Post by Senbecc on Jul 18, 2006 1:48:36 GMT -5
Kemetic Reconstruction is the reconstruction of the religion, practice, philosophies, and magical nature of the ancient Egyptian religion(s). This of course entails and blends as much scholarly knowledge and comparitive religion, along with personal philosphies and/or Gnosis. The word "Kemetic" derives from the word "Kemet" which was the word used by the ancient Egyptians to name and describe the country. "Kemet" after "Kmt" which is the black fertile soil which wases up from the Nile and means the "Black land" and describes the land surrounding the river Nile, as apposed to the "Red land" which describes the dry hot desert of Egypt.
In the Faq I'm reading at the moment (see the sources below) the question is asked of the author, "Are you an Isis worshiper?" To which she gives the answer "Not all Kemetics are devoted to Aset (or Isis) though many who come to the religion did so out of interest of her. (The other two names most associated with bringing new members into the religion are Anpw (Anubis) and Bast)."
Kemetic Reconstuctionists prefer to use the names of the gods as given by the ancient Egyptians, as they have meaning in the Egyptian language and are more accurate, as the more well known names for the Gods like Isis and Anubis are actually in Greek (easily idenified by the "is" at the end of the names). The proper Egyptian terms for these two would be "Aset" (Isis) and Anpw (Anubis). These names (Isis Anubis) actually date to the Greek rule, and re-inturpritation of Egyptian religion. Look at this site for the Egyptians names of the gods as well as their descriptions:
www.kemet.org/glossary/aset.html
"I thought Isis and Osiris were the primary gods in the Egyptian pantheon.
The myth of Isis and Osiris is probably the best-known of the Egyptian myths. (The short version being that Asar (Osiris) is killed by His brother, Set; His grieving widow finds Him, briefly reanimates His body, and Her son Herw-sa-Aset (Horus, son of Isis) takes His vengeance on His uncle.) That does not mean that it is the most important of the myths to the Egyptians themselves, just the one that has lasted and been most popular over time. (Probably largely because Isis of the Thousand Names was very popular in the ancient world, and because it is the easiest set of myths to fit into a narrative story.)
That particular pair of gods has additionally gained a certain amount of popularity in the modern pagan community because the dying-and-reborn god motif is one that most people familiar with Wiccan theology can relate to.
There is a tradition of Wicca called Tameran Wicca, which interacts with the Netjerw. (Tameran is another word deriving from an Egyptian word for Egypt; this one is from Ta-Mery, which means 'beloved land'.) There is a book on Tameran Wicca called Circle of Isis, by Ellen Cannon Reed; I would recommend it strongly to anyone who is interested in interacting with the Netjerw in a neopagan context. She writes about the gods in a way that sounds like she knows the gods I know."
www.ecauldron.com/reconegyptfaq.php
In the Faq I'm reading at the moment (see the sources below) the question is asked of the author, "Are you an Isis worshiper?" To which she gives the answer "Not all Kemetics are devoted to Aset (or Isis) though many who come to the religion did so out of interest of her. (The other two names most associated with bringing new members into the religion are Anpw (Anubis) and Bast)."
Kemetic Reconstuctionists prefer to use the names of the gods as given by the ancient Egyptians, as they have meaning in the Egyptian language and are more accurate, as the more well known names for the Gods like Isis and Anubis are actually in Greek (easily idenified by the "is" at the end of the names). The proper Egyptian terms for these two would be "Aset" (Isis) and Anpw (Anubis). These names (Isis Anubis) actually date to the Greek rule, and re-inturpritation of Egyptian religion. Look at this site for the Egyptians names of the gods as well as their descriptions:
www.kemet.org/glossary/aset.html
"I thought Isis and Osiris were the primary gods in the Egyptian pantheon.
The myth of Isis and Osiris is probably the best-known of the Egyptian myths. (The short version being that Asar (Osiris) is killed by His brother, Set; His grieving widow finds Him, briefly reanimates His body, and Her son Herw-sa-Aset (Horus, son of Isis) takes His vengeance on His uncle.) That does not mean that it is the most important of the myths to the Egyptians themselves, just the one that has lasted and been most popular over time. (Probably largely because Isis of the Thousand Names was very popular in the ancient world, and because it is the easiest set of myths to fit into a narrative story.)
That particular pair of gods has additionally gained a certain amount of popularity in the modern pagan community because the dying-and-reborn god motif is one that most people familiar with Wiccan theology can relate to.
There is a tradition of Wicca called Tameran Wicca, which interacts with the Netjerw. (Tameran is another word deriving from an Egyptian word for Egypt; this one is from Ta-Mery, which means 'beloved land'.) There is a book on Tameran Wicca called Circle of Isis, by Ellen Cannon Reed; I would recommend it strongly to anyone who is interested in interacting with the Netjerw in a neopagan context. She writes about the gods in a way that sounds like she knows the gods I know."
www.ecauldron.com/reconegyptfaq.php