Michael Cloke
Author, Independent Researcher, Scholar, Teacher, and Founder of The Mystery School of Tehuti
Michael Cloke is a British author, independent researcher, scholar, and teacher; he is the founder of The Mystery School of Tehuti and creator of The Pharaoh Within™.
His work is devoted to the study and contemporary presentation of Ancient Egyptian sacred traditions, including temple cosmology, the nature of consciousness, the spiritual constitution of the human being, the principles of Ma’at, and the divine intelligence represented by Tehuti.
Through books, courses, articles, contemplative practices, and structured initiatory teachings, Michael seeks to illuminate the enduring wisdom preserved within the religious texts, temple traditions, and sacred symbolism of ancient Egypt. His central concern is not merely what the Egyptians believed, but what their teachings reveal about consciousness, inner transformation, divine order, and the full potential of the human being.
Independent Research and Scholarship
Michael’s research brings together the study of Ancient Egyptian sacred texts, temple inscriptions, cosmology, religious philosophy, and initiatory symbolism. Particular attention is given to the Pyramid Texts, Coffin Texts, the Book of Coming Forth by Day, the Amduat, the principles of Ma’at, and the manifold expressions of the Neteru within the Egyptian understanding of creation.
His wider field of enquiry encompasses consciousness studies, comparative spirituality, mystical theology, contemplative practice, and the perennial human search for direct knowledge of the Divine.
As an independent scholar, Michael works outside a formal academic institution. His approach combines textual study, historical enquiry, philosophical reflection, and sustained contemplative practice. He seeks to distinguish responsible interpretation from unsupported speculation while remaining open to the spiritual and initiatory dimensions of the Egyptian tradition.
His work proceeds from the understanding that the wisdom of ancient Egypt should neither be reduced to historical artefact nor separated from the sacred worldview that gave it meaning. The temples, texts, symbols, and divine forms of Egypt are therefore approached with reverence, intellectual discipline, and respect for their original religious context.
Founder of The Mystery School of Tehuti
Michael is the founder of The Mystery School of Tehuti, an independent educational and spiritual institution dedicated to the study and transmission of Ancient Egyptian initiatory wisdom.
The Mystery School explores the sacred sciences associated with Tehuti, Ma’at, the Neteru, the temple traditions of Kemet, and the spiritual architecture of the human being. Its teachings are presented through scholarly articles, books, online courses, contemplative practices, and structured paths of inner development.
Within this work, Tehuti is honoured as the divine principle of wisdom, sacred language, measure, knowledge, and the ordering intelligence through which truth is made intelligible.
Michael describes his role as that of a steward; one who studies, preserves, interprets, and communicates the teachings with care. The purpose of the School is not to claim possession of an ancient institution, but to create a responsible contemporary vessel through which the wisdom of the Egyptian sacred tradition may be studied, contemplated, and embodied.
Creator of The Pharaoh Within™
Michael is also the creator of The Pharaoh Within™, an educational and initiatory system rooted in the Ancient Egyptian understanding of the complete human being.
The Pharaoh Within examines identity, consciousness, inner sovereignty, and human transformation through the interrelated dimensions of Ren, Sheut, Ib, Ka, Ba, Sahu, and Akh. Within this framework, these dimensions are presented as the Seven Thrones of Consciousness™, forming the foundation of the Royal Self™.
The teaching proposes that the royal principle is not an external status or a constructed personality. It is an inner order established when the different dimensions of the human being are brought into conscious relationship and aligned with Ma’at.
The Pharaoh Within is an educational initiative of The Mystery School of Tehuti and represents the practical application of Michael’s wider research into Egyptian consciousness, sacred psychology, and initiatory transformation.
Author and Teacher
Michael is the author of books exploring Ancient Egyptian wisdom, consciousness, spiritual identity, and inner transformation. His principal works include:
- The Living Temple of Light
- The Hidden Chamber
- The Forgotten Self
His teaching work includes courses and initiatory programmes devoted to Ancient Egyptian cosmology, the Mystery School tradition, Ma’at, sacred alchemy, consciousness, the Neteru, the Amduat, and the spiritual constitution of the human being.
Across his written and spoken work, Michael seeks to make complex teachings clear without diminishing their depth. His approach unites disciplined study with direct inner enquiry, inviting the student not merely to acquire information, but to examine consciousness, character, identity, and relationship with the Divine.
Intellectual and Spiritual Formation
Michael’s work has emerged through many years of study and practice across theology, Christian mysticism, meditation, comparative spirituality, non-dual philosophy, and the contemplative traditions.
This wider formation eventually led him towards the sacred traditions of ancient Egypt, where questions concerning divine consciousness, cosmic order, the soul, sacred language, death, renewal, and spiritual transformation are brought together within a remarkably comprehensive vision of existence.
Rather than treating these earlier fields of study as separate or discarded stages, Michael understands them as part of a continuing enquiry into the nature of the Divine and the means by which the human being may come into greater truth, wholeness, and conscious alignment.
Education and Professional Background
Michael holds a BA (Hons) in Marketing, awarded by the University of South Wales.
His professional background encompasses marketing, business, communication, writing, teaching, and the development of educational programmes. This experience informs his ability to organise complex bodies of knowledge into clear, coherent, and accessible forms while preserving the integrity of their central principles.
His academic qualification is not presented as a degree in Egyptology. His work in Ancient Egyptian sacred traditions has been developed through independent research, textual study, comparative enquiry, writing, and sustained engagement with the religious and philosophical dimensions of the tradition.
Guiding Purpose
At the heart of Michael’s work is the conviction that the sacred teachings of ancient Egypt continue to possess profound significance for the study of consciousness and the human condition.
His purpose is to contribute to a more careful, reverent, and intellectually responsible understanding of those teachings; to honour the texts and traditions from which they arise; and to create pathways through which their enduring principles may be encountered in contemporary life.
The ancient temple was not merely a building. It represented an ordered field in which the human being could be brought into relationship with truth, consciousness, divine intelligence, and cosmic harmony.
Michael’s work is dedicated to the remembrance and restoration of that inner temple.
“The wisdom of ancient Egypt does not call us merely to look backwards. It calls us to remember what the human being is capable of becoming.”
Principal Work
Founder: The Mystery School of Tehuti
Creator: The Pharaoh Within™
Teaching framework: The Seven Thrones of Consciousness™
Central principle: The Royal Self™
Fields of research: Ancient Egyptian sacred traditions, consciousness, comparative spirituality, mystical theology, temple cosmology, Ma’at, Tehuti, and the Neteru
Education: BA (Hons) in Marketing, University of South Wales
Location: United Kingdom