The Sacred Library
Read First. Then Ask Your Questions.
Every degree of the Craft rests on reading. These are the works the Order expects a seeker of Kemet (ancient Egypt) to know.
Required Reading
The Reading List
- Cover — Black Man of the Nile and His Family
Black Man of the Nile and His Family
Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan · 1970
Buy link - Cover — Africa: Mother of Western Civilization
Africa: Mother of Western Civilization
Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan · 1971
Buy link - Cover — African Origins of the Major "Western Religions"
African Origins of the Major "Western Religions"
Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan · 1970
Buy link - Cover — Abu Simbel to Ghizeh
Abu Simbel to Ghizeh
Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan · 1989
Buy link - Cover — Stolen Legacy
Stolen Legacy
George G. M. James · 1954
Buy link - Cover — The African Origin of Civilization
The African Origin of Civilization
Cheikh Anta Diop · 1974
Buy link - Cover — The Destruction of Black Civilization
The Destruction of Black Civilization
Chancellor Williams · 1971
Buy link - Cover — African People in World History
African People in World History
John Henrik Clarke · 1993
Buy link - Cover — The Book of Coming Forth by Day (Papyrus of Ani)
The Book of Coming Forth by Day (Papyrus of Ani)
Translated by E. A. Wallis Budge · 1895
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Order Publications
Published by the Craft
The Craft of Amen Ra: First Degree Study Guide
Buddha University Press · $19.99
Coming soon
The first-degree curriculum in one volume: the 42 Declarations of Ma'at, the Ten Virtues, the history of the Nile Valley Mystery System, and the discipline of silence. No ritual content is included.
Buy linkThe Scrolls
Writings of the Order
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Before There Was a Lodge, There Was a Temple
The graded approach — outer court, hall of columns, sanctuary — was architecture before it was allegory. Kemet (ancient Egypt) built the pattern that later Crafts inherited as symbol.
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Ma'at Is the Square: 42 Laws Older Than the Ten
Forty-two declarations set the standard by which a heart was weighed. They are older than any code of ten, and they are still the working square of the Craft.
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Imhotep, the First Grand Architect
He raised the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, and he was physician, scribe, and priest at once. The Craft's Grand Architect has a name and a biography.
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The Widow's Son of Waset: Heru and the Craft
Heru (Horus), son of the widow Auset (Isis), is the archetype of the initiate: born into loss and charged with restoring what was broken.
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Why We Say Amen
The word sealed on prayers across three continents and several religions. The Order teaches that it carries the name of the Hidden One of Kemet.
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From Karnak to Prince Hall: The Journey of the Light
Greek students in the temples, Roman inheritance, the builders' guilds, London in 1717, and African Lodge No. 459 in 1784. One line, many hands.
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