The Tuat Vol. 1

The Tuat Vol. 1 - The Children of the Light and the Magic Temple

by Kazembe Bediako

BOOK REVIEW

by

Dr. Kheftusa Akhiba Ankh

WHEN THE EARS OF WISDOM ARE OPENED SO FALLS THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE MASTER African Proverbs say ‘No man tells all he knows!’

I dedicate my comments to the Shepsu who have helped preserve the glory and majesty of African Culture and African Spirituality so that we their reincarnated forebears could pick up the gems stones of their ancient wisdom. I can remember many years ago travelling on the D train to Harlem on a trip to Liberation bookstore where I bought Chancellor Williams’ The Destruction of Black Civilisation, a book that nurtured my love for African History and the nobility of my ancestors. Equally years later through the majestic wisdom of Dr John Hendrik Clarke I was turned onto a powerful and ground breaking book The Wonderful Ethiopians written and published by Drusilla Dunjee Houston. It was these and so many other books and lectures by African-centred scholars that educated me in regard to the Knowledge of Self and later an appreciation of Self Knowledge.

I mentioned this because as a scholar and child of Africa I have been granted access to a whole new world of possibilities by scholars such as Jake Carruthers, Amos Wilson, Dr. Ben Jochannon and numerous other thinkers. On reflection Chancellor Williams and Drusilla DunJee Houston and previous generations opened the way for the reawakening of the dead, those who Elijah Muhammad defined as being death dumb and blind and lost in the cultural wilderness of the western world. Indeed we owe a great debt of gratitude to our forebears from Khamit through to the streets of Harlem and beyond for opening the doorway for the awakening of the slumbering black masses. According to the author The Children of the Light and the Magic Temple is a novel or so it would appear however, the book clearly draws inspiration from the monumental work of Ra Un Nefer Amen who has tirelessly taught African spirituality for many years[1]. In actuality, without going into a detailed discussion of the mighty body of work penned by Dr Amen one is reminded of the fictional novel Heru the Resurrection which is a pivotal book that highlights the strategic importance of using the novel format to teach the ancient wisdom of Africa to the current generation of Africans.