Baaba Heru Ankh Ra Semahj Se Ptah (Sacred Guide and Elder)

Baaba Heru is the Founder and Chief Priest of the Shrine of Ptah, also known as Smai Tawi. He is the elder statesman of the African Kemetic community in the United States, having led seekers to “The Legacy” for over Baaba Heru is a retired 20-year veteran of the New York City Police Department. When he decided to embrace the spiritual practice of Kemet, he began to carry the preeminent symbol of The Legacy, the Ankh. The Police Department attempted to punish him by giving him the most undesirable shifts. During these shifts he honed the craft of Jewelry or “Sa” (protective items in the Ancient Kemetic language) making. As Master Craftsman and proprietor of the Studio of Ptah.