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Recently I was praying to and conversing with the Theotokos about the recent experiences I’ve had with Artemis, essentially asking “hey is this from you?”

She gave me the image of herself standing in the woods at sunset. Artemis was standing by her. She reached out and stroked Artemis’s hair like a mother would a daughter, and beckoned Artemis to go to me.

Artemis bounded toward me and I felt the Panagia say that she had sent Artemis to protect me, to be kind of a guardian angel. The weird thing was that the energy I felt from Artemis was almost…erotic? Like not overtly sexual but definitely some tension. I’m a trans girl and a lesbian and there was definitely some kind of sapphic something happening.

I don’t mean to be disrespectful and I have heard that Artemis’s chastity is better understood as excluding the sexual company of only men…anyway advice is appreciated!

TLDR: I’m a Universalist Christian and I will be ordained next year. I have always been spiritually sensitive and have had encounters with three pagan deities. At this point I’m probably a Christopagan. I’ve always had a strong pull toward Egypt and Kemeticism and want to incorporate Kemeticism in my theology in a respectful way. I’ve heard the term Kemetic Christian and I wonder if that could be my answer?

Sorry if this is long, I just took an edible.

I am a seminarian in the Universalist Orthodox Church.* I will be ordained a priest next summer, God willing. As a child, I was very sickly, spending months in the hospital at a time, with numerous near death experiences.

Because of this, I have always been sensitive to the unseen things (ghosts, angels, other beings). I have many memories of seeing/speaking to various beings. Recently, Artemis literally yelled at me during my prayer/meditation time. Most recently, I had a very vivid dream where I spoke to Hades and Osiris in my childhood bedroom.

All my life, I’ve had a special interest in ancient Egypt and Kemetic spirituality. I continue to research Kemtecism and practice Christianity in the Coptic Orthodox tradition.

I see many parallels between Coptic Christianity and Kemeticism. For example, Ma’at is very close to how Coptic Christians see things. I would like to incorporate Kemetic practice into my faith. I want to do this in a way that is respectful. I don’t want to offend or water down anyone else’s faith tradition, nor do I want to force it into a box it was never intended to fit.

I have heard the term Kemetic Christian being used here and I’m wondering what that might entail?

*The Universalist Orthodox Church is an open and affirming body that practices the Christian faith in the Eastern/Oriental Orthodox tradition. We believe in the unity of all human beings and preach that everyone will attain paradise.

Hello!

I’m a trans woman living in New York State and have a deep connection to end of life care. I am also a seminarian in an affirming religious group and will be ordained next summer. I wanted a vocation that would allow me to serve people, especially people who are overlooked or underserved.

Recently, a friend of mine asked if I had considered becoming a death doula and after doing some research, I believe this calling may be for me. I believe that medical care in America is focused solely on prolonging life as long as possible and our society has no idea how to talk about or prepare for death at all, let alone able to entertain the concept of dying well. I was a sickly child and had numerous near death experiences and since then have been very specifically sensitive. I have also been around multiple relatives as they passed and saw how beautiful death can be for those who are prepared.

I am unsure how to get started. I have seen many training and certification programs online and am unsure what is needed or recommended. I also don’t want to get scammed. I’m sorry for the rambling post but if anyone could point me in the right direction, I’d appreciate it.

So the title is a bit tongue-in-cheek. I’ve posted a bit here before about my experience with Artemis but I’ve recently had more dreams.

I’ve been preparing for my ordination to the priesthood in the Universalist Orthodox Church next year and thinking a lot about what my ministry will look like. I am also pursuing my bachelors in psychology and am thinking about what I want to do with that as far as a job where I can help people.

Several nights ago, I had a short dream. The image of Osiris (as he traditionally appears in Egyptian religious texts) appeared out of mist and said “I am the archon of resurrection and the servant of the source of life.” That’s it, then the dream ended.

(Further information:

I had a special interest in Egyptian culture and spirituality as a kid. My expression of Orthodoxy is influenced heavily by Coptic tradition.

