Notes from Sunday, February 11, 6247 (2007)

Guest lecturer - Dr. Theopile Obenga

Qualifiers

1. I attended class late, so be sure to add your notes
2. Please note that THESE NOTES ARE UNOFFICIAL, and just represent my effort to share some of the ideas from the class
   

Notes (Baba Jahi & Mama Jumoke)

• Kemet was the first place to identify humans as divine
• Plato was the only Greek to say mortal soul is divine, and he was not supported
• Kemites didn't impose their religion on the Greeks, don't impose values, spiritual system on others
• Over 45 centuries the Kemites did not build a jail; they did have problems, but they knew how to solve them
• Creation is a perpetual event taking place in Kemet daily; thus the per-aa (pharoah) must attempt to achieve the rule of Maat on earth
• A title for the per-aa HM-NTR, is "God'S servant", that is a priest
  
• Temple was conceived as the university on a small scale - the temple cosmos
• Nile had a divine spirit, called Hapy, Kemites approached it with respect - everything was perceived as being divine
• For them a festival was to honor neters, and to celebrate life - love, peace and joy

At the conclusion of Dr. Obenga's lecture, several people asked questions. Their questions are shared below:

Questions
(1) Since we don't live in nature, how can we emulate Kemet?

• Must deal with science and technology but not give up one's soul
• Chinese don't give up everything, they keep their ceremonies; our effort to do so is called the African Renaissance
• In Europe most things are lost, even Celtic culture, their own ancestry is gone
• They deify money - to make money as God; even fatherhood is based largely on having money

(2) Ideas and thoughts are open, so is the assumption that people will arrive at the same ideas

• Because we are the same, we both originate from the universe, and we don't have to compete
• People are constantly in competition, and even so there are many forms of Christianity; baptist fight methodist, etc.; even in relationship they compete
• Buddhism for example, is basically the same, whether Chinese or Japanese buddhism
• In Kemet there is no blood, because there is no competition, the unity is given, you just try to bring the best you can

(3) Wo'se is having discussion about growing - building, theology, etc; any thoughts on building a per ankh, in reestablishing and growing a temple

• We want to do our own paradigm. We have lived too long in the Western, we have made progress at Wo'se. We are together, we must do festivals, we must continue our legacy. Missing our legacy it is the worst we could do.
  
• If you were establishing a Per Anhk ("House of Life") what would it look like, e.g. an inner sanctuary?
  
• In Kmt the PER ANKH needs to follow the orientation - East is the school; business is south; cornerer carries on activities; people were not allowed in the center. They could come and take classes, such as astronomy, astrology, etc, but when scholars met around the table they had to be from Kmt
  
• Priest's place was to think and to be Need spaceof silence. SWe don';t deal too much for the silenece but we need this too.
  
• We need sleep. In Kmt they make you sleep. 17 hours of sleep brings you vision (?). Currently we don't know things . We need a secret society.

Home work assignment:

• The importance of names. What is the appropriateness of names? Please talk about the conceptions . How much is left to the framework? How important are names of the Creator and how does it fit into one's own search?
• The names are mere images, more importantly - what is the function?
• Spiritual geography exisited in KMT In Eunu City There was a pillar Memphis meant The place were beauty was set, WOSE WASET meant- the place of power
• Neopolis Memphis- old capital the archieves were kept but you were crowned in Waset
• The name is part of your being we know that very well throughout Africa