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Exhibition: Let There be Light
Comparative Commentary: Creating with Light
John Martin
The Creation, from Illustrations of the Bible series, 1831, Mezzotint in black on ivory wove paper, 329 x 416 mm, The Art Institute of Chicago, Album / Alamy Stock Photo
John Piper and Nicholas Patrick Reyntiens
Baptistry window in Coventry Cathedral, 1957–61, Stained glass, Coventry Cathedral, Warwickshire, Monica Wells / Alamy Stock Photo
The Division of the Light from the Darkness, Illustration III, in the book Genesis from the Bible (Soho, London: The Nonesuch Press), 1924, Wood engraving on Zanders hand-made laid paper, Image: 113 x 87 mm, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Reva and David Logan Collection of Illustrated Books, Gift of John Flather and Jacqueline Roose, 2001.45.1.3, Image courtesy the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Creating with Light
Comparative Commentary by
Naomi Billingsley
Light is the first thing that God creates in Genesis 1. It exists even before the sun, moon and stars. Light without a source is a challenging concept to grasp, and (even more so) to represent visually.
Paul Nash's The Division of Light from Darkness tackles this challenge directly by depicting an abstract mass of shafts of light. It is difficult to read the behaviour of the light in Nash's image—it does not seem to conform to the laws of optics.
John Martin's The Creation folds the first four days of Creation into a single image, which depicts the creation of light, the sky, land, and sea, and the sun, moon, and stars. Thus, light is cast from the lights of the heavens, but some of the light in the image appears to be without physical source.
John Piper and Patrick Reyntiens's Baptistery window at Coventry Cathedral is not explicitly a response to the creation of light in Genesis—the blaze of light that it captures and directs into the Cathedral's interior is intended to represent the Holy Spirit. Nevertheless, in its context in the Baptistery, surrounding the font that holds the waters of baptism, the window speaks typologically to the first light shining above the waters at the beginning of Creation.
Common to all three works is that light is their medium as well as their subject.
Nash's woodcut carved light from the darkness of a woodblock. The technique involves carving lines into a block of wood to create an image to be printed. These lines become the white areas of the image when the block is printed. The first design in Nash's series is a completely black print (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 2001.45.1.1) representing the earth 'without form and void' (Genesis 1:2 KJV). By beginning the series in this way, Nash emphasizes that in the following eleven plates, he has carved light from darkness. In The Division of Light from Darkness, Nash's technique and subject matter align with each other.
Martin's work is a mezzotint. The technique involves roughening the entire surface of the printing plate so that it retains ink. If the plate were printed after this first step, it would produce a black rectangle. The image is created by smoothing parts of the plate so that these areas catch less or no ink, and therefore appear as lighter and white parts of the image. Like a woodcut, a mezzotint creates light from darkness.
While the techniques and effects are different, both Martin and Nash were dividing light from darkness in creating their prints and therefore echo God's first act of Creation.
Piper and Reyntiens created a window in which the central subject of a blaze of light is fully realized by natural light shining through it. The light of creation illuminates this image of itself.
The window's 'image' of light, harnessing actual filtered light, can also be seen in the context of how the design of the new Coventry Cathedral was conceived after the destruction of the old church in the Second World War. Piper had been an official war artist and had sketched the ruin of the old building the day after its destruction. As David Fraser Jenkins notes, in Piper's painting of the ruined Cathedral, 'the tracery is outlined sharply against white', and therefore in making a bright light the focus of his window design, Piper created 'an extraordinary echo from one of the lowest points of the war' (2000: 33).
The fact that light is the first act of Creation is what initiates the cycle of day and night that structures the pattern of Creation in six days. But its priority in the sequence of Creation also represents light dawning from darkness as a moment of beginning. Light followed darkness after the war. Piper and Reyntiens made an image of light for a site that had suffered darkness.
Creation begins with a void in darkness (v.2). Light is the first entity to appear, and the first thing that God calls good (v.4). The Creation account in Genesis 1 is not science. Light cannot appear without a source. That it does so here represents God's supreme creativity in a way that surpasses all laws of immanent causality.
An artist may identify his or her own process as participating in divine creativity. In representing Creation itself, that resonance is particularly profound, because the subject can suggest analogies with the artist's act of creation. In the three images of light seen here, the correspondence extends to the mediums of the artworks in the ways that they align with their subject. Martin, Nash, and Piper and Reyntiens do not only depict light; they all in different ways create with light, by channelling the rays of sun, or pushing back the darkness of ink. Their images of light mirror the way that light sprang into existence at the dawn of Creation. These artworks do not merely represent but also embody these verses of Scripture.
