There are different views of what exactly is the Kemetic religion. The following is from the view of Per Ankh and KemetOnline, which might be different from other Kemetic groups.
The Kemetic Religion
As the Ancient Egyptian religion is one of the traditional religions of Africa. we share with these great faiths the style and approach to religious experience, rituals, and life.
However, as the historical continuity with our ancestors has been broken, we share with reconstructionist religions in utilizing scholarly methods to re-create the structures, rites, and practices; our aim is to literally preserve rituals as fully as possible.
While trying to keep our religion as closely to the religion of Ancient Egypt, we use methods of religious studies, philosophy, and theology to apply what we have learned to contemporary times.
At the same time, we are a living religion that recognizes that growth and change is a part of healthy religious evolution. Such questions are taken seriously and discerned by the priesthood of individual temples, which, like the temples of Ancient times, might come to differing conclusions.
Like other indigenous faiths, we are a practical faith, more concerned with ritual, relationship to Netjeru, and ethical practice than the manner in which individuals might try to describe the mystery of the divine.
Edited by JadeCat on 01/10/02 05:24 PM (server time).
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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
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