Archive for October, 2011

I will make the Nile swell for you,
without there being a year of lack and exhaustion in the whole land,
so the plants will flourish, bending under their fruit.
The land of Egypt is beginning to stir again,
the shores are shining wonderfully,
and wealth and well-being dwell with them,
as it had been before.

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Day of Renenutet and Nit

From the Pyramid Texts, Utterance 340:

“I have come to You, Old One; may You turn back to me as the east wind is turned back behind the west wind; may You come to me as the north wind comes after the south wind.”

I performed the ritual of senut today. (Non-Kemetic people: It’s the main formal-personal ritual of the religion, involves purifying oneself, making offerings, and spending time in the presence of Netjer/God/specific deities.)

In the middle of it, when I had settled cross-legged in front of my altar and started to zen out, Deathcat climbed into my lap. Purring audibly and intermittently, she curled up, groomed herself, and went to sleep.

Obeying the almighty rule of The Cat Bed Does Not Move, I stayed in ritual about twice as long as I would’ve otherwise, until she woke up and decided that me slowly moving my leg was enough impetus to abandon lap.

♥