Description
Kemetism (also Kemeticism ; both from the Egyptian kmt , usually voweled Kemet, the native name of ancient Egypt; Arabic: كميت, قتيم i.e. dark red colour), also sometimes referred to as Neterism (from nṯr (Coptic ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ noute ) "deity"), or Kemetic paganism , is a neopagan religion and revival of the ancient Egyptian religion and related expressions of religion in classical and late antiquity, emerging during the 1970s. A Kemetic or Kemetic pagan is one who follows Kemetism.
There are several main groups, each of which takes a different approach to its beliefs, ranging from eclectic to reconstructionist; however, all of these can be identified as belonging to three strains, including: reconstructed Kemetism (adopting a philological and scholarly approach), a syncretic approach, and a more novel synthesis tending toward monotheism, Kemetic Orthodoxy.
