#kemetic prayer(s)

[wanderingskemetic]

𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪 Em hotep!

I'm Naru (they/it). I'm a Kemetic-Rasenna (Etruscan) agnostic polytheist. I've been interested in Ancient Egypt since elementary school, and my love of it and its history is deeply intertwined with my love of the Netjeru. I'm currently working towards a degree in an ancient history/archaeology related field and may occasionally post about that.

I try to strike a balance between reconstruction and revivalism, using my knowledge of historical practices to guide my practices. However, as a college student, someone with multiple conditions that cause executive functioning issues, and someone who needs to be discreet around some family members, I also focus on keeping things approachable for me.

I am devoted to Djehuty/Thoth and Amun.

I primarily worship Ptah, Menrva, Farthan, Wesir/Osiris, Aset/Isis, Ra, Khonsu, Mut, and Resheph.

I also frequently worship Bes, Seshat, Renenutet, Tinia, Uni, Het Heru/Hathor, and Sekhmet.

I worship all of the netjeru and aiser as appropriate and desired.

I have some interest and knowledge of Hellenic and Roman polytheism, and thus will occasionally reblog content related to them. I hope to eventually incorporate some Roman deities into my practice, particularly Janus, Angerona, and various virtue deities.

The Kemetic subtle deity worship masterpost can be found here.

Tags Guide Under Cut

Deities:

Posts about deities are tagged with their name(s). If it's about a synchronized deity (ie Amun-Ra or Ptah-Sokar-Wesir) the synchronized deity will be tagged as will all the deities that make up the synchronization. Any deities that have well known Greek names or popular variations (like Bast and Bastet) are tagged with all popular spellings that I know. Posts involving Heru/Horus will be tagged Heru and Horus and if it's mentioned what Horus (ie Heru Wer, Horus of Behdet, etc.) or I can easily tell (ie it's Horus in child form) that will also be tagged.

Reblogged posts with images of a deity or images that remind me of them are additionally tagged Dua deityname if a Kemetic deity or Sin deityname if a Rasenna deity.

Original Posts:

#Naru's eofferings

#Naru writes--prayers, poems, and similar writings

#Naru answers--my answers to questions, usually asks

#Naru's musings--various thoughts on polytheism, tends to be about my personal practice, does not overlap with Naru answers

Resources:

#divination--is broken down into further tags based on divination type

#heka

#prayer--different prayers written by other people

#devotional journal

#deity communication--anything deity communication wise that's not divination

#deity worship references--offering ideas, deity information, etc.

#historical references--historical philosophy, perspectives on the gods, etc.

#research references--research recommendations and tips for researching effectively

#resources--catch all tag for posts that don't fit cleanly into a more specific tag ie discord servers

Others:

#skemeticism--Skepticism, struggles with belief, general atheist/agnostic stuff, etc.

#for fun--memes, jokes, and other things of that sort

#reminders

#wandering into Rasenna polythiesm

#a wandering religio romana encounter

#wandering through helpol

[0wl3tt3]

Reflection on my practice (for future me)

Hello, so I wanted to do write what has been my practice so far for future me to read and reflect, I discover a lot for myself, so this might be long so please sit and relax.

Catholicism

I grew up Roman Catholic for most of my life, living and breathing on those values, going to Catholic school and going to church but it doesn't really have an affect for me, I didn't feel connected to Catholicism, so I was semi atheist (I didn't know that Agnostic exist) for most of my early teenage years until I was in grade 10, where I was kinda chilling in class, I wasn't interested with the subject so I just pulled out my phone and thought it would be fun to search on tumblr about witchcraft and it really interested me. Everything about it looked fun and maybe I wanted to dipped my toes in the water. Later on I created an account specifically for that! I enjoyed it as a newbie liking the vibes and looked to find Paganism

Kemeticism

Anyone who followed 15-16 year old me will remember I was a Kemetic pagan, I worshipped Anubis and Ra (Along with Heru-Sa-Aset) but I was close to Anubis, I prayed to him after my dog died which did started my path to paganism where I now just denounce myself silently as a Catholic. I prayed and gave him offerings that I have access to and just let him guide me to cope. I started being open to my practice to my friends as well which they all really support! I never said anything to my family knowing what they believe was that I'm just catholic.

I really do thank Anubis and the gods I did pray for those hardships of my own mistakes and leading me to comfort even when I'm arrogant. It inspired me to admire history more that I ever did, I wanted to read more about old religions, I wanted to just eat every single information I can find tiring to be the best version of what I should do and value.

Hellenism and Athena

I've already told this but I wasn't Kemetic pagan anymore now, I adored Anubis but it felt like my time of mourning had passed and it felt like I might have to part my ways with Kemeticism. Its a beautiful religion and the people there are lovely! but I just don't follow it as a follower anymore and I was called to Hellenism.

I wasn't gonna lie and say Hellenism didn't intimidate me, it did, I knew to never take the myths literally for me to not act dumb but there were a lot of things I had to learn now that I wasn't following Kemeticism. I wasn't sure who to look, well, for a bit until I settled with Athena which makes sense.

Listen, I am a girl that loved the greek monsters, dragons, drawing, and war history, of course I'm gonna pray to Athena!

I felt like she was the goddess for me and later became the kinda the only goddess I prayed for when it comes to tests and being strong. Sometimes I don't do prayers because of school and my own laziness, I'm happy that she's patient with me and a tarot reading by a friend, where I asked "What's Athena thinking about me? I haven't done much for her..." "Talk to me more! and stop procrastinating!"

Is just... I STILL THINK ABOUT IT LIKE OH SWEET GODDESS THANK YOU BUT ALSO DON'T CALL ME OUT😭😭😭😭/j

But I really do thank her for that, it's just so sweet for me to know she is around even when I'm not always acknowledging her.

