The Great Hymn to the Aten

This is the first part in a new series I'm trying out where I will present religious texts (or parts of texts) that are interesting or noteworthy.
This one features the "Great hymn to the Aten", an ancient religious text in devotion to the god "Aten" that was allegedly written by Pharaoh Akhenaten during the tumultuous era known as the "Amarna period" when the old pantheon of gods was seemingly temporarily replaced with a single, universal God of the sun (or more, precisely - light).
It is for this reason that Atenism is sometimes considered the first monotheistic religion in the world, which would make this hymn one of the first religious expression of monotheism ever.
It also just happen to be very beautiful, aside from being historically significant.
What do you think of it? Let's discuss in the comments.
Translation used: www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/...
Video used: • Desert Setting Sunset ...

[@anaguma90]

Out of all the religions, Sun worship makes most sense to me (no disrespect intended). It is the literal source of all life, everything we see and do is due solely to the power of the Sun.

[@hereisyoursign6750]

Lines up with the vibrations/frequency wierdos, being that if frequenices/vibrations are quite literally our experiances and form, then it makes sense the most powerful and life-driving of those forms would be the sun, a giant reactor which crushes atoms to make energy, constantly and hugely.

[@elenstefs]

Exactly my thoughts. I think Akhenaten was a smart man.

[@alevator606]

Light bearer is Lucifer the devil. Don’t be deceived

[@anaguma90]

@@alevator606 🤡

[@StevenJamesCorns]

Really?! John 8:12 "When Jesus spoke again to the people, He said, 'I am the Light of the World."

[@ahmedjibreel621]

It's amazing that priest after aknaten have failed to erase him from the history

[@LetsTalkReligion]

Yes, he has become one of the most famous pharaoh's inspite of his enemies attempt to erase him and his religion. There are other examples of this kind of thing in Egyptian history, and it's a tactic that rarely seems to work that well.

[@dd615]

Akanatun and Nafratiti have erase the name of Amun Ra beforehand from all the Tamples.

[@maguslor3290]

They did spread a lot of lies about his beliefs though..

[@Laotzu.Goldbug]

I guess you can't really blame them considering that he was a megalomaniac seeking to completely annihilate healthy Egyptian culture

[@maguslor3290]

@@Laotzu.Goldbug he was trying to teach the common man about the mysteries ...ancient Egypt was holy yes...but it was hell for 99% ...the priesthood of Amun became so corrupt and powerful that they lost there way..remember the golden age of Egypt was at least 9000 years before Akhenaten...the proper holy Egypt only existed when the pyramids were still functional...after the last cataclysm they lost their way amd became the elite that control us to this day

[@jwhite91607]

So beautiful, I came back to listen to it again. Can you imagine how beautiful it sounds in his language ? Mesmerizing.

[@yarahelal9412]

wow, this is beautiful. almost chilling. it's mindblowing to think about how old these words are and the journey in time we take when we read them. thank you for such a great reading.

[@jjbentley9]

I know it's so cool to think like you said the great scope of time it's traveled. To modern times

[@pierroch1021]

Such a powerful text ! It gave me chills the first time I listened to it. I especially love this translation, it's poetic. Of all actions, worshipping is probably one of the most emotionally powerful ones. I personally see it as completely relieving ourselves from all that is burdening our minds, completely abandoning ourselves, giving ourselves up to a conceptual being/force... It's intense ! The feeling of faith you get from doing so is really pleasurable, it's a beatitude, an inner love and tranquility that is very soothing. It makes you feel lightheaded, almost like a drunkenness. And this text really conveys all of this ! The power of poetry !

[@paulk8072]

What I find so great is that those words will never be disproven. It is a timeless message. Everyone has access to this knowledge and there are no strict moral laws. Atenism is the most logical religion and by worshipping the Sun, The Aten you gain humility, the greatest human quality.

[@aclearlight]

Wonderful, artful reading of a unique hymn which definitely deserves to be heard again and again. The gratitude and devotion of it are so moving, and it shines that you have brought it back to life and light in this current moment. Thank you for the gift of it and for the gift of your remarkable channel. Ya Fattah!

[@bradcacciatore4427]

I love this channel. Thank you!

[@MrMohammedAlmulla]

Thank you for making all this beauty accessible to us. I’m infinetly grateful for this channel

[@taylorclement5563]

Love your voice and the beautiful imagery 🌞

[@jsingh265]

May Aten shower us all with all its blessings!

[@rayvn7596]

Delusional

[@Jaechhetai]

@@rayvn7596 have u not seen the sun?

[@DeHeld8]

Heresy! Hail Sobek!

