Not really a newb, but I feel that way...
Peace, everyone.
Very recently, I reestablished my relationship with my Father Anpu after approximately six years of silence. When I was fourteen, I first discovered Kemeticism and threw myself into it wholeheartedly, trying to memorize prayers and do everything right. But I eventually "struck out on my own," so to speak, and turned to atheism as I grew up.
Over the past two months, though, I felt Anpu's presence around me again, and at first I was very shy and nervous considering that I had left Him, so it took a while for me to reply to Him. Now that I've returned, and now that I have grown and matured as a person, I find myself looking at Kemeticism in a new light.
Onto my question: Is it acceptable to eschew tradition in regards to rites and prayers? Am I allowed to write my own material based on my research and pray using my own preferred motions and postures? Or is this "wrong"?
I ask because though I followed everything I found to a tee when I was fourteen, I find that rigid tradition and concepts of "right" and "wrong" ways to perform a ritual are what turn me off from most religions. It's why I broke away from Catholicism in the first place.
As a side note, I've also observed that many Kemetic websites/forums that I used to access have since shut down or died from inactivity. Does anyone have any idea why?
Very recently, I reestablished my relationship with my Father Anpu after approximately six years of silence. When I was fourteen, I first discovered Kemeticism and threw myself into it wholeheartedly, trying to memorize prayers and do everything right. But I eventually "struck out on my own," so to speak, and turned to atheism as I grew up.
Over the past two months, though, I felt Anpu's presence around me again, and at first I was very shy and nervous considering that I had left Him, so it took a while for me to reply to Him. Now that I've returned, and now that I have grown and matured as a person, I find myself looking at Kemeticism in a new light.
Onto my question: Is it acceptable to eschew tradition in regards to rites and prayers? Am I allowed to write my own material based on my research and pray using my own preferred motions and postures? Or is this "wrong"?
I ask because though I followed everything I found to a tee when I was fourteen, I find that rigid tradition and concepts of "right" and "wrong" ways to perform a ritual are what turn me off from most religions. It's why I broke away from Catholicism in the first place.
As a side note, I've also observed that many Kemetic websites/forums that I used to access have since shut down or died from inactivity. Does anyone have any idea why?