Now and future

I think one, buy a fucking tarot deck for myself and just talk more, sometimes when no one is around I just talk out of no where to her which I see as my baby steps to coming back since last and the early months I was pretty dry on my worship and practice. This summer I hope I can read history books and just talk about it to her, start doing divination and do something about that rain water from one year ago lmao.

I think this year will be witchy and pagan for me! I'm excited for shenanigans to ensue with my irl witch friends!

And I will say it again, thank you to the deities I worshipped before and now for guiding me to where I am now, no matter how chaotic it is, you're there for me.

So for future me, let's do this!!!!!

[sandandlightning]

A Rose by Any Other Name Would Cause The Author a Logistical Nightmare

As I begin to write new posts I have come to something of a conundrum. In the past, while there was still a fair bit of name variation, it was easy to settle on my favorite Egyptian modernizations. 

Now, however, all of my ritual work uses Goetic names, while communion and prayer I use any number of different ones ranging from their myth and pantheon of origin, the goetic, to modern nicknames. Which begs the question what to use here.

I had decided to leave the name of the blog as ‘Temple of Set’ even while changing the icon to the Sitri Sigil. It seemed a strange change to make given Set was already venerated in Satanic spaces and that is more or less what led me to where I am now. It seems a bit more natural in the cases of Set and Anpu, who I have worked with for so long, to refer to them with kemetic names.

Ashtaroth, particularly I really don't know what to do. I have a whole post on her smorgasbord of etymology, and I do have some attachment to her identity as Ishtar, but had never properly approached her until Goetic pursuits. Honestly when I think about her, it's almost like a mental image of both the name Ashtaroth and Ishtar overlayed on each other at the same time. I've been sort of settling for a Ashtaroth | Ishtar denotation for now, but that hits right in the Consistent Formatting OCD.

The same can go for Bune, who has ties to Neith. And I worked with Neith recently as a Kemetic, but I have stronger ties to Bune as an entity, and also the identity overlap, while there, is just less strong from Kemetic to Goetic with Bune than it is for Anpu as Ipos or Set s Sitri.

Meanwhile the Boiz of Abrahamic Origin are just over here vibin, despite the fact that arguably Lucifer has the most convoluted and nonsensical etymological history of them all. And yet is the most normalized? Though at least that has some of the comforting energy that harkens to ‘Set literally trolling historians bc it's funny’ phenomena I ran into a lot. Or the energy of a kicked out kid yelling ‘jokes on u dad Im naming myself after something from those Romans you hate so much, get fucked’.

[zurisaurusrex]

Better Intro Post (With Links to Altars)

Hello! I'm Zuri and I'm a little (younger than 10) in the AshenBlade system. This blog is run by me but checked over by the big kids in the system to make sure I stay safe. (The system body is 25 so I'm allowed to have an account)

I love dinosaurs and pirates and all the fun things. My favorite dino is the Diplodocus (hahah Vinette had to google how to spell that...)

I like learning about real pirates like Blackbeard and Anne Bonney and stuff, which are very different to how kids' shows show pirates and I think that's weird.

I'm one of the pagan alters. We all (the ones of us who aren't atheist) get advice and help from Hades and Nyx. Hades said as long as I stay away from the more adult parts of Dionysus, it could be a good healthy friendship. And it has been.

So yeah

I mainly post my digital altars for people to use and short prayers to the god(esse)s I work with.

Here's a list of the Digital Altars I've made.

Hellenic Gods

Dionysus

Nyx (alter 2)

Hekate

Hermes ( altar 2)

Aphrodite ( altar 2)

Iris

Prometheus (altar 2)

Zagreus

Morpheus

Thanatos

Kemetic Gods

Osiris (plan on remaking)

Demonolatry

Lucifer

Heathenry

Loki

If you want an altar for your god(esses), send me an ask!!!!

[twojackals]

Change of Pace

I've always said no matter what I think about Kemetic Orthodoxy, or Tamara Siuda, or the House of Netjer, that I always respected and agreed with my full RPD (Rite of Parent divination) that I received from Siuda in 2001.

But that all is about to change.

My Beloveds (from my KO divination) and I have decided on a mutual separation, and while I had been thinking about this issue for years, I finally have the freedom to make these choices for myself since leaving the Kemetic Orthodox religion and becoming an independent Kemetic Polytheist.

But it's not just a choice I am making on my own. This is something that was decided from both sides of the relationship, with a surprise intermediary to help.

Let's rewind though:

In 2001, Dr. Tamara Siuda (Former "Nisut" for the Kemetic Orthodox religion, a specific branch of Kemetic Polytheism with various aspects revealed to its members from and through Siuda) performed a divination ritual for me to find out Who my "Parent" God or Gods was going to be. Some in the Pagan or Polytheistic world would call this a "Patron" God, and I'm OK to call it that as well; there are some KO people who will throw literal fits if you try to compare anything about KO to the 'regular Pagan world' but that's their deal, not mine -- Parent and Patron are literally the same concept. Deal with it.

In terms of Ancient Egypt, your 'Patron God' may have been the God of your nome, city, state, region, household, or a specific God or set of Gods you've devoted your life and/or worship toward for any number of reasons. In modern terms, many Polytheists already follow a specific God or Gods for their practice through personal choice (while others may have none specific in mind at all and work with Whomever can assist with various prayers, rituals, requests, dates, days, holidays, or just Whomever they darn well choose to work with on any given day -- also valid!).

In terms of Kemetic Orthodoxy, those who go through the beginner's class and become Remetj within the House of Netjer (the first real 'level' of Membership), can then choose to undergo the Rite of Parent Divination. It is a cowrie-shell-based ritual, completely modern from Tamara Siuda. The results of this divination system come in two flavors: Your Parent, or Parents (essentially Patron(s)), and your Beloveds, which would be one or more Gods Who have… like… decided to just tag along in your life.

