Lineage
The Light Has Names.
1918 – 2015
Teacher · historian · author
The Teacher
Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan
Egyptologist and historian. He taught at Cornell University's Africana Studies and Research Center and authored 49 books, among them Black Man of the Nile and His Family, Africa: Mother of Western Civilization, African Origins of the Major “Western Religions”, and Abu Simbel to Ghizeh.
He led decades of study tours to Kemet (ancient Egypt), teaching his students inside the temples themselves. He taught that Africa is Alkebu-lan and that the Mystery System of the Nile Valley is the source of the Craft.
He carried the Craft of Amen Ra to America.
Black Man of the Nile and His Family
Africa: Mother of Western Civilization
African Origins of the Major "Western Religions"
Abu Simbel to Ghizeh
In Memoriam · July 14, 1954 – January 25, 2026
Grand Master Dr. Jabade Powell
Initiate and Grand Master of the Craft in Dr. Ben's line, and teacher of the Widow Sons of Ra. He lectured alongside Ajarn Shaman Shu in Detroit.
“Orient yourself within yourself. Orient yourself in the world.”
The Grand Master
Ajarn Shaman Shu Oluwo Osayinbola
Initiate of the Craft of Amen Ra in the line of Dr. Ben. Vajra Master. Ajarn of the Chok Lap Thai Forest tradition. Oluwo of Ifá.
Founder of Buddha Digital Temple, Buddha University, Orisha University, and Shiva University.
I received the Craft as it was carried from the Nile Valley through Dr. Ben and his initiates. I built this Temple so that the Light would have a door again — one that opens for anyone willing to live by Ma'at, study with discipline, and build. What was hidden was never lost. It is here.
Scholars of the Nile Valley
The Record Was Kept by Many Hands
John Henrik Clarke
Historian who insisted that a people's history is the foundation of its self-respect.
George G. M. James
Stolen Legacy (1954) — documented the Egyptian Mystery System behind Greek philosophy.
Cheikh Anta Diop
The African Origin of Civilization (1974) — placed Kemet within African civilization.
Chancellor Williams
The Destruction of Black Civilization (1971) — traced the long arc of loss and survival.
Ivan Van Sertima
Scholar of African presence and transmission across the ancient world.
The Order honors Dr. Ben's legacy as an independent body.