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A prayer for Ushabti

I see this a lot, people obtain ushabti via eBay, antique stores etc.

It is, and I cannot stress the personal just me nature enough here(as in you DO NOT have to believe or do this)

That if you obtain this servant you inherit some responsibility to it's original owner. You have a precious link to a soul, a person,an akh, that has been forgotten. I feel the ushabti though through heka, would remember its master, even though the living have forgotten. So here is a prayer of offering ithought up for this situation

If it a legitimate burial good and not a repro here is what I'd do.

It may be the only link that spirit has left,as it's tomb may have been destroyed long ago

Say unto it " I offer you bread, water, and all things good the gods live on. Take these offerings to your master who isno more forgotten, but is in my heart my ancestor. May they look kindly upon me and their heart be refreshed by my work, may they be beneficial to me as a father is beneficial to his son who cares for him in the cult place to further his ka"

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Making Hymns

I see questions, especially on FB, about finding or making hymns or prayers to specific gods.

Now this post is working off the premise that the reader has decided to make their own and is not looking for historical ones.

So how can you make one?

For this example we will use Ma'at.

First gather up some basic info on the god. Wikipedia, henadology are all great places to start. Pick a listed trait ascribed to the god. Here we will use Ma'at's association with balance.

Think about what balance means TO you personally. Does it mean the flow of nature? Work/life/family? Perhaps a tight rope or even literal scales as the ancient people did.

A prayer for balance could go like this:

" Ma'at, lady of balance, may you extend your hand to me as I walk this road and achieve harmoney between my job and personal life"

Or more nature oriented

"May I be at balance with nature,the wind,water,earth,fire and spirit that is personified in you oh Ma'at lady of balance in all things"

A hymn extols and praises the god, so still going with Ma'at and balance as our base we could come up with;

" Praise to you oh lady of the scale! You whose feather commands all!

Nature is at your feet in harmony with your will, balanced for gods and humans!

You decide the correct way and reveal it to us, giving us balance in our lives.

Ma'at most beloved of gods and men!"

You could go on more, drawing inspiration from pictures or adding more attributes to praise as you read.

Of course translated hymns from the ancient world are a great resource and can be a huge help in practice and as a jumping off point for your own creations

Hopefully this can help some!

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Amun and the God's Wives of Amun

Happy solstice!!

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tbh fuck off if you think trans women aren't real women

So how does everyone celebrate the winter solstice? For me as person with severe seasonal depression it is a really important day, as each day after that we get one moreminyte if precious sunlight. I know it is the return of the wandering eye goddess(tefnut, mut, Sekhmet,bast,hathor etcetc) but what rites etc are there? What does everyone do?

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My girlfriend gets me the best books

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Scarab Inscribed with the Name Ahmose, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Egyptian Art

Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Faience

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/558605

My newest tattoo

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Oh wandering eye, return to us your light!

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Wesir

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Royal Cartouche of Hatshepsut

Detail of a carving depicts the royal cartouche of the pharaoh Hatshepsut on her obelisk at Karnak Temple Complex.

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My Opet altar is up yeeeeee

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I could really REALLY use some low energy ways to connect with the gods ;-;

Life's rough

idi-the-noof

As someone who is chronically ill, working now and a graduate student I feel this so so hard.

This is just what I do, you can try some or not, or think of others.

I dedicate things I'm already going to be doing to the gods/god. For example I dedicate my act of studying to Djehuty, but also to Sekhmet,Ptah, and Hathor because these are all also gods of healing and I am studying counseling.

I dedicate my work at the YMCA(yes, I'm a kemetic who works the front desk at a Christian org. Shhh lol) to ma'at and my main god Amun. I work with people from various ability and income levels. We have a bank president and judge come in and the severely poor and disabled. I make sure each is treated with Ma'at.

If I have change I put it in random parking meters outside.

I try to poor a small bit of water and incense before their images each morning.

Sometimes I open my note program and go

Amun:🍺🍞🍗

And make little emoji offerings in there.

I go through my music and make playlists

If I'm bed bound I hold an image I of the God in my mind and slowly build it up from each toe to the top of the head.

I make up small songs and hum them

I have some stuffed animals dedicated to a few gods and I give them snuggles.

I also do other more complex things but that's different