keepers of knowledge
The courts often consider the existence of keepers of knowledge in determining if a religion is legally valid.
legal standards
“5. d. Keepers of Knowledge: Most religions have clergy, ministers, priests, reverends, monks, shamans, teachers, or sages. By virtue of their enlightenment, experience, education, or training, these people are keepers and purveyors of religious knowledge.” —United States of America v David Meyers
“an organization of ordained ministers,” —IRS definition of a church
“ordained ministers selected after completing prescribed studies,” —IRS definition of a church
“school for the preparation of its ministers.” —IRS definition of a church
Kemetic or ancient Egyptian religion
Hem (male) and hemet (female) were the primary Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) words for priest and priestess. The generic version was hem Ntr or hemet Ntr (priest or priestess of the Divine). The Ntr could be replaced with a specific deity name, such as Hem Ra or Hemet Bast.
The web priest (or priestess) was responsible for the purity of the ritual and the cleanliness of sacred rooms, tools, paraphenalia, and priesthood.
The kher heb was the priest or priestess who recited the liturgy and magick spells.
The sesh per ankh were the learned priesthood (including mathematicians, doctors, and scientists).Sesh Per Ankh is ancient Egyptian for “scribe of the House of Life”. This can be translated into English as magician, shaman, witch doctor, witch, priest, doctor, or professor.
The English words Witch and Witch Doctor are translations for Sesh Per Ankh.
The English word “Witch” meant a woman in the Roman Catholic Church-imposed “Dark Ages”. A male Witch was called a He-Witch. The word “warlock” is from the Polish for “oath breaker” and was used in Polish Witch Trials run by the Roman Catholic Church in which large numbers of innocent men and women were tortured and murdered by the Roman Catholic Church as part of official Roman Catholic Church dogma, on orders from numerous Roman Catholic Church Popes. In modern times the word “Witch” refers to both men and women.
The word medicine comes from the prehistoric era of wise women who measure out plants in order to heal. More than two thirds of modern medications (total usage, not sheer numbers of drugs) are derived from Kemetic Witch (ancient Egyptian) herbal preparations!
The sesh ked were the artists of the priesthood (and, yes, the artists were an essential part of the priesthood).
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