[@ZeroGravityFuneral]

@@DeHeld8 you can definitely worship Sobek and aten

[@jassimarsingh6505]

@@ZeroGravityFuneral not in akhenaten's reign since aten was the only god worshipped

[@Rewwgh]

This was absolutely wonderful!

[@gandolph999]

Thanks for making this video. It makes the Hymn to the Aten more accessible. We'll done.

[@Giantcrabz]

It's absolutely mind boggling how long ago and how long ancient Egypt lasted. America's history seems so long, with 45 Presidents after the colonial era, and all of that is just a couple hundred years! Generations of Egyptian kings and slaves lived and died for ten times as long

[@zb4837]

US history seems to be long???

[@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

@@zb4837 As a Brit I had to laugh at that haha... here in Cambridge we have pubs that are older than the entire foundation of the USA haha!

[@1helluvaguy738]

@@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE To Americans 100 years is a long time. To Brits 100 miles is a long way.

[@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

@@1helluvaguy738 Haha, very true!

[@ReidGarwin]

"They live when you have shone for them" Love it

[@iv7796]

I would love an episode on the Tablets of Thoth

[@BvirtuallY]

Just. Stunning. Accurately Natural and Shining. I am an old "award-winning" poet, myself. This has become my current ~ or forever ~ favorite poem & reading. Thank You So Very Much, Blessed and Honorable "Share-Learner" . Wishing You Love's Endless Joys! ~ Sara Webb-Quest, Cape Cod Descendant of Maria "Goodie" Hallett & "WYDAH" Pirate, "Black Sam" Bellamy ~ Cape Cod, Massachusetts

[@videowatch399]

@letstalkreligion Amazing job with the Hymn! Both the delivery and the backing music are perfect. Can you please make this available as an MP4? I would love to have a download as I listen to this going to bed, works like a treat. 😊

[@technologic21]

A deeply spiritual connection to the land and the earth. They understood that the star (sun) was the creation and source of all life on the planet. The rays of Aten's light are depicted in reliefs with hands that touch everything.

[@englishfromatoz8970]

It is wonderful to be able to take a deep look at the mind and soul of a pharaoh who lived more than 3000 years ago and see how spiritual he was. However, although I can understand how the sun inspired all this piety in him and his followers, it only makes me wonder more at the greatness of Him who has created all our universe(s) !

[@SheDMontford]

Great translation!

[@jstrife4307]

I grant all who hear this blessings.

[@imnotattracted2u]

So good. I really love how he specifies the baby in the womb. Love u aten

[@andrewcanady6644]

You’re right. Brilliant. ☀️

[@ibrahimyange1528]

There's something about the sun to inspire the origins of monotheism both through Akhenaten and Zarathustra.

[@Jaechhetai]

Zorostrianism is around fire not sun, right?

[@ibrahimyange1528]

@@Jaechhetai It's about light, but yes fire is used as a symbol.

[@raymondpohaski5624]

Like the great Ramakrishna, your vocation is bringing understanding so that all religions are of the One in the One's many manifestations.

[@aminrodriguez4707]

This is a very interesting path of exploratin Mr Holm.

[@azlanameer4912]

Salute to your endeavour to bring forth such rare piece. Yours will be the channel on theology which will have 1 million plus viewers. INSHA ALLAH!!!

[@Starpentine]

This gave me chills

[@gugl4106]

praise the sun!

[@ghostgate82]

*UMBASA!*

[@benhansberry]

If only I could be so grossly incandescent

[@anaguma90]

Seems like Akhenaten found his very own sun.

[@mysticakhenaton1701]

Gugl, Akhenaton was NOT worshipping the physical SUN...that Aton symbol Akhenaton was using. Akhenaton was trying to tell, or show US. that God was a PHOTON/ which is LIGHT.

[@BELPHECROW]

\o/

[@Tarabellydancer]

Beautiful ☀️

[@GarfieldTheater]

TY. Liked and shared.

[@ryf3658]

Mesmerizing 💕💕💕🙏🙏🙏

[@frevazz3364]

Fascinating!