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3 And God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. 4And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. 5God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day.
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This should make her legion of young male followers very happy.
Statement Analysis showed that Amanda Knox was present during a sexual homicide and was deceptive about it.
Amanda Knox, who was held in Italian jail for four years in the stabbing death of her British roommate, will finally tell her side of the story.
Knox will speak with ABC News' Diane Sawyer in a primetime special on April 30th, at 10 p.m.
As a junior in college studying abroad in Italy, Knox was convicted of murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher in 2009.
Kercher was found in the apartment she shared with her Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito and Knox with more than 40 wounds and a deep gash in her throat in 2007. Italian police moved quickly to convict Knox, her boyfriend, and a drug dealer in what was described as a drug fueled sexual assault.
Prosecutors alleged that Knox's potential motives for the killing were a Satanic ritual, a sex game gone wrong, and a disagreement over chores.
However after spending years in Italian jail Knox was eventually cleared of the charges in 2011 after it was revealed that the police's scientific evidence against her was unreliable.
Knox is also releasing her book, "Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir" on April 30th.
"Kercher was found in the apartment she shared with her Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito and Knox" - Please correct this. You are obviously not familiar with this case. Thank you.
OT: AYLA REYNOLDS http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/ayla-reynolds-relative-posts-information-about-meeting-with-investigators_2013-02-11.html
equinox said...
I will certainly set aside time to transcribe this classic opportunity to listen to a sex killer lie again to everyone.
And as anonymous 9:20 notes, this post in just a few short sentences is filled with inaccuracies. I assume you did not write it and copied it from somewhere as you are usually on top of the details.
It has never been proven that Guede was a drug dealer. He has never been convicted of such.
Prosecutors never alleged a satanic motive, this is media spin from the early days of the case.
Also, disagreement over chores may have been portrayed in the negative aspects of the relationship between Amanda and Meredith but it was never remotely presented as a motive, in fact prosecutors did not have to provide a motive, it was not necessary to demonstrate guilt.
Finally, Knox is not yet fully cleared of the charges, she faces a tough final prosecution appeal where the outcome is still very uncertain. If anyone is interested in the gravity of the upcoming appeal a terrific summary is here
One more inaccuracy.. her legions of followers have been shown to be dominated by paunchy, middle aged men.
Equinox: "One more inaccuracy.. her legions of followers have been shown to be dominated by paunchy, middle aged men.__________
I needed that cynical LOL!
Knox said (during her trial)"he did it NOT me,I watched sure and buzzed of the intensity BUT I never took part"GUILTY AS CHARGED!
She always smirked sign of a liar...
Amanda Knox attracts murderer junkies.
Her flange is worn out.
I expect she'll tell the truth just as much as Lance Armstrong did on Oprah.
Amanda Knox had nothing to do w Meredith's murder. This is another case in a list of many such as Sierra Lamar in that Sierra's mother was lying for the stepfather that Peter and many of the commenters had wrong from the start...but nobody ever brings up any of those...probably because that would prove statement analysis doesn't always work which would be the end of this site
Hi Mimi , perhaps you would care to explain how you came to this conclusion.
have you read her handwritten statement and if so why do you still think she had nothing to do with the murder.
Since it is apparant you think statement analysis doesn't always work could you give examples?
Statement analysis reveals the truth and lies within a statement.
We many not always know why the subject is being deceptive, we know that they are. Futher statements and questions would clarify the matter.
It could be guilt for an unrelated matter such as an affair or financial impropriety, deception about their qualifications, their job, even parental guilt they weren't their to protect their child or their choice of partner.
Polygraphs can also go someway to clearing a subject, something innocent people will do immediately so the investigation can move on to the next people in line.
Guilty people on the other hand show sensitivity in regard to the crime, minimise their involvement, change stories and blame innocent people, something is is clear knox did when she blamed a man who spent 2 weeks in jail before being cleared.
If she were to be polygraphed in the states she would fail.
As a matter of interest what was yur opinion on casey anthony's guilt and currently jodie arias?


