About a week ago, me and my brother found two kittens, and their mother had been ran over — their father tried to kill them as well. After a week of trying to save them, they both died of sickness. While it was a brief time, it was a lot of effort and pained affection. I’m honestly really down about it, because Thursday night, they looked to be getting better and we thought they’d survive. But, their condition suddenly worsened throughout an hour between feeding times in the night. It was a tough night. Thank you.

Really keen on worshipping/working with Horus, any tips on how/where to start? Anything is appreciated!

every time i see a post on here with a misspelt "altar" (spelt as 'alter') my brain goes: "DID? OSDD?"

just thought that was funny idk

Hi, I have a question for everyone with an intentional practice and solid relationship with the deities and this path, ie those who identify as kemetic or eclectic pagans who worship and commune with kemetic deities

Has anyone experienced the presence of these deities despite never having made any or much in the way of offerings/altar space/ritual/etc? Over a period of many years? Would that be possible? I would love anyones take on this or to hear any thoughts or anecdotes that come to mind regarding this kind of situation

Thanks

It ended being a Inpu/Djehuty one! Just went from Tedi to buy a new candle holder and white tea candles (I think that is their name) but I will be using the colored ones I have at home first.

Yes, Djehuty has an allergy band as offering because I want to ask him for a special favor that is health-related.

I'm planning to also add a Marian advocation to the altar that is very important to the people of the region where I live, even non Catholic people here love her and ask her for favors. But I have to guess how to get an image of her. (It's the Virgen del Pilar, I have a lotrery coupon with her pic but I find it weird to use it as image).

I think Inpu and Djehuty wouldn' t mind to have a companion.

(And again: I have to guess where to put the cork board)

Since I was permitted to, even if Goddess Astarte isn't mainly associated to Kemetism and the Egyptian Pantheon, I will still Offer unto Her This Testimony of how She has been helping me, in my Spiritual Journey, even though I mostly work with Mother Aset and I feel more connected to the Pantheon we celebrate in this subreddit. In general, I noticed Mother Aset more present, but Gods know how my Motherly relationship with Goddess Astarte will also evolve. Maybe She does Acts of Kindness and Generosity I’m not even aware of. She and Lady Aset are probably cooperating, I can sort of perceive this, though.

Lady Astarte, She with Many Names, Goddess of Love, War, Compassionate and Sweet Goddess of Motherhood and Fertility, She in the Morning, Evening Star and of Venus.

She Who is renowned by mankind (as well as the Goddess Aset is) as Queen of Heaven.

I have sometimes petitioned Her and asked Her for Protection and was interested because She was syncretized as the Divine Consort of the God Sutekh. I also got information on Her on the "Esoteric Rain" youtube channel. She seems to be the only real channel that is focused on Goddess Astarte in particular, aside from that, I haven't encountered that much in-depth Information and Dedication. Most likely because She was particularly demonized in the old testament.

She also proclaimed to be Mother by Feeling, as Lady Aset is and She also has shown Great Patience and Motherly Kindness and Concern about my well-being, even if in readings Goddess Aset would show up the most.

I once had a Dream a bit of time ago, in which She said She loved me, but of course I cannot verify Dreams, as the other one I spoke about with the Goddess Aset.

Goddess Astarte had a very similar attitude (Energy) to Mother Aset, if not identical, very Kind and Patient, Pure Motherly Energy even in this case, even if I fall short and still deconstructing the traumatizing religion I’ve been in 20 years, even though I work and have a stronger connection with the Goddess Aset and the Kemetic Pantheon, at least for now in this life), She also showed me what True Love and Acceptance feels like and I want to give that to myself too, within my own time.

Mother Astarte intervened most prominently in Inner Child Work, pointing out what I’ve been lacking my whole life Reliance, Stability, Security and most of all Unconditional Love. That very much clicked with my whole Life. She Knows me pretty well, I have much more clarity on what I should work on.

Praise be to Astarte, Lady of Love!

Hi.

I'm feeling called to make an altar to Inpu, so I have some questions about how to do it respectfully.

What non-consummables are appropiate for him? I'll make his altar in my bedroom and I have a dog, so I don't want her to mess up with offerings.

Is lucky bamboo an appropiate decoration? I have these lucky bamboos inside wine and beer bottles.

What colors/incenses are appropiate for him?

Is it appropriate to offer him these allergy bracelets hospitals put on you to ask him for health? I would love him to take care of my family's health.

Is it appropiate to print a picture of him and put it in a photo frame until I can get a proper statue?

Is it appropate to him to share the altar with Hellenistic gods?

Hi... I've been pagan since 2020 but in 4 years I've never work with any deities until Anubis and Sekhmet reached out to me 4 days ago. I started to give them offerings and spending time. My altar is a pocket one and is asked them if its okay to them and they Said yes. Anyways um. When I was working with Anpu (Anubis) today (my family dont know my belief.) I needed to put off the candle without sayın thanks etc. And now Im afraid if I make Anubis mad or sad. (I dont have any chance to buy candles by colours so i use White one bcs thats the only colour is have.) And this is how my candle looks like alternatif is put off and stop the sessions (it was an urgent thing.) And im worried bcs this look is not common i guess.

she's been reaching out to me quite a bit (and seemingly for a while,) but I have no clue where to begin... any tips would be appreciated. also and kind of low-priced items that could be recommended for her altar would also be nice and I cannot afford much for her at the moment.

