as is indicated by the Book of the Dead, chap. 149, and the royal decrees of Silsilis, which institute festivals in honour of the Nile.
53:2 These offerings are mentioned in the decrees of Silsilis.
53:3 See verse 7.
53:4 The other world.
53:5 The Pharaoh.
54:1 From the Anastasi papyrus.
54:2 See the Papyrus Anastasi 7, pl. 7, ll. 5 and 6.
Source: http://www.sacred-texts.com/ane/rp/rp203/rp20309.htm
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Ancient Egyptian Funerary Text: Utterance 553
Resurrection, Meal, and Ascension of the Deceased King,
Utterance 553.
1353a. To say: Geb has raised thee up; this thy spirit has been guarded for thee.
1353b. Thy mns-jar remains; thy mns-jar is caused to remain.
1353c. Thou art more exalted than Shu and Tefnut in the house of Ḥtmw.t (the destroyer), N.,
1354a. for thou art verily a spirit who wast nursed by Nephthys with her left breast.
1354b. Osiris has given to thee the spirits; take the eye of Horus to thee.
1355a. These thy four ways which are before the grave of Horus
1355b. are those whereon one goes (lit. goes a going) to the god
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as soon as the sun sets (or, as far as the setting of the sun).
1356a. He takes hold of thine arm, after Seker, chief of Pdw-š purified thee,
1356b. (and he conducted thee) to thy throne which is in ḳbḥ.w.
1357a. Raise thyself up, spirit of N.; sit, eat thou;
1357b. let thy ka be seated, that he may eat bread and beer with thee without ceasing for ever and ever.
1358a. Thy going is as a representative of Osiris;
1358b. thy feet hit thine arms;
1358c. they bring thee to thy feasts,
1358d. to thy white teeth, (to) thy fingernails, (to) the Dw.f-nome.
1359a. Thou ferriest over as the great bull to the green fields,
1359b. to the pure places of Rē‘.
1360a. Raise thyself up, spirit of N.; thy water belongs to thee, thine abundance belongs to thee;
1360b. thine efflux belongs to thee, which issued from the secretion of Osiris.
1361a. The double doors of heaven are open for thee; the double doors of ḳbḥ.w are undone for thee;
1361b. the double doors of the tomb are open for thee; the double doors of Nut are unfastened for thee.
1362a. "Greeting," says Isis; "ferry on in peace," says Nephthys,
1362b. after she had seen thy father, Osiris, on the day of the mm.t-feast (or, of feasting him who is in need ?).
1362c. Elevated is the ddb.t-chapel of the double ’itr.t-palace of the North, thy Grg.w-bȝ.
1363a. Raise thyself up; shake off thy dust;
1363b. remove the dirt which is on thy face; loose thy bandages.
1363c. They are indeed not bandages; they are the locks of Nephthys.
13 64a. Travel over the southern regions; travel over the northern regions;
1364b. be seated on thy firm throne.
1364c. Anubis, who is chief of the sḥ-ntr, commands that thy spirit be behind thee, that thy might be in thy body,
1364d. that thou remain Chief of the mighty ones (or, spirits).
1365a. Thou purifiest thyself with these thy four nmś.t-jars,
1365b. (with) the špn.t and ‘ȝt-jar, which come from the sḥ-ntr for thee, that thou mayest become divine.
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1365c. The sky weeps for thee; the earth trembles for thee;
1366a. the śmnt.t-woman laments for thee; the great min.t mourns for thee;
1366b. the feet agitate for thee; the hands wave for thee,
1366c. when thou ascendest to heaven as a star, as the morning star.
1367a. N. is come to thee, his father; he is come to thee, Geb;
1367b. he is united with your dead, O gods.
1367c. Let him sit on the great throne, on the lap of his father Mḫnti-'irti;
1368a. let him purify his mouth with incense and natron; let him purify his nails upper and lower.
