Kemet Online: Followers of The Religion of Ancient Egypt: Kemetic Orthodox VS Kemetic Traditional

Hotep there
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Heh... having to ask permission of your parent to worship your beloved...LOL

Sounds like you might be an Aset kid...an Aset kid and NOT an Aset-Hethert kid *big grin*

I would be surprised though if in HOn you were expected to ask Yinepu permission to worship a beloved.

I wonder if some of the " strictness" you refer to comes from Our Mom

Also just to be clear .....the process of discerning who you are called to serve and with whom you most resonate in Kemetic Traditionalism is one of mutual discernment. You can't walk up to myself or to our Heri Tep and say I want to serve so and so as a priest and expect it to be so:) We have told people they are not called to serve in ways they believed they were. And yes on KOL we take people's statements of their connections with Netjer somewhat at face value. However, what we tale seriously is their EXPERIENCE. We do not believe everyone who says "I have experienced Bast" have. What we take seriously is that they had AN experience that is important to them. Were they to continue training there would be a process of discernment about IDENTIFYING that experience as an experience OF BAST. The same with those who feel they resonate most with a particular Netjer. We find however that as people move more into our community and worldview their perspective on how to identify experiences and our's end usually end up in full agreement.

There have been times when we "knew" someone was called to serve a different Netjer than they expected. We never told Wab Jen that She was to be a Priest of Ptah for example..until she told us:)

Of course, had she not discerned this on her own we would have had to do so before her ceremony. And Wab Andy was not forewarned before his ceremony that neither the Netjer who has been in his life so long nor the one (in the case the same) he was to serve as Priest was quite Whom he thought:)

Of course we didn't know that until we were told right before the ceremony by Aset-Hethert herself. And in Saq things have happened and been decided that contradicted us on several occassions ! So much for process then eh?

So while an individual can say " Rev- I feel called to Priesthood and want to begin training" and they are encouraged if they believe they are called to a certain Priesthood to share that...what actually happens other than their getting a chance to discern if they are really callled to either that/those Netjeru in particular and in what way ...and whether or not they are called to Priesthood is a process which while best when mutual...and we do strive for that..is ultimately decided by Netjer and the discernment of what Netjer has decided or the affirmation (or not) of the individuals process comes from the Sebau of the temple.

It's much like a trraditional seminary. You can decide to enroll in seminary on your own. Whether you become a minister, priest etc depends on what you do and the discernment of the church community and it's appointed leaders. Differences in these seminaries tend to be around how the individuals process is respected or handled not where ultimate authority lies.

As far as UltimatE authority-- those of us who serve or resonate with Aset in particular know --OH boy DO WE KNOW..
And when we forget_THAT_ we KNOW (as we do) She does not hesitate to remind us... Hey, MeritAset was that your blood on that last two by four I got hit with?

Very Best

Rev Renee

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Rev Renee Levant, Hemet Sekhmet & Aset
Founder & Wehemu & Educational Director
Per Ankh: The Traditional Religion of Ancient Egypt
http://www.per-ankh.org

Edited by RevRenee (11/20/04 05:06 AM)