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Na NAAAa na na na NA-na na na… ROYAL RAINBOOOWWWW!

James — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:16:18 +0000

James Reinsch10:06 PM
ok this is weird… http://egyptology.blogspot.com/2010/06/photo-for-today-deity-henut-mestjet.html a lion-headed goddess with a sun disc and uraeus snake and holding an ankh but the tablet doesn’t name her Sekhmet
10:07 PM
clearly the same deity, but a totally unknown-elsewhere title
10:08 PM
http://henadology.wordpress.com/theology/netjeru/mestjet/ “She bears the epithet ‘Eye of Re‘”
10:08 PM
its totally her

Emrys10:09 PM
http://henadology.wordpress.com/theology/netjeru/mestjet/
10:09 PM
loosely translate to “Mistress of the Dawn” is that not one of Her titles?

James Reinsch10:10 PM
eh its hard to tell, the internet is full of neopagan names for her
10:10 PM
but it would make sense
10:10 PM
my katamari of knowledge grows!

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Post tags: History, Kemet, Religion, Sekhmet

Kemetic Calendar URL now live

James — Mon, 31 May 2010 10:11:02 +0000

http://kemeticcalendar.org/

Check out my sweet favicon.

Anyone with a passion for Egypt/Kemet or historical research, please feel free to sign in and write up the history of a festival or two. It’s a wiki, it’s there for communal knowledge.

Update on the Kemetic Calendar

James — Fri, 07 May 2010 11:36:55 +0000

Abandoned project is abandoned? Nope! She-who-wears-red would never forgive me if I gave up that easily. After the jump, update on the progress of the KemCal.

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Conversations with the Gods

James — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:37:14 +0000

Dramatis Personae:
Sekhmet – Goddess of vengeance, war and death of the ancient Egyptian pantheon
Me – A humble commoner, sworn to worship Sekhmet

Sekhmet: Hey.
Me: Hm?
Sekhmet : HEY.
Me: ACK! Um, yes?
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Curses!!

James — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:00:45 +0000

Time to clean out my old drafts! I typed most of this post way back in December. Still relevant. I held back posting it because I wasn’t sure if I really had a message or if I was meandering about the topic. Note to self: turn on safesearch when looking for “overweight wiccans.”

As a son of Sekhmet, people often ask me if I’m going to curse them with Her divine wrath for pissing me off. Okay, that’s a lie. Nobody has asked me that yet. Nobody ever asks me the cool questions. But it’s a great lead-in to what I’m going to talk about.

Now, it’s important to note that not all Pagans do metaphysical work (aka “magic,” or “magick” if you’re a pretentious twat). Likewise, not all metaphysical practitioners (hereafter referred to as “witches”) are necessarily Pagan. I have met Agnostics, Atheists and even a devout Christian who not only believed in but actively practiced metaphysics. In fact, the Christian was the first one who actually identified my, ah, tendency toward psychic vampirism. (More on that later maybe. I’m going was talking about psy-vamps on PCP in February.)

So, I’d like to take a minute, just sit right there, and I’ll tell you how I became comfortable with the idea of the left-hand path.

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I’m on my favorite podcast!

James — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:33:27 +0000

Listen here.

Granted I only subscribe to 2 podcasts… but still. Favorite podcast, plus me! This week’s subject: Otherkin.

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Nine things I love about Satanists

James — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:33:58 +0000

The Nine Satanic Sins is an excerpt from The Satanic Bible, by Anton LaVey (1987). LaVey was a huckster, out to make a buck off stupid people, but making a buck off stupid people is actually perfectly acceptable within Satanism. It’s amusing, because he charged for acceptance into the church and issued member cards, then allegedly privately laughed at the people who paid, since it was like making Christians pay to worship Yahweh – it doesn’t make sense.

There’s a lot of laughs to be had studying or talking to Satanists. Earn their respect and you’ll have a great friend. The most wonderful thing I’ve learned is the Nine Satanic Sins. You’ll see as I list them, these are not evil ideas. They are awesome ones, and not just within the satanic theme of “me first.”(...)
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On Faith and the Unknown: Part 4: This is what I believe! This is the truth!

James — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:31:35 +0000

…at least for now.

Am I the only one who loved that random quote in Chrono Trigger? they retranslated for the DS and it’s different now.

So, we’ve gone over my youth and how I left the Church, we’ve touched upon my Wiccan and Eclectic periods, And I’ve related my recent epiphany at finding Sekhmet standing right behind me the whole time. And I promised to elaborate on Her and what She means to me. This could get long, but bear with me.(...)
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On Faith and the Unknown: Part 3: Call of the Lioness

James — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:47:27 +0000

Alright, I’ve covered my long religious past. Now you all know roughly where I was at the beginning of this year. It’s certainly not where I am now.

To recap, and addendum: As of the beginning of this year, I was an ex-Christian ex-agnostic lapsed Wiccan. I was a lot like those Christians who never go to church and never really sit down to pray but still believe in the Jesus. Nothing wrong with that, but nother really right with it either.(...)
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On Faith and the Unknown: Part 2: Finding More

James — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:46:49 +0000

I spent the end of High School and the beginning of University as a man of Science. I decided that the Supernatural and I could peacefully go our separate ways. While I accepted the possibility of God, I did not worship or acknowledge it.

I also entered what could only be described as a cycle of depression and boredom.

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