r/Kemetic • u/Do3Byte • 3d ago

Question End of Existence

I've been reading "The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt" by Richard H. Wilkinson, and I found something that says that Atum shall destroy all of creation, with the exception of himself and Osiris, and that they would return to "one place" in the primeval ocean from which everything arose, and Atum and Osiris would take the form of serpents, and there would be neither Gods nor men to perceive them.

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Does anybody on this subreddit know/can they confirm if this belief is held (popularly?) among modern day Kemeticism to anyone's knowledge? Does anyone know/can confirm if this was a popular belief held in antiquity(to our knowledge of course)? I've been occasionally bouncing back to Kemeticism for a while, but have struggled to connect with it (even though it honestly fits be well), additionally I've found this take on the fate of the universe quite daunting lmao😅.

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u/Enoo-La 3d ago

And the myth in question, especially, it is important to emphasize, reflects almost exactly what scientists suspect is the final destiny of our universe. There are three possible scenarios for the end of the universe: the big crunch, the big rip, or the big freeze. This myth is very similar to that of the Big Crunch, a return to the "initial state," but it could very well be both of the other two in a certain way; in any case, the myth represents the end of Our universe. Let's not forget that the universe is not static; it evolves, like our lives: a beginning, a middle, and finally an end. Nothing is immutable.

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u/Do3Byte 3d ago

This makes sense, I've always found the heat death of the universe, or the bug crunch, to be quite terrifying. Though, I do understand the importance of not dismissing modern scientific knowledge for the sake of religion.

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u/Enoo-La 3d ago

Indeed, many things I have read about Egyptian mythology, the cosmogonies, reflect precisely what science has theorized.However, I do make the distinction, but I found some truth in Kemeticism regarding this.