Tamara Siuda

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Tamara L. Siuda, known formally within her faith as Her Holiness, Sekhenet-Ma'at-Ra setep-en-Ra Hekatawy I, Nisut-Bity of the Kemetic Orthodox faith, is the spiritual leader of the House of Netjer, a Kemetic orthodox organization she founded in 1996. In her capacity as Nisut-bity, a title that in ancient Egypt was assigned only to the Pharaoh, she is considered by her followers to be the reincarnation of Horus, whose task is to revive the ancient Egyptian religion.^{[citation needed]}

1 Studies and vocation
2 References
3 Bibliography
4 External links

[edit] Studies and vocation

Tamara Siuda's involvement with the Egyptian religion began in 1988, after her graduation from Mundelein College. She subsequently enrolled in the Egyptology program at the University of Chicago, obtaining a master's degree in August of 2000.^{[citation needed]}

Some of the impetus for Siuda's involvement in Kemetic reconstructionism occurred in her youth. Raised in a Methodist family in the western United States, Tamara Siuda found great inspiration in the Bible, and in particular in the stories of Samuel, who consecrated his life to the love and contemplation of God. She found particular meaning in Samuel's utterance, "Here I am, Lord, send me!" In 1988, Siuda had an ecstatic vision, in which she was chosen to bring the ancient Egyptian religion back to life in order to newly reveal to the world the eternal and mysterious law of Ma'at.^{[citation needed]} She had this vision at a time when she was about to be ordained as a Wiccan priestess. As a result of this mystical experience, she abandoned Wicca in order to dedicate herself to the creation of a Kemetic religious organization. Her ritual of ordination as Nisut-bity took place in 1996 in Egypt, between the ruins of the sacred places of the ancient Egyptians and by means of the traditional ritual. In the same year, she laid the groundwork for the organization of the House of Netjer.^[1]

Siuda represents the House of Netjer in the World Interfaith Congress.[1]

[edit] References

^ Dawson, Lorne L. (2004). Religion Online. Routledge, pp. 209-10. ISBN 0-415-97022-9.

[edit] Bibliography

Siuda, Tamara L. The Neteru of Kemet: An Introduction. Eschaton Productions, 1994. ISBN 1-57353-105-7
Siuda, Tamara L. The Ancient Egyptian Prayerbook. 2005. ISBN 1-894981-04-9