Reintroducing an ancient faith which was nearly completely lost is somewhat like conducting an archaeological expedition -- through many layers, twists and turns, the patient explorer will uncover vast amounts of information and treasures beyond belief. Through this patient exploration, the Kemetic Orthodox faith is proud to present the spiritual richness of Kemet to the world once again.

The founder of Kemetic Orthodox practice and the current Nisut of the Kemetic Orthodox, Her Holiness Tamara Siuda (AUS), has a master's degree (2000) in Egyptology from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago. Our Nisut (AUS) has researched Kemet on her own for the past decade and a half, privately and publicly as an assistant registrar in the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute Museum, an assistant archivist in the Oriental Institute Research Archives, an Egyptology docent at the Field Museum of Natural History, a member of public and private archaeology and Egyptology societies, and a published author and lecturer in the field.

As clergy and as devotees, members of Kemetic Orthodoxy and the House of Netjer temple have been active in interfaith work on a local, national and international level. The Nisut (AUS) and Kai-Imakhu Craig Schaefer were representatives for Kemetic religion at the Council for a Parliament of World Religions (CPWR), held in Chicago in 1993, and the Nisut (AUS) and Kai-Imakhu Ryan Jones were delegates for Kemetic Orthodoxy at the CPWR held in Cape Town, South Africa, in December 1999, where the Nisut (AUS) also lectured about Kemetic Orthodox religion.

Our Nisut (AUS) works from actual source texts, retranslations and divine guidance in formulating the derivative canon and liturgies of Kemetic Orthodoxy. Focus texts include liturgies and hymns extant from the pharaonic period, as well as later works synthesized from earlier pieces. This includes texts such as the "Pyramid Texts," the "Coffin Texts," and the "Pert em Hru" or "Coming Forth by Day" (this last set of writings is known to modern scholars as the "Book of the Dead" as it is found in tombs). Mythological papyri, the Wisdom Literature of Old and Middle Kingdoms, and texts preserved from temple and tomb walls are also consulted, and elders of other African Traditional and African Diasporic religions, some of which enjoy an unbroken line of practice from antiquity, are inquired from when extant material is not entirely clear. Liturgy is presented in the main temple in English and in Kemetic, as not all temple members are necessarily conversant in the Kemetic language.

See also:
Why Egypt? Why Now?