I read three books in a series this month, those were:
- Following The Sun: A Practical Guide to Egyptian Religion by Sharon LaBorde
- Circle of the Sun: Rites and Celebrations for Egyptian Pagans and Kemetics by Sharon LaBorde
- Celebrating the Egyptian Gods by Sharon LaBorde
I will do a review of all three since they form one series really. You can read them on your own, but I feel they are really a more complete work as one.
Status? : Finished
My overall rating of the book : 7/10
How does this book relate to my magickal practice?:
It relates highly due to my work with Egyptian deities. There is a lot of ritual and ceremony within.
My personal thoughts/opinions:
I found them good, though if you read all three you will find some repeated materials. They contain a lot of well-researched facts by the author and the ceremonies and rituals presented within are written as accurate to their original intention as possible.
I also find though, that these are more suited to kemetics or those practitioners that like to be as accurate to the past as possible. I’m more of a solitary that likes to mix and match what I feel works for me. If I do wrong, I know it myself due to the energies present.
I find that many gods are open to us experimenting as long as we show respect in our practice. And you will know from them if what you are doing is suitable or not. It’s all to do with energies and your inner-temple and consciousness anyway at the end of the day and how you feel towards that deity.
One of the books, Celebrating the Egyptian Gods is pretty much a mini-encyclopedia of most of the known Egyptian gods, a little detail about each one, what they traditionally like as offerings and how to work with them. This is handy when learning and going back through.
Thanks to these books, I’ve set myself up a shrine with Egyptian deities for each day of the week. I’ve used other knowledge I have in the cosmos and energies of the planets to assign planets and certain crystals to some of the deities I work with as well.
All in all, would I recommend this book?: Yes, to those with an interest in some Egyptian history in a ceremonial sense.
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