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The Origin of Black Jesus

30 05 2012
Formerly (How to Separate the Deified Jesus from the Jesus Within?
(The Birth of Black Jesus)

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There are a few people wondering why I advocate using the Lord’s
Prayer even though I consider myself to be a follower of the Kamitic
philosophy. It is because as a shaman, I am concerned with what works
because most of our ancestors were Christians and we come from a
Christian background. But, due to misinterpretation, misrepresentation
and misunderstanding about the ideas our ancestors had about Jesus
Christ. There is a lot of confusion circulating around. This has led a
number of us to turn our back on spirituality or worse become an
atheist, which is totally out of sync with our nature and a true slap in
our ancestors’ face. So, let’s begin.

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This discussion started when I was talking with my wife and at the time
we were watching the film Red Tails, and noted that one of the pilots
had a picture of Black Jesus. I am not sure if people got it but the
director was trying to show how there were two depictions of Jesus that
existed. To understand this, it has to be remembered that when the
Africans were brought to North America, unlike the Africans in the
Caribbean and South America. They were unable to practice their
religious beliefs, which most of us already are aware of. Consequently,
they had to adapt and modify their beliefs and practices in order to
survive in the new hostile environment they found themselves in. Now,
contrary to popular belief, the Africans brought to the North America
were not forcefully converted to Christianity as some authors believe.
There’s a substantial amount of historic evidence that reveals that many
of the people from the Kongo-Angolan region had converted to
Christianity prior to the advent of the slave trade. This means that even
though most of the Africans from this region weren’t Christian, many of
them had knowledge of this European faith.

During slavery, for almost hundred or more years, Protestant Euro-

Americans were very leery about converting the Africans to
Christianity for fear that baptism would give them “crazy ideas” that
they were free from bondage. So they gave the early African
Americans bits and pieces to make the people subservient, which
allowed the early African Americans to fill in the voids with their own
beliefs and practices. According to my research, most of these beliefs
were influenced by the Kongo cosmogram. This went on for years until
evangelical Baptist and Methodist preachers began traveling through
the south during the Great Awakening. It was during this time a large
number of early African Americans converted to the Christian faith and
one of the big drawing points was water baptism. According to classic
Kongo belief, it was a barrier of water that separated the land of the
living from the land of the ancestors or spiritual realm. When one
crossed over to the spiritual realm and returned back to the land of the
living with a change of consciousness, it was believed they were reborn,
a similar belief existed in Kamit (see the maa aankh
(h ps://lando am.wordpress.com/2010/05/08/why-is-kamta-kamitic-
shamanism-and-the-maa-aankh-cosmogram-so-important-to-me/)).
Prior to the early African American involvement in Christianity, you
will not find this belief nor practice, because it is straight from Africa
particularly the Kongo-Angolan region. In fact, there is no proof of
people ever speaking in tongues, the sign of the Holy Ghost, until
African Americans joined the church and people were struck by the
Spirit at the Azuza Street Revival.

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So, what this means is that for more than a hundred years, early African
Americans even though were not encouraged practiced their traditional
beliefs did manage to blend their beliefs and practices with European
religion, which became the foundation of what we call as the Black
Church Experience. It was from this spiritual legacy, that the Black
Jesus was born.

Now, for those of us searching for spiritual answers and trying to find
our way (our maa (h ps://www.createspace.com/3850465)), we find this
hard to accept. I know I did, because we wonder why our people
would willingly convert to the religion of our enemy. Why would they
willingly convert to a religion that taught that they were meant to be
beast of burden and the wretched of the earth based upon the so-called
Hamitic myth? I know that if you are like me, you probably have
ancestors that resisted this and you’re probably torn up inside about the
whole Jesus issue. Well, through a lot of soul searching and
conversations with my ancestors I learned that early African Americans
didn’t really convert to Christianity. They actually created their own
version of the religion, which began in the Kongo, this is where Black
Jesus was born and why in the Caribbean Black Jesus is associated with
Kongo spirituality.