In Orthodoxy, a archon is a being that God places in charge of specific elements. Angels, for example are archons but not all archons are necessarily angels).

After this dream, I started researching Kemetic things in general and specifically related to Osiris to see if I could learn why he reached out to me.

Saturday night I had a much more vivid dream:

I was in my childhood home walking down the hallway toward my room. At first I was worried it was a nightmare because I experienced a lot of abuse there. As I rounded the corner into my room, I saw a rotting corpse wrapped in decaying bandages sitting on the edge of my bed. Although he looked pretty grotesque, I wasn’t afraid. I simply asked “Who are you?”
He answered “I am the archon of resurrection and the servant of the source of life.” His voice was younger than I expected, and as he spoke, he sort of faded into my reality more, slowly transforming into a young man kind of resembling Rami Malik. He wore a dark green silk button down shirt with the sleeves rolled up, showing bandages wrapped around his arms and I knew his whole body except his face was covered in them like a mummy. He had a very pronounced goatee and his face was covered in Coptic tattoos like a Coptic monk. He spoke to me like an older brother, maybe in his late teens early 20s and even called me “little sister.” It was obviously Osiris.

Then I felt a freezing cold gust of wind and heard what sounded like the fluttering of wings of a large bird and a tall, exceedingly pale man was sitting next to Osiris on the bed. His hair was long and black and curly and he wore it slicked back slightly. He wore an all black suit of exquisite quality with buttons made of black precious stones and had many silver rings on his hands. As we spoke, he absently played with silver coins in his pocket and I could hear them clinking together. His energy carried a lot of authority and he spoke to me like a stern uncle or father, though his tone was gentle. His voice was deep and dark and oily. I knew him to be Hades.

Hades spoke about how sad he was that our society has no care for the dying. He said all of our care is focused on prolonging life, that everyone focuses on healing the body but no one cares for the spirit. He said the dead come to him and are scared and traumatized because their deaths were lonely and full of fear.

Osiris said that he was angry and sad that our culture fears death so much it has become taboo. He said no one talks about death and so no one is prepared for death or to watch a loved one die. He said that death is just as beautiful a transition as birth.

Hades said that I understand death and am not afraid of it and then showed me images of all the times I was in the hospital as a child and all the times I nearly died (I was very sickly as a young child and would often be hospitalized for months at a time).

Osiris said that the sorrow of my childhood (abuse and illness) has brought me close to the Man of Sorrows (a title given to Jesus by the prophet Jeremiah).

Hades asked me to please not forget the dead and then the dream ended.

Sorry for the long post. Ok first a little bit of background: I'm a seminarian in the Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition.* I'm also a universalist. My fiancé is a Lokian pagan, and we have a friend who's a Hellenistic pagan. We were talking yesterday about my fiancé's work with Loki and our friend's work with Apollo. I made the comment that if I were to work with a deity outside of my faith tradition, it would be Artemis because I've always really liked her vibe (I'm an enciromemtalist and had just returned from a wilderness cleanup event), and that reading about her was definitely part of my lesbian awakening. I jokingly said that if she ever wanted to talk to me, I'd definitely be open. I instantly got a tingly feeling, like goosebumps, all over my body. I kinda shook it off and then got this image in my mind of this very sarcastic teenage girl knocking on my skull, shouting, "I'VE BEEN TRYING TO REACH YOU ABOUT YOUR CAR'S EXTENDED WARRANTY!"

So I know enough about Artemis to know that she communicates a lot through dreams, and I'm a very lucid dreamer. So before I went to bed, I asked her for a sign of what she wanted to tell me. That night, I had a very vivid dream where I confronted and rebuked my abuser in the midst of this incredibly dense and wild forest.

So, my question is: what do I do now? Where do I go from here? Can anyone who has worked with Artemis before give me any advice?

*I am a seminarian in the Universalist Orthodox Church, an independent Christian group that is affirming and accepting of all people and belief systems but practices in the Eastern Orthodox tradition.

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