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Kemetism, also Kemeticism,
Neterism or Kemetic paganism, is a neopagan religion and revival of the ancient
Egyptian religion, emerging during the 1970s. A Kemetic or Kemetic pagan is one
who follows Kemetism.
There are several main groups, each of which takes a different approach to its
beliefs, ranging from eclectic to reconstructionist. These can be divided into
three types: reconstructed Kemetism, a syncretic approach, and the more
monotheistic Kemetic Orthodoxy.
The movement's name is based on an endonym of Egypt, Kemet. The word is also
sometimes written as Takemet, from the fuller. In translation from Egyptian, it
means "black" or "black land", which is derived from the black colour of the
fertile mud brought by the Nile during the annual floods - which the Aswan Dam
put to a hold.
Kemetics sometimes refer to the ancient Egyptian deities as the Netjeru, Neteru
or the Netjer.Kemetics also commonly prefer to refer to the Netjeru with their
original ancient Egyptian name: for example, they would refer to Horus as Heru
and Anubis as Anpu.
Kemetics do not consider themselves direct descendants of the ancient Egyptian
religion but consistently speak of its recreation or restoration. Some Kemetics
or hermeticists claim direct continuity with secret societies allegedly
continuously existing since the prohibition of Paganism by Roman emperor
Theodosius I in 392 CE, or since the closing of the last functional Egyptian
temple by Emperor Justinian around 535.
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