[@deani9011]

Beautiful. Thank you... I have a message I would like to share with everyone. This may sound a little out there, but it's true. If you sing to the Sun of love and thanks, the Sun will answer you with stronger healing rays. It's miraculous, divine. You can use any tune, just add your own words of love and thanks. The more you do, the more you will see, our life giving, LIVING light. Thank you again. With light and love to all🎵🌞💖

[@goldenbearballs]

Thank you, light of love shine one the

[@deani9011]

@@goldenbearballs Thank you✨ Wishing you all the best blessings🙏 With light and love always🎵🌞💖

[@minithankappan1226]

So true. In India we call sun or Surya the "pratyaksha daivam" or the visible divinity. To us, Surya is the inner soul of all beings, animate and inanimate, and the visible orb His glorious symbol. There is a Upanishad or sacred text of esoteric teachings dedicated to the sun called Chakshushopanishad. It literally means the Upanishad of the Eyes. It is called so because of the belief that if one sits in the sun esp the rising sun, recites this Upanishad and let the sun's rays fall directly on the eyes, all ailments relating to the eyes will be cured. Another hymn dedicated to Surya named Suryasatakam written by Mayura Varman extolls the virtues of the sun and His ability to cure diseases. There are lots of hymns dedicated to Surya and scriptures stipulate that one has to sit in the sun, wearing scanty clothes to soak up the sun's rays while reciting them to receive the grace of Surya. Pregnant mothers offer sweet rice to the sun asking for his protection and blessings for good offspring. Many people here still observe fasting and vows on sundays in honour of the sun god. And our new year or Vishu is celebrated on April when the sun transits into the constellation of Aries where he is exalted. There are temples dedicated to the sun and for religious Hindus the day begins with salutations offered to the sun god Surya.

[@liviavaleria1342]

It almost sounds Lovecraftian with the language used. It makes the sun seem like a sentient being. An adored lord of the world. Which was probably how he was seen to Akhenaten.

[@JT5555]

oh,please don't say that: i'm still trying to get over the lovecraftian moon from "local 58".>_

[@alyseleem2692]

Yep.

[@Spacemaaan]

No no its not about the sun at all. Its about light itself. God is light and thats how the ancients acknowledged it. Religion today twisted it all for its own corruption

[@alyseleem2692]

@@Spacemaaan ...... No. As a matter of fact,no,it's not. And I'd like you to go do some research, because of the odd fact that pretty much every believer already knows the connection between God and light. Aten means " Sun Disk". It's an aspect of the god Re-Horakhty. It's as simple as that. And I've posted on enough threads correcting this.

[@Spacemaaan]

@@alyseleem2692 the ancients thought of the sun as the SON of god cause its our main light source and what gives us life. God is just light do more research.

[@daxmarshall4969]

Damn dude, you must tear down so much choch. 👊

[@JohnDonovanProductions]

This is so beautiful; and extraordinary and that the words were written more than 2000 years ago by Akhnaton himself. (at least that’s my understanding)

[@alyseleem2692]

Yep. At least he was a good poet. Not that his Priests cared.

[@arealassassin]

My word- he certainly does go on...

[@roberttarquinio1288]

Superb

[@GarfieldTheater]

Nice, very nice. TY

[@Anonymous-qw]

This is fascinating. But I listened to this while reading Psalm 104 and I don't think they are really alike. It is a great description of the sun. I find Atenism fascinating with its non anthromorphic depiction of the one sun god Aten. Even the Roman Sol Invictus was often depicted as a man with rays coming out of his head driving a chariot. You can see the purpose of this new religion though in the only ones that interact with the sole god Aten are Arkenhaten and his wife Nefertiti. To consolidate all power in the Pharaoh and his wife and remove any power from the priesthood of the former ruling god Amun. Is monotheism necessarily always good and better than polytheism. The monotheism of Judaism was so different that it must have completely different and independent origin.

[@johns123]

You should do more Ancient Egyptian stuff!

[@alyseleem2692]

Agreed 👍

[@ioan_jivan]

Wow. Great performance. This hymn reminds me of the idea that God is the sun and we are his rays.

[@cristianpeck877]

.... this isn't god. It's Aten the sun god. god and Egyptian gods and goddesses are different. they are more powerful than the basic Christian "god"

[@pilartobala9901]

Filip excelente! I like Akenaton! Bendiciones de México 🇲🇽!

[@ImaginaryWear]

Beautiful…

[@jamesmorrison1683]

Very nice. Reminiscent of the Psalms.

[@hereisyoursign6750]

Psalm 104 specifically. This could be a very very very early version of that psalm

[@dannhaleigh9573]

Thank You so much for this! It's incredible to think this is over 3,000 years old, arguably the first ever documented expression of religious devotion. It's almost moving in how it resonates in the mind and in the soul in that you can almost hear Arkenaten himself uttering these words all those many, many sun and moons ago in times that we can barely conceive of. It fittingly ends with "eternally alive", and so it was that Arkhenaten's legacy was preserved and immortalised in stone even if they tried so hard to erase him. Glory to the Aten!