When I was first divined, Tamara told me (verbatim, this is the actual chat log) what Beloveds are meant to do. This definition seems to have changed at least a dozen times over the years, so take this with a grain of salt from the ancient days of 2001: "The Beloveds help you to understand what you get from your Parent." Tell 12 people in the Temple today about this divination, and you will get 12 different opinions on whether or not it is true.

Of course this (Siuda) is the same person who also told me, again verbatim in the same chat log: "Wepwawet is Yinepu", and Wepwawet would like you to all know that this is absolutely not the case. But back in 2001 when I knew so little, it was all about what Siuda told me was true, and that's just how it was.

Fast forward back to the present day:

My relationship with Wepwawet has been strong for a very long time now. We're thick as thieves is how I describe it, and I haven't met anyone else that has ever described a relationship with Him quite like the one I have. It's definitely unique, and I appreciate that quite a bit.

My Beloveds, however, were and are nowhere to be seen… and honestly I think that's the way it was always meant to be.

Hethert and Amun have always been dead silent to me. Not invisible -- They've been "there" because I've expected Them to be there, and I think that's really the only reason They've ever been present is because I was in this religion with someone who told me "These Gods are going to be with you and part of your life". But that edict seemed as baffling to Them as it was to me, causing a lot of confusion and some level of spiritual trauma as well over time (always trying to attain something you were told 'should be', when it was never really meant to be at all, can be quite difficult to deal with).

Truth be told, my relationship with Wepwawet just didn't require "interpretters", nor did He nor I want any split attention in the Divinities department: I had no need in my particular path for any "Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Siblings, additional Parents" or whatever other familial human connection you want to paste onto Divinity. It simply wasn't conductive to the kind of relationship and focus I was meant to have with Wepwawet.

I'm not the kind of person who believes every single person can or should have a strong, daily relationship with every single Deity. I think some relationships will work, some will be in passing only or on an "as needed basis" only, and others will simply not work at all, and that is by mutual design. It's very similar to human relationships as well: no matter how much you pine after someone, the other party has a choice to be in that relationship, or not. And I think Hethert and Amun were simply existing in this disconnection in as best a way They could under the circumstances: They didn't want to reject me, particularly while I was in KO and being told They were "meant" to be there, but They also had Their own boundaries and limitations as well.

Essentially we were simply never meant to have the kind of relationship KO was suggesting we should have.

Today, I can't tell you how much I appreciate that, because now that I'm no longer bound by Kemetic Orthodoxy, I no longer need to tie myself to things I either do not believe in, or things that simply do not work. And the relationship between myself and Hethert and Amun simply does not work. This is never to say I cannot call upon Hethert or Amun to help me in various things, but rather it is about a familial-style relationship that simply was never meant to be.

What about "Nut"?

A couple of years ago, I had an additional Beloved divination. There is a long history behind this for the year prior, most notably a message I received during a Wep Ronpet (New Year) ritual from a completely unrelated Goddess, that I was meant to meet with Nut and receive a message. From that time on, I spent months curating this relationship with Nut that I didn't fully understand. Eventually, I had enough courage to ask Siuda for an additional divination rite to see if Nut was meant to be one of my Beloveds, along with Hethert and Amun.

The answer from Siuda's divination was that I could take it or leave it (She's receptive to the relationship, and I can agree to it, or I can walk away). And Nut thought that was absolutely hilarious and told me, in no uncertain terms, that this was a relationship that was meant to happen, and that if I examine all of the evidence, I would see that to be true (the same way that, had I examined all the evidence regarding Hethert and Amun, I would have known that relationship was never meant to be).

It was that point forward I realized two things: First, Siuda didn't know everything, nor were her shells telling me everything I needed to know for my personal relationship with Divinity. You'd think I would have known that a long time ago, but tradition is hard to break with. Second, for the first time in a long time, I personally realized the difference between a real relationship with an additional Deity (Nut) vs. the relationship that had been a bit forced on me (Hethert and Amun) by another person. [Note that I use the word 'force' very very lightly but, again, in 2001 and for some time after, I presumed what Siuda said was not to be questioned]

So while I say goodbye to Hethert and Amun in my daily life, I am working on elevating my relationship with Nut in a much more substantial way.

I will be deprecating all the statuary of Hethert and Amun from my shrines and altars, not to say I will never use it for something again, but it is a part of the 'moving away from this part of my life' that needs to be completed, and most importantly, Hethert and Amun are completely on-board.

This isn't goodbye -- it's just see you later, in a different context.

[zuzuelectricbugaloo]

Ooh, as a Muslim myself, I think that’s such an interesting idea!

I adore Howl’s idea of Killer and Color practicing Kemetic paganism, and after learning about their backstories and characters, feel like that suits them. Howl also had the idea of what if they practiced some Islamic customs as well, and this post reminded me again of that.

Note: I can’t speak on behalf of all Muslims nor deign that I am all knowledgeable on Islam. I’m only offering my perspective with what I’ve learned

It would be interesting for Killer to have been Muslim, but after becoming Killer became riddled with religious guilt and believes himself undeserving of it. Islam is a religion of peace. You are taught to always care for the wellbeing of others, and harming someone else is outside of self defense is a crime against yourself and the person you’ve harmed. Because in the Quran, it says that if you take the life of one person, it’s as severe as though you’ve taken the life of all of humanity.

Killer slaughtered his entire Underground, over and over and over again. And over time, grew to enjoy hurting others and the pain he inflicted. Killer was pushed to do so, his very Code altered, to turn into the Hybrid he’d become. We cannot judge him, but it does not excuse the wrong he’d inflicted upon others and continued to do outside of Chara’s influence or when under Nightmare.

Killer knows this, and believes himself undeserving of being a Muslim. He committed unforgivable sins including cannibalism (hc of what he’d been pushed to) and murder and usually enjoyed it. Killer has always reminded me of religious and divine symbolism, especially with Howl’s idea of him being an angelkin.

