By
“Hemit Dja Un Nefert”
(Karen Clarke-Ashby)
Editor and Contributing Author
Special thanks to Carmen Ashby (mother of Dr. Muata Ashby)
for her editorial assistance.
AN INVITATION TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE-STYLEIntroduction:
Greetings.PeaceandBlessings!ItisourprivilegeattheSemaInstituteofYogatobringforththe
knowledgeandwisdomofhumanity’sancientAfricanancestors,theKemetic(AncientEgyptian)
Culture.Kemet,KMT,orKamitistheancientnameforthelandinNortheastAfricanowcalled
Egypt.TheinhabitantsofKemetwereAfricanpeoples,nottobeconfusedwiththecurrentArabin-
habitantswhowerethelastgrouptoconquerEgypt,themajorityofwhomfollowtheIslamicfaith.
ThetermsAncientEgypt(ian)orKemet(ic)willbeusedinterchangeablythroughoutthisworkto
refertothisculture.Theintroductionsectionofthisbook,“WhoweretheAncientEgyptians?”gives
furtherhistoricalinsightintothetimelineandpeopleofthisculture,which,accordingtotheirown
historicalrecords,reachesasfarbackas25,000to35,000B.C.E.,andhasbeendocumentedbymod-
ernscientifictechniquestohaveexistedforatleast12,000years.Whatdoessuchanancientculture
havetoofferusintermsoflifeinthemodernage?Well,thinkaboutit.Wehaveaculturethathas
builtmonuments,whichtothisday,withallofourmodernso-calledtechnologicaladvancements,
stilldefyanexplanationastohowtheyweremade,andfurthermore,duplicationoftheprocess.To
giveacontext,considerthattheUnitedStatesofAmericaisapproximately 200 yearsold.Itisobvi-
ousthatKemeticknewanddidsomethingasaculture,thatmankindhasnotsincebeenabletoreplic-
ate.Theirwisdomisembeddedonthewallsofthepyramids,tombsandscrolls,anditisfromthese
sources that the wisdom on Kemetic health, for body, mind and spirit, has been taken.
Itmustbeunderstoodhowever,thatthoughnomodernsocietyhassinceduplicatedthephenomena
thatexistedinAncientEgyptataculturallevel,therehavealwaysbeenindividualswithinsocieties
whohavegraspedandrealizedthetruthofthisancientwisdom.Theseindividualsarecalledsages,
saintsorEnlightenedbeings.Whiletheseindividualsmayormaynothavespecificallystudiedthe
scripturesofAncientEgypt,theyhavestudiedtheessentialreligiousandspiritualteachingsthathad
distilledintothevarioussocietiesoftheancientworld,andfurtherdevelopedwithinthosesocietiesto
suittheneedsoftheparticularculture. 27 Theseindividuals,inturn,becomethesparksthatlightthe
fireintheheartsofthosewhothemselvesseektodiscoverahighertruthoflife,beyondthemundane
andalternatingcyclesofjoyandsorrow,painandpleasure,gainandloss,comfortanddiscomfort,
dis-easeandhealth,whichhavepervadedhumanexistencesincethebeginningoftime.Dr.Muata
Ashby,or“Seba 28 Maa”asheiscalledbyhisstudents,theprimaryauthorofthisbook,issuchan
individual.Hehasworkedextensivelytobringforththeknowledgeandwisdomofthesagesof