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  Excerpted from Rastafari and its Shamanist Origins by Wade A. Bailey. Ethiopia’s bedrock belongs to the earth’s first continent, a continent called Gondwanaland by geologists, of which Africa forms the last intact remnant. The structures of this 600-million-year-old land made up of hard, massive folded pre-Cambrian crystalline rock, have been covered over throughout most of Ethiopia by recent formations. Ethiopia is called the cradle of mankind, by some geologists and anthropologists. The Bible records in Genesis 2:8-14 that: ‘And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there he put the man whom he had formed 10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from thence it was parted into four heads. 11 The name of the first is Pison, that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah where there is gold. 12 And the gold of that land is good there is Bdellium and the Onyx stone. 13 And the name of the second is Gihon ( Blue Nile ) the same is it that compass...

    SHAMANISM AS A GLOBAL CULTURAL VALUE SYSTEM vs APOSTOLIC CULTURE. This Is Ixchel, Mayan Goddess Of Heavens & Birth And The Last Figure In Dresden Codex ~ Artist Unknown. In the book I delve into Shamanism from a biblical perspective and I deconstruct the contemporaneous narrative, that Rastafari and similiar cultures are bible based. Rastafari and other cultures like it are shamanic nature cultures that deify nature and humanbeings  as sacred. The Bible in contrast or Apostolic Culture is the antithesis of Shamanism, since shamanism incorporates nature worship, ancestral worship and ancestral spirit possession, all of the previously enumerated are diametrically oppossed to what is taught in the bible, which is a monotheist messianic document, detailing the fall of man and his redemption through the death burial and resurrection of Jesus the Messiah.     A Shaman is defined, as per their own explanation as the following: Shaman 'Shä-m...

THE RASTAFARI SECT'S.                    Rastafari has various branches and organizations we will examine the main organizations of influence and their general hierarchy even though some people claim that Rastafari is generally a non-hierarchical culture I will disprove this assertion. The culture is indeed not very structured and varies in it’s makeup from country to country. It has a defined hierarchy wherever it is found. The twelve tribes of Israel under the leadership of Vernon Carrington or Gad has been one of the most influential offshoot organizations of this culture. The twelve tribes of Israel as they are called are comprised ;largely of musicians and authors, artist’s and a variation of educated laborer’s the twelve tribes of Israel do prescribe to biblical precepts much was already said concerning this branch of Rastafari I will not rehash my statements here. Another offs...

This drawing is of Shiva one of the three main god’s in Hinduism. Shiva is the spirit associated with Yoga in Hindu literature he is in fact its originator “the supreme Yogi.” The snake (Cobra) around his neck is a sacred creature in Hindu literature. I find it interesting to note that in Kundalini Yoga the “Supreme Cosmic Energy” is portrayed as a coiled snake. © Copyrights RMND 2004-2009    The Chakral path begins at the base of the spine where the Kundalini “ supreme cosmic presence lies ” traditionally (Kundalini is portrayed as a coiled serpent i.e. a serpent “spirit.” Once Kundalini is “awakened” i.e. summoned or called forth by aid of mantras or chants, the Kundalini travels through the Chakral path, from the base of the spine upwards to the crown of the head the successful completion of which enables “god” consciousness or awareness, according to Hindu precepts and modern- understanding of Yoga usually though, the terms are changed Kundal...