Maybe someday he will continue certain customs—like not eat pork or other haram meats like snakes, for example, to feel a connection to his past self to heal. Maybe even pray, occasionally, to help find comfort in motions of content and peace, when he one day fully accepts the person that he has become and strives to heal from his past. He will do many things to try and heal, like take up interest such as fashion design or crafting knives or caring for his cats. Anything that feels familiar and easy and that offers some semblance of peace.

I think Killer would believe that since Sans was a Muslim, and he is now a Killer, he buries that past and accepts a few customs and practices, but will never return to the full identity of what he once was.

Color with Howl’s HC I really like had always been Kemetic pagan but followed some Islamic practices, such as fasting and observing Ramadan. With that, Color would avoid alcohol and haram foods (like blood and pork) and pray. Killer finds comfort in the familiarity of those practices, and that learns Kemetic paganism from Color and enjoys how similar it is to Islam, but is its own separate entity that Killer doesn’t feel guilt for practicing it.

Killer could listen to Color recite ayat (lines of surahs) and surahs from the Quran and find comfort in the familiarity of it. Maybe he’d even miss, especially from Stage 1’s reminiscence, when he would teach his Papyrus how to recite and they’d read together, or how he’d lead his brother in prayer and how he’d have to help Papyrus up to reach the sink to make wudu.

They’d celebrate Gyftmas with their friends, and introduce them to both Eid-al-Fitr (the celebration after Ramadan) and Eid-al-Adha (celebration commemorating Prophet Ibrahim’s loyalty to Allah), Color and Killer teaching Epic to make Kahk (date-filled shortbread cookies) and, since Color is HC to be Egyptian, teaches them to make Mahshi (stuffed bell peppers and eggplants).

It’s nice to include the rest of the Chromatic Crew, but it’s made more special to Killer and feels less alone knowing and sharing the experience with Color. Like “you know what it’s like, like I do, it’s your culture and mine” and soon he feels less guilt in those customs and more of the familiar joy and peace. Or Color and Killer introducing Ink and Cross to calligraphy and Cross is delighted to find that his neat handwriting can make gorgeous art, and has a field day learning Arabic alongside Ink to make beautiful calligraphy of words and phrases Color and Killer teach them.

Killer enjoying dressing feminine now and again would occasionally wear stylized scarves in various hijab patterns, and a curious Epic is introduced to it. Color showing Epic different places of hijab and explaining its cultural significance, and how it’s the person’s choice to wear it and not anyone else’s obligation, and Killer finds favorite patterns or cloth materials like silk or traditional cloth and experiments with different ways to wear it depending on the material type. And Killer would help Epic wear hijab if he’d liked in different styles and experiment. Maybe they’d even collab now and then and wear matching colors, patterns, or even in the same style, and fist bump at how stylish they look xD

He can’t go back to being Sans the Muslim, he’s dead. But Killer can continue his Islamic practices. Killer is the reanimated tomb of Sans, after all. Why not pay homage to his tomb?

@howlsofbloodhounds

As an ex muslim, killer gives heavy ex muslim vibes to me.

Ooh, interesting. 👀

I’m not Muslim nor particularly religious (family members believe in the Christian God/a higher power and I was taken to church and all that as a kid, never really stuck with me though as I was only ever really there for the free food and cool stories, although I have lately been checking out Paganism), and i haven’t done too much research into that. Would love to hear more about it with Killer if you (or any other Muslims) want to share.

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How to Honor Your Ancestors the Kamitic/Kemetic Shaman Way

Hetepu Fam (Peace Family),

Hollywood here lately has been fascinated with making ghost stories and trying to claim that people worship the dead. Unfortunately, because there is not a lot of information available on the web and/or there is no community available.  Newcomers have usually led astray because of fiction writers desire to make a quick buck by preying upon individual’s ignorance about the spiritual realm.  So, to set the record straight, we don’t worship the dead.  We worship God and honor our ancestors.



Boveda

Cultures all over the world honor the deceased but in Kamitic/Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) belief, every deceased relative was not considered an ancestor. The true meaning of an ancestor or an Aakhu is an individual that exercised self-discipline in life and therefore was expected to assist the living in life. Surely, you would not want to honor an individual that suffered from substance abuse in life.  This is because the same way you would not want to be around this individual in life, for obvious reasons. You would not want to be around them in death, because there is not much you would be able to learn from this individual.  You want to venerate those individuals whose self-discipline made them honorable individuals in life. Self – discipline was symbolized by the Kamitic/Kemetic people as the djed (the backbone of Osar Greek Osiris) column. The backbone was used because this is what makes us sit/stand upright, hence the djed raising image below.  In contemporary times instead of raising djed columns some people just plant trees, which has the same meaning when you understand it in its true context.



So,  one of the simplest ways to honor the ancestors in the Afro-Diaspora is to build an ancestral altar. The altar used in Kamta is inspired by the Afro-Cuban Espiritisimo Cruzado (Crossed Spiritism) tradition’s altar called a boveda.  In the Kamitic language it is called a het (house).  The reason I use this type of altar is because I have learned that it can be adapted to suit anyone’s purpose. After using it, I found that it corresponds perfectly to my Kamitic-Kongo influence, which will be explained below.

The basic guidelines are as follows:

Take photos of your ancestors (deceased biological relatives you respected and/or teachers).  Then place their photos on a clean table covered with a white tablecloth. I personally do not put a tablecloth down because it is easy for ashes and soot to get on it. Then you have to dismantle the whole altar. Instead I usually place white colored seashells around the borders. The seashells serve as a barrier and act as a purifying agent instead of the white tablecloth. (See pics below)

Arrange nine glasses (symbolizing the nine netcharu – Kamitic guardian spirits) into a semi-circle to represent the guardian angel(s) that governed your ancestor. Fill these glasses with cool water.

