First Draft Onions

[lilairen]

This will be my usual attempt to turn my writing to-do list into something I can cross things off of. Of interest mostly to those who are tracking my progress, by which I mean "me".


Author Note
Introduction: What is Religion?
Midnight
Creation
Khnum
Ka
Community - partially written, need to dig through wisdom texts
Contentment
Ma'at - opening lines written

Dawn
Self

Soul descriptions
"How to talk to yourself" - mostly written
The Aten

Land

Landscape of Ancient Egypt
What does your environment tell you
Where do you belong

Food

Food and what it means
Recipes
Wesir

Family and Relationships

Sex
Home/Car/Etc. Maintenance
Ancestors

Rule and Authority - partially written

I think I'm going to go with Aset here

Work
Religion at Play

Noon
Purity
Cosmogenesis
Shrines and Altars

Ancestor Shrine
Antiquities
Household Shrine
Bes
Workplace Shrine
Dedicated Shrine
Working Ritual Space
Sharing Shrines and Altars

Magic

Defining Your Terms
Cosnequences of defined terms
Languages
When to work magic and when not to
What if it doesn't work?
What if it does work?

Ritual

Generic formal ritual
Offerings
Stripped-down ritual
Elaborating for special occasions
How to build your own rituals
Open Statues

Festivals

Basic calendar
How to for major festivals
How to acknowledge festivals in passing
Private festivals and group festivals
Including outsiders
Adding celebrations from outside

Sunset

Diaspora - partially written; end just kind of hangs there
Cultural Appropriation
Pagan in a non-pagan climate: What Will Grandma Say?
Set
Westwards - partially written
Anpu
Personal Practice and Mysticism

Appendix: Book recommendations
Appendice: Amongst your gods are
Appenxic: Calendar
Glossary
Bibliography

Possible Deity Vignette List
Ra
Shu & Tefnut
Geb & Nut
Wesir, Heru-Wr, Set, Aset, Nebet-Het
Djehwty
Khnum
The Aten
Bes & Taweret
Anpu
Wepwawet
Khepri
Imhotep
Ptah
Sekhmet
Hetharu
Bast
Nefertem
Min
Heka
Hapy