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Baal-Set / Set-Sapouna / Baal-Zaphon
Four depictions of the syncretic "Egyptian Baal" identified with Set.
From :
A Fresh Look at the Baal-Zaphon Stele
Eythan Levy
The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 100(1):293-310
January 2014
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A Prayer to Seth—The Adversary and God of Chaos:
Seth, god of chaos, you know what lies beyond and within, for you are both things.
You see all and understand all, accept all, and turn away none.
Yet you have no lofty beliefs, you stand strong and firm in your reality, which I cannot truly fathom in this short life of mine.
Yet, wonderful Seth, I ask that you show me what you can of this reality,
To bring to me the truth, not just factually, but sensually, for me to experience it to my greatest benefit
For you know not just the things themselves, but how to revel in them, using them to achieve your greatest desires.
Great Sutekh, you also know how all qualities fit together, how they move, evolve, end and begin. You conquer this chaos, and let nothing conquer you.
Guide me in becoming a ruler of my own, that I may be balanced amid that chaos that lives around and within me.
Seth, I honor you, I admire you, I adore you.
I give you my everlasting gratitude and thanks for all you have done for me.
May we continue this journey together evermore.
Everything aside - I think there is beauty in Apep (crazy I know). Even as a serpent (turtle or otherwise) representing destruction and Isfet. I have heard some claim that Apep isn't really a "needed" force? Apep as he exists in kemeticism represented/personified the bad and wrongdoing (sometimes foreigners and rebels depending on who ruled, and also the myth). About every religion had an "adversarial" force. Used as a way to represent the right and wrong (what should and shouldn't be done). We usually only view the mythological perspectives, but it was likely political/ philosophical too. Sometimes as time goes on or new groups/cults appear these can change or evolve. Apep as far as we know doesn't get a form of redemption like Nehebakau. who was bad then good, or good to bad like Sutekh in their later myths. Outside of Kemeticism ( or those who still consider themselves kemetic). Apep takes on different forms and meanings. Depending on the person and their worldview. Sometimes Apep takes a role in a more atheistic/symbolic sense. Used in rituals to represent the force of destruction or transformation (sometimes Sutekh). Some of these rituals also include Kemetic deities representing rebirth and life. Some use him in vampirism and lucifierianism, and even draconaianism. Other times it is theistic. Just as people have their own reasons for why they chose a god/goddess or came to be with them. Apep worshippers also have various reasons for why they worship Apep. While yes some can be edgy/ are edgy or appear as edgy ( like how Satanist and LHP people are viewed by people who don't understand it). That's sometimes just how it is when it comes to anything that is "adversarial" or a spirit/god/goddess who has a representation for being "dark", "death" ect. It will draw in people (political or otherwise) who think "it's cool" or they just want to be "dark". (My art definitely appears that way lol).
Not all people who follow Apep choose to do so because they want pure destruction or annihilation. There are some who do. I have definitely met deceivers, manipulators and awful people who chose to follow Apep. (makes sense yeah?). People who do seek destruction and disorder (or even complete annihilation of themselves?) do exist too. Anticosmic Gnosticism, a misanthropic order has various versions and there is one in Kemeticism. They Use Sutekh (as the rebel) and Apep.
The reason I put these tags on my post (anticosmic, luciferian, Draconian ect) is because while I don't follow these paths, I understand that there are people within these currents who are devotioanal to Apep (even if it's for edgy or destructive reasons). I find that my relationship to Apep is a deep one. Something that I don't expect anyone to understand. Despite what people see/fell from him (sometimes even gods are seen as cold and uncaring especially at first). I have found warmth and love. He is seen as deceptive, tricky and uncaring. I don't see that at all.
The ancient Egyptian mythical sha beast is traditionally depicted in more of a canidae form, but since the god they're associated with, Set, is on record taking the form of hoofed mammals such as ibexes, hippos and boars, I tend to like to depict the sha in a more ungulate form. Above is inspired by antelope mixed with a bit of tapir.
Just wanted to post a little digital devotion today, here's some hymns I use often!
𓁢 Ancient Hymns to Set:
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#1
I praise You Who controlled Your anger,
You Whose scepter sits above Nut with Akhu.
I praise You, great Set.
King of terror over heaven,
Terrifying and awesome, threatening,
Hidden but irresistible.
Hater of isfet, it is You that I praise.
#2
Storm Lord,
Pilot Who sails over the evil apep's back,
Captain of the Secret Boat!
You Who bind apep, bring me a boat,
Make me a strong rope so I can sail forth.
#3
Hail Set, son of Nut,
great of strength in the Boat of Millions of Years;
Nut is above You,
Get is under Your feet,
What you command comes to pass.
Overthrower in the Boat of Millions of Years, great in terror,
Grant me a happy life following Your Ka.
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23 years ago today, when I was about to begin my freshman year of high school, I came across an article on the internet that blew my mind. It explained how there are people today who believe in Egyptian gods (Set in particular), and how we are not dangerous or silly weirdos, but regular people like everyone else for the most part. For Duat's sake, one of the most well-known Setian writers was a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Armed Forces, which is no small feat you know.
This information dismantled everything I had been conditioned to think about Paganism in general by my mostly secular (but also very Protestant) upbringing. Despite feeling irresistibly pulled to the Netjeru as a little kid, I was told growing up that "No one believes in such false idols" anymore. It didn't help that whenever Kemetic-esque characters showed up in popular culture, we were usually cast as villains or monsters to be defeated. The message was overwhelmingly clear: "The spirituality you want is either childish or degenerate," and never anything meaningful or good. But here, finally, was an external reinforcement of what I had already known deep within myself for years. During those few minutes it took me to read that article I found on August 15, 1997, I blossomed from a reluctant agnostic to a full-blown Companion of Set.
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