Say a prayer in your own language thanking God for all of your blessings.  It is common throughout the African American and Afro-Latino communities to recite the Lords Prayer because it is a very familiar yet powerful prayer. I use it because it was the first prayer I learned that resonated with me and also because it speaks to me on a much deeper level. For instance, Our Father, who art in Heaven. Hallowed be Thy Name,” to me acknowledges that Osar is the patriarch of all who follow the Kamitic path. He is therefore, our first honorable ancestor, just like Jesus would be to the Christians, Abraham and Moses would be to the Jews and so on.   When I say, “Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven”. It makes feel like Hru (Heru, Hrw or Horus in Greek) – Osar’s heir, and is a reminder that the only way I can defeat my enemy, Set (Set-an or Satan) is by relying upon Osar (intuitively) as my guide.

Then say a prayer asking that God bless, strengthen and enlighten your ancestors.  Next light a small white birthday candle and tell your ancestors how much you miss them. Ask them to assist you in your life.

Since you cannot get something for nothing, because of the Maa (also called Maat or Ma’at is the Kamitic/Kemetic concept of balance, equality, justice harmony, law, order and truth), it is common practice to make an offering in exchange for your ancestors’ assistance such as a cigar (for beginners do not light), incense (e.g. frankincense, frankincense and myrrh, or sandalwood), food (fruit, slice of pound cake, etc.), beverage (strong black coffee without sugar or cream, tea or a shot of rum.  Understand, offerings are given to the ancestors all around the world because although they do not need food and shelter as we (the living) do. They are however able to absorb the energy (life-force) from things that are offered to them, in order to continue their existence.

Afterwards, thank your ancestors for their assistance and allow the candle to burn down.

On a day that is most convenient to you. Repeat steps 3 through 5.

The above set up is a simple modification of an Aakhu altar used in Kamta. The above basic guidelines are usually done to help individuals learn how to ignore their wayward thoughts and control their mind. Thus allowing their ancestors to communicate to them intuitively through their dreams, hunches and thoughts. It is advised that you pay attention to your dreams, thoughts and ideas.

Important Tips: 

Make sure that whenever burning candles and incense that they are safely away from anything that is flammable.

Never put salt in food that is offered to the ancestors. Salt has a tendency to repel spirits. Also, if cooked food is offered it should be removed the following day. Never allow food to decay on the altar.

Never put photos of those who are living on an altar for the dead.

Never allow your ancestors to become thirsty. Always refill the glasses with water when it evaporates out. Also, don’t give your ancestors too much alcohol, we don’t want them to become drunk.

Never allow the altar to fall into disarray.



Besides being a great way to celebrate the life and contributions of your ancestors. Honoring the ancestors is a great way to verify that the deceased is truly resting in peace and ensure that your ancestral heritage will not be forgotten. We must always remember that this is what Hru (Greek Horus) had to do for Osar, because this is how he acquired the double crown.

Now, recently I have been asked why I use white colored seashells. Well, there’s a couple of reasons. For one, seashells have a double meaning. They protect what is precious on the inside and protect what’s inside from that which is on the outside. This is classic Kamitic and Kongo “pun” thinking. The shells have another meaning as well, but it would take us beyond the scope of this post.   See the images below:



Afro-American burial enclosed in seashells, South Carolina 1975 by Robert Farris Thompson. Four Moments of the Sun

The other reason for doing this is because this is the tradition that our ancestors (the Africans and early African Americans) left for us to follow.



African American Congo Grave

So, the Espiritismo Cruzado boveda or het (spiritual house) as you can see is just a modern adaptation of an old Kongo concept.

Hope this helps.

Hetep

For more info. on honoring your ancestors check out Honoring the Ancestors the Kemetic Shaman Way.

Feel free to share anywhere but please credit authorship to Derric Moore and provide a link back to this article

[teaandwitchery]

@ancientgoldboundspirit

It had been several years now since the nightmare had ended. Slowly over those first few months Ryou knew he should have been elated! Grateful to be free of the Ring!

Instead he only felt more alone than he ever had. It was entirely different than any of the misery the spirit had brought him. This emptiness... brought with it immense guilt. Guilt and self-hatred. He shouldn’t MISS someone who had tried to kill his friends (not to mention the destroy the world scheme), yet he longed for the comfort of the familiarity in being at the spirit’s mercy...

But he endured. He smiled gently to his friends, went along with whatever they included him in, and kept quiet about his pain. It wasn’t as if anyone could understand. Although Yugi was missing Atem, their situations were too different. Ryou was alone.

Then it had gotten better for some time. Marik, excited to have a psychiatrist he was comfortable with, had urged Ryou to try therapy. He was the only one who knew about Ryou’s anxiety and depression.

The first session was... traumatic. Being forced to confess to suicidal thoughts had embarrassed him so badly he had wept in the office and it took a lot of encouragement from Marik to ever go back.

It did get better. Armed with antidepressants and books he’d found on Borderline Personality Disorder, he had some tools to move forward.

Yet it all collapsed out from under him when he thought it was under control. Convinced no one could ever love him and he would always feel like this, Ryou attempted to end it all.

By some work of fate, Marik showed up in time to help him, heart broken at what Ryou had nearly accomplished.

Then the way he felt in Marik’s arms was unlike anything in his life. Tears slipped down Ryou’s face as Marik gently stroked his hair.

Soon Marik moved in with him, with the explanation Ryou didn’t need to be left alone. The arrangement went well for both of them — Ryou helped Marik with bad time management problems as well as reminding him things such as you really shouldn’t drink so much alcohol with your schizophrenia medication.

It also gave them the special opportunity to see each other’s spiritual practice. There was so much Marik knew about Kemeticism that was not in any of the reconstruction books. As Marik looked through them, he made notes for Ryou that included corrections and additional context.

They prayed together, they cooked together, they event slept together. Not THAT sleeping together, but actually going to sleep. And Marik was so affectionate! He had no problem holding Ryou! It gave him every reason to believe he was his BOYFRIEND.