(h ps://lando am.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/kongo.jpg)

Now when I say Black Jesus, I am not just talking about a painting of
Jesus painted as an African man. I am speaking about the concept of a
Black Jesus. That is an individual who suffered right alongside the slave
in the field. An individual that was beat and whipped by the oppressor,
and then persecuted because of the color of his skin. Just think for a
moment. Have you heard or read anything about this Jesus? If you’re
like me, most likely you haven’t. There is not much wri en about him,
but you can identify with him because he exists in your racial
consciousness. This is the Jesus that Negro spirituals and the first
gospel songs were all about. I don’t care what you claim to believe,
even the staunchest black atheists today can’t resist the power of
Mahalia Jackson singing, “How I got over,” because this is the Jesus
that she is singing about. Black Jesus was birthed out of struggle.

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The difference between Black Jesus and the Jesus that was taught in
Sunday school is that Black Jesus is a powerful archetype that took on
the characteristics of the Kongo nganga’s (Kongo priests) and the
Yoruba orishas. This is why if you read any books about the religion of
the slaves, like the Slave Religion by Robert Robetau. You will find that
early African Americans loved Jesus because he was healer and miracle
worker like Moses. In fact, next to Moses he was considered to be the
greatest healer or conjure man of the bible. Note that I said, next to
Moses. Another difference was that Black Jesus wasn’t worshipped like
Jesus is nowadays, but was talked to like a familiar friend or a common
ancestor, because he was about community and was associated with the
super conscious.The interesting thing about this is that Jesus was
viewed the same way in the Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Latin America,
which means this could not be a coincidence.

The super conscious also called the higher consciousness, objective

consciousness, divine consciousness, the Spirit also referred to as God.
It is what connects us all together as one. It is the divine spark that
dwells within each and every one of us regardless if we believe it exists
or not. It is what gives us the divine potential to accomplish anything
we put our mind to. Many non-Western cultures created spiritual
cultures to cultivate peoples’ higher spiritual abilities. For instance, we
all have the ability to see into the future but in order to achieve such a
goal requires us learning how to listen to our higher consciousness or
simply intuit. Spiritual cultures focused on developing these abilities in
individuals so that they could greater contribute to the survival of the
entire community; whereas non-spiritual cultures simply focused on
the physical survival of the people by dominating and subjecting others
to their physical rule.

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Early African Americans (as well as others in the African diaspora)

have known about the or super conscious for hundreds of years

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because they are descendants from African shamanic cultures. In

shamanic traditions the way to access the super conscious is through
dancing, drumming, fasting, sensory deprivation, exposure to extremes
of temperature or the use of psychoactive drugs. Those familiar with
the African American religious experience will note that besides the
la er two, all of these practices can be found within the Black Church.
These practices along with the la er two (exposure to extreme
temperature and psychoactive drugs) are readily used within the
Native American spiritual services, which should give you a general
idea as to how the relationship between Native Americans and early
Africans Americans evolved.

Anyway, the early African Americans danced, chanted, fasted and on

occasion drummed (using handclaps, hand and body slaps – i.e.
hambone since drums were officially outlawed) to go into trance and
meet Black Jesus who gave them certain virtues like
lucidity, patience, kindness, truthfulness, humility,
and forgiveness towards one’s fellow man, which is called Gifts of the
Spirit or the Holy Ghost in some churches. These are all qualities that
according to traditional spiritual teachings, one cannot obtain without
ascending to the higher consciousness or meeting Black Jesus.
Unfortunately, because many African American pastors refuse to
research their own spiritual lineage. They fail to understand that this is
the reason they feel they have to go to church. It though has nothing to
do with the church itself but it is all about connecting to the Divine
consciousness. Some of the other fruits of the Spirit are chastity,
faithfulness, gentleness, generosity, goodness, love, modesty, self-
control, strength, wisdom, counsel and peace. So, you see, the bible
simply conveyed what early African Americans already knew about the
super consciousness, which the Kamitic people called the ba – the
divine spark.