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Nikki Sixx to Texas A&M: Face the Music and End the Dog Experiments
Musician Nikki Sixx has sent a letter on PETA's behalf urging Texas A&M University (TAMU) to stop breeding golden retrievers and other dogs to have painful and debilitating canine muscular dystrophy and to end its use of dogs in cruel experiments.
In the letter, Sixx points out that because 37 years of these misguided tests — for which dogs are caged, often alone, in barren metal cells — have failed to produce a cure or even a treatment for the disease in humans, TAMU should admit defeat and redirect its resources into modern, humane, animal-free research methods that could actually generate results.
"A cure for muscular dystrophy must be found, but subjecting dogs to pain and misery is not the way," writes Sixx. "Please end this cruel practice, stop breeding dogs, and allow the ones who are currently suffering in your laboratories to be adopted by families who will give them lives filled with love and care for the time they have remaining."
The Mötley Crüe star has two golden retrievers himself and hates to imagine if they were being treated this way. He tells PETA, "I have enjoyed going to Texas throughout my whole touring career. Getting to experience the culture, the food, and the people there over the last few decades has been incredible. My wife and I are the owners of two incredibly lovable golden retrievers. So to say the experiments at Texas A&M University are absolutely heartbreaking is beyond an understatement."
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Britain's Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon, together with PETA UK, has launched a government petition calling on the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to replace the bearskins used for the Queen's Guard's caps with faux fur. More →
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Catherine St. Aubyn1
F, #479421, d. 18 January 1944
Consanguinity Index=0.0%
Catherine St. Aubyn was the daughter of Sir Edward St. Aubyn, 1st Bt. and Emma Knollys.1 She married Sir Hereward Wake, 12th Bt., son of Sir William Wake, 11th Bt. and Margaret Anne Fricker, on 14 April 1874.1 She died on 18 January 1944.1
From 14 April 1874, her married name became Wake.1
Children of Catherine St. Aubyn and Sir Hereward Wake, 12th Bt.
Thorfrida Wake2 b. 28 Mar 1875, d. 24 Jan 1965
Maj.-Gen. Sir Hereward Wake, 13th Bt.+2 b. 11 Feb 1876, d. 4 Aug 1963
Major Godwin Rupert Wake2 b. 7 Jun 1879, d. 8 Dec 1949
Vice-Admiral Sir Baldwin St. Aubyn Wake2 b. 1 Nov 1882, d. 1 Oct 1951
Joan Wake2 b. 29 Feb 1884, d. 15 Jan 1974
Phyllis Katheren Wake+3 b. 20 Feb 1887
[S4567] Bill Norton, "re: Pitman Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger LUNDY (101053), 6 April 2010 and 19 April 2011. Hereinafter cited as "re: Pitman Family."
Hon. Edward Stuart St. Aubyn1
Hon. Edward Stuart St. Aubyn was born on 30 October 1858.1 He was the son of John St. Aubyn, 1st Baron St. Levan of St. Michaels Mount and Lady Elizabeth Clementina Townshend.1 He died on 30 December 1915 at age 57, unmarried, drowned in the torpedoing of S.S. Persia off Crete.1
He fought in the Egyptian Campaign in 1882.1 He fought in the Boer War between 1899 and 1900, where he was mentioned in despatches twice.1 He was appointed Knight of Grace, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (K.G.St.J.)1 He fought in the First World War.1 He gained the rank of Major in the King's Royal Rifle Corps.1 He was GSO between 1914 and 1915.1 He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 12th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps.1
Hon. Francis Michael St. Aubyn1
M, #479423, b. 3 November 1859, d. March 1895
Hon. Francis Michael St. Aubyn was born on 3 November 1859.1 He was the son of John St. Aubyn, 1st Baron St. Levan of St. Michaels Mount and Lady Elizabeth Clementina Townshend.1 He died in March 1895 at age 35, unmarried.1
He fought in the Burma War.1 He gained the rank of Captain in the Rifle Brigade.1
Hon. Piers Stewart St. Aubyn1
M, #479424, b. 11 April 1871, d. 31 October 1914
Hon. Piers Stewart St. Aubyn was born on 11 April 1871.1 He was the son of John St. Aubyn, 1st Baron St. Levan of St. Michaels Mount and Lady Elizabeth Clementina Townshend.1 He died on 31 October 1914 at age 43, from wounds received in action.1
He fought in the Boer War in 1900.1 He gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps.1 He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Cornwall.1 He fought in the First World War.1
Andrew H. Llewellyn1
Andrew H. Llewellyn married Caroline Mary St. Aubyn, daughter of Major Thomas Edward St. Aubyn and Henrietta Mary Studholme, in 1980.1
Hon. Elizabeth Blanche Emma St. Aubyn1
F, #479426, d. 18 December 1941
Hon. Elizabeth Blanche Emma St. Aubyn was the daughter of John St. Aubyn, 1st Baron St. Levan of St. Michaels Mount and Lady Elizabeth Clementina Townshend.1 She married Captain Hon. Otway Seymour Cuffe, son of Otway O'Conner Cuffe, 3rd Earl of Desart and Lady Elizabeth Lucy Campbell, on 22 July 1891.1 She died on 18 December 1941.1
From 22 July 1891, her married name became Cuffe.1
Evelyn Catherine St. Aubyn1
F, #479427, b. 22 June 1862, d. 22 October 1862
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Evelyn Catherine St. Aubyn was baptised on 22 June 1862 at All Saints and St. John, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England.2 She was the daughter of John St. Aubyn, 1st Baron St. Levan of St. Michaels Mount and Lady Elizabeth Clementina Townshend.1 She died on 22 October 1862, young.1
Hon. Evelyn Ethelreda St. Aubyn1
F, #479428, b. circa 1867, d. 7 October 1934
Hon. Evelyn Ethelreda St. Aubyn was born circa 1867 at St. George Hanover Square, London, England.2 She was the daughter of John St. Aubyn, 1st Baron St. Levan of St. Michaels Mount and Lady Elizabeth Clementina Townshend.1 She married Nelson Chapman Alcock, son of Henry Alcock, on 25 September 1895.1 She died on 7 October 1934.1 She was buried on 10 October 1934 at Gulval, Cornwall, England.2
From 25 September 1895, her married name became Alcock.1
Children of Hon. Evelyn Ethelreda St. Aubyn and Nelson Chapman Alcock
Commander Gilbert St. Aubyn Alcock2 b. 4 Jul 1896, d. 15 Dec 1979
Elizabeth Audrey Alcock2 b. 1898, d. 1950
Nelson Chapman Alcock1
M, #479429, d. 13 June 1900
Nelson Chapman Alcock was the son of Henry Alcock.1 He married Hon. Evelyn Ethelreda St. Aubyn, daughter of John St. Aubyn, 1st Baron St. Levan of St. Michaels Mount and Lady Elizabeth Clementina Townshend, on 25 September 1895.1 He died on 13 June 1900.1
Children of Nelson Chapman Alcock and Hon. Evelyn Ethelreda St. Aubyn
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Henry Alcock lived at Berscote, Warwickshire, EnglandG.1
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Scopelengys tristis és una espècie de peix pertanyent a la família dels neoscopèlids.