1368b. Let one do for him what was done for his father, Osiris, on the day of assembling the bones,
1368c. of making firm (or, adjusting) the sandals, of crossing the feet (i.e. when ferrying over).
1369a. To thee come the wise and the understanding;
1369b. to thee comes the southern ’itr.t-palace,
1369c. to thee comes the northern ’itr.t-palace, with a salutation,
1369d. (thou) who endurest eternally at the head of the mighty ones.
Excerpted from:
The Pyramid Texts
Translation by Samuel A. B. Mercer
[1952, copyright not renewed]
http://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/pyt/pyt33.htm
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
"The Egyptian Universe"
The Egyptian Universe
IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM of the City of New York, rests the grey diorite sarcophagus of Uresh-Nofer, one time priest of the "watery" goddess Mut, in Egypt. On the upper half of the sarcophagus lid is engraved the figure of the Sky goddess Nut "bending over the Earth," a marvellous picture of the Egyptian Universe.
"The Sky Goddess Nut bending over the Earth," and the succeeding Plate, "The Goddess Nut represented Double," bring up so clearly the first of the major traditional catastrophes of the Earth, that it would be timely just now to consider them briefly. There have been five, one so dimly related that it shall be left till the last. But there are four great timeless traditions of great disasters. The first is the violent separation of Earth from Heaven. The second is the appalling Earth-Moon catastrophe. The third is the Deluge, and the fourth is the sinking of Atlantis. Or, it may be, the third in point of "time" is the sinking of Atlantis, and the fourth is the Deluge. Or, again, it may be that these two catastrophes, though individual,
p. 64
were coincident with each other. Tradition however is, happily, not logic, and so, even in a disorderly order, we may take up the outstanding afflictions of the planet we call Earth.
First, then, the violent separation of Earth from Heaven, which these Egyptian world-pictures illustrate so beautifully.
Nut was goddess of the starry sky. Sometimes she is represented as powdered with stars; sometimes, as here, with but a line of them along her spine; once at least, on the sarcophagus lid of Uresh-Nofer, with the three discs or spheres of universal significance--body, spirit, soul--connected by eight stars and by six. Sometimes the band of stars was accompanied by a band of water flowing over her spine--the celestial Nile, as the Egyptians called the mysterious heavenly waters that covered the world. Sometimes the path of the celestial Nile is called the path of the Milky Way; and often the path of the Milky Way is called the path of souls." Through her husband, Seb, she gave birth to the Sun, which was ever after re-born each morning: daily it made its journey from east to west beneath her body until, sinking below the western horizon, it passed into the mouth of Nut, traversed her body during the night, to be born again at dawn. Nut also gave birth to the Moon, which came forth from her breasts as milk. And to countless other heavenly bodies as well whose genealogy would take us too far.
This is the story of Nut or Heaven and of Seb or Earth.
In the beginning--that stirless rest in which all myths of the original Creation begin--Heaven and Earth were
IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM of the City of New York, rests the grey diorite sarcophagus of Uresh-Nofer, one time priest of the "watery" goddess Mut, in Egypt. On the upper half of the sarcophagus lid is engraved the figure of the Sky goddess Nut "bending over the Earth," a marvellous picture of the Egyptian Universe.
"The Sky Goddess Nut bending over the Earth," and the succeeding Plate, "The Goddess Nut represented Double," bring up so clearly the first of the major traditional catastrophes of the Earth, that it would be timely just now to consider them briefly. There have been five, one so dimly related that it shall be left till the last. But there are four great timeless traditions of great disasters. The first is the violent separation of Earth from Heaven. The second is the appalling Earth-Moon catastrophe. The third is the Deluge, and the fourth is the sinking of Atlantis. Or, it may be, the third in point of "time" is the sinking of Atlantis, and the fourth is the Deluge. Or, again, it may be that these two catastrophes, though individual,
p. 64
were coincident with each other. Tradition however is, happily, not logic, and so, even in a disorderly order, we may take up the outstanding afflictions of the planet we call Earth.
