Hetepu (Peace) Fam. I know we have talked about this in a previous post but someone asked me this question that demanded another post, so here we go? What really is the Kamitic Way? Does it mean you are supposed to do things (mimic) the way the Kamitic (ancient Egyptians) use to do things? Does …
It is my belief that because we have been so accustomed to believing that we were left in North America with no culture and no roots. Many of us when we go out looking to fulfill our spiritual quest, we replace the cultural religious perspective of our enslavers with some other foreign cultural perspective. We …
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Kamitic/Kemetic shamanism is not a reconstruction or resurrection of the old Kamitic/Kemetic kingdom and the cultural practices of ancient Egypt. It is not dedicated to reviving the old Kamitic/Kemetic religion or religious ways, nor is it a New Age appropriation with pagan and European deities. Kamitic/Kemetic shamanism simply put is an ancestral practice based upon the Afro-American cultural experience that focuses upon attaining and maintaining balance according to the Kamitic/Kemetic philosophy. It is the spiritual practice that helped me to greatly improve my life because our ancestors preserved this knowledge that they acquired as part of our legacy.
This was posted originally on the Land of Kam website at 2-12-2010 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krJW2qMVv4M] This video feed is a New Orleans Jazz Funeral for tuba player Kerwin James. This is custom of dancing with the dead is believed to be influenced from the Kongo people of Central Africa. Note the rocking movement of the casket and …