Descripció
 Pot arribar a fer 20 cm de llargària màxima.
 És marró amb la boca i el ventre més foscos.
 11-13 radis tous a l'aleta dorsal i 12-14 a l'anal.
 Absència d'òrgans lluminosos i de bufeta natatòria.

Reproducció
Assoleix la maduresa sexual a partir dels 15,2 cm de longitud. És ovípar amb larves planctòniques.

Alimentació
Menja principalment crustacis petits.

Hàbitat
És un peix marí, oceanòdrom i batipelàgic que viu entre 400 i 1.830 m de fondària (els adults, en general, es troben per sota dels 1.000 m de fondària i els juvenils entre els 500-800) i entre les latituds 35°N-35°S. No fa migracions verticals.

Distribució geogràfica
Es troba a l'Índic occidental (6°N a 34°S i, probablement també, Somàlia), el Pacífic occidental, el Pacífic oriental (des del sud de Califòrnia fins a Xile), l'Atlàntic occidental (Veneçuela i les Guaianes), l'Atlàntic oriental (des del Marroc fins a Angola i amb un registre també a Sud-àfrica), el mar de la Xina Oriental i el mar de la Xina Meridional.

Observacions
És inofensiu per als humans.

Referències

Bibliografia
 Anònim, 2000. Base de dades de la col·lecció de peixos del J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, Sud-àfrica. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, Sud-àfrica.

 Anònim, 2002. Base de dades de la col·lecció de peixos del American Museum of Natural History. American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West, NY 10024-5192, Estats Units.