First, then, the violent separation of Earth from Heaven, which these Egyptian world-pictures illustrate so beautifully.
Nut was goddess of the starry sky. Sometimes she is represented as powdered with stars; sometimes, as here, with but a line of them along her spine; once at least, on the sarcophagus lid of Uresh-Nofer, with the three discs or spheres of universal significance--body, spirit, soul--connected by eight stars and by six. Sometimes the band of stars was accompanied by a band of water flowing over her spine--the celestial Nile, as the Egyptians called the mysterious heavenly waters that covered the world. Sometimes the path of the celestial Nile is called the path of the Milky Way; and often the path of the Milky Way is called the path of souls." Through her husband, Seb, she gave birth to the Sun, which was ever after re-born each morning: daily it made its journey from east to west beneath her body until, sinking below the western horizon, it passed into the mouth of Nut, traversed her body during the night, to be born again at dawn. Nut also gave birth to the Moon, which came forth from her breasts as milk. And to countless other heavenly bodies as well whose genealogy would take us too far.
This is the story of Nut or Heaven and of Seb or Earth.
In the beginning--that stirless rest in which all myths of the original Creation begin--Heaven and Earth were
PLATE IX THE SKY GODDESS NUT BENDING OVER THE EARTH
From the Sarcophagus of Uresh-Nofer, Priest of the Goddess Mut (XXXth dynasty, 378-341 B.C.)
(In the Metropolitan Museum of the City of New York)
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together, wedded gods, from whom was to spring all that has been, is, and shall ever be. Time was not yet, sings one of the old world-hymns, nor Universal Mind, nor Thought, nor Word. Bliss was not. Misery was not. Darkness alone filled the boundless All, for Father-Mother-Son were once more one, and the Son had not yet awakened for the new Wheel and his new Pilgrimage. The Universe was still concealed in the Divine Thought and the Divine Bosom.
But the day of Creation came, and a new god, Shu, god of Air or of Sunlight, sprang out of the primordial waters. He slipped between the two, and tearing Nut with force from the body of Seb her husband, raised her to the sky. Her star-spangled body marked the extent of the firmament; and her hands and feet hanging down were the four pillars of the firmament and the four quarters of the Earth. There ever since she has remained, bending over the Earth, eternally watching the Earth and the children of Earth.
Of Seb the Earth it is related that he did not endure the violent separation from Nut without a struggle. He sought to rise, that he might fight and overcome the newly created god. But as he struggled, just roused from deep dreamless sleep, he was arrested and held in the curious position he has ever since maintained (Plate X, B), without power to change it. He has been veiled each spring with plants and herbs and grasses; and winter has wrapped him in ice an now; while along his back has passed the endless panorama of the generations of animals and men. Through him is given to them all they have; he gives and
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they ungratefully take, never asking if he has a need they might supply, a sorrow they might soothe. Often he sleeps, and, sleeping, dreams of Nut, forgetting for a time his grief and pain; forgetting for a time that between him and his mate, forever separating them, stands Shu, god of Air or of Sunlight. But he may never again sink into dreamless sleep; sooner or later the circle of his dreams rounds on itself, and he is roused by pain to his state of suffering again. This is why Earth eternally questions Heaven until, wearied with waiting for answers that never come, he sinks again into slumber. Some say that Heaven answers Earth when he dreams, but because the path of his dreaming is a circle, he has forgotten most of Heaven's answers when he awakes.
And some have quite another story of Seb the Earth; namely, that Seb is concealed under the form of a colossal gander, whose mate laid the Sun Egg, and perhaps still lays it every day. Or again there is another story of Shu, which is that as the divine Son, he had later in his turn begotten Seb and Nut, the two deities he had separated.
Such then is the first catastrophe--every religion has recognised it; that the Earth is cut off, disinherited, a troubled, troublesome, perturbed, perturbating, turbulent, storm-swept, dream-sodden, staggering, breathless, complaining planet; and that all of its children have inherited its qualities.
