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I got divined today.
Sep. 18th, 2005 07:01 pmI got up this morning and got ready for my RPD (Ritual Parent Divination) and then got told I could do it 2 hours early because there was a cancellation!! YAY!!!!
It was great. The Nisut (AUS) [sort of a Modern Day Pharoah] did a normal divination, as a means to communicate with my Akhu [sorta family spirits] for advice about my life and about the RPD. She told me things I KNOW I didn't even allude to on the message boards... about my depression and stuff... It was then knew that this was for real.
She went onto the RPD and found out who my Patron deities are (Parent and Beloveds). Now before I tell you who - let me tell you that since I first joined the KO (Kemetic Orthodoxy) I have been 'contacted' by 3 Netjer (Deities). The first being Yinepu. He talks to me (verbally) all the time - I was beginning to wonder if it was my God or just me going crazy.... Glad it not just me going crazy. Secondly I had a dream where the words Ankh, Ka, Meryt, Shabu, Setat were said. These mean (in Order): Life, Personality of this Life, Beloved, Around in a circle and Setat - a Goddess of Fertility and Innundation of the Nile. Finally I have been communicating with Amun Ra - through visuals and feelings.
Well My Father (Parent) is Yinepu-Wepwawet. He is the one that created my Ba or Eternal Soul. He is the influence of my core ideals and soul.
My Beloveds are #1 Setat and #2 Amun-Ra. They are the ones that created my Ka or Personality for this life. They are the ones that influence the ideals that make me who I am today.
Yinepu-Wepwawet: Although Yinepu and Wepwawet can be identified as 2 different deities, overarching they are part of one very big God.
Yinepu (Anpu; G/R Anubis) "The Royal Child" A Name of predynastic origins, depicted either as a full jackal or as a jackal-headed man, Yinepu originally, as Khenty-amenti or "Foremost of Westerners," was both embalmer and caretaker of the deceased, and the guardian of tomb and necropolis. Over time Wesir's popularity would absorb much of Yinepu's nature, causing Him to be written into the myths as Wesir's son by Nebt-het (alternately Set's son or Aset's son) and relegating Him to the role merely of embalmer and overseer of the funerary processes. Masks of Yinepu were routinely worn by the Sem-priest officiating at the funeral and the 70-day mummification process; images of Yinepu wrapping bandages, pouring oils or embracing the coffin are generally not actually images of the Netjer Himself, but of His servants doing His work. In later times Yinepu would be syncretised with Greek Hermes and seen as a "psychopompos"or messenger/guide of the deceased soul; in Kemetic iconography, Yinepu can be seen leading the deceased person into the Hall of Double Truth, where He then weighs the deceased's heart against the feather of Ma'at.
Wepwawet (Apuat) - "The Messenger of the Road; The Opener of the Ways" Originally a Name of its own provenance, Wepwawet was depicted even from predynastic times as a jackal-headed Netjer associated with "opening the ways," and Wepwawet's standard-bearers led processions for both religious and martial purposes (an example can be found on the Narmer Palette). Over time, Wepwawet's form and functions were absorbed by another jackal-Netjer, Yinepu, who became "Opener of the Ways" when His own titles including Khenty-amentiu ("Foremost of the Westerners") passed to Wesir as premier patron of the deceased. Other than their different names, Wepwawet can sometimes be distinguished from Yinepu by coloring; Yinepu's jackal-head is always black, whereas Wepwawet can appear as gray or brown. A Greek source states that Wepwawet was associated with the wolf, as opposed to the jackal; no definitive answer is found in Kemetic sources.
Satet: Satet is a form of Aset and Hethert syncretized, associated with cows and milk. She wears Wesir's crown with cow's horns on it.
Satet (G/R Satis) - "She Who Shoots (Arrows)" Consort to Khnum of Abu (and sometimes of Montu at Uaset), Satet is protectress of Kemet's southern border, felling the enemies of the Two Lands with Her bow. She is depicted as a woman wearing the Hedjet (White Crown) of Upper Kemet decorated with either ostrich plumes (called an atef crown, like one commonly worn by Wesir), or more often, gazelle or antelope horns. Satet protected the source of the Nile and was said to purify the ruler with jars of its sacred waters. She is sometimes attributed as being the mother of Anuket.
Amun-Ra: As with Yinepu-Wepwawet, Amun and Ra are aspects of the one God.