 Torres, J.J., B.W. Belman i J.J. Childress, 1979. Oxygen consumption rates of midwater fishes as a function of depth of occurrence. Deep-Sea Res. 26A(2):185-197.

 Weitkamp, D.E. i R.D. Sullivan, 1939. Fishes. The John Murray Expedition 1933-1934. Sci. Reports, John Murray Exped., 25 Nov., v. 7 (núm. 1): 1-116.
 Wu, H.L., K.-T. Shao i C.F. Lai (eds.), 1999. Latin-Chinese dictionary of fishes names. The Sueichan Press, Taiwan.

Enllaços externs
 BioLib
 AQUATAB

Escopelomorfs

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Meditation can make you miserable, psychologist says
Technically Incorrect: Meditation and mindfulness may be milestones on the road to bliss, but you may also end up in a ditch of despair, says a brain expert.
Chris Matyszczyk
May 24, 2015 2:41 p.m. PT
Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.
The Beatles knew a little something about meditation. YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET
There's an alluring promise in meditation.
You'll find inner peace. You'll discover that at-oneness with the world that you never discover with another human being.
Several techie types come to my house and, without so much as a by-your-leave, they squat and stare into space. Some even take meditation so seriously that they've moved to Berkeley.
As the age of Aquarius had yielded to the age of app-everywhere-ius, there are, of course, technological aids for those inclined toward meditation and the ways of the Buddha.
However, one academic mind offers that the glorious benefits of meditation may sometimes be accompanied by more deleterious effects.
Miguel Farias, who leads the brain, belief and behavior research group at Coventry University in England, has just released a thoughtful work called: "The Buddha Pill: Can Meditation Actually Change You?"
As London's meditatively right-wing Times reports, Farias has spent 20 years looking at transcendental meditation and other methods of mindfulness and found them holy, but also full of holes.
He and his co-author, Catherine Wikholm, described by the Amazon page whereupon you can buy their book as "pioneering psychologists," examined available research and did some of their own.
They found one study that showed 63 percent of people, having ommmmed and aaaaahhhhed their way through various meditative experiences, have suffered from at least one downward side effect. Confusion and depression are examples. Mania and psychosis have been observed too.
Farias' arguments offer sustenance for deep thought. He told the Times: "How can a technique that allows you to look within and change your perception or reality of yourself be without potential adverse effects?"
This technique is one that was brought to greater Western prominence by the Beatles. They sat with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and suddenly their music took on an ethereal air -- even if their interpersonal relationships didn't.
It's also a technique that enveloped and begat much of contemporary California. Having lived here for 15 years (anniversary this weekend, thank you for asking), I can say that there are definitely depressing aspects.
California enjoys so many lovely things that it's easy to blind oneself to the manic self-centeredness of many of its inhabitants, and the way that they all speak of spiritual matters with a knowing (possibly drug-addled) vocal halo.
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In Farias and Wikholm's work, the authors are trying to remind those who might be blinded by transcendence that some earthy realities could come along with it.
For example, they studied prisoners who did yoga. Yes, they say, the incarcerated became more disciplined, were in a better mood and their stress levels were reduced. But did they become less aggressive? Ah, no.
Perhaps the value of Farias and Wikhom's work lies in just reminding us of the essentially grimy innards of humanity.
We can improve ourselves some of the time. We can fool ourselves some of the time, too. In the end, though, we're just trying to make ourselves feel a little better.
We're not very good at it, so we end up being miserable more often than we'd like.
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The 2014 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing season will deliver $1.4 million dollars in prize money.
Welcome to Hawaii. The world's best male and female surfers will compete in three events during the six-week competition period: Reef Hawaiian Pro, Vans World Cup of Surfing, Billabong Pipe Masters.
But the Hawaiian leg will also include two ASP Women's events: the Target Maui Pro, which will crown a world champion for 2014, and the Women's Pipe Invitational, an ASP Specialty event that will feature eight girls in the caverns of Pipeline.
The 32nd year of the Triple Crown of Surfing runs between November 12nd through December 20th. The classic event will crown a world champion (Medina, Fanning or Slater), and it will also decide who will be joining the upcoming World Surf League.
Twenty-eight of ASP's Top 34 have entered all three events, including Kelly Slater, John John Florence, Jordy Smith, and Michel Bourez. Florence will be defending his 2013 Triple Crown of Surfing title.
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Secret names
Author Topic: Secret names (Read 3399 times)
Gleb
Remetj
Em Hotep, everyone! ^_^
I know everyone has a secret name, and not always this person knows it.