But then, when discussing a therapy session had brought Ryou to tears and Marik had embraced him, Ryou smiled softly, gathering the courage to kiss him—

Marik pushed him back, exclaiming, “S-sorry! I’d rather you... not! I’m... not gay! Heh, but I AM flattered! Really...”

Not. Gay. Not gay? NOT GAY?! Marik was the gayest person Ryou had ever met! Even now he had all that eyeliner on! A crop top! And sequined hair clips in his hair!

Ryou was mortified to be rejected after all this time thinking... thinking he was good enough for someone...

His heart had shattered, and he whispered, “Okay,” too weak to argue. “I’m sorry...” Sorry I exist.

Nothing was the same after that. Ryou avoided Marik as well as he could, even quitting his job at a videogame store to work a different schedule at his college library instead.

He suffered in silence again. He’d never been so alone. When he couldn’t take it anymore, when everything felt entirely pointless, he quit therapy and he quit his medication.

Then he happened upon an ancient text, as one does, and luckily he knew enough Kemetic vocabulary from Yami Bakura, Atem, and Marik to work on translating it to study.

The spell was one he could adapt for his own use. He would use the prayers in the original language, and he would add his own elements to it — certain herbs and incense to burn, and the added element of turning it into a blood ritual.

In the darkness his tears lined his eyes as he recited the words, pronouncing them to the best of his abilities (and laughing as he remembered a time the Spirit had laughed at the accent slaughtering Ryou’s attempt to speak to him in Kemetic. Something about being possessed had allowed him an ability to pick up the language the Spirit thought in, but speaking it was much harder than listening to it).

“... Wepwawet, wep em wawet,

Dua iyiek, dua peretek

Wepwawet, wep em wawet,

Wep merut ibi...”

Smoke filled the room and candles glowed beautifully as Ryou took a blade into a trembling hand, splitting his arm open dramatically as he wept, speaking now to the Spirit, “Please accept my offering... Hotep akhu em shabu en emenet her iabyt...

Standard blessings were provided on the shrine too in offering to him: bread, beer, water.

[owl-core-archive]

Links

These are sources I find interesting enough to save for organizational purposes in this neat little post. I can’t vouch for the veracity or safety of all of them, so browse at your own peril. An asterisk (*) marks links that are particularly important to me.

I remove posts when the links are broken and I cannot find replacements.

Chaos magic

Chaos Matrix

DKMU website

Introductions to chaos magic compiled by @coyote-696 and updated by me

Crafts

Drawstring Bag Tutorial by thewitchandthewoodland (deactivated)

Divination (bibliomancy, scrying, etc.)

The Basics of Water Scrying by @maddiviner

Commentary on scrying by @crossing-sun

Divination skills are vital for an active and informed magical practice by @toverijenspokerij

Electional astrology intro resources compiled by @tzilya

(*) The Homeiromanteion, Nietzschemanteion, and Sapphomanteion

Oneirogenic Unction by @poisonerspath

Egypt and Kemeticism

Compilations on Egypt (see here and here) by @magica-pseudoacademica

Egyptology Resources by Nigel Strudwick at the Fitzwilliam Museum

(*) Gods and Goddesses of the Ancient Egyptians: A Theological Encyclopedia by Edward P. Butler on Henadology

Historical Kemetic offerings by @pagyne

Introduction to Ancient Egypt and Its Civilization and Wonders of Ancient Egypt by University of Pennsylvania on Coursera

Kemetic Daily Adoration: Sunrise by @hammerandkhopesh

Prayer for Hethert by @khenneferitw

Resources on the Egyptian language on Lexicity

(*) A Simple Beginning Ritual by @idi-the-noof

The Twisted Rope by Devo (@thetwistedrope)

Types of Kemeticism by @thetwistedrope

Health, wellness, and self-care

(I am not a medical professional and do not take responsibility for the outcomes of using any of these methods.)

Prayer of Healing for Mental Illness by Rabbi Elliot Kukla

Herbalism

Dangers of ingesting herbs by @vampireapologist

The Etiquette of Herb-Gathering by @juniperwildwalk

Getting to know a Plant Ally by @thepaganhomestead

Intoxication is awesome by theheadlesshashasheen (deactivated) and veneficiumveritas (deactivated)

Working with Plants by @batwitch

Inclusion and social justice

Bisexual history by @violettomcat-archived

Designing for accessibility by the Home Office of the UK

Thread on sage and smudging by @tainbo

Primed: The Back Pocket Guide For Trans Men and the Men Who Dig Them by Rainbow Health Ontario

Real Rent Duwamish by the Duwamish Solidarity Group (of Coalition of Anti-Racist Whites)

Resources on LGBTQ+ history compiled by @iwilleatyourenglish and @ryanthedemiboy

So, Your Ancestor is a Racist... by thedailypolitique

Magical commentaries

(These are not detailed instructions for specific spells. For those, please see my other page.)

Advice on Cursing for Witches by @deerhoofandrabbitsfoot

An advisory about poppets by @therainshallmakeadoor

Basics of magic by @hadit93

A Critical Look at Correspondences by Aaron Oberon (@southerncunning) on Southern Cunning

The Crossroads by @qedavathegrey

Defending yourself from binding spells by @therainshallmakeadoor

How to begin at witchcraft by @ioqayin

How to deepen your craft by shi-rith (deactivated)

How to read grimoires by @jakattax

How to start again at witchcraft by @heatherwitch

Many Branches – Something Witchy this way comes with Sarah Anne Lawless and Briana Saussy

The Language of Spell Crafting by ofwoodandbone (deactivated)

Magic in the Middle Ages by Universitat de Barcelona on Coursera

Magic is not only about intention by @hadit93

Magical circles and protection by @crossing-sun

On substitutions by @ancientmagickacademy

Properly baptizing a poppet by @helheth

Regaining Faith in Magic by @hadit93

Starting point for Traditional Witchcraft by @iopanosiris

Miscellaneous

Breathing exercise by @catchymemes

Compilation of posts by @qedavathegrey

Emergency cleaning: Unfuck your whole house in the shortest time possible by @unfuckyourhabitat