[@Highspergamy]

Akhenaten didn't die... he was made anathema and declared to be dead. His increasing oppressions of his subjects rendered the situation untenable and forced the long-suffering Egyptian's hand to do the unthinkable and defy their cruel lord. This storm loomed at a time of increasing personal strain between Nefertiti and Akhenaten. His lust turned toward his daughter... Who should have been his son's birthright for a great royal wife. He took his very young daughter as wife... I believe Nefertiti rationalized this behavior for a time, but as she grew it became apparent she would be great beauty. Increasingly she became the fixation of her father, the king's desire. I think this began to sit poorly with Nefertiti, and Increasingly became a source of strife between them. She came to perceive that she was wed to a monster, who heart filled with love to overflowing, was but love for himself. Clued into the depth of his secrecy, and the extent of the suffering he had premeditated for the people, she saw her options to be either turning against him and sparing the people who would be deeply grateful for this magnanimous and direly necessary decisive leadership... Which simultaneously would spare her children... salvaging from wreckage her families legacy and preserving their status as sovereign over the two lands. And the second option would be to sink along with him and go down as one big doomed family. She did what she had to and corralled his children away from him, leaving him to flee without family... only his priesthood, most prominent allies, and loyal soldiers. I guess you could say that really chaffed his gooch, and he determined to see her dead for her totally incomprehensible and inexcusable treachery.... It took a few years, but his assassins got to her.

[@randommemesv.1963]

Yo imagine if Akhenaten copyrights this

[@JT5555]

obviously logistics aide,he couldn't because he wrote it and died before copyrights existed and thus this entire thing is public domain on the same grounds of the original alice's adventures in wonderland and original lovecraft stories.

[@alyseleem2692]

Why? He probably made it as a public document. Maybe even mandatory reading!

[@rdwaldsaxe-coburg666]

YOU MAGNIFY THE SANDS TO CAST YOUR FACE UPON THE MOUNTAIN OH S-ATEN -AMEN ARE YOU ,magnifying glass is a convex lens that is used to produce a magnified image of an object. The lens is usually mounted in a frame with a handle. A magnifying glass can be used to focus light, such as to concentrate the sun's radiation to create a hot spot at the focus for fire starting.

[@nickking6371]

Did anyone see this was just uncovered in September?

[@robbrod4134]

This is the source of the ultimate WISDOM. The Source of the real Tawhid! Aten is not the sun that you know it. Its the creator himself shining on us trying to attract us to him so we can be living in the Truth for millions of years. How amazing he came back and repeated this same Hymn for us in the bible. Psalm 28. He is for sure the chosen one that Aten keeps sending us to repent and follow the light that shines on us...

[@JT5555]

just...no. stop this nonsense.

[@alyseleem2692]

Well....... I'm sorry to inform you with this,as a Muslim myself. Akhenaten ordered his followers not to worship the Aten directly, but to worship him and his family,who in turn pray to the Aten,his divine parent,as the representatives of humanity. So no,he does not fit the concept of Tawhid as we understand it. Sorry,brother.

[@robbrod4134]

Not true! He never claimed to be God but the passage to him , he is Jesus himself through him and only him you will reach the ultimate Divine...

[@alyseleem2692]

@@robbrod4134 Read history. Jesus was born two thousand years ago in Palestine. This guy was born long before that in Egypt. The two aren't the same. I find it curious you'd speak of Tawhid in relation to Jesus PBUH,even though it's a Muslim concept. I digress, however. Tawhid means only ONE god. No connections. No manifestations. No different forms. No priests. No saints holding some miraculous spirit( except those Sufis think about it.). Just one god. Individual. Inseparable. Eternal. And absolutely not the Sun. He called himself the son and manifestation of the Aten. I think that counts as a break. He also demanded prayer for himself before the Aten. That also counts. Alright, this has gone for long enough. An explanation is due: The Aten, translated as the Sun Disk,is one of the many forms or depictions of the god Re-Horakhty,the most common depiction of Ra known in modern times,usually depicted as a man with a falcon's head and crowned with a sun disk. His depiction as the literal sun,the Aten,was not common for a long time,that is,until much later,with some pointing the beginning of such focus at the reign of Thutmose The Fourth. For example, Akhenaten's father and former namesake,Amenhotep The Third,was titled"the Magnificent Aten" in his later years,seen as an incarnation of the god. This may have lead to Akhenaten's more....expansive reforms,which included him as the only one capable of communicating with the Aten,espousing his own worship in the name of his divine father as the One True Priest and Son of the One True God. Whilst he did not deny the existence of other gods,he did worse in the eyes of the priesthood. He declared them irrelevant.