Is there a way to find/get my secret name? As far as my knowledge spreads, the secret name is either chosen by the person, or given by a deity. Is it correct?
In addition - I know these names are words of power and mustn't be revealed to anyone. How are they used in rituals? If I remember right, in specific places in the book of the dead, a person must pronounce his/her secret name.
Senebty,
Vaalea
Re: Secret names
Em hotep Gleb,
I'm... not entirely sure what you mean by 'secret names'? Do you mean the name of the Ba, or the names of the Ka serving as shemsu names, or something else entirely?
TL:DR all names are hekau. They're carrying a portion of your existence and allowing it to manifest, they're formative of you and the world around you, and deserve to be treated with proper respect, as they're part of what upholds one's life. How *specifically* to nurture them depends greatly on the nature of the name, for which purpose they're given, and in which context.
Vaalea, Shemsu em Kemet.
Sa Wepwawet-Ra her Bast, KO Sa Serqet.
Friend to Khepera and Sobek-Ra.
Tarot reader for Wepwawet & Serqet.
Mesetibes
W'ab (priest)
Em Hotep,
If you are speaking of the "Ren" name...well, knowing that "secret name" is a HUGE responsibility. It is heka at its purest, but that also means that you CANNOT use the power willy nilly. Take the story of Aset trying to gain Ra's Ren. She had to poison Him in order to get it, but He also made sure that She is held accountable for her actions and use/ abuse of that power. Not being overly familiar with it, I cannot give you more details than that.
Now, if you're talking about our Shemsu names (Mine is Maretemheqat), that is different. While it does hold a "secret" to it, that's up to me to find it, even though it was given to me by my spiritual Parent. Everyone knows it, but only I know the secrets behind it.
~Maret
Rev. Mesetibes
Sat Heqat, meryt Djehuti her Ptah her Heru-wer
Fedw Diviner
2011 Wep Ronpet Frog Princess/
W'abet Nekhen Sha'a Sha'at Imef
So... there are two names after all....
Actually, in the beginning I meant the Ren name. As in the story of Aset and Re mentioned above.
But since you mentioned the shemsu names, I will appreciate it, if you tell about them too.
I have so much to learn about Kemetism! It's a great feeling. =^_^=
Shemsu literally means "Followers", and you can read the kemet.org entry on Shemsu here. The name you are given comes after the Rite of Parental Divination in which you take a vow to serve your Parent God(s) and serve their fellow remetj and shemsu within Kemetic Orthodoxy.
This is like a modern rite of passage for Kemetic Orthodoxy, as a sort of "welcome to the community" sort of thing. Everyone knows you by your shemsu name, and your shemsu name does have a meaning to it. It is your job to figure out what secrets that name holds that are important to you. Weather they are just variations on puns (Because the language of the ancients had many variations on the same word, with only slightly different meanings, which can change the whole context of a name), or they are the secrets to a life path full of fulfillment and happiness, that is up to you to find and act upon.
In this context, finding the Ren name may not be necessary, and one could spend their entire lifetime learning about the secrets of their shemsu name.
I hope this helps you further.
Sedjemes
Semer-Wati
Shemsu-Ankh
As a followup to what Maret explained very well, it is not required of Kemetic Orthodox to become Shemsu after undertaking the Rite of Parent Divination. Becoming Shemsu, taking those vows and receiving the Shemsu name are not automatic follows from the RPD. One must decide to want to become a Shemsu--and becoming a Shemsu is most decidedly *not* about receiving the name. The Shemsu vows are the important factor--the name is the symbol of those vows. And Shemsuhood, the entire package of it, decision, vows and name, is a very big responsibility.
Then again, living as a believer in god e.g. looking after one's family and community and serving the gods, is a big responsbility whether one is Kemetic, Kemetic Orthodox, or following any other spiritual practice.
Khenmetaset ("Aset Gladdens")
Sedjemes ("She listens")
Daughter of Aset-Serqet, Meryt Ra her Sekhmet
Heri-Sesheta Aset-Serqet
What Rev. Sedjemes said.
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Shemsu literally means "Followers", and you can read the kemet.org entry on Shemsu here. The name you are given comes after the Rite of Parental Divination in which you take a vow to serve your Parent God(s) and serve their fellow remetj and shemsu within Kemetic Orthodoxy.,
Em hotep Maret,
Firstly, I apologize for possible source of confusion for Gleb with my question, though I'm confused.
I was under the impression that the Shemsu oath binds one to serve their Parent God(s) first and foremost, and that's *it*, that was what was oath-bound; fellowship being a mandatory part of shemsu-hood (at least under new guidelines), but definitely not *oath-bound*, more like something one simply does as a part of community. Serving the community as specifically *vow*, being rather a part of Shemsu-Ankh vows (of which though, I don't have necessary knowledge as never having taken them.)
May you (or anyone) please clarify then? I'm bit confused, if something has changed diametrally from the time I've been shemsu or my understanding was flawed all time long about this, feh.
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Em Hotep Valeea,
