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
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