Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown!
May your coming be peaceful.

God(s) of the Month: Khonsu
Current Decan: 27: Khentiu-heriu, "Lower/Foremost Faces"
Today's Festival(s):
Crowning of Heka, Day 10
Feast of Hethert's Birthgiving at Dendera, Day 8

Say heru em meses nefer (Happy birthday!) to: no birthdays today

"Cairo Calendar" Entry:
If you see anything today, it will be good.

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We're really excited. More than ten new Shemsu and children of the Faith will be Named this evening in our special Shemsu Naming Ceremony. This is a very happy time for us, when we welcome new initiates into Kemetic Orthodoxy and celebrate their rite of passage in the faith to becoming full converts.

This particular round of ceremonies has been interesting as well, with new Deities making appearances in the divinations and some interesting combinations. It seems that as the faith matures the gods are welcoming more and more of Their children home. Nekhtet!

I pray for all these new Shemsu and the children who will be blessed in our faith that the gods and goddesses are always close. May they always feel Their love.

Dua Heka! Dua Hethert! Dua Ihy! Nekhtet!

Thought for the Day:
"We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds."
Anton Chekhov

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Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown!
May your coming be peaceful.

God(s) of the Month: Khonsu
Current Decan: 27: Khentiu-heriu, "Lower/Foremost Faces"
Today's Festival(s):
Crowning of Heka, Day 9
Feast of Hethert's Birthgiving at Dendera, Day 7

Say heru em meses nefer (Happy birthday!) to: Remetj April M. in Florida and Remetj Lyra N. in Kentucky

"Cairo Calendar" Entry:
Anyone born on this day will die in old age.

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The flowers are blooming around Yinepu's shrine in the Tawy House yard. A friend of the faith took some photos and you can see them in the Daily Ma'at Galleries, the last two photos currently.

Spring comes and brings with it the flowering and the greening of our home, as well as an upswing in visitors. We've missed everyone over this cold winter. Come see us soon!

I pray in the names of the gods of this day that you are blessed with the spirit of creativity.

Dua Heka! Dua Hethert! Dua Ihy! Nekhtet!

Thought for the Day:
"We all need to have a creative outlet - a window, a space - so we don't lose track of ourselves."
Norman Fischer

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Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown!
May your coming be peaceful.

God(s) of the Month: Khonsu
Current Decan: 26: Hery-ib khenty-heriu, "In the Midst of the Upper Faces"
Today's Festival(s):
Birthday of Shu and Tefnut, Days 9-10
Crowning of Heka, Days 6-7
Feast of Hethert's Birthgiving at Dendera, Days 4-5
Day of Counting of Djehuty Who Heard Ma'at (Saturday)
Ma'at Judges before the Gods (Sunday)

Say heru em meses nefer (Happy birthday!) to: Shemsut Ruby A. in California (Saturday)

"Cairo Calendar" Entry:
(Saturday:)It is the day of counting in the Presence by Djehuty who heard Ma'at, this great one. All gods are in great festivity. (Sunday:) Ma'at judges in front of these gods Who became angry in the island of the sanctuary of Khem (Letopolis). The Majesty of Heru revised it.

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As the festival of Shu and Tefnut's birthday, and the festival of Heka's Crowning, draw to a close we celebrate two days in honor of Djehuty and Ma'at. Djehuty, Keeper of Wisdom, "counts" before Ma'at -- He is watching and noting everything we do, matching it up against our destinies and our challenges, our prayers and our wishes and hopes. He presents His numerations to Ma'at, Who declares them before the gods and goddesses of all of Kemet in festival.

What will Djehuty "count" in your life?

What will Ma'at be telling the gods about you?

May it all be good things.

Dua Shu! Dua Tefnut! Dua Heka! Dua Hethert! Dua Ihy! Dua Djehuty! Dua Ma'at! Nekhtet!

Thought for the Day:
"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart."
Confucius

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Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown!
May your coming be peaceful.

