Eternal Egypt: Ancient Rituals for the Modern World - Softcover

Reidy, Richard J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1440192464 ISBN 13: 9781440192463

Verlag: iUniverse, 2010

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Eternal Egypt: Ancient Rituals for the Modern World is the first comprehensive collection of important temple rituals performed throughout Egypt during the time of the pharaohs. The author presents seven key rites from official temple records and ancient esoteric texts for personal or group use. This guidebook also: - presents rituals in a form designed to assist initiates in restoring the ancient rites of Egypt; - provides for modern usage, key ritual texts coming solely from authenticated ancient sources; - contains easy to follow commentaries and background information on each ritual, including symbolism and mythology not previously available in one book; - gives text with commentary for the "Opening of the Mouth" ceremony; - offers practical information for conducting these rituals in today's world. Formerly only available to the scholar and professional Egyptologist, these ritual texts reveal the deeply spiritual understanding of humanity's relationship to divinity that characterized the ancient Egyptian sense of the sacred. This is a practical intermediate level text for those wishing to worship the great deities of ancient Egypt in as authentic a manner as possible, and by so doing tap into the great spiritual heritage that sustained Egyptian culture for over three thousand years.

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Richard J. Reidy earned a Master's of Divinity degree in 1979. He is the founder of two temples in Northern California dedicated to researching, restoring, and enacting the authentic rituals of ancient Egypt. The author is a sought-after speaker on the Egyptian religious tradition and its legacy for modern times.

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Eternal Egypt

Ancient Rituals for the Modern WorldBy Richard J. Reidy

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Contents

Acknowledgments..............................................................................................................................ixPart One: Temple Rituals For Today...........................................................................................................1CHAPTER ONE..................................................................................................................................13The Morning Ritual in the Temple of Amun-Ra..................................................................................................13Introduction.................................................................................................................................15Commentary...................................................................................................................................18The Morning Ritual...........................................................................................................................21Appendix A. Items Needed for the Morning Ritual 4............................................................................................6CHAPTER TWO..................................................................................................................................51The Nighttime Ritual of the Mystical Union of Ra with Ausir..................................................................................51Introduction.................................................................................................................................53Commentary...................................................................................................................................55The Nighttime Ritual.........................................................................................................................64Appendix B. Forms of Ra from the Litany of Ra in the Tomb of Seti I..........................................................................82Appendix C. Image of the Tripartite Form of Ra in the Tomb of Seti II........................................................................86Appendix D. Items Needed for Celebrating the Nighttime Ritual................................................................................87CHAPTER THREE................................................................................................................................89Two Transfiguration Liturgies for the Radiant Spirits of the Blessed Dead....................................................................89Introduction.................................................................................................................................91Commentary for The Beautiful Feast of the Western Valley.....................................................................................95The Annual Ritual............................................................................................................................102Appendix E. Items Needed for Celebrating the Annual Ritual for the Beautiful Feast of the Western Valley.....................................122Commentary for the Great Recitation Ritual...................................................................................................123Appendix F. Items Needed for Celebrating the Great Recitation Ritual for Transfiguring the Ka spirit of the Blessed Dead.....................145CHAPTER FOUR.................................................................................................................................147The Book of Overthrowing Apep................................................................................................................147Introduction.................................................................................................................................149Commentary...................................................................................................................................158Prologue.....................................................................................................................................162RITUAL I: The Ritual for the Overthrowing of Apep............................................................................................163RITUAL II: The First Book of Felling Apep, The Foe of Ra.....................................................................................174RITUAL III: A Rite for Overthrowing the Foes of Ra...........................................................................................178Appendix G. The Creation Prologue (Abbreviated Version)......................................................................................183Appendix H. Items Needed for Conducting Rituals for the Overthrowing of Apep.................................................................184Part Two: Rituals from the Temple of Ra......................................................................................................185Introduction.................................................................................................................................187Rising With the Sun..........................................................................................................................197Morning Rite for Bathing.....................................................................................................................199The Apotheosis Rite for Bodily Members: Divine Identifications of the Parts of the Human Body...............................................201General Rituals for the Netjeru..............................................................................................................203General Rituals from the Temple of Ra........................................................................................................207General Rituals: Three Examples..............................................................................................................238**General Rite Honoring Sekhmet**............................................................................................................240**General Rite Honoring Sutekh**.............................................................................................................253**General Rite Honoring Djehuty**............................................................................................................268Appendix I. Items Needed for the General Rituals.............................................................................................282The Opening of the Mouth: A Ritual of Transformation.........................................................................................283Theology of the Sacred Image.................................................................................................................283Sacred Image and Cult........................................................................................................................288Background and Context for this Translation..................................................................................................290Understanding the Elements of the Ritual.....................................................................................................292The Opening of the Mouth Ceremony- Vivifying the Image of a Netjer/Netjeret..................................................................306Appendix J. Items Needed for the Opening of the...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: iUniverse
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1440192464
• ISBN 13: 9781440192463
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 364
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