No worries. It is always good to ask questions when you're not clear on something. Better that than be in confusion and make a commitment to something that you're not fully aware of.
There is a Wikipedia article on Kemetic Orthodoxy which does discuss the various implications of Shemsu-hood. Yes, you take that vow to put the Gods of Kemet before any others (NB: It does not REPLACE another God from another Pantheon, let me make that clear), and that would be appropriate given that Shemsu-hood is about becoming a full member of the House of Netjer, that some sort of vow to 'serve' your fellow Shemsu would be a part of that. 'Service' is different between people. Note I say different.
Shemsu-hood is in two parts- The RPD, and the Shemsu vow from the Naming Ceremony. Hence why you have some people who are "Divined Remetj" rather than Shemsu, because they have been Divined through the RPD, but have not under gone the Shemsu Naming Ceremony. The Naming Ceremony and acceptance of the RPD results are what makes you Shemsu, which makes you part of this community, That of the House of Netjer, within Kemetic Orthodoxy. Its a formal and public declaration to join the community.
This is not to say that a person HAS TO become Shemsu. Far from it. Remetj and Divined Remetj are just as important as those who are Shemsu and Shemsu Ankh. They provide a different aspect of service towards the Gods and other Friends of the Nation of Kemet. Note how I say different, not lesser.
Speaking of Shemsu-Ankh, the kemet.org page explains its significance.
ubenet
as i understand it, at least, your understanding is correct.
ubenetsenu - "two appear shining"
sat Sekhmet-Mut her Khonsu
meryt Wesir her Serqet-Aset
tarot and heka by request
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My understanding as well. There were two "Shemsu" oaths I took. One was after RPD when I vowed to serve the Gods of my RPD "first but not only". And the second at the naming ceremony where I vowed to "learn the secrets of my name and keep them well." Service to others isn't part of the Shemsu vows, to my understanding.
Also, it's accepting the former vow that makes you a Shemsu. This happens at the time of the RPD. People who become Divined Remetj choose not to take that vow at that time. It's not that they decided not to be named. It's by taking that first vow that you become eligible for naming.
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Taseddjebbastmut,
Daughter of Bast-Mut
Beloved of Yinepu, Sekhmet, Set, Heru-wer, & Aset
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This begs a question I've been wondering about naming. Is naming an absolute part of Kemetic Orthodox shemsu-hood, like if you opt to become shemsu you must also be named, and to not be named would make you something other than shemsu? And is it essential that you go by it? I understand that it's asking you divine parents what they want to call you and that naturally one would want to use it in spirit-side interactions, but--okay, my frame of reference here is the Roman Catholic practice of confirmation naming, that is your faith name, but you don't actually use it, at least no-one but one friend of mine who considered orders did. Can you take Shemsu vows and eschew being named, or be named but continue to use something simple in the community and forums and your shemsu name only when in shrine? Because honestly with the exception of one or two that shorten neatly they are all very foreign to a tongue raised on modern English, abbreviate in confusing ways, and very often I have to triple check who I'm speaking to because many of them look similar to someone who does't understand kemetic language. I get that a big point of being named is to tease the meanings out of it, but can a person do that independently and still go by Joe Bob in the community if they choose? Or is the only way to do that to remain a Remetj and not level-up shemsu? (or else cross your fingers that you get something that shortens to Joe?)
It doesn't matter to me, not for a very long while at least, but I've been curious about it as I still have trouble with them.
Brea S. ("Breazy").
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Thank you to Maret, Taji and Ubenet for your thoughts on the topic, it's helpful to know I'm not alone in that reading of our oathing process.
Thefisherfool, you're free to undergo (or not undergo) the Naming as you see fit. You're no less a valid Shemsu if you don't undergo the Naming, the Naming is simply presenting you to the community, of the Gods, of our kemetic ancestors, and each other as members of the same faith.
It's like saying 'Hello I'm so-and-so', but it's by no means an obligatory process. You may not be interested in a shemsu name for a multitude of reasons or not use it after and these are all very valid choices that have nothing to do with what'd 'the Gods think', and everything to do with your personal comfort levels and naming traditions and decisions. Teal;deer, don't stress, it's up to you, and you're no less a commited and welcome person because of your choices.
What Vaalea said.
I remember when I got named I really wanted a name that had a nickname that wasn't just the full name without the God's name and a nickname that looked like a real name to my modern non-Kemetic eyes.
I got both in one, so I don't wonder sometimes if our Parents take our desires into account.
Tasedjebbastmut / Taji
(I was given the choice of "Tasedjeb" or "Taji". It wasn't a hard choice. When I got my name, I could barely pronounce it. I can now though and I like it very much.)


