idi-the-noof:

sphinxliike:

Anyone have any tips on how to get in a good head space before approaching a shrine? 

I’ll use my seperate Amun shrine as an example here instead of my larger Kemetic Orthodox Senut shrine.

First I decide if I need to do a full ritual purification shower or bath. As someone who is chronically ill this can be a huge energy suck that leaves me clean but without energy to do shrine. So I might wash my wands and mouth with natron water, put on deoderent and brush my teeth. Then I pick out what ritual white I’m going to wear. I have a few options, from a very simple one I made myself(basically linen folded over with a head hole) to my much nicer ones I’ve ordered.

Once dressed I put on Amun’s playlist as I gather up the offerings. I focus my mind on how I am upholding a tradition that was done by great ancestors such as the gods wives, Hatshepsut and others. I then bring the offerings into the room where the God’s shrine is. Walking down the long hallway with offerings, in my whites and ritual jewelry with soft music playing helps a lot. Currently the shrine in my living room because someone is staying in the guest room where it is normally located. Then I approach the shrine, set the offerings down and spend a few minutes just breathing and focusing on that before I started

Would the Gods mind if I was unable to shower? I am similar, it takes a lot of spoons from me just to shower some days. Would showering the day before, then doing the deodorant + others be okay too?

Thanks so much for the tips 🙂 I am fairly new to shrines and how to approach them, at least within Kemeticism ~