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Founding Initiate enrollment is open — the Outer Court is now receiving petitions.

The Craft of Amen Ra

The Degrees

Three Grades. Three Courts. One Light.

The three degrees of the Craft of Amen Ra mirror the three grades of the ancient Mystery System of Kemet (ancient Egypt) and the three courts of the temple. You move inward as you are prepared to.

The Temple Path

Outer Court → Hypostyle Hall → Sanctuary

  1. Court 1

    Outer Court

  2. Court 2

    Hypostyle Hall

  3. Court 3

    Sanctuary

1°

Mortal

The Entered Seeker

Outer Court

Studies

  • The 42 Declarations of Ma'at
  • The Ten Virtues of the Mystery System
  • The history of the Nile Valley Mystery System
  • The meaning of Amen (the Hidden) and Ra (the Manifest)
  • The Ankh, the Djed, and the Was
  • The discipline of silence

Requirements

  • Petition to the Order
  • Interview with a Warden
  • Founding Initiate enrollment
  • Completion of 1° studies
  • The Oath of Ma'at
2°

Intelligence

Fellow of the Craft

Hypostyle Hall

Studies

  • The Seven Liberal Arts
  • The sacred geometry of the pyramid
  • Tehuti (Thoth) and the Word
  • Seshat and the stretching of the cord
  • The working tools of the Craft
  • A work of service in the community

Requirements

  • By invitation after the first degree
3°

Son / Daughter of Light

Master of the Hidden Sun

Sanctuary

Studies

  • The Ausarian rite of death and rising
  • The Widow's Son
  • The Eye restored
  • The capstone
  • Custody and transmission of the teaching
  • Eligibility to found a Temple

Requirements

  • By invitation

The rites are conferred in person and are not published.

How Advancement Works

Four Steps, In Order

  1. 01

    Study

    Complete the curriculum of your present degree in full.

  2. 02

    Service

    Give a work of benefit to your community or your Temple.

  3. 03

    Examination

    Sit with a Warden and account for what you have learned.

  4. 04

    Invitation

    Advancement is extended by the Order. It is never purchased and never requested as a right.

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What is public

The curriculum, the reading list, the history, and the standard of conduct.

What is private

The manner of conferral. No signs, grips, passwords, or oaths appear on this site or in any publication of the Order.

What cannot be bought

Every degree beyond the first. There is no price on the Light.

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