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Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown!
BIRTHDAY OF WESIR (First Day Upon the Year) We celebrate the birth of kingship today, the institution embodied in the crook (the staff of a shepherd, a sign of mercy and gentle but guiding love) and the flail (a fly-whisk made into a weapon, the staff of one who drives off evil). Great Wesir, mighty Nisut of the Unseen World, father of men, is celebrated today as the first son of Earth and Sky. I pray in the name of the Greatly Green One that He keeps you safe and healthy in this coming year, and grants you some of His gift of growing...the gift of making whatever you do bear healthy fruit. Be blessed in the name of Wesir and grow strong and tall. Dua Wesir! Nekhtet!
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House of Ra, House of Heru, House of Wesir (Last Day of the Kemetic Month) The end of the year is upon us, and we enter the Time that is not time, the turning of the Days Upon the Year. Celebrate with me in all the ways you can think as we approach the renewal of our world, our lives and our souls at the Opening of the Year six days hence. Yesterday, our Martha in Brazil became Sekhmetwadjyt, at a Shemsu Naming ceremony attended by a dozen or so folks in the afternoon Dua session. Nekhtet, Wadjyt! May your Mother bless you richly in this coming year. I will be doing special prayers every day of the coming holidays for everyone who requests them. Please send them in and I will make sure to take them with me to New Year's celebrations. Be well and find much blessing in this time when we light the day and night for the Creator to find His way to creation. Dua Heru! Dua Ra! Dua Wesir! Dua Khnum! Nekhtet!
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Pesdjentiu (New Moon Festival) More creation is honored, as the Sacred Eye begins its healing in the new moon, and Ptah-Sokar, creator in silence, is celebrated. It's been a creative day around here, so creative in fact I didn't get a chance to update the devotion until now! We had three Parent Divinations, a Shemsu Naming and the birth of a new member of the faith (welcome little Alex!). So...three spiritual birthdays, a naming and a physical birth. It doesn't get better than this. But wait: yes it does! (New year is coming!) Can you feel the excitement? Dua Ptah-Sokar! Nekhtet!
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Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown! Feast of Min Today we honor the creative power, the great god Min. Min, Who is associated both with Amun, King-of-the-Gods, and Heru-sa-Aset, King of Kemet, is a powerful god invoked for all protection, creation, fertility and sustainability. May He bless you very richly in these final days of the year's end, as we invite the Creators to come nearer to us and create life anew. I offer lettuce to great Min in all your names, and keep you close to my hearts. Dua Min! Nekhtet!
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Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown! In the midst of a very busy world, it is important to take time for yourself; for rest, for enjoyment and for talking with your god(s). I pray that you are able to find that today, and that whatever messages you receive during your quiet time are powerful and very enlightening. Rest, rejuvenate and reunite with the Divine, and find blessing. Dua Netjeru! Nekhtet!
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Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown! "The Gods Sail" Everyone is packing and heading off, along with the gods and goddesses, to make celebration for the great holidays upon us. Some of our visitors are already in town; others are leaving within the next few hours. It's very busy, but very exciting. For those who will be here, I can't wait to see you! For those who can't come, we'll be sending out information from the site as we're there, thanks to our having computer access this year, and I can't wait to talk to you and share everything we're doing with you as well as hear about our regional and personal celebrations going on at the same time. Wherever you are during this very special time, I hope that you have nothing but joy and excitement! I pray in the names of all gods and goddesses for safe travel, happy celebrations and an excellent close to a very successful year as we open another. Dua Netjeru! Nekhtet!
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Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown! "The Gods are Established in front of Ra's Crew" All of the icons of the gods are being gathered to be taken to the temples for Their holy festivals at Kemetic New Year. The holiday honors the gathering of the real gods, Whose spirits bless our icons, as They, too, gear up for the big renewal just a little over a week away. Even here in our shrines, we are cleaning, packing and getting ready for the Big Event. Are you ready? I pray in the names of all gods that you have an excellent weekend as we round out the Kemetic year. Dua Netjeru! Nekhtet!
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Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown! Two days with no special practices. Enjoy them -- the holidays are about to descend! I will be spending some time over these two days performing prayers and heka on behalf of the nation; to strengthen and prepare us for the Days Upon the Year, when anything can happen and often does. Join me in prayers for a safe, smooth, happy transition from the end of our year into a new one. May everyone we love be blessed and joyful at this holy time. May Ma'at bring Her balance to us fully and may we feel the beauty of the change of the year as the First Time comes once again. Dua Netjer! Nekhtet!
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Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown! Feast of Yinepu The Royal Child who opens ways, Yinepu, is in festival today. Rejoice as the year is lost! Rejoice again as the year is found! I pray in the name of Yinepu that you are blessed with many new opportunities. Dua Yinepu! Nekhtet!
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Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown! Procession of Mut (Day 3) Mut closes Her procession today. We give thanks for Her love and protection and add Her blessings to the long list of heka created as we approach the Days Upon the Year. Today take some time to pray for yourself, those you love, and for a smooth transition into Year 11. Dua Mut! Dua Netjer! Nekhtet!