But somewhere along the way, things went awry in regards to the Black
Spiritual Experience. Many have traced this great change back to
around the Civil Rights and Cultural Movement of the 1970s. It is not
known exactly what happened but it seems as if the Black Jesus fulfilled
his purpose and people had no more use of him as they got more rights
and freedoms. The reason is because people started accepting the Euro-
American Protestant idea of Jesus who was more about individualism
instead of community. It should be noted that around this same time,
there was a sharp decline as conditions in the community across the
country got worst. As people migrated out of the neighborhoods, more
and more drugs became available. Isn’t it interesting that most of the
social ills that exist in our communities were not present prior to that
time? The other interesting thing is that it wasn’t that drugs,
prostitution, etc. did not exist at all, but there was something
preventing it from running rapid as it exists today. The reason is
because there was a change in consciousness. In a ma er of time, the
religious experience of African Americans moved from communal

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based spirituality to individualism.

This is why in the minds of many; Black Jesus is simply an image. He is

not the Black Jesus of old, which is why no ma er what color Jesus is.
For many of us it is hard to divorce ourselves from the myth versus the
cruel reality associated with Christianity. When we hear the name Jesus
what comes to mind are all of the atrocities that were done in Jesus’
name, under the banner of a long blonde hair man looking to the
heavens. Understand, I have nothing against Europeans and their
descendants but it has to be understood the psychological and spiritual
damage that was commi ed due to the idea of some and their so-called
“master race.” Although Hitler was the only individual to build a
society that worked towards the annihilation of other ethnicities, he
wasn’t the only one that believed in such theories. These theories of
white superiority had been circulating around Western civilization for
centuries. It was these theories that later inspired Colonialism, which is
why in the minds of many (especially those who know history) they are
associated with Jesus.

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So that we are clear about the confuse state people are in regarding
Jesus. Just think about the four li le girls that were killed in a church
bombing in Alabama by Jesus loving Klansmen of the KKK. Clearly,
these individuals that commi ed this crime didn’t know anything
about the peaceful teaching of Jesus, but can you imagine still loving a
God that would seem to condone such acts of violence? What about all
of the lynchings of all the Black, Jewish, Native American and Hispanic
men by so-called Christian men and women? Imagine if you were a
Native American and you were told that Jesus didn’t love you and you
would not go to heaven because your entire way of life is uncivilized,
along with the number of treaties supposedly made under God that
were broken? Could you still love Jesus? This is why Jesus leaves a bad
taste in a lot of people’s mouths because of the actions and behaviors of
foolish and ignorant people. Jesus taught about love but many of his
stewards all around the world have done otherwise. And, they are
doing the same thing today. This is why a lot of young people are not

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just turning away from him but turning away from spirituality all
together. And, it is not just minorities. Many Westerners are turning
away from Jesus and to atheism because of the same negative history. I
can’t tell you how many atheists I have met that are so fond of talking
about the various atrocities commi ed in the name of savior. And, why
is there all of this confusion? It is simply because some zealous men
made Jesus and the God one in the same. It is hard to worship a God
that oppresses you, but we can’t exist without God, because being
spiritual beings in a physical body. We need God just as much as God
needs us. Without God we have no access to the spiritual fruits that
were spoken of earlier, but without us. God cannot physically
implement His/Her plan in the world of the living.

So, how do we get rid of this evil concept so that we can grow
spiritually? How do we erase the hundreds of misinterpreted,
misrepresented and just totally incorrect ideas about God and Jesus that
have been told to us throughout the ages?

We just simply need to return to the old ways and see that Jesus is an
archetype of who we are supposed to be. Jesus is not the God, which is
why he never talked to God by talking to himself. He talked to God like
everyone else did by speaking with his super conscious or ba
(h ps://lando am.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/what-is-the-kingdom-
within/). Notice that when the disciples asked Jesus how they should
speak to God, he said talk to the father by saying, “Our Father.” Jesus
gave an ancient recipe on how to connect with the ba. It is a similar
recipe that the psalmist gave in the Book of Psalms, which is why was
the most popular book in early African American and Jewish folk
traditions. If you look far enough you will find this is the same way the
Kamitic people spoke about the God when they mentioned Osar.

