Precepts for Living the Atenist Religion

1. God is One and Akhnaten is the teacher of mankind in which he has appointed as lord of the earth.

2. The things which Aten does cannot be fully comprehended by humankind.

3. Do not bring terror among fellow humans; God is opposed to such things.

4. The daily bread is provided by Aten.

5. When you labour in the field God provides you with sustenance.

6. If you wish to be a perfect individual make your children pleasing to Aten.

7. God loves those who are obedient; disobedience is detested by God.

8. Truly a good child is the gift of Aten.

9. God magnifies his name throughout the earth each day.

10. The house of God abominates false speech. Pray with a loving heart, the words of which are hidden. He will do what is needful for you, he will hear your petitions and will accept your oblations if you approach him in purity.

11. It is your God who gives you existence.

12. Aten is the judge of the truth.

13. When you make an offering to Aten beware of offering what he abominates.

14. Observe with your eye his plans. Devote thyself to singing praises to his name. He gives souls to hundreds of thousands of forms. Aten magnifies those who magnify him.

15. Leave the angry man in the hands of God; Aten knows how to requite him.

16. Do not carry away the servant of God for the benefit of another.

17. Always take heed to the Lord of the Universe.

18. Though a man steers the boat, it is the Lord who is the pilot.

19. Truth is the great bearer of Aten's throne.

20. Seat yourself in the hands of God.

21. A man prepares the straw for his building, but God is his architect. It is he who throws down, it is he who builds up daily. It is he who makes a man to arrive in the Other World where he is safe in the hands of God.

22. The love of God, praised and adored be he, is more than the respect of the chief.