#kemetic practice

[goldenraysofra]

𝔻𝕦𝕒 𝕂𝕙𝕖𝕡𝕣𝕚

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒖𝒏, 𝑵𝒆𝒕𝒋𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑹𝒆𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒏𝒅

𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒄𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔

𝔻𝕦𝕒 ℝ𝕒

𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒏, 𝑵𝒆𝒕𝒋𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒂𝒚, 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑶𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓

𝑴𝒂𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒖𝒑𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑𝒔

𝔻𝕦𝕒 𝔸𝕥𝕦𝕞

𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒅𝒔, 𝑪𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍, 𝑵𝒆𝒕𝒋𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑺𝒖𝒏

𝑻𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐

𝘌𝘮 𝘏𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘱 🔆

[akhret]

Prayer against wrongdoers

Inspired by the writings in the temple of Edfu

Sekhmet, lady of red, lady of pestilence, grab the hearts of the evildoers with your claws and breath the flame of death and despair into the fighters of Isfet. O’ Sekhmet, the one who destests those who go against maat, tear them into shreds so they may never get a trial. Let them wander for all of eternity, starved and forgotten of any fame, of any legacy. Let your fire consume them eating them away for all of eternity, tormenting their minds until they are forgotten ash in the wind. Let them touch no tongue, no throat, no lungs to cleanse us of their evil.

O’ Sekhmet, lady of maat, let us forget them so we may be righteous and untouched of their wrongs. Let us live in the glory of the gods of maat, full of purity.

Sekhmet, lady of terror, defeat the evil and let peace reign into the hearts of those who are pure. Rip of the evil out of our surroundings! Burn it to dust! Burn it to dust! Burn it to dust! Kill the wrongdoers and let them return to nothing! O’ Sekhmet, the dreadful one, sink your teeth and claws into them, letting their wails fuel you for more.

Spare me, the kindred one, for I am a solider of maat! I live my life in the image of Re! I have consumed maat! I speak with truth! Spare me on this day and spare the others that have devoted themselves to maat!

[ba-of-birdie]

my therapist asked me something that kind of struck me,

how have ancient egyptian beliefs shaped or changed your values?

and i’ll admit, i’ve been out of touch with everything lately and i wanted to see what other kemetics might answer.

so if you’re kemetic feel free to respond with your answer or even dm me, i’d love to talk about it.

[meseh-aha]

Altar update! I picked up some multicolored LED candles for the altar today, and I'm very glad I did!

[goldenraysofra]

𝓓𝓾𝓪 𝓐𝓾𝓼𝓮𝓽  𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑮𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒔 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑾𝒉𝒐'𝒔 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔

𝓓𝓾𝓪 𝓐𝓾𝓼𝓮𝓽 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑫𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑯𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅

𝓓𝓾𝓪 𝓐𝓾𝓼𝓮𝓽 𝑴𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒐𝒉𝒔 𝑾𝒉𝒐'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝑼𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑳𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝑲𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒕 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒐'𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍

[akhret]

Atum

Offerings:

Water, milk, wine, beer. Meat, bread, honey, fruits, vegetables, nuts, cakes

Jewelry, ankh, was scepter, crook and flail, rope

Bow and arrows, knives, or any other weapon.

Devotional Acts:

Uphold maat. Be just. You can even go into law, since he’s a judge.

Take on leadership roles and become a self-starter

Learn bits of wisdom or study philosophy.

Sun bathe

Learn CPR as one of his epithets is ‘the breath of life.’

Working out and taking care of yourself!

Sex or masturbation

Take care of the planet. Start your own garden. Take care of animals (domesticated and wild).

Create something! (Music as the one who created sound. Jewelry as the lord of jewelry. Etc, etc.)

Take care of the old and elderly. Whether this is your own family or helping out in a retirement community. Show compassion to the people who came before us.

Signs:

Atum can appear as a man, an old man, an icheumon, lion, baboon, ram, falcon, lizard, snake, or eel.

You may seen the number 9 for the Ennead creation mythos, where he’s seen as the creator.

You may see the ‘ished’ tree, or the Egyptian tree of life appear

You may feel yourself being drawn to the horizon or focusing on it more (specifically the sunset).

You might feel confident or powerful when he’s around. He’s the king of the gods (in Heliopolis), the revered one. I’ve noticed the Kings help you feel more confident and self assured.

[akhret]

Prayer to Wadjet

Praise to you and praise be your life force, O’ Great Wadjet, the blazing cobra. You are the one who creates the light, as you defend your father. You are the magnificent one, the beautiful uraeus. Praise to you, Queen Wadjet of the Two Lands. You encircle all, you protect all. You’re the goddess of life, the sustainer who gives us our very breath.

Your power, your fire, your breath opens the day for all of us to see. Dispel all darkness, as we praise you and your father, Re, and let the body of Nuit reopen for a new day to come and let us be fruitful. It’s your brilliance that glows in the dark, leading the way for him to travel through. The gods beacon you forth and bow before you because we wouldn’t exist without you leading during the darkness, fighting off anything that dare gets in the way of our survival. We all call to you, even the primordial one, to fight back any evil that threatens maat. Burn all evil and see how the world trembles in awe at your strength.

-Akhret/Raet

[goldenraysofra]

And in the quiet of the night,

Under the light of Khonsu

Taking in the quiet of Nut’s grand twinkling display

I know

You are beyond us

Fighting in the Duat to rise once more,

Showing us that no matter how dark the night,

Morning always follows

Em Hotep 🔆