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Any poetry in that brain of yours for Sokar? Specifically with His ties to Death? :0

(Sorry if this is worded weird jfhgjj)

oh ho ho ho you hit me up for a poem of one of my FAVORITE netjeru! -rubs hands together.-

O' Sokar,

your mysteries entice me,

draw me further down the dark path,

towards the Hidden Things you covet deeply.

Sokar, Ruler of the Fifth Kingdom of Night,

it is you who I seek for guidance,

and understanding in all that is Death.

For my soul,

in Duat,

shall not be thrown by your hands

towards lakes of endless suffering,

for by your word and voice,

my heart is full and light.

O' Sokar,

your shadow enshrouds me,

a protective blanket

against the inevitability of death.

For it is you,

O' Sokar,

who brings me comfort

in the fact that all things will end.

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Wow, I got one of those anon asks that gets blitzed around pagan circles every so often advertising a certain Satanist website, this time with Kemetic trappings in the ask since this is a kemetic blog. This blog doesn't even make original posts most of the time!

So this is a PSA to say: Satanism is cool, Luciferianism is cool, and people should carry on doing their thing.

BUT, I actually don't know of a single big Satanist organization that ISN'T at least a little iffy. I'm sure they exist. I just don't know of any.

Please vet your sources with great care, especially when it comes to Satan and similar figures.

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my take on Hathor-Sekhmet

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Coffin Texts, spell 714

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i've been trying to research and explore the kemetic religion/worship too :) it's cool to see someone else too. i'm a big fan of your works! i actually found something last night that was kinda interesting? i'm not sure how to feel/understand it personally honestly, but how do you feel about kemetic orthodoxy? here's the website for it. i found through some articles and JSTOR: https://www.kemet.org/

i mean… ethically i’m against organized religion, which is weird i know considering ancient egyptian mythology is one of the most organized religions from the beginning of civilization. but i also recognize that organized religion can be used to control a populace, to shun those who don’t ‘fit the standard’. gatekeeping can be a huge thing when you’re trying to enter a community which i’ve seen a LOT of in modern paganism.

it’s also impossible to wholly replicate exactly how ancient egyptians worshipped because there is a finite amount of information that has been preserved up until the modern times. that being said, there are a great deal of things we know.

i think religion is really up to the person. you can be christian and worship in your own way that doesn’t fit the message of the modern church. you can be jewish and not follow every rule set down, and just do your own thing while believing in God. i think the same thing is especially true for kemeticism. there’s so much going on around it; it spanned literally 4,000+ years worth of time, things definitely changed over that time! things that might’ve been true in the new kingdom were unthinkable in the old kingdom, and vice versa.

so again, just overall, religion is something that belongs to you. it is what you make of it. for me kemeticism reflects what i want to be, holds up these ideals that life should be happy, that after death we will see our loved ones in fields of golden reeds, that it is good to be happy and to just live and enjoy the sun. surprisingly, you don’t often see those ideals in religion. religion is so often used to control people through shame or repentance. i’m glad we live in a time where it doesn’t have to be that anymore. kemetic orthodoxy isn’t really my thing, but that’s because i’m not a huge sharer of like… the quieter moments. i don’t want people telling me what to do to connect with my Gods; i want to discover it myself. i want to feel what is right for me. lots of other people aren’t like this though! they want that structure and they crave being as accurate as possible. kemetic orthodoxy is not inherently good or bad, it’s just the result of a growing community. so form your own opinion on it! there’s no need to be uncomfortable with it but you don’t need to conform to their rules either.

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Hathor and  Sekhmet 

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An emissary of Sokar reminds you that even in the coldest depths of night, gifts await you...

Sokar (Seker, Sokaris) is an Ancient Egyptian god of the necropolis, resurrection, craftsmanship, and agriculture, Who is frequently syncretized with Ptah and Osiris and often depicted with His barque. Sokar's domain is the underworld and the night, and He helps protect Ra in His nightly travels there. He strikes me as distant, mysterious, and admittedly a bit unsettling.

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Out of chaos came the light. Out of the will came life.

-The Egyptian Book of the Dead. A more correct translation of the title would be the Book of Coming into the Light.