God(s) of the Month: Khonsu
Current Decan: 26: Hery-ib khenty-heriu, "In the Midst of the Upper Faces"
Today's Festival(s):
Birthday of Shu and Tefnut, Day 7
Crowning of Heka, Day 4
Feast of Hethert's Birthgiving at Dendera, Day 2

Say heru em meses nefer (Happy birthday!) to: no birthdays today

"Cairo Calendar" Entry:
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We continue our celebration of birth, rebirth, creativity and joy.

Do something special today, for your ka (Feed the Ka Challenge! You know you want to!), and make a choice today to be happy in something, even if you aren't entirely sure that you are.

This is a subtle use of Heka, Who is also in festival.

What you believe, becomes.

Use this for your own benefit, and use it often.

Dua Shu! Dua Tefnut! Dua Heka! Dua Hethert! Dua Ihy! Nekhtet!

Thought for the Day:
"Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you."
Carl Sandburg

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Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown!
May your coming be peaceful.

God(s) of the Month: Khonsu
Current Decan: 26: Hery-ib khenty-heriu, "In the Midst of the Upper Faces"
Today's Festival(s):
Birthday of Shu and Tefnut, Day 6
Crowning of Heka, Day 3
Feast of Hethert's Birthgiving at Dendera, Day 1

Say heru em meses nefer (Happy birthday!) to: Remetj Alison B. in Australia

"Cairo Calendar" Entry:
If you see anything today, it will be good. The Ennead is in joy and the crew of Ra is in festivity.

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It's RPD season again, and two have been done and a few more will be done over the next few days. There's a lot of excitement around new people passing through one of the deepest and most moving rites of passage in our religion. Nekhtet for those who are doing their RPD during such an auspicious set of holidays!

Hethert gives birth to Ihy today, and a month of celebrations ensues. As kingship is given back to the land, the land is both protected and nurtured. May all beings find comfort and blessing in knowing that the gods are providing for us every day and each year that blessing is renewed. Nekhtet!

I pray in the names of the great gods Shu and Tefnut, Heka, Hethert and Ihy Her joyous son, that you have a wonderful week and that all good things continue to come your way.

Dua Shu! Dua Tefnut! Dua Heka! Dua Hethert! Dua Ihy! Nekhtet!

Thought for the Day:
"Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown!
May your coming be peaceful.

God(s) of the Month: Khonsu
Current Decan: 26: Hery-ib khenty-heriu, "In the Midst of the Upper Faces"
Today's Festival(s):
Birthday of Shu and Tefnut, Day 4
Crowning of Heka, Day 1

Say heru em meses nefer (Happy birthday!) to: Shemsut Imateninpu (Imateni) in Colorado

"Cairo Calendar" Entry:
...Apep in...cutting into the tongue of the enemy of Sobek today. It is the day of the cutting off of his head by...

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"A disk flanked with two plumes, all of them mounted on the horizontal horns in the presence of His Father..." So begins the Edfu temple's text of the Crowning of Heka, the day when Heka, the force and being of magic itself, is crowned.

It is a day when magical things can happen. For us "magical" doesn't necessarily mean by surprise or defying the laws of physics -- but the things that can and will happen when we put our hearts and minds to their creation.

What will you use your heka to do today?

Use your authoritative speech (that's what heka means after all) to do all the things you wish. Celebrate the birthday of the First Two with your heka creations and rejoice.

Dua Shu! Dua Tefnut! Dua Heka! Nekhtet!

Thought for the Day:
"Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air."
John Quincy Adams

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Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown!
May your coming be peaceful.