Source:
The Book of Earths [1928] by Edna Kenton
http://www.sacred-texts.com/earth/boe/boe11.htm
Monday, February 25, 2008
The Temple of Kemetic Wicca
Em hetep,
Ankh, Udja, Seneb!
Rev. Frater K.A. Sahure, D.D., Msc.D., Th.D.
Rev. Frater P.M. Lorca, D.D., D.Met.
~ Presiding Spiritual Overseers of the Temple ~
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
"Adorations"
"There is a secret door that I shall make to establish thy way in all the quarters (these are the adorations, as thou hast written) as it is said:
The Light is mine; its rays consume
Me: I have made a secret door
Into the House of Ra and Tum,
Of Khephra, and of Ahathoor.
I am thy Theban, O Mentu,
The prophet Ankh-f-na-khonsu!
By Bes-na-Maut my breast I beat;
By wise Ta-Nech I weave my spell.
Show thy star-splendour, O Nuit!
Bid me within thine House to dwell,
O winged snake of light, Hadit!
Abide with me, Ra-Hoor-Khuit!"
Excerpted from:
Liber CCC
{Book 300}
Khabs am Pekht
http://www.sacred-texts.com/oto/lib300.htm
The Light is mine; its rays consume
Me: I have made a secret door
Into the House of Ra and Tum,
Of Khephra, and of Ahathoor.
I am thy Theban, O Mentu,
The prophet Ankh-f-na-khonsu!
By Bes-na-Maut my breast I beat;
By wise Ta-Nech I weave my spell.
Show thy star-splendour, O Nuit!
Bid me within thine House to dwell,
O winged snake of light, Hadit!
Abide with me, Ra-Hoor-Khuit!"
Excerpted from:
Liber CCC
{Book 300}
Khabs am Pekht
http://www.sacred-texts.com/oto/lib300.htm
ToKW
Hail!
The Temple of Kemetic (Khemetic) Wicca, otherwise known as ToKW has been in reformation and restructuring as a temple organisation over many years and for many good reasons. Positive change is only achieved with positive high-energy and proactive focus and intent.
Let us revisit Frater Kheti's (Dr. K.A. Sahure) original Spiritual Mission Statement with some of my changes and fully permitted:
"The Temple of Kemetic Wicca's syncretic belief system and modalities of teaching (training), initiation, meditation, recitation, spell & ritual work, herbalism (botanicals), high (ceremonial) magick, low magick, folk magick, sympathetic magick, and practices of worship have been and always will be predicated upon personal and positive spiritual gateways of guidance, enlightenment, self-transformation, positive change for you, your family (including your animal familiars, pets, and animal friends), and people who are important in your life.”
Our theological, theosophical, cosmological, and spiritual focus, expertise, and practices are and remain within Ancient Egyptian religion (Kemeticism – Khemeticism), Hoodoo, Santería, Vodou (Voodoo), and pure Witchcraft.
Cordially,
Dr. Paradelo M. Lorca
▪ Temple of Kemetic Wicca
▪ Antiquus Research
The Temple of Kemetic (Khemetic) Wicca, otherwise known as ToKW has been in reformation and restructuring as a temple organisation over many years and for many good reasons. Positive change is only achieved with positive high-energy and proactive focus and intent.
Let us revisit Frater Kheti's (Dr. K.A. Sahure) original Spiritual Mission Statement with some of my changes and fully permitted:
"The Temple of Kemetic Wicca's syncretic belief system and modalities of teaching (training), initiation, meditation, recitation, spell & ritual work, herbalism (botanicals), high (ceremonial) magick, low magick, folk magick, sympathetic magick, and practices of worship have been and always will be predicated upon personal and positive spiritual gateways of guidance, enlightenment, self-transformation, positive change for you, your family (including your animal familiars, pets, and animal friends), and people who are important in your life.”
