Cosmology and the Neteru
The cosmology of Kemet reveals a universe alive with intelligence, harmony, and divine order. The Neteru often called “gods” and “goddesses” are sacred principles and living presences who articulate the architecture of creation. They are not distant abstractions, but currents of divine consciousness through which the One expresses balance, beauty, and becoming.
To contemplate the Neteru is to study the laws that govern heaven and earth: the emergence from the Primordial Waters, the harmonies of the Ogdoad and Ennead, the creative word of Ptah, the solar mysteries of Ra, the regenerative cycle of Osiris, Isis, and Horus, and the ever-present measure of Ma’at. These teachings invite the seeker to recognize the cosmos as a temple, and the soul as its mirror.
Enter the Currents of the Neteru
- Primordial Waters (Nun) – The boundless potential from which creation arises.
- Ogdoad of Hermopolis – The eight primal forces that shape the first horizons of becoming.
- Ennead of Heliopolis – The lineage of divine emergence and the laws of generation.
- Memphite Theology of Ptah – Creation through heart and tongue, form and sacred word.
- Tehuti – Divine intelligence, keeper of word and measure.
- Ra and Solar Mysteries – The daily voyage of light and the sovereignty of the sun.
- Osiris, Isis, and Horus – Regeneration, devotion, and rightful kingship in sacred triad.
- Sekhmet and Bastet – Fierce protection and gentle grace, the twin powers of divine guardianship.
- Hathor and Mysteries of Love – Joy, beauty, and the music of the heart as instruments of awakening.
- Anubis and the Soul – Guide of thresholds, keeper of the ways between worlds.
- Ma’at and Divine Balance – Truth, harmony, and the eternal measure of all things.
- Neith and Seshat – First weaver of destiny and lady of sacred record and measure.
May the seeker walk these paths with reverence, discerning within the Neteru the living laws by which the cosmos breathes, and by which the soul remembers its origin.