Diurnal rituals : the rehearsal of life : These rituals only happened in the temples. These ceremonies were initiated by the "hour-priests" on their watchtowers, recording the nocturnal sky and projecting their archetypal ideas on the stars and the planets. Hours before the sun rose above the local horizon the whole temple comes awoke to prepare for the most important of diurnal sacred service : the morning ritual followed by midday and evening rituals
Nocturnal rituals : Most egyptologists stress the Solar and funerary intentions of those texts depicting the stages of the netherworld as they were found in tombs. Nevertheless, their this life ritual importance was noted by Hornung
Festivals and processions : The festivals were ceremonies returning very year and intended to keep the order of creation active on Earth. They were royal rituals in which Pharaoh invoked the deities and re-established his divine rule, affirming his authority and drawing to him all the resources of the Two Lands. These Egyptian festivals had extreme dramatic intensity and could be called gigantic ritualistic performances, where in gods, goddesses, Pharoah, the priests, musicians and dancers. re-enacted the myths, with massive offerings. In some rituals, the common people could also join, and after all the food had been put in front of the deities, it was redistributed.