Return To The Gods of Egypt!

May The Gods Live Once Again
authored by Khalid Im-hotep
Cairo. 1905

I look to the current present and future of my beloved Egypt with worry, for Egypt or the land of Kemet once known by our anscestors has fallen far in the status of the world. I look to the past and see our people, they once stood ontop of mankind the center of the ancient world, all other local civilizations looked to our anscestors with awe. Now look at what has become of our people, once rulers we have become ruled for these past centuries. It all started with the intervention of ones who would say their God was the one true and greatest god, the Persians, and from then on we were passed along to the Greek Ptolemies who fostered their religious ideas upon us and then unto the Romans who came with their Supreame Ceaser then from the land once a backwater of our Empire came the so called Christ. Still the humiliation was not set as then from the deepest backwater came the Sword of Islam, which has just set down upon our people the most current chains after domination, only coming from Mecca then Damascus followed by Baghdad. Then after still yet more humiliation we are controlled supposedly by a Mamluk who holds loyalties to the Ottomans and at the same time the British! What has lead us to this I ask?

I say it is that we have forgotten our past, what made us great, the Gods of Egypt! They have long watched our people, for we have not been cast into oblivion, yes? I say what we need is a revival of the old ways, and that is what I present here after careful scientific research of our past I hae set down the basics of how our noble anscestors worshipped. In a modern sense of course. If you will bare with me abit longer the words of the past, then hopefully Egypt can discover its trueself and throw off the shackles of ignorance and imperialism.

Now. In the beginning there was nothing but water and chaos, called Nu. From this arrived a flash of light...

Born Khalid ibn Abduh in 1875, before his religious quest was one of the more notable native Egyptologists in British Occupied Egypt. His Neo-Egypt movement as it is known to modern scholars would have profound effects on the Egyptian nationalist and political stage during a most pivitol period for the future of Egypt. Regarded by his followers as the Father of Modern Egypt.

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Lets see how able am I to poke around with a Egyptian Religious revival, mkay? Premise: Well during this time period we see mini-revivals
and interests with the old religion, especially linked during this period of a strong cadre of secularist, intellectuals-especially linked to literature and nationalism. So here I go poking at the possibilities in Egypt. Will it be successful? Who knows.
 
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A neo-pagan Egyptian religious movement is not going to fly well amongst the majority Muslim or Coptic population.
 
I suspect this will initially stay the intellectual plaything of a secularised and strongly nationalistic elite.

Then again, so was ariosophy. You never know. If we butterfly way political Islam and Marxism-Leninism, it has potential.
 
Hmmm...could this have any connection to a guy who went to the Boulak Museum and decided to start his own (quasi-Egyptian) religion after viewing Stele 666?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_the_Law
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowley

Hmph. I daresay not, the British continue to defile the national heritage of Egypt and blah blah blah.
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The Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt

"Thank you for coming today, I hope that your inclusion in these events will help the revival of Egypt" Khalid Im-hotep said with the utmost of conviction, waiting for the nights events to begin. The other man, a fellow Egyptian Mustafa Kamil, only smiled and took a look at the center stage where a large cabinet of sorts stood at the epicenter of the stage "I am a journalist after all I think this will all be a nice and fine story in the Al-Liwa…but how can you deny our Islamic past?"

Im-hotep shook his head and laughed "I disclaim it as easy as I would the British, while I can actually kicking Islam out is as hard as kicking the British out. Now please take your seat the festivities are soon to begin".
In no time the hall is filled, with both Egyptians and foreigners, the nature of tonight’s exhibit being that of the practice of Ancient Egyptian religion so naturally it would draw the academic and of course the religious minded. Im-hotep walks out onto the stage, taking the podium "Thank you all for attending this historic occasion." clasping his hands together "I hope tonight will be of historic import and will inspire a revival of praise for the Gods!"

