Egyptian Pantheists- Can I have information about the god Nefertem?

Question

I know his title is 'the Divine Lotus', but beyond that, nothing. Thank you, fantabulous people who answer this question!

Answer 1

Who is Nefertem?
This Egyptian god's name is also spelled Nefertum, god of the primeval lotus blossom.

His name indicates perfection, being the blue lotus, out of which the sun rises. His head-dress is a lotus blossum. There are different reports about Nefertem's parents, since the Egyptians like to associate new gods with the old ones.

In the Delta, at Buto, Nefertem was the son of the cobra-goddess Wadjet.

So far excerpts from A Dictionary of Egytian Gods and Goddesses by George Hart.

May be you are interested in the spiritual indications this god brings (by Dr. Bara H. Loveland):

The Lotus is the symbol for our Crown Chakra, the energy field above our head, which we could see another "acupuncture point." This Chakra can open and bring us divine powers.

Kundalini, the serpent power, can rise along our spine and open our 7 main Chakras along the way, rising into the Crown Chakra. This explains, why Nefertum, the Lotus, was thought to be the son of the cobra goddess or serpent power, also called Kundalini.

Furthermore, Nefertem is the lotus out of which the sun rises. The Crown Chakra appears like an energetic lotus above our head and can lead to the opening of the Spirit Gate, the symbol of which is the sun. Everyone can potentially learn to see the energy fields!

These spiritual facts were known all around the world, merely, we as Western sociaty, have forgotten them! All symbols were originally spiritual symbols!

May the lotus of all opne!

Cordially, India.Magica

Answer 2

In Egyptian mythology, Nefertem (also Nefertum, Nefer-Tem, Nefer-Temu) was originally just the young Atum (his name means beautiful Atum, i.e. youthful Atum), at the creation of the world, who had arisen from the primal waters, in the Ennead cosmogeny. Since Atum was a solar deity, Nefertum represented sunrise, and since Atum had arisen from the primal waters in a Egyptian blue water lily bud, Nefertum was associated with the blue water lily, not a 'lotus'. Later, as time passed by, Atum became assimilated into Ra (as Atum-Ra), and so it came to be that people regarded Nefertum as a separate deity. Some of the titles of Nefertem were He Who is Beautiful and Water Lily of the Sun, and a version of the Book of the Dead says Rise like Nefertem from the blue water lily, to the nostrils of Ra, and come forth upon the horizon each day.

As the power of Memphis grew, their chief god, Ptah, was said to be the original creator, and thus of all the other gods, including any lesser creators, who create the remaining gods having first being created by Ptah. Consequently, the creator aspect of Atum-Ra, namely Nefertum, came to be merely the son of Ptah, rather than the creator proper. As son of Ptah, it was said that either Sekhmet, or Bast (whichever was considered wife of Ptah), was his mother. As a god now only associated with the highly aromatic blue water lily rather than creation, he became a god of perfume and luck.

In art, Nefertum is usually depicted as a beautiful young man having blue water lily flowers around his head, although, as the son of Bast, he also sometimes has the head of a lion or is a lion or cat reclining. Nefertem was associated both with the scent of the blue water lily flower and its supposed narcotic effect (widely presumed, but yet untested scientifically). The ancient Egyptians often carried small statuettes of him as good-luck charms.

In much Egyptian literature, the term 'lotus' has been used, however the true lotus, Nelumbo nucifera, is not found in Egypt until the time of the Persian invasion when it was introduced as a food crop. The flower used in Egyptian art, religion and literature is the blue water lily, Nymphaea caerulea.

Answer 3

Son of Ptah and Bast, Nefertem (The Beauty of Tem). Follow the link to get more info from a khemetic, 'egyptian pantheist' perspective. Good luck on your search!

Answer 4

One source says his parents were PTAH and Sekhmet.Another says he is the son of RA(childern Isis,Osiris,Seth, Nefertem).
Also spelt: Nefer-tem,Neper-temu.
Mystic number:446(a)
helped to raise the SUN into the sky passng it to RA.
God of the Sacred Blue Lotus also of the rising sun

Answer 5

Here is a link that gives a bit of information about Him. You might want to check your local library for "The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt" by Richard H. Wilkinson, and check out the info that book has on Nefertem.
http://www.kemet.org/glossary/nefertem.html

Answer 6

Do a general search for websites and or organizations with the word Kemetic.

Answer 7

Nefertem Egyptian God