Oh wow. Bit of a long process then, but I can understand why.
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He’s fantastic now, more of a henotheist than monotheist. He says “gods bless”, asks how They are, encourages me to spend time in shrine etc. I also respect his beliefs, recording stuff about the church, going with him to church on special occasions. We have very in depth discussions about the nature of faith without trying to convert each other. I’m sure your wife will understand, she loves and respects you.
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Ah yes the long chats about comparative religion. I know those well as my wife is Christian and we will all sit at the table and chat about things. I do though remember a few times she has come home from their Sunday school helper’s meetings and she said they did a thing of writing on a bit of paper and dropping in a bowl of water to bring their wish to reality. I pointed at her and said she is a witch! We both laughed and agreed its a blurry line at times. 
So long as we see the common points between the religions things are great. Its a shame some have to use the differences as weapons. And pagans are no different sometimes in that regard believe me, I’ve had more pagans have a go at my Kemetism than Christians have.
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Well her first reaction wasn’t a good one. I expected that there would be an angry response at first. She then apologised for the reaction and has accepted my Kemeric path.
She did say that she’d like me to feel like I can discuss my beliefs, practices etc. She’s always loved the fact that I’m an ‘interesting person’.
However, there is still quite a lot of anger/hurt regarding previous experiences with Christianity, which is transferred to other spiritual paths also. I think partly because she doesn’t understand the differences between this path and a Christian one in some ways. The anger and hurt still comes through even in general discussions about beliefs.
She knows bits an pieces about what I think/believe, but not a great deal yet. She is still reluctant to know more and as a newbie I don’t feel ready for an in depth discussion yet either.
I think she fears that it’ll change and take me away from her. I think once she realises that I’m not going anywhere, she might feel a bit better.
I think we’ll get there bit by bit!
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It is early days. When I met my wife she was on the fence regarding her faith. She tried to grasp a little what I do, but I have no idea how to describe much of what I do so she didn’t really get it in the end and when the kids came along the local church ran kids groups and she fell in with the church. She is happy and that is the important part.
Yes we both have expressed that because we are different that part of our lives we can’t share together. She has been to one camp with me and didn’t like it, and I’ve been to her church one or twice for events that were special for her. We don’t really have the same circle of friends because of that.
It can be hard on both sides. Nevertheless we work through it and because we have similar experiences but they are called something different we can get what each other is about and can talk about it. That might be worth remembering and pointing out.
Keep at it as I’m sure you will both get there!
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Quite a few new joiners in the last month or so. Welcome! With the recent activity I am really pleased as this is what I created this for, a community and not a place for me to rant as I have my blog and other places for that.
Thank you all because without you this place would not exist.
Kev
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Hello all, very pleased to be here.
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Welcome! Nice to meet you.
Hello and welcome to the group! Please, tell us a bit about yourself 
Hi there! And welcome!
Thank you for the warm welcome. I guess like many I always felt an affinity and interest in Ancient Egypt, although I have only really started learning deeply about the culture within the last 3 years. Been an Atheist most of my life, finding out about the concept of Ma’at was an epiphany, as a spiritual struggle against entropy and literal struggle against actions and emotions that promote chaos. Really worked for me as a belief system that can have practical long term benefits for all.
As for worship I give offerings to Kings of the Old Kingdom, water, foods, myrrh.
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Hi everyone,
I’m so happy to be here! Posting for the first time is a bit nerve-wracking, because I tend to be a very private person, but I want to share my journey with the community. 
I was raised in an ultra-fundamentalist Christian home (we’re talking fire-and-brimstone, book-burning, Pokémon-are-literal-demons level nuttery here), so my early experiences with religion were quite traumatizing. Even during the happy moments, I never experienced a sense of belonging.
When I was about 12 years old, I read Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw, and it affected me so deeply that I dove head-first into researching Ancient Egyptian culture. It was a revelation. Suddenly, I was faced with all these strange, beautiful, wondrous gods and goddesses — and they felt like Old Friends. Familiar. Welcoming.
I went full amateur archaeologist. I borrowed my local library’s entire Egyptology section, and I roped a bunch of my school friends into making Egyptian art and playing dress-up. I mummified my Kelly doll, and a trusted friend and I made a bunch of miniature funerary objects for her tiny tomb. 
