Kemetic FAQ
There are a lot of questions that get asked frequently in the community. I have tried to gather relevant posts related to the questions that I see pop up most often. If you see any questions that are missed, or know of a good post that should be added, please let me know!
Kemetic Basics:
- Where do I start?
- Saying Hello to NTRW
- Kemetic starter guide
- Where do you recommend I start?
- Getting started: an ask
- Another ask :>
- Some basics
- Is Kemeticism Wicca + Egypt?
- What are the branches of Kemeticism/Egyptian Paganism?
- What is the Kemetic Fandom?
- Practicing Kemeticism on a budget?
- What are Kemeticism’s basic beliefs?
- Can you be white and practice Kemeticism?
- Being a pagan of color: cultural appropriation in Kemeticism
- would you consider heiroglyphics tattoos as cultural appropriation if not tattooed on an egyptian?
- Is Kemeticism culturally appropriative? Is it racist to practice Kemeticism?
- Kemeticism and morals?
- Can I be an agnostic Kemetic?
- How did you get started in Kemeticism? (KRT)
- Can I work with other pantheons/religions? Can I participate or perform non-Kemetic rituals? (KRT)
- How do you live Kemeticism?
Falling off of the Kemetic Wagon:
- What do I do when I’ve fallen out of practice?
- Dealing with Inadequacy (KRT)
- How do you survive fallow time? (KRT)
- How do I get back into Kemeticism?
- Purifying Away Guilt
- When the Well Runs Dry
Kemetic Calendars, Holidays, Rites and Rituals:
- Saying Hello to NTRW
- Kemetic offering guide
- Daily Ritual Basics (KRT)
- Calculating Wep Ronpet
- Wep Ronpet Guide
- Ritual Purity: an ask
- Ritual Purity (KRT)
- Figuring out how to celebrate holidays
- Modern Holiday List
- Kemetic Calendars and Holidays (KRT)
- Negotiating Holidays (KRT)
- Making a Religious Calendar Around Food
- Festivals and Feasts 101
Offerings in Kemeticism:
- Offering Basics (KRT)
- Kemetic offering guide
- Why we offer how we offer
- Will the gods get mad if I use votive offerings/re-ment?
- I feel guilty eating the offerings. What do I do?
- Why do the gods value our offerings?
- Can you offer blood?
- Can I give the same offering to multiple gods?
- Offerings 101 | 201 | 301
Shrines, Altars and Devotional Spaces:
- Shrine Basics (KRT)
- Kemetic Shrine Rules?
- Setting up a shrine for all of the gods
- How do you consecrate statues?
- What is an Open statue/icon?
Working with the Gods, Developing Deity Communication:
- Gods and God-phones 101
- Gods and Communication: KRT
- Building Relations
- Signs don’t have to be external
- Pagan without gods
- I’ve started a relationship with a god. What now?
- Gods: More Like Ppl Than You Think
- Spirit Work is Like Running a Day Care
- Sex and Gods, Sex and Unseen Entities
- I can’t hear the gods, is that bad?
- Will the gods be mad if I move slowly?
- Can you worship the NTRW without being Kemetic?
- Worshiping NTRW as a whole
- Can the gods change form?
- Will my mental illness/short coming/disability/etc. irritate the gods?
- Do my insecurities bother the NTRW?
- A god threw me off of a cliff. Now what?
- Can a god do something without my consent?
- How does syncretization work, exactly?
- Can Kemetics be godspouses?
- Saying No: A Guide
- Do I need a patron? How do I find one? (KRT)
- What do you do when you’re mad at your patron?
- How do you trust the gods?
- Advice for getting a deity to talk straight with you?
- On Ableism and Deities
- Divine/Non-Corporeal Abuse
- What are ways that entities gain power?
Syncretization and Squishy Polytheism:
- Explaining Squishy Polytheism through Astral Lineage
- Syncretization and Bonds: An Ask
- Syncretization and cookies: an ask
- Syncretization ask
- Are Ra and Amun-Ra the same? An ask
- Amun and Re digivolve, too.
- Donut Theory
Heka and Execrations:
- heka is…
- Heka: The Basics KRT
- Bribing and Threatening Gods: KRT
- Ethics of Curses and Execrations: KRT
- The Mechanics of AE Magical Practice: Ritner
- Magic in AE: Pinch
- Ancient Egyptian Magical Texts: Borghouts
- Heka and application: an ask
- Magix Guides
- Some AE Magic Terms
- Devo Magix: Execrations
- Devo Magix: Formal Execrations
- Different ways to execrate- an ask
- Snippets of formal execration – an ask
- Shoe Execration Heka
- Eat Their Hearts: An Execration
A/pep, Isfet and Ma’at:
- Ma’at the deity versus the concept.