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In our small church on top of the hill, the Triduum started on a Thursday, with the Mass of the Last Supper at 7:30 p.m. until 12:00 a.m. I reached the church at 7:15 p.m., in time to secure a good front seat. The pews were filling up. I sat at the extreme end of my seat row and flipped through the bulletin while I waited. It was already evening, and I wanted to be the first to leave when the Mass was over. At 7:30 sharp, the church lights dimmed, and we all stood as the Cantor started with the entrance hymn. After the hymn, we all sat, and the lights came on full again. The beautiful celebration commenced and ended a little after twelve midnight.
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I shuddered. How do I get home? I tried and tried but got the same message over and over.
The early spring night had become cold. I walked out of the church, down the sidewalk in front of the building, then looked right and left, and saw that the church was on its way to being deserted. In minutes, I would be the only one standing in front of the building. That thought alone gave me the chills. Panic engulfed me. I walked down the sidewalk again, hoping to see any church member. A car pulled out of the parking lot, and I waited for it to come closer. That could be the last church member leaving now. The driver, a white male, with a well-trimmed mustache and greying sideburns, stopped next to me and wound down his window.
I think I'm stranded, I said. My usual ride isn't coming, and it's a long walk home.
Hop in, and I'll give you a ride, the man said in a cheerful manner. Where do you live?
I looked right and left to make sure that there was absolutely no one else who could help me. This could be my last chance for getting home.
Just down the road. Not too far by car, I said, and pointed in the direction of my house.
Are you a member of this church? I asked with trepidation as I peeped into his car.
Sure. Don't be afraid, he said with a friendly smile. He leaned back and opened the back door for me.
I climbed in and heaved a big sigh of relief.
Please, turn right here, and go straight down to Glasgow Street, and then turn left. Thank you so much, I said, and leaned back and relaxed to the beautiful music playing on his car radio.
The driver turned right and drove past my street. I shot up in the seat.
Oh, you just passed my street, but you can still make a turn on this next one, I said.
You just sit back and relax, and I will get you home. I didn't recognize his voice, ominous as if from the pit of hell. The affable churchgoer had disappeared. I felt like cold water had poured over me. My body shook, and I had to control my teeth to keep them from rattling.
Sir … I paused to gather myself, then said, Where are you taking me?
Don't worry … you will like it … just a bit of fun, and then I will take you home. He cranked up the music.
I stole a look out of the window, still trembling, and completely lost. Then I tried the door handle but remembered that I'd heard a click after I'd entered the car. The man had engaged the child lock. I sneaked my phone from my pocket and, keeping it low in my lap, texted 911. Hopefully, the driver would be too busy watching the road to notice me. The music was definitely loud enough to drown what I was about to do.
A text came back almost instantly.
[Me] White, I don't know the make.
 Keep texting; let me see whether I can track you.
 Can you see any landmarks?
[Me] No, it is dark, pitch black.
[Me] No, but I can see light ahead of us.
 Tell me what else you see.
I will cause an accident.
 Don't do anything silly. Just remain calm. I think we've got you. Officers are closing in on you; just keep texting.
I just heard him say he's got another one!
 Can you stay put in the car?
I don't like her smile.
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