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In a long live class, Érika walks through religious books of ancient Egypt and then through Kemetism, the modern practice named from Kemet. She treats the Book of Breathings as writing for the dead, meant to keep that person existing in the beyond. On the papyrus the deceased speaks a negative confession, denying offenses at the judgment. If that goes well, the way opens to the Field of Reeds, the fields of Iaru. The name belonged to social life, and forgetting it meant a death that could not be undone. Pyramid Texts and pictures on tomb furniture served that same hope. The Heavenly Cow matters for another reason. It tells why the world is imperfect, including humanity’s rebellion against Ra, the supreme sun god. She also sketches a creation in which the first gods were together and then separated, with Shu as god of the air. Kemet, she says, is the Egyptian word behind the name Egypt, linked to dark soil the flood laid down. Kemetism today is a varied revival.
Key points
- The Book of Breathings is presented as a funerary text meant to keep the dead existing in the beyond.
- The deceased speaks a negative confession at the judgment, denying a list of offenses.
- A good judgment opens the fields of Iaru, the Field of Reeds, as an Egyptian paradise.
- Forgetting a person’s name was understood as a death from which there was no return.
- The Heavenly Cow gives a myth for an imperfect world, including humanity’s revolt against Ra.
- Kemet is explained as the Egyptian name of the land, and Kemetism as a varied modern revival.
Short quotes
parágrafos e o objetivo é justamente perpetuar a existência do morto no além já o segundo livro das respirações que é
Érika, Breathings, the Heavenly Cow, and Kemetism
In English, the aim of this funerary writing is to keep the dead person existing in the beyond. Watch at 18:56
parte mais acima do papiro então ele tem que dizer essa confissão negativa a cada
Érika, Breathings, the Heavenly Cow, and Kemetism
In English, the dead person has to speak a negative confession, a denial of offenses, from the papyrus. Watch at 34:18
Campos do além os campos de iaru os campos de juncos né o paraíso na visão
Érika, Breathings, the Heavenly Cow, and Kemetism
In English, the fields of Iaru, the reed fields, are the paradise in that picture of the afterlife. Watch at 36:48
relacionado à esfera social e à memória pois o esquecimento do nome tava associado à morte definitiva no antigo
Érika, Breathings, the Heavenly Cow, and Kemetism
In English, forgetting a name was tied to social memory and to a death that was final. Watch at 41:06
vaca Celestial é uma outra literatura importante na religião egípcia antiga e aqui nessa imagem a gente tem a deusa do
Érika, Breathings, the Heavenly Cow, and Kemetism
In English, the Heavenly Cow is another important text of ancient Egyptian religion, and she is showing its goddess. Watch at 1:02:07
a palavra que deriva ali do termo egípcio kemet que significa Egito Egito esse nome Egito ele vem com a
Érika, Breathings, the Heavenly Cow, and Kemetism
In English, the word behind the modern name comes from Egyptian Kemet, which means Egypt. Watch at 1:24:43
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