Our theological, theosophical, cosmological, and spiritual focus, expertise, and practices are and remain within Ancient Egyptian religion (Kemeticism – Khemeticism), Hoodoo, Santería, Vodou (Voodoo), and pure Witchcraft.
Cordially,
Dr. Paradelo M. Lorca
▪ Temple of Kemetic Wicca
▪ Antiquus Research
Saturday, September 1, 2007
Set
“SET, OR SETH, whom the Greeks called Typhon, the nefarious demon of death and evil in Egyptian mythology, is characterised as ‘a strong god (a-pahuti), whose anger is to be feared.’ The inscriptions call him ‘the powerful one of Thebes,’ and ‘Ruler of the South.’ He is conceived as the sun that kills with the arrows of heat; he is the slayer, and iron is called the bones of Typhon. The hunted animals are consecrated to him; and his symbols are the griffin (akhekh), the hippopotamus, the crocodile, the swine, the tortoise, and, above all the serpent âpapi (in Greek ‘apophis’) who was thought to await the dying man in the domain of the god Atmu (also called Tmu or Tum), who represents the sun below the western horizon.
Set's pictures are easily recognised by his long, erect, and square-tipped ears and his proboscis-like snout, which are said to indicate the head of a fabulous animal called Oryx. The consort and feminine counterpart of Set is called Taour or Taourt. The Greeks called her Theouris. She appears commonly as a hippopotamus in erect posture, her back covered with the skin and tail of a crocodile...”
Source:
“Ancient Egypt” - History of the Devil [1900] by Paul Carus.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/evil/hod/hod05.htm
Set's pictures are easily recognised by his long, erect, and square-tipped ears and his proboscis-like snout, which are said to indicate the head of a fabulous animal called Oryx. The consort and feminine counterpart of Set is called Taour or Taourt. The Greeks called her Theouris. She appears commonly as a hippopotamus in erect posture, her back covered with the skin and tail of a crocodile...”
Source:
“Ancient Egypt” - History of the Devil [1900] by Paul Carus.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/evil/hod/hod05.htm
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Help & Support of All
Thee following will be short and sweet:
The Temple of Kemetic Wicca exists in spiritual order to help anyone in need of all sorts of social support. I guess that I'm not "Black enough" either--especially due to my being a legally ordained minister of thee Pagan Cloth, Pentacle, and Pythagorean Pentagram. However, I have always believed in the Human and Civil Rights of everyone across America and abroad without bias or prejudice toward race, color, creed, ethnicity, and of course culture. I refuse to apologize for not "sounding, speaking or writing Black" whatever that silly notion is supposed to mean; gee, I was taught that education is good. The same folks who express this are the same folks of whom I teach their own Black and African History to because they do not and have not taken the time to learn this for themselves--how sad for them. Stop blaming those of us who have done so. Back in the day, the Temple offered a free program to teach adults how to read--guess what, no one applied.