[@robbrod4134]

@@alyseleem2692 You educate yourself! Human being been around for millions of years. He was one of the oldest Tawhid send to us to follow the divine...of course as human he dies and for your knowledge, he was sent back as Jesus... Reincarnation is the key word here...go study it. We all live and die then live and die then live and die... This subject is not for shallow minded people! Let's end it here.

[@spanishrose213]

Sounds like a poem 🥰

[@Lazarus_Cardinalis]

One can make the statement that ancient hymns and prayers from Egypt, Greece, Sumer etc. are the ancestors of the modern styles of poems!

[@FalcoSingh]

∆aKhen∆htun (Akhenaten).. ..which means one who proclaims and sees (Aaakh, Akh) The Sun of suns. Ahtun is consonant with Ahtum ie Prime∆ll Crætor who gave rise to dual polar reality : masculine (gaseous void) and feminine (water). Exact same word for Soul, Indik and it's derivates including my name, ∆athMaa Singh which means Lion Soul (i have no first or last name - it is one name, two parts). Ps dual opposites sound a lot like first two lower elements right? 'Air' & 'Water'.

[@Ma-gx1ql]

Please tell me what native language the original is? Is there a recording of it spoken in it somewhere? Such a beautiful song ❤️🌞

[@claremurphy777]

Egyptian

[@Ma-gx1ql]

@@claremurphy777 I found it. 😊

[@Ma-gx1ql]

@@claremurphy777 kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaC6gYuLZpp-ask

[@claremurphy777]

@@Ma-gx1ql wow.. Thankyou so much for the link. What a beautiful sound I clicked onto to start my week. Blessings to u☘️

[@Ma-gx1ql]

@@claremurphy777 ❤️

[@ZaraOver]

Can you do moloch and sacrifice rituals ? Maybe next October :)

[@selfseeker143]

We hindus worship sun god, his name in Sanskrit is "Adhitya" means "The beginner". We daily recite "Aditya hrudayam" (heart of sun hymn), that is in Ramayana, Lord Rama recited it to gain power to kill Ravana in war. Listen Aditya hrudayam too.

[@yvettemarshallTWN]

Pharaoh Akhenaten is so eloquent in his praise and worship of the Aten just as King David wrote the Psalms to honor and worship Jehovah. Two devoted men of God. 💕🙌🏾 Notice they’re both rulers. God don’t do anything small!

[@Lazarus_Cardinalis]

Unfortunately Akhenaten was a despot and a tyrant

[@yvettemarshallTWN]

@@Lazarus_Cardinalis History could look at him that way, leaders do share a certain self-possession, they’re not immune from being zealots.

[@rifahfariha1192]

This is sooo beautiful. It's as if he had some revelation from God himself.

[@jdewit8148]

He did.

[@Akillesursinne]

He had a revalation of his god, in that case. You should not confuse it with your own god.

[@eckelstein2]

@@Akillesursinne you yourself seem confused on the nature of God. I have no doubt that the same living inspiration that touches people in Churches, temples, mosques and synagogues also touched Akhenaten in the same way. And so, you should think ob the universal God, not the delusion of many caused by diverse form.

[@fighttheevilrobots3417]

My father was a receiver of the light.

[@lorenzodumani4096]

Pray for aton

[@alikool6551]

I thought neferneferuaten nefertiti's name was erased from Egyptian history

[@lorinapetranova2607]

Out of all the Pharoah's... Akhenaten is the only one i have respect for. We carry a closer affinity to the Sun and The Universe than anything else except perhaps Brahmen. Many blessings of healthfulness and healing... Light and Love.

[@maahitomatsumoto1708]

Calling sun 'origin of life' its seems impossible but he knew this without science in 14th century bc. My god What a legend.

[@Highspergamy]

Their religions were Sacred Science.

[@arun_69_aten97]

God bless you aten ☀️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@maguslor3290]

Aten is the underlying consciousness that breaths life into all

[@ghostgate82]

Aten is God’s house, not God Himself. The Ancient of Days (YHWH) lives inside the sun. The sun’s fiery outer layer is generated by the cherubim.

[@neodavinci4646]

@@ghostgate82 interesting. you have any sources on that subject?

[@ghostgate82]

@@neodavinci4646 the Holy Spirit. I should try to make some videos explaining it.

[@ej8530]

@@ghostgate82 your source is the Holy Spirit?