Image credit- Alector Fencer

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Is there any way we could get a poem for Anpw in his capacity as grand diviner, please? Would you be offended if I used this in ritual? Thank you for your time, your words are lovely

I’d be honored if you used it in a ritual, you have my full permission, and thank you! <3 I hope you like the poem!

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O’ Anpw,

my eyes are open.

My feet are firmed,

my arms are raised.

Grand Diviner, Lord of Dreams,

I call upon you to bless my vision.

May I see truth and condemn falsehoods.

Guide my steps,

for I venture into the future,

carrying your blessings as my map.

Dua Anpw!

You are my guide,

and my mentor,

for you are the answers shown once the smoke clears!

Dua Anpw!

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Pinterest.

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Egyptian Gods and Goddesses / Drawn by me on Adobe Ilustrator.

Part VIII

Wadjet, Amun, Ammit, Sphinx, Shu, Nefertem, Anput

All rights reserved. Please don’t use or edit my work in any way without my permission, thank you ♥

♥ Prints ♥ : https://www.etsy.com/fr/shop/Yliade

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god is a verb, david a. cooper

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Kemetic Bright Moon Omen 6/8

Kemetic Bright Moon Omen 6/8

I was told to wait for the energy of the full moon to settle, this time. I was also given lenience, because I had an online conference I was attending over the weekend. But tonight I did my ritual in my new office. At an actual desk this time and with their actual shrine candles, but I still have not located the oil lamp because I’ve barely been able to do any unpacking in the last few weeks.…

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“Scholars conventionally refer to an Egyptian phenomenon that might be compared to the Mesopotamian technique of translating Gods as syncretism. It involves the collocation of two or three different Gods, leading to hyphenated names such as Amun-Re, Amun-Re-Horakhty, Ptah-Sokar-Osiris, Hathor-Tefnut, Min-Horus, Atum-Khepri, Sobek-Re, and so on. As a rule, the first name refers to the cultic/local dimension, the actual temple owner and lord of the town, whereas the second name refers to a translocal, preferably cosmic deity. Thus, Amun is the Lord of Thebes, in whom the Sun-God, Re, becomes manifest. Ptah is the Lord of Memphis, Sokar the God of its necropolis, Osiris is the God of the Underworld and the Dead whose Memphite representation is to be seen in Ptah-Sokar. This relationship between deities does not mean equation or fusion; the Gods retain Their individuality. Re does not merge into Amun or vice versa. The Gods enter into a relationship of mutual determination and complementation: Re becomes the cosmic aspect of Amun, Amun the cultic and local aspect of Re; Atum refers to the nocturnal, and Khepri to the diurnal aspect of the Sun-God. Hyphenation implies neither identification nor subordination; Amun has no precedence over Re, nor Re over Amun. In the course of time, however, this practice of “hyphenating” Gods fosters the idea of a kind of deep structure identity.”

— “Monotheism and Polytheism” by Jan Assmann in Ancient Religions edited by Sarah Iles Johnston (p 25)

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Oracle card game project about the Egyptian Gods & Godesses / Drawn by me on Adobe Ilustrator.

Part VI

Khonsu, Meretseger, Mut, Geb, Naunet

All rights reserved. Please don’t use or edit my work in any way without my permission, thank you ♥

Prints : https://www.etsy.com/fr/shop/Yliade

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Oracle card game available on March 2020 / Drawn by me on Adobe Ilustrator.

Part VIII

Wadjet, Amun, Ammit, Sphinx, Shu, Nefertem, Anput

All rights reserved. Please don’t use or edit my work in any way without my permission, thank you ♥

♥ Prints ♥ : https://www.etsy.com/fr/shop/Yliade

#egypt #egyptian #kemetic #tarot #illustration #drawing #artist #art #myhtology #myth #gods #pantheon #Ancient Egypt #draw #digital art #oracle #egyptiangods #yliade #my art #colorful #vector #esoteric #sphinx

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Khonsu, egyptian god of the moon.

Khonsu, the “traveller”, the “Embracer”, the “Pathfinder”, the “Defender”