Wep Ronpet 2012 Plans and Notes

I’m currently watching the clock to make sure I don’t miss the second half of my ten year high school reunion—the first night went fairly well as I was surprisingly less awkward than I usually am in social situations. I even managed to get up the nerve to trade contact information with a former classmate who might want to hang out on occasion—seeing as how we now live relatively close to one another (and have matured enough to be able to have some sort of friendship despite coming from vastly different backgrounds). I’m happy enough for having made that connection that I think it warrants attending tonight’s shindig as well—if just to see what might come of it. New year approaching, I think anything which opens doors for the months to come, is a good investment of time and energy.

But I wanted to spare a moment between reunion events to jot down some plans for a celebration of Wep Ronpet and the days upon the year which precede it. The Nisut (AUS) has been kind enough to put out an official state ritual for use at home on the actual dawn of Wep Ronpet, but so far, I’m on my own for the days upon the year.  So I decided this was a good time to practice doing Senut daily—I’ll modify the personal prayers portion to suit each individual Netjer associated with the five days:

So far, it looks like Sunday will see recitation of passages from the Book of Going Forth by Day for Wesir, and maybe the reading of a poem from Awakening Osiris (a poetic translation of the book) as well. If I’m feeling particularly moved by the spirit, so to speak, I might even wear the hospital bracelet I kept from the night when Set sent me to meet his brother in person.

Monday will actually entail both a prayer for Her-wer during the actual Senut and, later, a pilgrimage to a place near my home which has special significance. I have also toyed with dedicating my home-made cards on this day because of the sun/moon connotations and the link between that and Her-wer’s eyes. This could also be a good time to formally deactivate the linking talismans and remerge them into a single unit so the shrine energy is not split anymore (since they also work heavily with the two-eyes symbolism—I may even be able to layer in a dual purpose to the talismans and use them ritually in this context…we’ll have to see.)

For Tuesday, I’m creating a ceremony for Set on his day based on the general ritual for him in Reidy’s Eternal Egypt (the full ritual seems a bit redundant when some of it is already accomplished by Senut and there are portions which I simply can’t make happen) and I will also participate in the max-online attempt on the HoN forums that morning.

Wednesday will see some awesome amulet creation heka befitting the Mistress of Magic, and a prayer to Aset. I have a good bit of research to do to make this happen, but thankfully, I have a few days yet to accomplish that.

Thursday will be the grand opening of the household ancestor shrine, to be preceded and followed by prayers to Nebt-het and a special offering to her in thanks for helping me through the end of this year. This may also culminate in editing work on the novel which is more or less dedicated to her and possibly a span of being sequestered in the library (which is also the shrine room) with that intent.

And of course, Friday is the state ritual at 5:49 am. I might invite a friend over for that, or I might go it alone, depending on how I feel about it as the day approaches.

Whew. That’s going to be a lot, but it should be fun. :)