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| ! colspan="2" | Kemetism
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| | Modern pagan / Reconstructionist
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| | Modern global movement inspired by ancient Egypt
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| ! Founding period
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| | 20th and 21st centuries CE
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| ! Estimated adherents
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| | Unknown; small modern communities and solitary practitioners exist internationally.
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| '''Kemetism''' is a modern religious movement that reconstructs, revives, or reimagines ancient Egyptian religious traditions for contemporary practice. | | '''Kemetism''' is a modern revival or reconstruction of ancient Egyptian religion, often centered on Egyptian deities, ma'at, ritual devotion, and sacred symbolism. |
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| == Overview == | | == Overview == |
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| Kemetism draws inspiration from ancient Egyptian religion, deities, ritual forms, concepts such as ma'at, temples, offerings, myth, and funerary symbolism. Modern Kemetic practitioners vary widely: some emphasize historical reconstruction, some practice devotional polytheism, some combine Egyptian symbols with modern esoteric systems, and others treat Kemetism as a living personal or community spirituality.
| | This starter page is intended as a neutral reference entry. It can be expanded with history, beliefs, practices, symbols, texts, branches, notable figures, and related concepts. |
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| == Key beliefs == | | == Related pages == |
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| * Reverence for ancient Egyptian deities such as Ra, Isis, Osiris, Horus, Hathor, Thoth, and Anubis
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| * Ma'at as truth, balance, justice, and right order
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| * Devotional relationship with gods, ancestors, and sacred symbols
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| * Respect for ancient Egyptian myth, ritual, and cosmology
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| * Varied views on reconstruction, revival, magic, and modern adaptation
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| == Practices ==
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| * Offerings, prayers, hymns, and shrine work
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| * Study of ancient Egyptian texts, art, and archaeology
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| * Festival observances based on ancient or reconstructed calendars
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| * Ritual purification, meditation, and devotional writing
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| * Community worship or solitary practice
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| == Places of worship ==
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| * Home shrines, temples, online communities, study groups, and ritual spaces
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| == Sacred texts ==
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| * Ancient Egyptian funerary, mythic, hymnic, and temple texts, along with modern Kemetic writings and reconstructed liturgies
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| == Holidays and observances ==
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| * Kemetic calendars vary and may include Wep Ronpet, deity festivals, solstices, and reconstructed ancient observances
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| == Branches and related traditions ==
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| * [[Ancient Egyptian religion]]
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| * [[Wicca]]
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| * [[Hermeticism]]
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| * [[New Religious Movements]]
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Religion]] | | * [[Religion]] |
| * [[Theology]] | | * [[Theism]] |
| | * [[Religious symbols]] |
| | * [[Religious concepts and ideals]] |
| * [[Philosophy of religion]] | | * [[Philosophy of religion]] |
| * [[New Religious Movements]]
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| * [[Indigenous and Traditional Religions]]
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| [[Category:Religions]] | | [[Category:Modern Paganism]] |
| [[Category:New religious movements]] | | [[Category:Religion]] |
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Kemetism is a modern revival or reconstruction of ancient Egyptian religion, often centered on Egyptian deities, ma'at, ritual devotion, and sacred symbolism.
This starter page is intended as a neutral reference entry. It can be expanded with history, beliefs, practices, symbols, texts, branches, notable figures, and related concepts.