"Demons and idols!!!" one voice from the back shouted, leading to a cascade of complimenting "praise be Allahs" and professions of his Ultimate nature but Im-hotep politely shakes his head "Please one and all, step into the past with me. Step into the greatest period of Egyptian history. Now as some may know or not the nature of worship of the Gods was largely held high by the Priestly Orders of the Temples and the Pharaoh. Though it can not be denied that the nature of religion was held firm by the multitude of people. Take for example what one could say is a recreation of a personal shrine"

Pointing to the large looking wooden cabinet with two large wooden doors "Now let us show a quick demonstration of how the gods worshipped, yes? First I will give praise to Anpu, known to the Greeks as Anubis. So that he may open the way to the gods for us all!" walking over to the closed shrine, facing toward it Im-hotep raises his arms and begins to speak "Praise be ye oh loyal hound of the West! Oh Anpu, Opener of the Way and-"
"INFIDEL" *BANGBANG*

Im-hotep is interrupted by one of those notably hostile to his words suddenly standing and shouting, as he takes out a pistol and fire two rounds toward Im-hotep while his back is turned. Before anyone can grab him the gunmen makes a run for it, firing two more shots into the ceiling and making his getaway. there is much confusion and shouting in the hall before Im-hotep’s voice cuts through the air "SILENCE. I nor the gods like to be interrupted. Now I’ll have to start all over again. Please take your seats"

Calmly, as if nothing had happened Im-hotep is unharmed, he goes back to speaking his prayer to Anubis, even over the still speaking voices of a few onlookers. He even ignores the two holes in the frame of the shrine that weren’t there a minute ago. Opening the wooden doors even reveals that the bullet had passed in-between the small statues of Anpu, Wesir, Aset, Heru-wer, Hethhert and Ra. "Oh gods bless your land and bless your children, for they are in need of it now more then ever!"

Following the entire presentation, which continues down a description of ritual etiquette and of a few ancient hymns and ones Im-hotep said to have created the lecture ends with much conversation between those who had attended. Kamil walks up to Im-hotep shaking his head "I am not sure if your just insane and dedicated, or truly blessed and insanely dedicated!" "Only myself and the Gods know. I do what I do because I am dedicated to not myself but Egypt!"
 
I can see the Gods being used as a Political statement, instead of a Religious movement.

I also see this spreading, and other Pantheons being promoted in other lands.
 
Liverpool Daily Post

"Egyptian Brings The Dead Back To Life"
By Arthur King
Dated: October 12, 1905


Can the dead be brought back to life? Perhaps through the salvation of Christ man can be brought back to life, but what about gods? The pagan gods of Egypt to be more precise. Yes, one Kalead Immo-tep believes that he can bring the return of the ancient gods of Egypt (though he claims they have always been there) and bring it back to its greatness the north-west African country had back in antiquity. Claiming that such gods as Osiris, Anubis, Seth, Ra, and Isis (the list goes on and on) are a force in the world, the Mohammedan Allah is the god of the Jews and Christians only and that by returning to worship the old gods Egypt will be able "Throw off the shackles of foreign oppression on the land of Kemet".

Is such a thing possible? Especially in such a fanatical and religious place as the far east, where during a demonstration on the correct worship of the ’gods’ Immo-tep was assaulted by a religious fanatic. Surviving the incident, against wishes of his fellows the man continued like nothing had happened. Accusations have sprung forth that the whole events was staged, but Mr. Immo-tep has brushed these aside and gone on his own merry way. Appearing at several archaeological digs he has protested the looting of his land’s history by foreign archeologists, saying that it should be Egyptians who bring up the respected dead of their past.

While Mr. Immo-tep has attracted a small following of intellectuals so far yet to break out into mainstream he has also to his displeasure gained a few foreign adherents to the ancient faith. Either a copy-cat or a true follower, one Flinders Petrie has decided to practice in the same manner as the Egyptians saying that it is alright because it was the Caucasian people who founded the culture anyway. Supported by the Alliwa newspaper, Immo-tep has railed against this as being an affront to Egypt gathering anger, indeed for it seems that many native Egyptian scholars who were opposed to Immo-tep before have joined in on denouncing Mr. Petrie. Meanwhile the Alliwa newspaper, has joined with Mr. Immo-tep, printing numerous pamphlets and instructions on the ancient Egyptian faith, while at the same time blasting British authorities its a wonder no one has shut them down. Possibly that Mr. Kamil the owner of the Alliwa has attracted influencial attention?

While this is ongoing Mr. Immo-tep has been rallied against by fellow Arabians for abandoning their Allah, reports indicate of a number of threats against his life though besides the one incident these threats do not appear to have weight-yet. In the mind of this writer, it seems likely that it would take one or two extraordinary events to really sway the people of Egypt to return their idols to their places of honor.

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Why yes I am building up toward something and foreshadowing.
 
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