[@ProjectEchoshadow]

Shine for them oh disk of day

[@alikhidzam3749]

So basically the original "son of god" from a god who is one . Seems familiar

[@ronjohnson4566]

personally, I have enjoyed your talks. No music. No echo. Your work is well designed and produced. Your sentence structure and presentation are great. It would be sad to see this great channel become more fluff and less substance. It probably is boring sometimes for you to repeat the same foremate. But, I alway enjoy your work. Keep it up.

[@alysencameron361]

This hymn explains a lot of the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, espeically the ritual of opening hte mouth of the dead king by the one who will be King.

[@gandolph999]

What is its connection to the Opening of the Mouth?

[@alyseleem2692]

Forgive me,but as an Egyptian, I'd like to inform you that this hymn in particular, as well as the entire Atenist movement, was considered pure heresy. The ritual you mentioned existed before it.

[@alysencameron361]

@@alyseleem2692 Yep, in the day it was heresy. Historians agree on that. This hymn enlightens one to the religious beliefs, bothhistorically old and new. By the way, your apology points to you living in Canada now, where people apologize for apologizing.

[@alyseleem2692]

@@alysencameron361 Well,I live in Egypt,but I do wish I was in Canada. People find me strange here 😕.

[@alysencameron361]

@@alyseleem2692 It doesn't matter what others think. Be you and be content to be strange. I'm Canadian and people find me straing here. We take our 'strangeness' wherever we go. The world is changing because of strange people.

[@danieljames8643]

Funny how even to this day if someone says they are Gods one and only son they are despised an rejected by a whole society.

[@bigmarc619]

We’re all gods children.. They don’t even wanna hear that lol

[@toohdvaetihom7088]

The ancient Vedic people also worshipped the Sun (Savitr in Sanskrit)

[@federicoclavijo8798]

Convicción de Tutmoises según Freud en Éxodus hace 3300 años.

[@tomchii]

❤️🌞❤️

[@jimmytownes6357]

There is an inference of God's creations. He realises in antiquity that the sun Is a creation, and points out that this particular creation lights the lives of men. He realises that the day is separated from the night. All the benefits of the sun are recollected.

[@alyseleem2692]

Well....... I'm sorry to inform you with this. Akhenaten ordered his followers not to worship the Aten directly, but to worship him and his family,who in turn pray to the Aten,his divine parent,as the representatives of humanity. So no,he does not fit the concept of monotheism as we understand it. Sorry,brother.

[@hereisyoursign6750]

​@@alyseleem2692 Not quite brother, The (Jesus) Christ actually takes this role (if you follow the trinity). Christians technically pray towards jesus who acts as the intermediary for god. The will of god must therefore be carried on through jesus, and it is through him that we can enact gods will on earth. But only though jesus himself. While what Akhenaton did was certainly a dash of real politik, if you accept the parallels to the Abrahamic God/biblical history, one could only describe Akhenaton as manifesting/experiencing/revealing the nature of Christ, especially considering how he calls himself the literal son, but still very subordinate towards Aten. The Trinity doesn't really come full force until the New Testament, but Akhenaton might be the first to understand the idea of the full Abrahamic god and therefore the Christ. What we see in him might have been a misinformed or perhaps revolutionary endeavor to become the son of the divine light. Or rather examine the relationship between this incredible and mysterious being and his creation, therefore the Pharaoh, Akhenaton would in a way make himself a sacrifice to enter communion with this new god, he would essentially replay the story of the Christ, and lose everything he worked for upon his death/murder(?).

[@alyseleem2692]

@@hereisyoursign6750 Well,OK. If so,he follows your vision more closely. We,as Muslims, do not believe in Trinitarian doctrine. We believe God does not take human form or otherwise. We believe he is above manifestation. And to declare anything his manifestation is a gateway towards the more convulted paths of praying to saints and seeking favor in their name instead of God. Jesus,sadly,is no exception. He was born miraculously,but he is not divine. He is a miracle, but no God. Or representative. But I digress. These are my beliefs,not yours. The problem with Akhenaten's faith was that he,in your faith, would be closer to a false prophet,claiming to be the representative of the Aten and/or God. Or is there a place for him in the Trinity as well?

[@hoh5590]

I wonder if there are any Atenists today. Would be hard considering Akhenaten isn’t alive anymore.

[@hoh5590]

@Kim Jong-un what?

[@KhandakerSaabiq-]

yes why not the muslims and the jews are the atenist today and also who believe in one god are the atenist

[@nicodemus369]

@@KhandakerSaabiq- sooooo... are you saying Muslims and Jews worship the “sun”?

[@therapheal_2278]

@@nicodemus369 yes... you do know that bible means sun book.

