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Books which may interest, especially for beginners (The first three are highly recommended)
Magic in Ancient Egypt: Revised Edition
Eternal Egypt: Ancient Rituals for the Modern World
Temple of the Cosmos: The Ancient Egyptian Experience of the Sacred
Following the Sun: A Practical Guide to Egyptian Religion, Revised Edition
Circle Of The Sun: Rites And Celebrations For Egyptian Pagans And Kemetics
The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Book of Going Forth by Day: The Complete Papyrus of Ani Featuring Integrated Text and Full-Color Images (This book isn't much of a "for beginners"-- it's just a translated funeral text. Still a great read for Kemeticists, though.)
The Ancient Egyptian Prayerbook (Just a contemporary prayerbook which may interest)
With all due respect to those who've suggested so, E.A. Wallis Budge is a terrible place to start regarding the Egyptian religion. His work (being more than a century old) is outdated, his theories are biased, and his translations are seldom (if ever) used in academic Egyptology today.
The only reason so many people still turn to Budge's work is that it belongs to the public domain, and can therefore be printed royalty-free.
Better works to consult are:
- Religion in Ancient Egypt by Various Authors
- Ancient Egyptian Religion by Stephen Quirke
- Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt by Erik Hornung
- The Search for God in Ancient Egypt by Jan Assmann
- Ancient Egyptian Magic by Geraldine Pinch
If you're looking for translations of texts, try:
- Various Translations by RO Faulkner
If you're interested in the language, try:
- The VYGUS Dictionary
- The Demotic Dictionary
- The Middle Egyptian Dictionary
Much of this material isn't available for free, but that's because modern Egyptology is a career, and those who continue to enlighten us regarding the beliefs of the Ancient Egyptians shouldn't be expected to do so while living in squalor.