Black Spirituality Religion : The Definitive Understanding about Ankhen-Aten

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It has been continuously (yet unfoundedly) asserted here, that Ankhen-Aten, rogue "Pharoah" of Kemet, created some "new religion" for us as Black people to follow, and that this religion somehow "replaced" the theology of our people which has been alleged as polytheistic and "pagan".

None of these assertions are true, or can be substantiated, and beyond that it has proven that this Pharoah's belief in ATEN, is nothing more than solar worship.

Atenism is the monolatrous and monistic belief that all things in the physical world can be traced back to the sun as the source. This religion was devoid of any metaphysical or spiritual aspect, and was very simple and pragmatic (not to mention myopic) in premise.

Some info about Aten as a deity, in relation to ATUM, another Kemetic deity:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atum

Atum (alternatively spelt Tem, Temu, Tum, and Atem) is an early deity in Egyptian mythology, whose cult centred on the Ennead of Heliopolis. Originally associated with the earth, Atum gradually became considered to be the sun, as it passes the horizon. The separateness of the two instances per day that this occurs, led to the aspect of Atum that was young, namely the rising sun, becoming considered a separate god, named Nefertum (literally meaning young Atum), and consequently Atum became mainly understood as the setting sun.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aten

Aten is a creator of the universe in ancient Egyptian mythology, usually regarded as a sun god represented by the sun's disk. His worship (Atenism) was instituted as the basis for the mostly monotheistic — in fact, monistic — religion of Amenhotep IV, who took the name Akhenaten. The worship of Aten ceased shortly after Akhenaten's death.

ANKHEN-ATEN was always a monolator, a worshipper of one supreme IDOL.

HOTEPU
 
uplift19 said:
So basically he made the sun the exclusive object of his worship instead of a God or gods?
As we speak there is a project taking place in Egypt called the Akhenaten Temple Project headed by Donald Redford. This project involves reconstructing several walls to their original status. Redford is simply discovering bricks that were apart of several walls that made up Akhenaten’s Temple. He scans these bricks and the drawings on the bricks into a computer and the computer calculates the position of the brick in the walls through extrapolating images from previously scanned bricks. In this project Redford has reconstructed a speech written by Akhenaten himself at the very start of his reign. This is the speech.

“Look, I am speaking that I might inform you concerning the forms of the gods; I know their temples and I am versed in writings, namely the inventories their primeval bodies and I have beheld them as they cease to exist, one after the other, whether consisting of any sort of precious stone or [……] – except the god who begat himself by himself [Atum]…..”

This speech written and spoken by Akhenaten and a more detailed understanding of his religious ideas can be found in, “Egypt’s False Prophet Akhenaten” by Nicholes Reeves ISBN 0-500-05106-2.

You can look up more information on the Akhenaten Temple Project on the Internet. There is no better way to study Akhenaten and his religious concept but through the recorded record of the man himself.
 
Music Producer said:
As we speak there is a project taking place in Egypt called the Akhenaten Temple Project headed by Donald Redford. This project involves reconstructing several walls to their original status. Redford is simply discovering bricks that were apart of several walls that made up Akhenaten’s Temple. He scans these bricks and the drawings on the bricks into a computer and the computer calculates the position of the brick in the walls through extrapolating images from previously scanned bricks. In this project Redford has reconstructed a speech written by Akhenaten himself at the very start of his reign. This is the speech.

“Look, I am speaking that I might inform you concerning the forms of the gods; I know their temples and I am versed in writings, namely the inventories their primeval bodies and I have beheld them as they cease to exist, one after the other, whether consisting of any sort of precious stone or [……] – except the god who begat himself by himself [Atum]…..”

This speech written and spoken by Akhenaten and a more detailed understanding of his religious ideas can be found in, “Egypt’s False Prophet Akhenaten” by Nicholes Reeves ISBN 0-500-05106-2.

You can look up more information on the Akhenaten Temple Project on the Internet. There is no better way to study Akhenaten and his religious concept but through the recorded record of the man himself.
Thanks Music Producer.

See we don't disagree on EVERYTHING.

Different people have different views on this man. One thing for sure he did not introduce monotheism to ancient Kemet.
 

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