As you probably have seen from my posts, my dad is ill due to medical malpractice.
My mom has been going insane and has been losing her control.
Yesterday, she accused me of practicing Witchcraft because of Offerings she discovered to Mother Astarte and she has been saying I'm inviting "evil" into my house and basically contributing to the death of my beloved father with this. Actually, my Spiritual Mothers have been helping by getting us to meet generous people that help us with our poverty and sign to confort my mother, but my biological mother is not seeing it.

She has been trying to perform "christian exorcisms and rituals in the blood of Jesus" in my house yesterday evening to supposedly "ward off evil" (according to her twisted mind). She has been partially blaming me for what is happening.

Today she has threatened me to burn whatever she considers suspicious and I have been cleaning my chronology, hiding my Letters to Mother Aset and maybe I will also hide my Readings emails.
She even said she would...unalive me with an extremely angry face for this. I think she is not serious about the latter but I've been panicking and I feel discomfort into my own home. I want to hide my Philosophical dissertations about the Gods and Plutarch's book.

I asked Lord Sutekh to help me study today and took away my phone to keep myself from distracting, but I feel very panicky and I cannot also show it, lest I sound and look suspicious.
I want to vomit. How am I supposed to study with this paranoia? If I left home suddenly right now I would draw suspicion.

I don't know why I'm writing this. I love knowledge (especially Knowledge about the Gods) and my studies but how I'm supposed to study or feel okay with all of this paranoia? I'm shaking.

I was raised by an Egyptology nerd and closet Kemetic follower. I tried hard for years to connect with several deities from all over the place, but never had any luck. I was gonna make one final attempt and then call it quits on deity work if nothing happened, and that was when I connected with Bast. This was years ago, and she's been like a mother to me. But after I was finally able to connect with her, I thought maybe I should try others from the same pantheon. I had instant luck with Thoth and Horus both.

My connection to them is so organic it feels unreal, y'know? Thoth gave me the o-k to use a nickname for him too, which I found kinda funny. I struggle to say his name right. From what he has said to me, he is my dominant hand, my guide in art and my drive to learn. He's been in the background of my life and I never even noticed. A gift from my ol' dad, I suppose, who had Thoth's introduction bookmarked in his copy of the book of the dead. Horus tells me he is my strong sense of justice and my will to do right by others, and he protects me. Bast is the only one to not take a specific role in my life besides acting like a mother. She comforts me, but isn't always gentle. She's who I go to for advice.

Side note, I'm currently in possession of a gold and lapis ring of Kheper. What would be a good way to make use of this ring? My dad kept it with him most of his life and gifted it to me, and it doesn't fit me at all (I'm cursed with tiny baby hands).

I can't currently have an alter so I can't really speak to the netjeru properly but I keep seeing a bunch of stuff from other "pagan" religions saying they're God's are extremely angry, but kemetism isn't that popular in America, so I haven't seen anything about the netjeru. Also would it be OK to swear an oath to sekhmet that I won't flee the country, that I will stay and help as many people as possible find safety? And could I do it without an Alter.

Long story ahead! If you aren't interested, skip to the end.

So, I work frequently with Anpu and Bast. Bast, I think, has always been present in my life due to my affinity with cats and also my love for the way tiger's eye looks. I believe I was blind to this, however, as a child as I knew nothing of Kemetism. I did, however, always have an affinity for ancient Egypt.

Anyways! Tonight, I was talking to Anpu and Bast with my pendulum. I have 4 that I keep on hand and I, personally, find my deities have each attached to one. Anpu chose obisidan and Bast chose tiger's eye. I have 1 that was gifted to me which my friend used to communicate with Loki (the norse god). Needless to say, Loki has stuck around 😅 I find that he doesn't really guide me like Bast and Anpu do. Rather, when I use his pendulum we say Hi, I ask if he is well, then I might tell him a joke for shlits and gigs. Our convos usually last maybe five minutes tops.

Then I decided to try my last pendulum, an Amethyst. It begin to 'tingle' as I call it and so I asked if someone was there. It said yes so I asked if it was Anpu or Bast. With a no, I asked if I was familiar with them. The answer was no (rightfully so). So I suggested I would use a list of Egyptian deities and they could tell me when to stop. Now, I can be a skept at times so I did not believe this would work. Color me surprised when I heard my own voice saying 'stop' while my finger was on Amum. I confirmed it was him, asked if he was wanting to work with me, etc. I believe I brought him into my life when I was searching to make a change within myself. I kept praying to Anpu and Bast to help me learn control (I have BPD) and to guide me. I believe he is answering me.

After confirming these things, I am left with questions! So please help me out with the following:

□ His story: I know he is like the OG Egyptian god. I know he is an 'invisible being' so to say and that he aids the poor.