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"Cleansing and Renewal of the Noble Ones" Today we clean out all the shrines and wash the icons, in preparation for New Year. It's going to be a sloppy day here, as I have even more icons than we did last year to take care of -- nekhtet for cleanliness as we prepare for the days of purification starting in a little over a week. Are you ready for New Year? Cleanse your shrine and cleanse your ka. May Mut, Great Mistress of the Protection of Temples, grant you an excellent, pure day. Dua Mut! Dua Netjer! Nekhtet!
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"The Eye of Heru Returns Complete" I liked that devotion so much Thursday that I decided to leave it up another day! Dua-Netjer enten for all the wonderful letters about it. It seems that the message I was asked to convey was well received, and well heard. Hopefully you're enjoying the new (and old) Wehemu letters section, and getting ready for the high holy days coming up very, very quickly. Today we take time out to honor the Eye of Heru, great one of power and strength, and also the goddess Mut in Her last major procession before all the gods depart for the temples and ceremonies of Kemetic New Year. May the Eye, and the Mother, find you happy and healthy this weekend. Have a good time. Enjoy yourselves! Dua Heru! Dua Mut! Nekhtet!
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Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown! No matter who you are, no matter where you are, what you have done or what you think, Netjer is with you. No matter how sad, lonely, frustrated or angry you feel, Netjer cares. No matter if you pay attention or not, Netjer, in the form of its Gods and Goddesses, is always going to be there for you. Know this and feel joy. Dua Netjer! Nekhtet!
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Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown! "Pour ritual water, for those in the next world." We honor our ancestors at the close of the year, those people upon whose shoulders and arms we were raised into the world we live in. Pour libations to your Akhu, known and unknown, over the next few days as we prepare for the ending of the year. They will remain constant as the year unravels, and help to keep the continuity intact for the return of the year at the end of the Five Days Upon the Year. This is our annual cycle, and this is its blessing and promise. I pray in the names of all my own Akhu for your own Akhu. May each of them, and us, be blessed. Dua Netjer! Dua Akhu! Nekhtet!
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Feast of the Half-Month Ra goes from visiting the ancestors to give offerings to His own Father, the Nun, the waters from whence all creation arise. Heru Mau, the Uniter, brings together all the children of the gods and goddesses in preparation for a great feast, and we enter the last half-month of the Kemetic Year. I pray before Ra, Heru, and all the gods and goddesses that each of you is blessed with an unexpected bounty this week, whether that be in something tangible like finances or intangible, like joy. May it wash over you like the Nun washes over Ra in His offerings, and may you be very happy therein. Dua Ra! Dua Heru-mau! Nekhtet!
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Defending Heru-sa-Aset We say goodbye to Hethert's year with its last full moon. The restored Eye of Heru trumpets His triumph, and everything starts to return to its zep tepi, its original state of purity and newness. Is there anything better than this? At this time of year I spend even more time in prayer and contemplation than usual. Pray with me, for the turning of the year to bring all blessings, to blow away all challenges or negavitity as the wind of Shu and the dew of Tefnut cleanses the bodies of Geb and Nut, Their children. May all find happiness and great success in this renewing world, and peace and prosperity be granted as the best New Year's gift of all. Dua Heru-sa-Aset! Nekhtet!
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Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown! Defending Heru-sa-Aset I could leave my devotion with that, as that'll give you things to read and think about for weeks, but I'll probably add that it couldn't have happened on a better day, when we're honoring Heru-sa-Aset, the model of the kingship I try to uphold for all of you. Enjoy. Looking forward to lots of conversation. Dua Heru-sa-Aset! Nekhtet!
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Beautiful Reunion, Day 13: Ra Sails to see Unnefer Meditate in the Festival Shrine for Heru and Hethert's Reunion! As Ra departs from the newly-married gods to visit the Nisut of all the Blessed Dead, They rejoice, sharing Their rejoicing with us. What have you learned about yourself during this festival of love and beauty, strength and song? What blessings have They given you to heal your heart, restore justice and cleanse it with the healing powers of the Eye of Love? Give offerings today and celebrate. We enter a new year filled with love and brightness. Dua Hethert! Dua Heru-wer! Dua Ra! Dua Unnefer-Wesir! Nekhtet!
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Beautiful Reunion, Day 12: Meditate in the Festival Shrine for Heru and Hethert's Reunion! Today, the Holy Couple go to visit Their father, Ra, and together all three descend into Duat to visit the blessed dead. May you offer to your dead today, and enjoy a holiday with them as they enjoy a holiday with the bright and shining gods. I pray in the names of all three of these great Beings that you are provided with everything you need, for yourself and for your ancestors, renewed for another year under Their protection and love. Dua Hethert! Dua Heru-wer! Dua Ra! Nekhtet!