As you might imagine, my religious experimentation was a closely guarded secret. I designated shrine sites for my favorite deities in the woods behind my house, and I made special “coins” out of clay and left them as gifts. I continued visiting these sites for years, until we were forced to move away under painful circumstances.
I drifted away from religion for a long time after that. The bigotry parade that I witnessed at a young age was enough to put me off the idea of any faith-based practice. I kept collecting goddess statues, though, and I studied anthropology, archaeology, and Egyptology at university. I lived overseas in New Zealand for a time and had lovely experiences there.
After graduating, I became seriously ill with autoimmune disease, and I spent several years fighting for my life. During my recovery, the pandemic hit. All of this insanity has caused me to do some deep thinking about my existence and my place in the world. Even though I’m still wary of organized religion, I slowly opened myself up to the possibility of resuming my relationship with my Old Friends. When I finally decided to take that first step, I found that they were there, waiting for me.
Accepting this part of myself has been an emotional and liberating experience. I’m currently working on a shrine for Isis/Aset, my most beloved goddess. I purchased a custom-colored statue from Egypt, and a lovely Priest of Ptah I met online is building me a Naos. I’m going to wait until the whole setup is complete before I write the glyphs on her, paint her eyes, and crack out the adze. I am making a mini-altar for Bastet nearby, except she will be sitting in a box, because cats are cats regardless of divinity. 
I also have an area set aside for my Ma’at statuette, in honor of my mother, who is a devotee of hers. I work with a number of other gods and goddesses as well, and I suspect Anubis will want his own space sooner or later, but this is a good first step.
My devotional activities are partly reconstructionist, and partly instinctual. I find that each deity has different “asks”, based on their own unique personality and the type of connection that we have to each other. It’s very much a work-in-progress. Because I consider worship to be an intensely private thing, I don’t think I will formally join any Kemetic Organizations, but I’m happy to swap stories with all those who, like me, are walking an unexpected path.
Thanks for reading,
Mara
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Welcome to Kemetic Temple UK!
Thanks for sharing. 
It sounds like you’ve had a variety of interesting and difficult experiences.
I am close to two deities in particular. The others seem to come and go.
I also started in an Evangelical Christian home, then looked into a variety of Christian denominations and other religions/paths. From there I became an atheist, questioned, then Kemetic. I’ve always been fascinated by ancient Egypt.
Have fun looking around!
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It sounds like we have several experiences in common. I am also LGBTQ+, so that’s been an interesting part of all this.
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Same Naunakht. I’m also LGBTQ+.
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Em hotep jsem Zuzana 32 roků a bydlím v České republice . Jsem z KO ,a jsem remetj asi 6 měsíců a chci být shemsu. Už od malička mě něco táhlo ke starému Egyptu. Ta fascinace architekturou, hieroglyfy a jejich myšlení a vnímání vesmíru , udržování Ma’at a spolupráce s Netjeru atd… Ráda poznám nové kemetiky . Dua Netjer Senebty Zuzana
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Welcome! I have translated your post below:
Em hotep I am Zuzana 32 years old and I live in the Czech Republic. I’m from KO, and I’ve been remetj about 6 months and I want to be a shems. Something has drawn me to ancient Egypt since I was a child. That fascination with architecture, hieroglyphs and their thinking and perception of the universe, maintaining Ma’at and cooperating with Netjer, etc.… I like to know new chemists. Dua Netjer Senebty Zuzana
Google Translate.
Ahoj a vítejte. Em Hotep.
Nemluvím vaším jazykem, ale použil jsem překladač Google.
Kéž je vaše cesta kemetika požehnána.
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Em hotep an dua Netjer imnet . Děkuji že jste to přeložila . Mě pokaždé když něco překládám tak mě vyjde úplná blbost senebty Zuzana
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Em hotep an dua Netjer imnet . Thank you for translating. Always when I try translating something total nonsense comes out. senebty Zuzana
Zároveň také vítám Zuzanu, další českou Kemetičku!
[With that I also welcome Zuzana, another Czech Kemetist!]