[@nicodemus369]

@ho h...Why would it be hard? Moses, Jesus and Mohammed aren’t alive either.

[@bryansears6470]

If only the Egyptian religion was still around, it would be my closest source to the infinite God.

[@michaelmallal9101]

Neferneferuaten Nerertiti = Mary?

[@boronguy]

So who is neferkheperura?

[@letsomethingshine]

Akhenaten named some of his sons/daughters nefer… etc (his main royal wife was a "Nefertiti"). Neferkheperura translates as "Complete/Good/Beautiful (Nefer) Creator/Created(Kheper) Ra/God" But Idk (other than that pagans like conflating sons with fathers) why he would be calling the "Aten's son" as "Complete Creator (or created from) Ra, son of Ra" maybe he saw Ra=Aten and Ra="his own son" and/or "Junior has the same name" just like Egyptian pharoes sometimes kept their dad's names and were called "the second," or third, fourth... etc" Perhaps Ra was seen as a Demiurge.

[@THESPATHARIOS]

Neferkheperure is Akhenaten. Thats a name given to him since he was a kid. But his Initial royal name, pre-Atenism, was Amenhotep IV

[@_malcolm]

It's as if he is worshipping God through the sun.

[@nicodemus369]

The sun “is” the god. Many other old religions throughout the world saw things similarly.

[@Shivand1899]

@@nicodemus369 idk i got more out of it. it looked as though he was worshipping an alien spaceship. notice how he say you shine in the sky as a great disc. then he also says you are undetectable the sun is easily seen as soon as you wake up so i figured it couldn't be the sun. idk maybe im crazy but i just thought about it and it seems like hes relly talking about aliens.

[@robertmacdonald5496]

@@Shivand1899 The "Sun Disc" was a common idol of Sun God worship all throughout the Egyptian Kingdoms - you didn't "get more out of it" you just inserted your bizarre aliem theories into what is a typical hymn of religious devotion.

[@bimabaguspambudhi1835]

And i think it is influenced by monotheism. You know that Prophet Joseph was a minister and famous person in Ancient Egypt.

[@Shivand1899]

@@robertmacdonald5496 thats why this guy stated " Its as if he worshipped the sun" The sun cant speak let alone inform humans what it was set to do. this guy knew all of the duties to the god he was praising it's as if he had full on convos with the being. you cant say the sun gives seed in humans so they can birth other humans it had to be an alien he was talking about or our very creator. what ever it was it wasn't the sun. he viewed it as the sun due to it lighting up and shinning in the sky"ABOVE ALL" you people always wanna try and prove somebody wrong so you ca sound smart but your just looking like an idoit saying what everyone else is saying when in fact nobody knows who he was praising nobody but him. speak with facts next i already provided mine. However the opinion i stated can or cannot be true idk but its what i got out of the story stop being quick to judge and bring facts to the table clown.

[@ArtyFartyBart]

Also put to music by Philip Glass in his opera Akhenaten: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4jHeq13ZrioeZI

[@rinaasmr9089]

Is this written by Akhenaten?

[@jassimarsingh6505]

Yes

[@iamtom8978]

This looks similar with psalms , some people in Roma plagiarized it

[@dominicpanaia1255]

Is funny how every single word of this is scientifically accurate, yet people still live in ignorance of the truth

[@JT5555]

please explain.

[@gandolph999]

Yes. Please explain.

[@Starpentine]

But the sun is not a god or sentient being.

[@saltysergeant4284]

Wow, I'm really surprised they didn't delete and erase this from history. This may be one of the oldest proofs that the ancients knew the Earth is flat. Notice the Sun's rays? It's interesting that he says he thinks the Sun is The Lord, shining it's Holy Light for all to live, grow, see, and count the days.

[@JT5555]

now read it agian,but with heavy metal.

[@goldengold8568]

The sin of Pride Escanor.

[@darrellmfume3513]

The God ATON, is a PHOTON. a photon is a God particle of LIGHT. Akhenaton NEVER worshipped the Physical SUN. he was trying to tell us, the Supreme LIGHT we call God, is a PHOTON. again, a photon is a God particle of LIGHT.

[@KingTariqBey]

This is not Sun Worship It Praises the Mist high and gives Honors to the Son Egypt or Ancient Kemet Africa Worshiped One God in different Sympol But all is one

[@laurawalker3403]

The origin of monotheism was brought upon of a man who wanted power. Interesting…

[@tico_carlinhos]

It seems he was a Prophet of Monotheism at the time. They say he is the brother of Moses.

