Kemetic Orthodoxy/House of Netjer - Introduction to Kemetic Orthodoxy

[Bryenscottkiddy]

Thanks for the Vid, I am an archeology student as well as a practioner of Kemetic Paganism. I found it very insightful. Thank you again.

[silvaignis19]

Hello I'm interested in the kemetic religion and when you were useing ur hand to symbolize netjer it reminds me of the symbol for aten, and my question is could the symbol of aten be used for netjer in its totallity? Sorry for any spelling errors or confusion. :)

[Siwyenbast]

@silvaignis19 the closest you can get to using a symbol for Netjer would be the shen (I think), which is a circle of rope bound by another rope and it means completion. It's also used in elongated form to enclose a Nisu(t)'s name, which is called the cartouche. The Aten itself is the physical sun disk and one of the Many.

[caribbeandiaspora]

@LORDMCHUGH

The ancient Egyptians also told us they are from "the Land of Punt" at the "beggining of the Nile". This is Uganda not Europe or Asia.

[caribbeandiaspora]

@LORDMCHUGH

Nice try but you cannot debunk Kemet as a black civilisation. The British TV Channel 4 did do a documentary almost 20 yrs ago exposing the dark skin painted over by the invaders on the walls, which were far darker that browner skin types painted over by Greek invaders. What cannot be disputed also is the facial, cultural and native Africal attributes.Cheikh Anta Diop also told us what the race of Kemet was & when he requested DNA of the mummies for comparison & shutdown his work.

[Siwyenbast]

@caribbeandiaspora would you two please take this debate to PMs? This video is about the Faith of Ancient Egypt to an extent, the revivalist Kemetic Orthodoxy, not the skin color of the ancient Kemetics. (Sorry Tepta if my words are failing me on this).

[caribbeandiaspora]

@LORDMCHUGH

You are wrong!!!!! Kemet was a black civilisation and this has long been established. It was NEVER a blend of white or brown. The Asiatics(Hyksos, jews) began to encroach on the land through immigration and later upraised against the Pharaohs that let them in from the 13th dynastic period until their were driven out in the 18th dynastic period by Ahmose 1. This act liberated the natives from slavery and get them back their land as the Jews/Hyksos were defeated and driven out!

[nagaking07]

I'm considering starting to follow that myself.

[caribbeandiaspora]

Nice to see tolerant white people adopting our own African black religion. Hotep!

[AuberonDraenenWen]

Well not a bad video. Although the disclaimers ya really didn't need. Mind you I just think those have been done to death in all of Paganism (Then they burned the corpse to ash for good measure).

[AuberonDraenenWen]

My biggest question is exactly how is Kemetic Orthodoxy well Orthodox. The faith's practices and beliefs as you describe them are a lot like most Wiccan faiths with a fast a lose way of dealing with ones beliefs and practices where as an orthodox faith would be more rigid either demand conformity either total or a large chuck of it.

I hope I do not come across as to aggressive that was just the first thing that popped into my head.

[Bastmuttepta]

@AuberonDraenenWen No worries! It is not at all aggressive and is in fact a question that others have asked on our temple forums previously.

Our Nisut (AUS) considered actually calling us Kemetic Orthopraxy, but that nobody had any idea whatsoever what it meant (and actually thought it had something to do with orthodontics... LMAO). Anyway, she felt that orthodoxy was indeed applicable to us as our practices are not ALWAYS the same, and we focus a lot on personal piety. (continued)

[Bastmuttepta]

@Bastmuttepta Orthodoxy, as we use it, is simply "correct teaching." We are all taught the same things about our faith, and we all perform the same central, daily rite (Priests and our Nisut perform some additional rites as well). The little variations and personal differences here and there don't detract from the fact that we are *taught* the same, it's just whether or not we decide to practice to all practice that way.

[obscurevisions]

@Bastmuttepta *amends that to "whether or not we decide to practice EXACTLY that way."*

There's a lot more discussion on our Temple forums about this particular subject, though unfortunately it's in a forum only accessible to those in the beginners' class or who are Remetj or Shemsu of our faith. Otherwise, I would link you there. Hope that helps!

[AuberonDraenenWen]

@Bastmuttepta Ahhh makes sense now.

[obscurevisions]

@AuberonDraenenWen

You'd be surprised, I really did need them. x.x KO has a lot of detractors. A *lot.* Anything I say about the Temple can (and probably would) be used against us somehow, as others' statements have in the past. I really don't know why but that seems to be the way things have gone for us. e.e;;

[Bastmuttepta]

@obscurevisions Oi... I need to get used to logging out of my e-mail before I come back to YouTube. If it says obscurevisions, it's still me, I'm just accidentally juggling accounts x.x *kicks google*

[AuberonDraenenWen]

@Bastmuttepta It's no big -hugs-

An I know what you mean with the detractors. The recon branch of ADF gets it all the time. We apparently stifle creativity and art. I am therefore not surprised the art these types produce rarely go beyond simple drawings if ya follow me.

[heidelbergerin]

Hi :) Again, thanks for sharing. Found this really very interesting. Apart from kemet.org, can you recommend any books / sites to read for more information? Thanks!

[Bastmuttepta]

@heidelbergerin Thank you! Hmm... it depends really, on what you are looking for. As far as Kemetic Orthodoxy goes *specifically,* the Ancient Egyptian Prayerbook by our founder and Nisut Rev. Tamara Siuda. For Egyptian spirituality in general, "Daily Lives of the Egyptian Gods" by the Meeks, the Faulkner translation of the Egyptian Book of the Dead, and "The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt" by Wilkinson are good ones I recommend. Hope that helps!