Facts that adults don’t tell you about bullying by @autasticanna, @saint-ambrosef, and @tato-ch4n

Focus - How to develop your Craft by @batwitch

How to deal with Discord phishing scams by splitsplatted

Stop Reposting by @heatherwitch

Toxic Trends: Trust your gut over truth by @north-of-annwn

Vegan recipes:

Peanut butter cookies by @fishusesmagic (for my Witchy Wishlist 2019)

Four vegan recipes (not by me) I compiled for @lovelyvvitch‘s Witchy Wishlist 2019

How to Disappear Online by WhoIsHostingThis.com

What to do when someone dies by @ms-demeanor

Religion

Deity Communication Spread and Deity Identification Spread by @hellboundwitch

Research

Beginner witches and responsibility by @north-of-annwn

Correspondences (an academic journal on esotericism)

Esoterica, another academic journal through Michigan State University

Fake Witchy Authors on Amazon by Nathara on CrowSong Lodge

Grimoire Encyclopedia by S. M. H. M. Reeve

@grimoiresontape‘s collection of texts

@magica-pseudoacademica‘s entire blog

Open Library by Internet Archive

Resources on folklore, magic, and more compiled by @smugplankton

Resources on Italian magical traditions compiled by @dianaandpansson

Spotting BS in esoteric and pagan books by @vampireapologist

Witch tip (with maps) by @imaginarywitchcraft

Spirit work

Advice on bioregional animism and folk magic by @mahigxn

Ancestors Master Post: The Mighty Dead & Beloved Dead compiled by starlitcrow (deactivated) and updated by me

Commentary on metals and spirits by @therainshallmakeadoor and @owl-core

Considerate Spirit Offerings by @skepticaloccultist

Demon Things - Ancient Egyptian Demonology Project through Swansea University Wales

Explanation of a fetch-mate by @serpentandstang

An historical, physiological and theological treatise of spirits by John Beaumont on ECCO TTP through University of Michigan

How to start hedge-riding? by @thelaughingmandrake

Making a pact does not mean selling your soul by ofwoodandbone (deactivated)

Necromancy: Sing Them Awake by ofwoodandbone (deactivated)

A Necromancy of Trees by @skepticaloccultist

What is Animism? by Sarah Anne Lawless

Last updated Feb. 12, 2020

[jackalgirl]

Here is the finished “Kemetic Rosary”.  It’s not really a rosary for Kemetic Orthodoxy’s sake -- we don’t have counting prayers, per se.  But I saw the instructions and images in David Lee Plumlee’s book _Handcrafting Chain and Bead Jewelry_ and was inspired.

The top of the rosary has three sections of three beads: from bottom left going around clockwise: Sekhmet, Bast, Hethert, then a chain knot, then Ra, Yinepu, Ma’at, then another chain knot, then Ptah, Nut, Djehuty.  Under the centerpiece, there are five beads for the five epagomenal day Names: top to bottom Wesir, Heru-Wer, Set, Aset, and Nebt-Het.  And then, of course, @bigbadjackal‘s fantastic ankh, which I got from his Shapeways shop, On the Temple Steps.  

The centerpiece is version 2 of the piece I posted about earlier -- I designed it in blender, and had it printed at Shapeways.  I plumped up the middle of it and added just a little more curve to the flower shapes, and am pretty pleased with the result.

The chain is Byzantine weave using 20 AWG 7/64″ “Nugold” jump rings which I bought from Weave Got Maille.  I’m on the fence about these: they’re a brass alloy and they tarnish pretty deeply and almost immediately.  I used a polishing cloth to shine them up and I like the richness that the tarnish on the insides of the chain give it, but it’s still kind of a pain.  When I’m good enough to not leave such mar-marks on the rings, I will probably switch to gold-filled links when I want to make goldish chains.

I think that if I were ever to make another one of these, I’d do one for the year: four beads each in three sections to represent the months and seasons, the two big chain knots to separate the three sections (and represent the Two Lands), and then the five epagomenal days as before, perhaps with two different metals of links for some variegation in the chain itself.

[starsandepithets]

I'm a bit overwhelmed by kemetic holidays as there seem to be a lot of them and no specific date for some of them. Have any advice for a newbie? Is there any specific holidays that you would consider a must to celebrate? My main focus of worship are Sekhmet, Anubis Thoth and Ra if that is any help.

Hey!!

So it can be overwhelming, and I think that the best bet for a newbie is to pick festivals which are highly attested [theres lots of info for] and modern kemetics celebrate [so there is easy access for info and ideas for the modern practitioner].

The one I would recommend/ the ‘big one’, is Wep Ronpet. In your first year, if you only celebrate Wep Ronpet you’re doing really well! It’s a big festival that celebrates the Kemetic New Year and the Birth of Ra. It’s pretty complicated, but I’ll try to give you a quick run down.

☀️On the day of Wep Ronpet, you’re going to want to offer to your gods and take any statues of them into the sunlight if you are able. This is called the Unification with the Sundisk, and was a massive ritual during the Ptolemaic Period. Statues of the gods were brought into the sunlight to recharge them, heal them and generally renew the gods and Egypt.

☀️ It’s also the perfect days for execrations [destroying bad things/Isfet and hurting the sn/a/ke]. This is the day of destroying things you don’t want accompanying you in the year ahead. This can be as simple as writing it down on a bit of paper and burning it! Or if you have a bit more time to prepare, I’d recommend the ritual of Destroying the Red Pot.

You’ll have to work out your individual Wep Ronpet date. It is linked to the Heliacal rising of Sirius - which means the day in which the star Sirius is first seen above the Horizon. Sirius is the Greek name for the Egyptian star Sopdet, who was a goddess connected with the New Year and eventually Isis. The date is also changeable depending on how far north or south you are.

