Maʽat : is ancient Egyptian concepts of truth, balance, order, harmony, Justice

Just know the word ma'at is verywhere, it means Elohim, and gods. "You Have More Brains Than You Think." So listen to the following... The quest for spiritual enrichment among Black people in the physical and cultunal Diaspona, has led to the adoption of the Holy Books of other peoples; the Tonah, the Bible and the Quran. lronically, the sacned literature of ancient Egypt which pnedates those texts by thousands of yeans, is the source of much of the wisdom in those Holy Books, as Dr, Karenga points out. The fact that Black people could find spir-itual comfont in those alien scriptunes speaks both to the African contributions to those religions and the intensity of the Afnican spiritual qutes. With all due regard to the Black tnadition within the so-called great religions, it is now time to "return to the sounce".The artwonk done by Kweli is superb. The illustrations a clear and authentic  very appropriately selected, in accondance with the theme of the wonk. Thus, all of these elements: the appropriate selections: the creative arrangement; the poetic and contextual retranslations; the insightful commentaries; and the superb netwonk result in a book that will be immensely useful to millions of Black people seeking spiritual enrichment and cultural renewal. That is especially tnue of those who have recently founded temples based upon ancient Egyptian spinituality. The work will also be useful to Black scholars in their effonts to chart new directions in our intellectual development. To the ancient Black people of the Nile Valley, Maat was the highest ethical commitment. The social formula for Maat is reciprocity: the creaton "Di.fAnkh" (He gives life). Human beings in turn must give that' which sustains life - both mental and physical, ln that regard, The Husia is an outstanding model of Maat. Jacob H. Canruthers The Kemetic lnstitute, Chicago.