Feel free to ask questions in this thread if you feel they do not warrant any major discussion. If I feel a question should be discussed or requires more than a quick answer, a new thread for the question will be made in the proper forum. Also, if you want to discuss a question or answer that is listed here, if you would please make another thread for it. All questions listed here that also have a thread discussing said topic will be linked so people will be able to easily find all the information.

Disclaimer: It is possible for questions listed here to be answered with my opinion. I do not speak for all Kemetics and will try to include all perspectives when answering.

So what is a Kemetic?
A Kemetic is simply a person who follows the gods and/or goddesses of Ancient Egypt. More often it is defined as a person who tries to reconstruct the Ancient Egyptian religion.

Sedative: Sometimes it will differ but from what I've seen around the internet and IRL, Kemetics worship Ancient Egyptian deities and try to stick closely to how the ancients lived with their religion. This includes the ideology of reinforcing ma'at, keeping isfet at bay and destroying it wherever possible, and using heka. Kemetics are often historically informed, reconstructionists, or revivalists. The word Kemetic tends to refer to person in the Kemetic religion.

Then there are Egyptian Pagans and Tamaran NeoWiccans, who typically have their own practices (which may or may not coincide with Kemeticism) that use Egyptian Gods and Goddesses with typically little to no regard on how things were done in antiquity.

So do you have to be a part of the Kemetic Orthodoxy to be a Kemetic?
Nope. The KO is just one of a number of Kemetic temples. There is also Church of the Eternal Source and Ordo Templi Mystici Custodes among others. There are also those that choose not to be a part of any of the Kemetic organizations. They often refer to themselves as Independent (Recon/Revivalist) Kemetics.

Do Kemetics focus on one area or time period of Egypt (in a way similar to some Hellenic Pagans) or is this uncommon?
I could not tell you if this is uncommon or not. In my experience, it seems like Kemetics either focus on just the deities, try to stick to the whole pre-Greco-Roman invasion, or will include the invasion. It is generally viewed that sticking to post-invasion history and lore leads to Hermetic practices.

Sedative: Depends on the Kemetic. For instance, Kemetic Orthodoxy focuses on all periods from before the Greco-Roman period.

What are some common offerings?
The most common offerings are water and bread and are usually suggested to beginners or at least until the person knows what that particular deity likes specifically.
Other "across the board safe" offerings include beer, wine, milk, figs, grapes, honey, onions, grains, incenses, natron, papyrus, flowers, ib, ma'at, and ankh.


Do Kemetics use magic(k)?
Sedative: Kemetics employ the ideology of heka, which means purposeful or commanding speech. It is believed by us and the ancients that the words you speak have power in its very utterance. But heka also employs more than that. There are motions, rituals/rites, music, drawings/writing and even what is now known as sympathetic magic with the use of clay poppets and curios. A Kemetic who claims that they do not use heka is either ill-read on their own religion or is not Kemetic. heka is just as tied into the religion of Kemeticism as ma'at and the Netjeru.

This is just the start. Wanted to get something up for you guys.