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Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown! Beautiful Reunion, Day 11 Meditate in the Festival Shrine for Heru and Hethert's Reunion! I'm just filled with excitement today. Unfortunately I can't share everything that is making me so excited because some of it hasn't happened yet, but I can give you a taste. On Friday, I'll be going with Kai-Imakhu Ini to scope out a potential new property for Tawy House, one that is big enough we'll be able to build our formal state temple there, too. Yes, I said temple. (We're seven years ahead of my mental schedule on having a formal building just for the state temple, folks...) Something very important to the heart of the existing temple community will also reappear on the Kemet.org website in the next day or two, as well. More news on both of those events when it's available. I think you will be as pleased about it as I am. Today I'm giving offerings to the Akhu, Who are getting ready for a wedding reception visit with Heru-wer and Hethert, and trying to contain my excitement. Who says it gets any better than this? Dua Hethert! Dua Heru-wer! Nekhtet!
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Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown! Beautiful Reunion, Day 10 Meditate in the Festival Shrine for Heru and Hethert's Reunion! I have photographs of the Aset Luminous Festival to share if you want to see them! (No, I never need an excuse to be proud of our people!) It was a beautiful three days, and I want to give a big Dua-Netjer to everyone who made it out to celebrate with us. It is a time of year for sharing celebration with friends. Join us in our forums and on our mailing lists, and share your holiday stories as we gear up for New Year. I pray in the names of Hethert and Heru-wer that you are filled with love and happiness today. May it surprise you in a way that brings even more joy. Dua Hethert! Dua Heru-wer! Nekhtet!
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Bless all the children of Netjer, known and unknown! Beautiful Reunion, Day 9 Meditate in the Festival Shrine for Heru and Hethert's Reunion! Back from Tawy House finally. What a weekend! What a holiday celebration we had! Each of you was remembered as the boats were laid into their pools before Aset's altar, and She blessed each one. I am so excited about the end of the year and the coming of Year 11 in just a few weeks. We'll be seeing some of you at the celebrations, and others we'll be celebrating with in spirit as we gather in places other than Chicago to ring in Kemetic New Year, such as an international gathering shaping up for Berlin, Germany. Join with us in praying for an excellent set of celebrations and a wonderful new year with many blessings for everyone. May the Holy Couple whose marriage brings so much love and joy bring those things into your life. Dua Hethert! Dua Heru-wer! Nekhtet!
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Beautiful Reunion, Day 6 Meditate in the Festival Shrine for Heru and Hethert's Reunion! Heqat is honored today among the marriage celebrations. She is a great goddess of protection, particularly for those who are expecting children and for young mothers and their babies. We have several women in our temple who are to give birth soon, including one who will be married today -- Dua Netjer Nekhtet! May Heqat protect each of these women, their children, their families, and their nation on this blessed day. Give milk and flowers to the heart of the gentle midwife. Dua Hethert! Dua Heru-wer! Dua Heqat! Nekhtet!
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Beautiful Reunion, Day 5 Meditate in the Festival Shrine for Heru and Hethert's Reunion! As we continue to celebrate the holy days of the Golden Ones' anniversary and the feast of lights for Aset, I have been hearing the most wonderful stories from my people. They have found candles burning where none had been lit. They are finding hawk feathers in their shrines. The voices of the gods are speaking to their hearts while they are celebrating in their shrines, and it is a wonderful thing to hear about. Keep the stories coming, and keep rejoicing. The gods are with you, and not just on the holidays! Dua Hethert! Dua Heru-wer! Dua Aset! Nekhtet!
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Beautiful Reunion, Day 4 Meditate in the Festival Shrine for Heru and Hethert's Reunion! Kemetic Word of the Day will resume in the future. Through tonight and tomorrow, we celebrate a very holy festival in our faith, one that did not have major importance when it first started, but eventually became a national festival. On this night and the next, and over this coming weekend at Tawy House, we honor the great goddess Aset, known to some as Isis, in a festival leading up to the blessed Kemetic New Year in about one month's time. After darkness has come, find a quiet place and light a candle or a lamp in Her name. If you can, make a small boat out of paper or papyrus, and write on it a prayer of thanksgiving and love, asking for any requests you have of the goddess for this coming year. Again, if you can, take this boat, placing a small tea light candle in it, and put it in a running body of water like a river or lake or the ocean, and let it sail off to carry your words to Her domain. In this day and age, Kemetic Orthodox celebrate this very special feast of lights with everything from origami boats in bathtubs to the elaborate processions and festival offerings we presented last year as shown here. Give light and love to the Power behind the Throne, and find it returned to you in great measure. May She bless you on this day and all days with all of Her majesty and might and the wind of life in Her mighty wings. Dua Hethert! Dua Heru-wer! Dua Aset! Nekhtet!
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Kemetic Word of the Day 23 Pronounced: noh-DJEM (ben-AIR)
Meanings for Nodjem:
Meanings for Bener: One word, written with the hieroglyph of a carob or date pod, can be pronounced two ways. The meanings, however, stay the same. Sweet is the world tasted in the mouth of the one you kiss. Sweetness is what you feel when someone is kind to you, when you feel love. Sweet is the heart when Ma'at is pleased, when lies and wrongoing have ended and only kindness and love, health and pleasant times remain. Sweet is the holy time of Hethert and Heru-wer's marriage, when the whole land rejoices in the power of love to heal and bring pleasure to all. May you taste of its sweetness, and eat of its brightness, every day. Dua Hethert! Dua Heru-wer! Dua Unnefer! Dua Min! Dua Tasenetnofret! Nekhtet!
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