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    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...

Have any of you seen the book Rastafari and its Shamanist Origins? It makes me very angry!!!!!!!   I say keep on being angry! 1         Below is an excerpt from the website I RUDDER.COM attacking my book. I think the person launching the attack, either is intellectually challenged or he is deliberately trying to mislead people. I never stated anywhere in my book that Rastafari is a Voodoo culture. While many want to deny this Rastafari has pronounced Hindu Shavite elements within it. Historically there is a proven link between Rastafari and Shavism in Jamaica. The Hindu professor Ajai Mansingh now deceased a professor at the Mona Campus in Jamaica wrote extensively on this subject, and is qouted in the following excerpt. One scientist, who came here in 1973 from India via Canada, fell in love with beautiful Jamaica and has never wanted to leave. He has had his most moving discoveries and life experiences in Jamaica. Professor ...

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...