[@alyseleem2692]

Well....... I'm sorry to inform you with this,as a Muslim myself. Akhenaten ordered his followers not to worship the Aten directly, but to worship him and his family,who in turn pray to the Aten,his divine parent,as the representatives of humanity. So no,he does not fit the concept of Tawhid as we understand it. Sorry,brother.

[@hereisyoursign6750]

@@alyseleem2692 Again, Christ is technically the intermediary for god for Christians. Christ essentially does exactly what Akhenaton is attempting to do, represent the people of the land on behalf of god so as to incur his love rather than wrath. Obviously this doesn't work as he expected. Perhaps not Tawhid but from a (open minded) Christian perspective, Akhenaton could be among the most important exminations on the nature of Christ. Not Jesus, but Christ, an aspect of the trinity of god. While Akhenaton biblically is hidden, it was his experience with god and subsequent installation of Joseph and therefore Israel to rule Egypt in his name, that would spark Atenist persecutions after his death, and finally genocidal policies that prompted Moses to lead Israel out of Egypt for safety. Basically Akhenaton encountered the nature of god, and christ and literally went against his entire, ENTIRE society to facilitate worship.

[@alyseleem2692]

@@hereisyoursign6750 Ummmm..... I'm unfamiliar with this narrative you're creating. First of all, who said that he installed Joseph to rule Egypt,let alone met the guy? Most people would say he came during the Middle Kingdom,whilst Moses came with the 18th dynasty in the New Kingdom. Generations after the fact. The only foreign rulers in the period are the Hyksos, and I assure you,they were defeated long before Akhenaten's birth. And they were most certainly not welcome. And why exactly would he be hidden? When a person tells you he is the Son of God, what do you usually think of? A cult leader. A heretic. A liar. If your Jesus is the One True Son Of God,who is this pretender and why should we give him respect instead of condescension for being foolish enough to try and represent the might of God in his ever so slight form?! Is the Aten your God or mine to begin with? No! He is an ancient Sun God,one of the most common archetypes of his age. A representation of Re-Horakhty. A pagan God. An image. An idol. Do you follow such idols? No? Then stop insulting yourself with this nonsense! Akhenaten knew nothing of the True God,and if he did,his blasphemy is tenfold in both my eyes and yours if you are truly faithful. If he knew God,he would know that his work wasn't what God demanded. Not even close. For who said God wanted to look like a sun disk? Did he know of Christ? Was the prophecy there when he was alive? No! First mentioned in the Book of Daniel, during the Babylonian Exile. The Son Of Man,crowned by the Ancient Of Days. A prophecy after the fall of Old Israel.

[@therapheal_2278]

Search SANETER TV There is a great video on this

[@rdwaldsaxe-coburg666]

SOL-SUN

[@kabacheouiza3566]

SUTRA ..SUTHRA ....EXPRESS NEED IN BERBER

[@melissabrown2429]

Aten.

[@rogerdodger8415]

Eenie-meanie, chili-beanie, the spirits are about to speak

[@ThatOneStuff]

The sun makes babies and also causes it to rain, ok.

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

Sure sounds like early Judaism to me

[@maophantulaotkasmil44]

?

[@ardd.c.8113]

opium induced poetry?

[@hereisyoursign6750]

Negative, psychedelic's more likely. Akhenaton had probably one of the closest encounters/experiences with god any "normal" person has had in history. Undeniably this man had an incredible, life changing experience and he plunged Egypt into chaos for it. The last of his followers to escape the genocide from the Old Cultists were what we call now "Israel" who was led by the egyptian aten-priest, moses.

[@dannhaleigh9573]

It's fascinating to ponder where his conversion actually started. He seemed to be like any other pharaoh in waiting when he was co-regent with his father. Did it start when he was very young? Did he walk his road to Damascus later?

[@rdwaldsaxe-coburg666]

Smelting stone with S-ATEN magnifying glass building of the pyramid AMEN

[@knight2163]

Praises be to God for the early revelation of his physical representation here on Earth

[@ZeroGravityFuneral]

Aten is still a manifestation of Ra so yes praise be to Ra-Horus-Aten

[@johnmutuku6878]

Neferkheeperura

[@shanip...5917]

Sun is god ?????

[@LetsTalkReligion]

According to ancient Egyptians, yes

[@shanip...5917]

How thay worship sun god...?? Any link...??

[@therapheal_2278]

@@shanip...5917 the sun gives light to world. Use your 3rd eye

[@ej8530]

@@therapheal_2278 waffle. However a very interesting hymm

[@letsomethingshine]

"All goodness is God" ~ Ancient Egyptians. But the hymn also says that God/Ra/Aten created the Sun... so... "mysterious"