In ancient Kush/Kemet, "in keeping with the nine inseparable parts of the human soul", a child is not given a name (Ren) until a spiritual ceremony was performed, now called "Baptism" in the Euro-Christian religion.
In Kemetic practice, purification takes two forms, "magical" and physical. The former is done by declaring that you are fit to contact the netjer.
"I, [name,] am a child of Ra. I am a child of the Lord of Life, I am created from the tears of the Eye of Ra. As Ra bathes in the waters of the Lake , so now do I bathe in the waters of the Lake. As Ra I am purified and cleansed. As Ra I am renewed and rejuvenated…
...that I may kiss the earth so great is his majesty, that I may endow his image with life. I am pure. I am purified.”
Picture of Baptism in Kemet
Young Tafari was baptized on the fortieth day of His life according to traditional Ethiopian custom. He would later claim to have gained knowledge through the experience.
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