Ritual

Cleansing the Home

Walk the interior perimeter of the home:

  • 1 round with flame (white tealight carried in a lantern)
  • 1 round with incense (stick incense in my case)
  • 1 round with Ma’at (statue of Ma’at in this case)
  • 1 round with Wepwawet (God of my devotion in specific)

There is music, chanting, and I use a sistrum in my free hand – joyful noise is wonderful for driving out the bad vibes. I walk slowly and purposefully, I am focused on the words, rhythms, and icons or elements I posses. I walk the perimeters of all available spaces in the home, and yes this does take awhile at the pace I go even in a small home.

This is essentially both an act of Heka/magic for protection of the home, the driving out of anything unwanted, and a walking-meditation for mental / emotional / spiritual peace within one’s self.

The words I speak may differ depending on what the intention is for the whole act, but it involves essentially the same phrase of words repeated over, and over, and over again. I do not provide the words here as your intentions may vary for what you are protecting your home for, or cleansing it of. But whatever words you choose, the words gain and render more and more power, the more they are made manifest.

When I’m done, the candle is left to (safely) burn itself out, as is the incense, I do not want to re-use these elements again in any other magic. This burning-down of the elements renders natural closure to this ritual, it is one reason I use a Tea-light for this and not any other type of candle.

Ritual for Truth / against Lies

Wepwawet is a powerful ally against darkness, untruth, evil, slander, misinformation, and lies. He has communicated this ritual to me privately and would like me to share it with others. It can begin and end with just the prayer, but if you’d like to do more, please see below.

O Wepwawet, Who opens the way,
He Who stands guard against all evil,
rise up from Zꜣwty, call us to You now.
Clear the paths of obstacles between ourselves
so that we may gaze in the same direction.
May our minds, hearts, and tongues work together,
guided by and for Ma’at in all things.
May we see each other true and not be led astray by rumour.
He Who protects the Two Lands, protect us from lies,
block all duplicity, remove deception.
Dissolve pretense and division,
and may the apogee be truth and truth alone.
We say together:
Bestow upon us peace,
reveal to us the way,
protect us from harm,
bind that which stands against us.
n wn mAa
Dua Wepwawet! Dua Netjer!

Works as a stand-alone prayer, but if you have cord, ribbon, yarn, or other material, you can combine it with knot-binding. After the phrase “We say together:”, for each of the 4 lines that follow, tie a knot in your material. Over, and over, and over, repeat the 4 lines and the 4 knots until you feel a sense of peace and completion. It can be short, or long. There is no judgment here on completion, this is between you and Netjer, and also your internal or higher self.

What you do with the knotted material can go in two directions:

  • If you are directing most of your energy toward the binding aspect and ridding yourself of something negative, removing the knotted material from your space is best (such as putting it in a sealed container, or even burying / disposing of it if it is safe to do so based on the material).
  • Or, if you feel the energy that went into the knotting ritual is overall positive and empowering, you can keep the material on a shrine, altar, icon / statue, or in an every-day place as a charm and/or reminder that you are protected against lies, rumours, attack, and evil.

Notes:

  • Zauty = Asyut, Greek: Lycopolis
  • n wn mAa = “In-un-ma’a” Roughly “in truth / it truly is”

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© Nesiwepwawet | Graylynn S., please use freely, share with attribution.

The Gateway

“I need an icon, an image of my God(s), it’s $300 I can’t afford it!”

Hold up. Just… hold up.

Go out into the world. Yes, leave your computer. I believe in you. Go outside, and walk as far as you need to walk, until you find: a rock.

What kind of rock? It’s not for me to say. A small rock, a big rock, a jagged rock or a smooth rock, a beautiful rock, a rock only a mother could love – the kind of rock is entirely up to you, and you will pick this rock from all the rocks because it calls to you and says “I am the rock”. Trust me. It will happen. No, not… not verbatim. It’s a vibe. There are no talking rocks in this equation.

TL;DR: a rock. Take that rock home.

You’re going to need some limited and uncomplicated supplies.

