• Amen Ra Hetep: a greeting meaning, “May Amen Ra be pleased.” The response is “Ankh Udja Seneb” which translates as, “May you have life, prosperity and health.”
  • Ashé (or Asé): a Yoruba expression referring to a spiritual energy that is believed to pervade all things. Ashé is often repeated in a way comparable to “Amen” in the sense of “so shall it be.”
  • Kemet: one of the ancient names of the civilization commonly referred to as “Egypt.”
  • Khetem: to seal up or close. Often uttered at the end of sacred readings and rituals. You may also hear the more familiar “Amen.”
  • Ma’at: that which encompasses all that is true, right, just, balanced, straight, in right order, etc., as well as individual examples of it. Ma’at is also the name of a “goddess” personifying these virtues.
  • Medu Netcher: a classical language used by the people of Kemet that includes pictorial and phonetic elements. Commonly referred to as “Egyptianhieroglyphics.” The expression roughly translates into common English as “Words of the God.”
  • Neferuyuben ek: a Medu Netcher phrase meaning “How beautiful is your arising (shining or appearance).”
  • Netcher (pl. netcheru): the principles and powers upon which our notions of “god” and “godliness” are fundamentally based.
  • Remetch (or Remet): an indigenous name by which the people of Kemet collectively referred to themselves.
  • Sep Tepy: In the theology of Kemet, this refers to the “First Occasion” or initial moment when time, the sacred powers, humans, other animals, plants, and so on came into being.