□ Offerings that you find he prefers

□ Crystals and herbs you associate with him

□ Colors you associate with him (I'm feeling white, personally)

□ Tips on worshipping him. What is he like?

I feel very insecure coming on here and asking for advice since I have always been very adamant about being an atheist. But since the results of a certain election have been revealed... I have felt surprisingly strongly about wanting to start believing in something and hopefully finding comfort in it. And since I have been fascinated with ancient Egypt and her gods for as long as I can remember, I felt instantly drawn to Kemetic paganism as opposed to other more major religions.

I've read a few posts and theads on here and did some general research online. Now I'm cautiously excited to try and make a first connection with the Netjeru. I'd like to try and connect to Bastet first as she has always stood out to me and I mainly seek to pray for the safety and protection of those most in need of it in this scary political climate. I don't want to set up an altar just yet as I'm still not 100% sure if Kemetic paganism is for me. So then how should I go about trying to connect and/or pray?

I am unaware of how prayer without a altar is supposed to be done exactly. Actually, I'm not sure how to pray at all as I've never done it before in any way, shape or form. Because of this I'm afraid to accidentally do something possibly offensive or distasteful. I aim to approach this first time dabbling in religion as respectfully as possible. Any advice, guidelines or directions to helpful resources would be greatly appreciated.

I generally try to live my life based on the ideals of ma'at, like I'm sure we all do. And it's been easy to implement overall.

But I have a question about the "I affirm that all life is sacred" one.

Mostly because it's been heavily discussed in politics. I don't have a huge involvement in politics because it doesn't give room to keep peace a lot of the time, but it's also important.

I am a person who is for the people. I care deeply for those around me, even when I disagree with their stances. I'm big on love, kindness and compassion. I try to listen rather than use my voice.

And while I naturally would love to see rates of abortion go down, of course, I also see the reason for choice in the matter. Because more goes into it than just finding out you are expecting.

But life is sacred. I think science has led me to believe, in these circumstances, that the life carrying the pregnancy is sacred. And their quality of life matters, as it does for the child. And where we are in life doesn't always give the best room for good choices in these circumstances. Most people who choose this, don't always want it to be a choice too. So it makes this even more difficult to discuss. I don't find it black and white but rather varying shades of gray.

I get caught up in this though because I want to give support to everyone. And I see both sides. I just don't know how to like, approach it appropriately from a Kemetic standpoint?

Though I've never had my Netjeru get upset, or percieved them as upset for how I view the world or go about living. I think intention matters most.

However, I thought I'd get other people's perspective on this since this community is overall really great for having stable discussions without getting too heated. I feel safer asking this here 😅

So how do we approach this ideal of maat? In our current times, with the knowledge we have here.

I have someone ho hurt me deeply and have been wanting to have my retribution, however I was wondering if acting upon it would be against ma'at?

Dua Anpu <3

I was shown this symbol a few weeks ago in a vision, so I just drew it.

then randomly this morning I woke up and saw it as I was waking up in my minds eye, went to my living room to speak with my grandma and saw a spiral and I guess that was confirmation.

I would think with it being a triangle it could symbolize a pyramid? I don’t really know what to think. Let me know y’alls thoughts.

So for context I (🏳️‍⚧️16M) who live in America, and I'm sure you've heard all of the stuff that's gone on here the past few days.

The night before the main election, I did a lot of spell work, a lot of prayer, and more offering than I'm typically able to give Anpu. I begged them, I'm pleading for the safety of myself and those in marginalized communities.

I know it sounds silly, but I hoped that this might actually work. I'm not able to vote so I figured this would be the next best thing. I just really thought it might work.

In hindsight, I suppose the Netjeru probably can't do much with the American election, but I just had a lot of Hope.

I'm not angry, but is it wrong for me to be a little upset? Am I upset with myself, or them?

Edit: thank you for the (mostly) understanding responses. At the time of posting this, I think I was just a little manic. You've all given me a lot of perspective to consider.

It was a little crazy of me to expect them to change the free will of others in my country (even though a lot of our freedoms will most likely be taken away but that's not for me to decide)

I've calmed down since posting this and in hindsight this is nothing to do with spirituality and religion. This has to do with assholes making the decision to trade the women in their lives, racial minority people in their lives, disabled people in their lives, and the queer people in their lives for lower gas prices.

Would they not like him since he was a monotheist? Or would they be ok with him since he saved Egypt from a famine?

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Who are these netjeru in the papyrus of Hunefer? I THINK the blue one might be Nun cuz he appeared in the papyrus of Ani like that as well but I'm not so sure about the deity to their left. Maybe Atum?
Thank you!

So, I'm a witch who's main diety to work with is Isis - she was the first diety who reached out to me and I love her healing energy so much. I primarily communicate with her via scrying or meditation and it seems to me she keeps on nudging me to communicate with other dieties in the pantheon such as Horus, Thoth & Ra. Is this normal? I keep on seeing very clear signs that's related to each of their mythology and when I check with tarot, it seems that she wants me to work with many of them as well.

I know that one can't follow Kemeticism in Egypt due to Islamic dictatorship. But I just wanna hear the experience of closeted Egyptian Kemetic pagans here