So you find your latitude, and then you can find out your Heliacal Rising of Sirius date from an astrological website. Cairo is the start of July, I’m personally around London and so the end of August and I know Australia is around Feb. It depends and it doesn’t matter too much if your date is wildly different from the next person.

Note - that various temples may stipulate certain dates for Wep Ronpet to be celebrated on.

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And part of the reason why working out your Wep Ronpet date is that it is the basis for any festival calendar that you create. If you find an ancient calendar where all of the potential festival dates are listed. And in this calendar the Wep Ronpet date is in July, but you celebrate it in, day September, you know to move ever date on by the same number of days. Your Wep Ronpet date is a fixed marker. I hope this makes sense, and please feel free to message me if you’d like some advice on constructing a calendar.

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If you would like to add more festivals, I would recommend going for two or three that are well attested and important to you and your gods. [For example, I know that the Voyage of Hathor to the temple of the Seven Hathors was an extremely important part of the year - but nothing is recorded from that festival. So it is only now, years and years down the line that I am even starting to attempt to recreate that.]

Start easy, because festivals take it out of you. Find ones that are strongly connected to mythology, like the Return of the Distant Goddess for Sekhmet. It is well attested, has a well recorded mythology to back up the festival and plenty of modern kemetics take part in the festival at various times. This means there are already lots of ideas out there that you can use.

And, honestly, since you say you are a newbie. Feel free to ‘make up your own’, like the modern kemetic community has Ball’s Day for Set on Valentines Day. It’s a part of converting, finding the gods in what you do already.

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Please feel free to ask more questions, as I realise that I haven’t said anywhere close to all the things I’d like to say about festivals. I realise that it’s a huge topic. And just focus on what is achievable this year, one or two festivals. Do your research, get the materials needed.

I think a properly researched festival can take almost a year to research right. By once you’ve done it right, you won’t need to do it again. Make a note of everything you find out, and don’t be too afraid of writing your own hymns and prayers if you feel inspired. And there are quite a few books floating around that can give you more information! I hope this was helpful and all made sense, this was an absolute crash course :S

[transformidable]

tattoo spellwork

I got a tattoo this past Saturday (or most of it, anyway), as part of a spell and as a devotional act in my ongoing mystic quest as the mortal boytoy of a deified dead rock star/queer icon.

I’m not posting the picture of the tattoo with its proper dedication until Friday but I’ll make some notes on the spell and the experience.

I went to Chloe Kalaratri at Madame Lazonga’s Tattoo, and I discussed the tattoo with her in detail. She knew it was going to be a ritual work and was familiar with that kind of tattooing anyway (she apparently has a special process for drawing designs intended for ritual ink).

The basic design of the tattoo is this: The text “My power is in my own hand,” written in a loose approximation of Freddie Mercury’s handwriting with the two Ms specifically lifted from his signature, being written by a phoenix-feather quill pen. The first M is closely aligned with the pulse of my right wrist; the rest of the design flows up my right inner arm. This happens to be the most painful place I’ve been tattooed thus far, as a bonus.

I wrote the following rough hymn to read during the tattoo work itself, and I left a copy with her to use as a focus or whatever while she did the drawing.

Here I am, loving and free— here I call you down to me, new god old queen Mercury,

Immortal spirit, champion who took a name from Maia's son, by your voice death comes undone.

Singer of songs and lover of life, for you I stepped free of another life. I have held your love as a knife

To cut my bonds and slay my shame as you conquered yours beneath your holy name; I have been saved, I am released, I love you just the same.

From the underworld you delivered me, of my sins you have forgiven me; like this and more you have reenvisioned me.

To my right arm I bind your sign. Let it blaze with power yours and mine; may it grant me my own space and time

To create as I will, to realize my will, to translate my will

From potential to real; from some eventual ideal to the real deal.

I have given you love and worship; you have given me love and a great trip. Now I claim my lordship

Over my own heart and soul— let me make my works whole; and as for your role

In all this: you will be the Queen of Heaven like a goddess of old, making kings of men; through your power I am sovereign

Over the forces that run through me. So may your blessing renew me, pour agency and wherewithal into me,

For I have bound your symbol to my right hand. With love for you I'll make my stand and complete my work at my command.

Mercury, Queen of gods old and new, love's messenger, singer with a song, I love you and I have shown it true: bless me and my work too.

I have no comments on the poetic quality of this, but it’s all intended to evoke very specific effects. The tattoo is not only intended as a statement of my spiritual devotion to the immortal spirit of Freddie Mercury, but also as a spell to boost my self-discipline, executive function, and general ability to actually complete my creative projects, particularly the one I’ve started now which is a torrid fantasy gay romance featuring my self-insert and the astral amnesiac reincarnation of Freddie Mercury.

Of course.

As such I worked to have some very basic, if imperfect, structure and rhyme in the poem to structure the spell. In addition a lot of it is based on very specific choices:

I evoke various Queen lyrics (especially those written by Freddie Mercury) throughout, especially from “Princes of the Universe.”

“Champion” is also an attested epithet of Hellenic Hermes, so bonus there.

I link him to the general pantheon he took a name from in life.

I also go back farther than that to the Ancient Near Eastern/Kemetic/etc archetypes of a goddess called the “Queen of Heaven” who turns her lovers and/or sons into kings and gods.

I riff off various Jewish prayers and symbols, such as the idea of “binding [a Power’s] symbol to my right arm,” because that’s the initial religious background I started with.

The “from the underworld you have delivered me” verse is a deliberate evoking of acts of deliverance usually attributed first to Hashem (freeing the Israelites from Egypt) and then to Jesus (erasing sins); the third line places my new god over both of them.

I also cast a circle with one of my “magic wands” (the pen I used to write the first draft of the poem) before the tattooing began.

I’ll be going back on December 4th to get some finishing work done on the tattoo, and I’m not entirely sure what else I should do mystically to prepare for that.