  • First, you’re going to want to wash your rock. Get all that dirt off of it, make it as clean as a little rock can be, though a little bit of dirt is certainly not going to be a dealbreaker. It’s just a good idea not to bring a bunch of outdoor dirt inside unless you have intimate knowledge of the area the rock was in. Dirt may have more than just “earth” in it.

    In addition, I would recommend purification. Bury the dry rock in salt or clean sand for the next 24 hours before bringing it “into service” on your shrine or altar setup.
  • Second, you’re going to need writing or painting implements. This could be a pen (if you feel it can actually, successfully write on your rock), a sharpie (very good for writing on rock), or paint (excellent for marking of rocks)! But if you’re like me and can’t paint in a straight line to save your soul, don’t worry, use whatever you can use to write on this rock. I recommend steering clear of the color red in terms of paint and ink when thinking about my own Kemetic practice, but if your personal practice has no holds barred in terms of color selection, I am certainly not going to be a person to stop you.
  • Next, you’re going to need a word, set of words, or phrase. Often, the word or words is going to be the name of the Deity you are trying to represent, but it could easily be something else if you feel so moved to go in a different direction. I am not teaching you how to be a cookie-cutter magician here, I am encouraging you to navigate your life and your choices on your own; but, for the basic guidance, a name is certainly sufficient.

    It’s important to note that this name needs to be one you understand. Writing is one of the most powerful forms of magic in this universe, but if what you are writing is meaningless to you, you are losing a functional amount of this power because you are putting a lot of energy into basic comprehension. Choose a language or symbolism for the name you will be writing that holds meaning to you within your own mind and your own heart.

    You should see this name, these words, or this symbol or set of symbols, and immediately feel your Deity within the moment you see it and within yourself. It should be recognizable at a glance every single time. If you want it to be extra special in another language (particularly one of ancient origin), you want to ensure you comprehend it in this one-glance way. You should not have to sit and think and remind yourself “What does this mean”.

    Instant recognition is what you are looking for.
  • Finally, you are going to paint or write this name, phrase, symbol or set of symbols, onto your rock, and while you are writing, you are going to be putting your energy in the form of ‘intent’ into this creation.

    There are a lot of ways you can do this. You could be thinking of the Deity in question while you do the decorative aspect of this project. You could be playing music, you could be singing, you could be chanting, you could be reciting a phrase or poem or set of words that holds meaning between you and your Deity. What is important is that you focus your intents into the writing of your Deity’s symbolism whereby that rock is the focus point of this intent, and that rock in turn becomes your intent.

Yes, it’s true: this simple, lowly rock, will be your icon, and it will be just as if not more effective than any other store-bought icon you could have possibly found on the internet because of the process you are undertaking now. Because it isn’t about how closely your icon resembles your Deity. It isn’t about how much money you’ve spent on your iconography, either. It isn’t about new materials or old materials, it isn’t about one person’s interpretation or spelling of a name or another, it isn’t about one particular kind of phrase or the exact words of a spell or chant or song. You do not need to spend $100, $300, $2,000 on a shrine icon, because the point of a shrine or altar or ritual icon is not what it looks like or who crafted it or what materials went into it.

The purpose of a shrine icon is all about:

  • Representation
  • Intent
  • Focus
  • Energy
  • Connection
  • Bond

And as you impart your focus and your intent, coupled with one of the most powerful forms of magic – writing, you are creating and inscribing and imbuing a representation and embodiment of the Deity you follow, issuing a bond between you, Them, and that object that cannot easily be broken. This icon is going to be with you, on your shrine or altar or in your ritual setup, representing the powerful presence of your Deity and giving you a focus point for your communication, intention, energy, and direction.

Once completed, this icon should be treated with the same dignity and respect you would treat any altar or shrine icon that is representative of a Deity. You should keep it relatively clean, decently protected from harm or accident, in a purified state (which can include re-doing the salt or sand purification if needed), packed with care when moving, and deprecated in an appropriate manner if you will no longer be using it (probably a post for another time).

This is no longer just a rock.

This is a gateway, that you have created, and the bounds are limitless.