God(s) of the Month: Khonsu
Current Decan: 26: Hery-ib khenty-heriu, "In the Midst of the Upper Faces"
Today's Festival(s):
Birthday of Shu and Tefnut, Day 3
Procession of Hethert and Her Great Nine, Day 3

Say heru em meses nefer (Happy birthday!) to: a large number of people I missed while the list was stuck (again) -- I hope you had great days!
- Thursday 6 April: Shemsu Hauemheru in Georgia and Shemsut Shefytbast in New Jersey
- Sunday 9 April: Shemsut Tareshenwepwawet in the Netherlands
- Monday 10 April: Shemsut-Ankh Nubtshepsut in South Africa
- Wednesday 12 April: Shemsut Irytenwepwawet in Maryland
- Thursday 13 April: Imakhu Neferuhethert in California
- Saturday 15 April: Remetj DeVonne M. in Georgia and Remetj Christine C. in Illinois
- today: Shemsut Sehedjet-senuwi in Florida and Remetj Carole-Anne P. in Texas

"Cairo Calendar" Entry:
[Text too broken to read anything other than "do not" and "until"]

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I am hoping that our technical issues with the devotions are sorted out. If you have been knocked off the maiiling list, please sign back up, and I apologize for delays and issues.

Welcome to the first month of Shomu! This season brings the culmination of all the work we have been doing, all the goals we have set for ourselves and all the creativity we put out into the world over the last two seasons. What sorts of things will you harvest during this season as we near another Wep Ronpet and end the Year of Geb?

Here at Tawy House, the flowers have begun to emerge in the yard, all around the statue of Yinepu in the backyard shrine, opening the way to the summer and beautiful greenness everywhere. We are gearing up for some excellent events -- please RSVP so we can get a good headcount -- and also preparing for some other events.

One of the major events that has been scheduled in addition to a huge Wep Ronpet that got too big for us to hold at the temple and will be at a hotel this year -- is a Pilgrimage to Egypt in November 2006 to mark my tenth year as Nisut. This is a private trip 10 years in the making and I really hope you can join us; it will be an excellent time together in the Two Lands.

More exciting news about new publications and courses is coming in the next several weeks.

On this day when we honor the birthday feast of Shu and Tefnut, Yesterday and Tomorrow, the original creators of heaven and earth, we pray for a continued sense of responsibility and creativity in the world. May everyone receive what they put forth into the universe, and may it be in good measure.

Dua Shu! Dua Tefnut! Dua Hethert! Nekhtet!

Thought for the Day:
"Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow."
Plato

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Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown!
May your coming be peaceful.

God(s) of the Month: Renenutet
Current Decan: 24: Bawy, "Pair of Bau," a title of Heru-wer and Set unified

Today's Festival(s):
Last Day of the Kemetic Month
Last Day of the Season of Peret
Offerings to Ptah-Sokar-Wesir, Tem and all the gods
Procession of Nebtu

Say heru em meses nefer (Happy birthday!) to: a large number of people I missed while the list was stuck -- I hope you had great days!
- 19 March: W'ab Wenemaset in Tennessee
- 24 March: Shemsut Ma'atensenu in Indiana
- 25 March: Shemsut Tamiwi in New Jersey
- 28 March: Shemsu Sefesbast in Tennessee
- 29 March: Remetj Saffron D. in South Africa
- 31 March: Remetj Ladeia E. in Texas and Shemsut Hapetwesir in New Zealand
- 2 April: Shemsu-Ankh Yinepuwepef in Florida
- today: Shemsut Ushaemnakhtwy in Virginia

"Cairo Calendar" Entry:
"Offer to Ptah-Sokar-Wesir [and] Tem, Lord of the Two Lands of Iunu, [and] to all the gods on this day."

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A month turns, bringing with it happiness and sadness, victory and defeat, joy and health and challenge and change.

A season turns, from the springing forth of creativity to its harvest, the time when things become slower and warmer and our thoughts turn to the changing of the year.

It is a holy time when all the gods are worshipped, honored and given Their offerings. We honor our ancestors who bring us together and the gods we all share in common, and we are content.

May the new season bring you everything you have worked for, hoped for, dreamed about...and more. May it all be good and satisfying, and may Ma'at continue to flourish in our hearts, our Nation, our countries and our world.

Dua Ptah-Sokar-Wesir! Dua Tem! Dua Netjeru nebu! Dua Nebtu! Nekhtet!

Thought for the Day:
"I have come to believe that giving and receiving are really the same. Giving and receiving - not giving and taking."
Joyce Grenfell

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