Oh well. I refuse to apologize that many Caucasian people of different European ethnicities do actually like me personally and what my Social Ministry is doing, helping people by one hand at a time. And yes, I was born and raised during the exercising of the "Jim Crow Laws" and prior to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. I was and remain anti-Vietnam War just as I am anti-Iraq War. And no, I'm not (to use a "double grammatical negative") a Black Republican and I really don't "wanna be" a Black Democrat either. What really and truly annoys me, as a minister, is that we Pagan Clergy cannot get any funding to promote goodwill and social services that our U.S. Government lacks within our Pagan communities. How can I, as a human being and minister, continue to positively portray and show our youth that the U.S. government and Corporate America are good role models? How can I, as a human being and clergy, continue to advise all of our youth (of all religious denominations or none) that education is good when the media (financially backed and supported by corporations globally) only portrays entertainers, sports figures, and skinny runway models as their future role models. I'm not anti-entertainment, anti-sports, anti-skinny folks at all; but there needs to be a re-focusing, restructuring of what is truly important--THE FAMILY. Gee, businesses restructure, re-organize, and downsize daily with no regard for the pattern of devastation and destruction caused duly by their actions! And when I speak about family and familial values, I am talking about everyone's concept of family values and not necessarily from a religious perspective. After all, some folks are spiritual but not religious along with some folks being absolutely Atheist. I have no issue with this at all--why should anyone else? We help people individually, one person at a time. But today, I was not able to help someone because we have no support. Fine. I'm just keepin' it real and will try to be late for everything and use more Ebonics. One more thing--can someone at least offer me a "Ghetto Card" too while helping me to become more Black? I will continue to forge ahead. Why? Because I know of life in peace and can rest well knowing that I have never stepped-on or hurt anyone within the process and rites of passages within the Life. We are all equal--BELIEVE IT OR NOT. Gee, we're all born of woman--so stop hating your mother. Look inward of yourself for the truth about your hatred, your insecurities, and self worth. From there, you will decide whether to make a serious change within your own life before blaming others for your misfortunes and/or unfulfilled life.The above is something for all of us to ponder whether we care to or not . . . then formulate proactive solutions as I am doing so.
Em Hetep,
Blesséd Be!
Sunday, June 10, 2007
What is Heka?
"Heka was seen as a gift from the sun god Re to mankind (his offspring), a manifestation of his creative energy as an embodiment of his Ba (his soul). It empowered man to create using words and actions, mirroring the sun god's creation of the universe. Heka can be seen as the creative force or life-giving energy connecting the objects, links and symbols of life with the universe, like a subtle tapestry of energy, which the magician must learn to read if s/he is to effectively work magic."
From the book "Heka" by David Rankine
From the book "Heka" by David Rankine
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Temple of Kemetic Wicca
After much pondering and proactivity, we are pleased to announce the reformation of the Temple of Kemetic Wicca "Witch" has been revitalized via the Blessings of our Patron Divinities (Goddesses, Gods, Lwa (Loa) & Spiritual Guides).
And as always, we will continue to help those who seek spiritual enlightenment and those who may be in serious need of spiritual balance, solace, and guidance within our ancient and modern practicum and expertise of:
Heka ▪ Hoodoo ▪ Vodou (Voodoo) ▪ Witchcraft
Em hetep,
Blessed Be!
Frater K.A. Sahure V°
Arch High Priest
Temple of Kemetic Wicca
Priestesses & Priests of Ma'at
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Set
Thee Ancient Egyptian God Set has been equated with Typhon, daimon, daemon, demon, trickster, pure evil, and much more.
This musing is about evil and good. How one deals with good vs. evil is absolutely up to you whether she/he/it recognizes this particular duality within Nature and the Cosmos.
Set has been given existense, credence, and acceptance "of possessing overwhelming power" within the Ancient Egyptian cosmology for centuries and to this day within the mundane world.
For all intensive and logical reasoning, "evil" does live and prevail within our mundane existence as many different types of representations from the spirit world with many infused into human form and human psyche which we all encounter every day. Specifically, these are negative forces (often times in the form of human beings) that we engage, deal, and battle with each and every day. It's not YOU.
IT IS all about THEM and THEIR need to feed and fuel THEIR self-centered ideologies and agenda in many subtle ways.
There are many metaphysical ways of dealing with, handling, and squashing these negative forces that influence your life and well-being. For those who are unaware of this or just simply myopic to the facts due to having a perpetually closed mind to anything or everything concerning the metaphysical realm. Most of us seek and enjoy the attainment of mind, body, spirit balance or equilibrium on many planes of existence.
Take this for what it may or may not be worth to you.
In the Realm of the Goddess,
Blessed Be in the Faith!
▪ Reverend K.A. Sahure (a.k.a. Frater Kheti)
In the Realm of the Goddess,
Blessed Be in the Faith!
▪ Reverend K.A. Sahure (a.k.a. Frater Kheti)
Thursday, February 1, 2007
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