- Ma’at as a System | Isfet as a System
- A Model for Determining Ma’at from Isfet
- What is ma’at
- Ma’at is like a balloon
- Quotes on ma’at | part 2
- Discussion on ma’at between Kemetics
- Another interpretation of ma’at
- Kemeticism is Orthopraxic: Live in Ma’at (part II)
- Ma’at Shines Through my Body
- Shopping Cart Theory
- KRT Topic: Execrations and Curses
- KRT Topic: Bribing the Gods
- An Alternate View to Ma’at
- A discussion about ma’at and chaos
- A is for Activism
- Ma’at was always political
- Ma’at While Grieving
- Don’t be a Dick
- Why we don’t worship a/pep
- Is worship of a/pep a bad thing?
- Why do people cross out a/pep’s name?
- What’s a/pep, why is it bad?
- Is a/pep a demon?
- What are some examples of isfet in daily life?
- Musings on isfet being subjective
- A snippet of formal wording for execrations
- A comparison of isfetian chaos vs. Setian chaos
- Snakes and Isfet?
- Ma’at and Isfet (KRT)
- The question of Evil in AE
- Is a/pep sentient?
Akhu & Blessed Dead:
- Akhu Basics (KRT)
- Akhu Veneration 101
- Is it okay to set up an akhu shrine for someone who wasn’t Kemetic?
- Restoring ma’at after death
- When a tomb gets excavated, does that effect the akhu?
Kemeticism, Duat and the Afterlife:
- How did the Egyptians view the afterlife? How do you view the afterlife? Does this effect your practice at all? (KRT)
- Prayers and rituals for the dead?
- What happens when I die?
- Do you get to choose where you go when you die?
- Kemeticism and funerals?
- Being a Kemetic and an organ donor?
- What is the Duat like?
- Funerary rituals in antiquity
- Is there a “hell” in Kemeticism?
- What do Kemetics believe happens after death?
- What happens to bad people after they die?
- What if I can’t afford a “proper” burial?
- Can I visit other afterlifes when I’m dead?
- Is death isfet?
Egyptian Ideas Regarding Soul Structure:
- The afterlife
- Info on the anatomy of a soul?
- Hail to You my Living Ka
- Harrington quotes on soul pieces
- Kemetic soul matrix – Sat Ma’at
Books and Reading Recommendation Lists:
- A list of what-not-to-read
- Why Budge is problematic
- How can you tell if a “magic” book is full of it
- A list of epithets from LAGG
- Books related to the Duat?
- Satsekhem’s List
- Where should I NOT start?
- Are the Pyramid/Coffing Texts something a beginner can handle? What about the BotD?
Books and Resources for Learning About Various NTRW:
Egyptian Mythology Recommendations:
- Egyptian Mythology by Geraldine Pinch
- The Literature of Ancient Egypt by Simpson
- Lichtheim’s series
- Pyramid Texts Online
Book Recommendations for Learning Hieroglyphics:
- Recommended reading?
- Hoch’s Book
- Collier and Manley’s Book
- Faulkner’s Book
- Allen’s Book
- Or this page here where they break the books down
- World of Hieroglyphs
Free Online Reading:
- Oriental Institute Book Page
- MET Museum Book Page
- University of Memphis Book Page
- Birmingham Egyptology Journal
- The Ancient World Online
- Pyramid Texts Online
Terminology, Linguistics and Pronunciation:
- Is there a terminology guide?
- Pronunciation Guide
- HoN Glossary
- Reshafim
- Useful AE Terms Related to Magix/Heka
- List of acronyms
- How necessary is terminology in your practice? (KRT)
- UPG PSA
- KRT: UPG & Doxa: The Basics
- UPG: Unpopular Opinion, Possibly?
- UPG: An Ask
Astral and Unseen Relations (both gods and spirits):
- Spirit Spouses: Something Old is New Again
- Safe Astral Sex: an ask
- Nuances of Non-Physical Relations
- Sex Magix
- Spirit lovers tag on GLE
- Making Physical and Non-Physical Relations Work
- Spirit Marriages and Godspousery Links
- KRT: Gods and Communication
- Building Relations
- Romantic relations? Any tips for beginners?
- Can Kemetics be godspouses?
- Astral resources page
Discernment:
- How do I tell the difference btwn mental chatter and the Unseen?
- Discernment
- Polytheism While Dealing with Mental Illness
- When Godphones Ring
- Hearing the Gods
- How do we know when the gods are really talking to us?
- Notes on discerning sans god phone
- In Defense of Judgement
- Discernment
- Discernment (+Others)
- Suggestibility, Peer Pressure and Group Think
- A Note on Discernment: Hearing Your Own Voice
- Discernment – Is it a sign?
Shadow Work Information Posts:
- What is it? How do you do it?
- WHat is it? What is it’s purpose?
- An ask
- Another ask
- Caring about Self-Care
- How does one start shadow work?
- What are some methods of shadow work?
- How to shadow work: a guide
- The Beauty of Pain
- Ideas on understanding trauma and breaking through traumatic experiences
- Shadow work master post
Other Kemetic Resource Lists:
- Mystical Bewilderment’s 101 & Guides Page
- Satsekhem’s Resource List
- Fiercely Bright One’s Resource Page
- Shadowsteps of Bast
- Devo’s WP Resource list
The Twisted Rope 
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