Amen (Amun, Amon, Yimen; GR Zeus-Ammon, Jupiter-Ammon) - "The Hidden One," Amen is "King of the Netjeru," a major Name of Netjer in Uaset (Thebes) in Upper Kemet. The "Lord to the Limit" who created all things (see Nun, Tem, Ra and Ptah entries for other Creator Names), Amen the lord of the hidden wind eventually syncretised with the royal cult of Ra to emerge as Amen-Ra in the Middle Kingdom. Successions of Theban rulers would propel Amen's fame to national and eventually international status; even Alexander the Great sought Amen's blessing before declaring himself Kemet's ruler. It is possible that the conception of Amen influenced conceptions of the Judaic/Hebraic God (YHVH) as well as those of Greek Zeus and Roman Jupiter; the Romans declared Jupiter and Amen to be the same divinity. Amen is generally depicted as a man wearing a tall golden plumed crown and a red and white pleated skirt; infrequently He is also shown as a ram with curled-down horns (not to be confused with the ram representing Khnum), or a ram-headed man.
Ra - "Sun" Embodied in the golden sun which is His Symbol, Ra is Netjer of light, life, and heat, and the power inherent in the sun which warms our planet. In several forms, Ra has been venerated as the central Name of Netjer of the Kemetic faith through its entire history, considered both Father and the King of All Netjeru, the Great One Who both creates and destroys. Ra rose to prominence as the early dynasties of the Old Kingdom, who venerated Him as their family patron, began to call themselves "sons of Ra" in official titularies and constructed sun-temples and pyramids (a special symbol of Ra via their connection to the Ben-ben, a pyramidal-shaped stone from which Ra as a Bennu (a white heron, called "Phoenix" by the Greeks) rose from Nun and sang the song of creation) in His honor. Ra's popularity, as immanent as sunlight itself, continued throughout Kemetic history; even great Names as Amen and Ptah had to "share the spotlight" with Ra, and in Amen's case, a composite Name, Amen-Ra, King of Netjeru, was created to avoid slighting either cult, which by New Kingdom times had power and wealth to rival even the royal house. Ra "lives" within the actual physical disk of sun, mythologically described as the "Boat of Millions of Years" which rises and sets each day, riding from horizon to horizon on the back (or belly) of Nut, and traversing during the hours of darkness the netherworlds where the enemies of Ma'at reside. Even in modern Egypt, the sun is often referred to as Ra, especially on bright summer days.
Well I'll be doing a little more research along the road too.
CYA
Annyka
It was great. The Nisut (AUS) [sort of a Modern Day Pharoah] did a normal divination, as a means to communicate with my Akhu [sorta family spirits] for advice about my life and about the RPD. She told me things I KNOW I didn't even allude to on the message boards... about my depression and stuff... It was then knew that this was for real.
She went onto the RPD and found out who my Patron deities are (Parent and Beloveds). Now before I tell you who - let me tell you that since I first joined the KO (Kemetic Orthodoxy) I have been 'contacted' by 3 Netjer (Deities). The first being Yinepu. He talks to me (verbally) all the time - I was beginning to wonder if it was my God or just me going crazy.... Glad it not just me going crazy. Secondly I had a dream where the words Ankh, Ka, Meryt, Shabu, Setat were said. These mean (in Order): Life, Personality of this Life, Beloved, Around in a circle and Setat - a Goddess of Fertility and Innundation of the Nile. Finally I have been communicating with Amun Ra - through visuals and feelings.
Well My Father (Parent) is Yinepu-Wepwawet. He is the one that created my Ba or Eternal Soul. He is the influence of my core ideals and soul.
My Beloveds are #1 Setat and #2 Amun-Ra. They are the ones that created my Ka or Personality for this life. They are the ones that influence the ideals that make me who I am today.
Yinepu-Wepwawet: Although Yinepu and Wepwawet can be identified as 2 different deities, overarching they are part of one very big God.
Yinepu (Anpu; G/R Anubis) "The Royal Child" A Name of predynastic origins, depicted either as a full jackal or as a jackal-headed man, Yinepu originally, as Khenty-amenti or "Foremost of Westerners," was both embalmer and caretaker of the deceased, and the guardian of tomb and necropolis. Over time Wesir's popularity would absorb much of Yinepu's nature, causing Him to be written into the myths as Wesir's son by Nebt-het (alternately Set's son or Aset's son) and relegating Him to the role merely of embalmer and overseer of the funerary processes. Masks of Yinepu were routinely worn by the Sem-priest officiating at the funeral and the 70-day mummification process; images of Yinepu wrapping bandages, pouring oils or embracing the coffin are generally not actually images of the Netjer Himself, but of His servants doing His work. In later times Yinepu would be syncretised with Greek Hermes and seen as a "psychopompos"or messenger/guide of the deceased soul; in Kemetic iconography, Yinepu can be seen leading the deceased person into the Hall of Double Truth, where He then weighs the deceased's heart against the feather of Ma'at.
