Per Medjat · The House of Books
The Sacred Library
Every temple of Kemet kept a Per Medjat beside the Per Ankh — a house of books beside the house of life. Read the sources. Do not take the Order's word, or any teacher's word, for what stands written.
The Reading List
What the Order Assigns
- 01
Black Man of the Nile and His Family
Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan
The starting point. The Nile Valley read as African history rather than as a prelude to Europe.
- 02
Africa: Mother of Western Civilization
Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan
The transmission argument in full: what Greece received, and from whom.
- 03
Abu Simbel to Ghizeh: A Guide Book and Manual
Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan
Written for students walking the sites. The source of the Faculties of the Priest as we teach them.
- 04
African Origins of the Major Western Religions
Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan
Read slowly, and check the citations. Dr. Ben expected that of his students.
- 05
Stolen Legacy
George G. M. James
The Ten Virtues of the Mystery System and the case for the Egyptian origin of Greek philosophy.
- 06
The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality
Cheikh Anta Diop
The methodological backbone — linguistic, cultural, and physical evidence taken together.
- 07
Civilization or Barbarism
Cheikh Anta Diop
Diop's mature synthesis. Difficult, and worth the difficulty.
- 08
African Philosophy: The Pharaonic Period
Théophile Obenga
Philosophy read from the Kemetic texts themselves rather than through translation of translation.
- 09
Maat, the Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt
Maulana Karenga
The most rigorous modern treatment of Ma'at as an ethical system.
- 10
The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead
R. O. Faulkner (trans.)
For Spell 125 and the Hall of Two Truths in a standard translation.
- 11
Ancient Egyptian Literature (three volumes)
Miriam Lichtheim
Primary texts in translation — the instructions, hymns, and autobiographies.
- 12
Introduction to African Civilizations
John G. Jackson
A clear survey for readers beginning the study.
- 13
Egypt Revisited
Ivan Van Sertima (ed.)
Essay collection; useful for seeing where scholars in the tradition disagree with each other.
- 14
Prince Hall: Life and Legacy
Charles H. Wesley
How the Craft came into African hands in the Americas.
Editions and purchase links to be supplied: [LIBRARY_EDITION_LINKS].
From the Scribe's Desk
Essays of the Order
The Outer Court