Wepwawet (Apuat) - "The Messenger of the Road; The Opener of the Ways" Originally a Name of its own provenance, Wepwawet was depicted even from predynastic times as a jackal-headed Netjer associated with "opening the ways," and Wepwawet's standard-bearers led processions for both religious and martial purposes (an example can be found on the Narmer Palette). Over time, Wepwawet's form and functions were absorbed by another jackal-Netjer, Yinepu, who became "Opener of the Ways" when His own titles including Khenty-amentiu ("Foremost of the Westerners") passed to Wesir as premier patron of the deceased. Other than their different names, Wepwawet can sometimes be distinguished from Yinepu by coloring; Yinepu's jackal-head is always black, whereas Wepwawet can appear as gray or brown. A Greek source states that Wepwawet was associated with the wolf, as opposed to the jackal; no definitive answer is found in Kemetic sources.
Satet: Satet is a form of Aset and Hethert syncretized, associated with cows and milk. She wears Wesir's crown with cow's horns on it.
Satet (G/R Satis) - "She Who Shoots (Arrows)" Consort to Khnum of Abu (and sometimes of Montu at Uaset), Satet is protectress of Kemet's southern border, felling the enemies of the Two Lands with Her bow. She is depicted as a woman wearing the Hedjet (White Crown) of Upper Kemet decorated with either ostrich plumes (called an atef crown, like one commonly worn by Wesir), or more often, gazelle or antelope horns. Satet protected the source of the Nile and was said to purify the ruler with jars of its sacred waters. She is sometimes attributed as being the mother of Anuket.
Amun-Ra: As with Yinepu-Wepwawet, Amun and Ra are aspects of the one God.
Amen (Amun, Amon, Yimen; GR Zeus-Ammon, Jupiter-Ammon) - "The Hidden One," Amen is "King of the Netjeru," a major Name of Netjer in Uaset (Thebes) in Upper Kemet. The "Lord to the Limit" who created all things (see Nun, Tem, Ra and Ptah entries for other Creator Names), Amen the lord of the hidden wind eventually syncretised with the royal cult of Ra to emerge as Amen-Ra in the Middle Kingdom. Successions of Theban rulers would propel Amen's fame to national and eventually international status; even Alexander the Great sought Amen's blessing before declaring himself Kemet's ruler. It is possible that the conception of Amen influenced conceptions of the Judaic/Hebraic God (YHVH) as well as those of Greek Zeus and Roman Jupiter; the Romans declared Jupiter and Amen to be the same divinity. Amen is generally depicted as a man wearing a tall golden plumed crown and a red and white pleated skirt; infrequently He is also shown as a ram with curled-down horns (not to be confused with the ram representing Khnum), or a ram-headed man.
Ra - "Sun" Embodied in the golden sun which is His Symbol, Ra is Netjer of light, life, and heat, and the power inherent in the sun which warms our planet. In several forms, Ra has been venerated as the central Name of Netjer of the Kemetic faith through its entire history, considered both Father and the King of All Netjeru, the Great One Who both creates and destroys. Ra rose to prominence as the early dynasties of the Old Kingdom, who venerated Him as their family patron, began to call themselves "sons of Ra" in official titularies and constructed sun-temples and pyramids (a special symbol of Ra via their connection to the Ben-ben, a pyramidal-shaped stone from which Ra as a Bennu (a white heron, called "Phoenix" by the Greeks) rose from Nun and sang the song of creation) in His honor. Ra's popularity, as immanent as sunlight itself, continued throughout Kemetic history; even great Names as Amen and Ptah had to "share the spotlight" with Ra, and in Amen's case, a composite Name, Amen-Ra, King of Netjeru, was created to avoid slighting either cult, which by New Kingdom times had power and wealth to rival even the royal house. Ra "lives" within the actual physical disk of sun, mythologically described as the "Boat of Millions of Years" which rises and sets each day, riding from horizon to horizon on the back (or belly) of Nut, and traversing during the hours of darkness the netherworlds where the enemies of Ma'at reside. Even in modern Egypt, the sun is often referred to as Ra, especially on bright summer days.
Well I'll be doing a little more research along the road too.
CYA
Annyka