When you really read about Jesus it makes sense why he clearly told his
disciples not to worship him, because he knew it would confuse people.
Jesus understood that the super conscious was the ba and he identified
it with God. This is why saying the Lord’s Prayer or Psalm 23
empowers you, because it is poetic and it invokes the Spirit within our
being. It is spiritual alchemy that the ancient Hebrews learned from
guess who? That’s right the Kamitic people, who people are beginning
to recognize now were master shamans. So, to reprogram your lower
consciousness and rid yourself of the old, dogmatic ideas of Jesus and
your divinity, invoke your ba as Jesus did. Jesus referred to his ba as his
Father. Early African Americans following suit referred to their ba as
God or Lord. This is why the Kamitic people understanding the nature
of the ba called God Nebertcher (Ne-ba-tchar) – The Lord of All Things,
which is why it is perfectly okay if you are trying to clean your spiritual
slate to pray the Lord’s Prayer.

Hope that helps.

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Prayer to the Black Christ

27 12 2011
Hetepu (Peace) Family

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Funny thing. When I was growing up in Michigan I like most African

American kids back in those days enjoyed going to my grandparents’
house. I have fond memories of my grandparents, even when they were
punishing me. It still makes me laugh. One of the fondest memories
that I have was of a Black Jesus that they had in their living room. The
interesting thing about this was that their living room ceiling and walls
were a dark blue with gli er on it. It looked like a starry cave. Then up
against the wall, was the Black Christ on velvet. It ties back in to
Kamitic-Kongo idea of the spirit realm (See the Maa Aankh
(h p://lando am.jigsy.com/)), which I mentioned in the post about the
Wiz (h ps://lando am.wordpress.com/2010/03/29/message-from-the-
spirit-through-the-wiz/).

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I remember that when I asked later on why they had a picture of a
Black Christ. They told me that one of my uncles gave them the
painting (out of spite it seems) during the Cultural Movements, and
they just kept it. So, what makes this even more interesting is to find
years later the above painting with the Spanish prayer for the Black
Christ. The Spanish translation is as follows:

Prayer to The Black Christ

Congo Spirit

Oh Divine redeemer from the Congo,

Oh Divine redeemer from the Congo,
Oh Divine redeemer from the Congo,
You who have suffered every ignominy,

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I beg of you not to allow the same to occur to me, oh friend.

May my mate remain true. May my belief not be threatened,
May you guide my every step,
May all bad things stay away and all good people come my way.
Grant me luck in all my endeavors.
Peace at work and in the street,
and keep my family on the straight path.

(h ps://lando am.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/black-jesus.jpg)(say two

Hail Marys of course this is optional)

BTW Jesus is syncretized with the Kamitic Osar, the first resurrected
one. Anyway, I hope this helps. If you are like me, you want to post this
up for everyone to see now. For more insight, see What about Jesus
& Kamitic/Kemetic Spirituality (h ps://lando am.wordpress.com
/2010/03/15/what-about-jesus-kamitickemetic-spirituality/). Until next
time.

Hetepu,

Derric “Rau Khu” Moore

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including the Kamitic Way of Life

Ancient BaNtu Connection:

Kamitic/Kemetic Color Symbolism and
African Cosmology

15 03 2010
Post originally appeared on the Land of Kam
(h p://lando am.viviti.com)website:

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Never Forget It Began in Kamit

The debate over the ethnicity of the Kamitic/Kemetic people should be

laid to rest by now, but the reason it isn’t is because Western academia
(despite the overwhelming evidence against their ridiculous claim) is
still in denial that black and brown people made significant
contributions to the world. The other reason why this argument has not
been laid to rest is because although knowing that the Kamitic/Kemetic
people were black and brown people has done wonders for the majority
of us culturally. Many of us are still at a lost as to how to use this
information to improve our lives because we have not learned how to
use our history from an African perspective.

When I moved beyond the Western approach of history of only being

concerned with who, what, when and why, one of the interesting facts
that I discovered was that Kamit/Kemet consisted of a number of
African ethnic groups who all shared a similar cosmology. Signs of this

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cosmology have been found all over traditional Africa. For instance,
the Nok people were an ancient culture dating between 900 B.C. and
200 A.D, the ancient ancestors of the Yoruba people. Interestingly, the
name Nok it etymologically related to the Kamitic/Kemetic word Nuk,
which means, “I AM”.

What was of particular interest to me was when I discovered that the

Bantu people were one of the ethnic groups that once upon a time
dwelled in Kamit/Kemet. It is believed that Bantu people, which is one
of the largest ethnic groups in Africa, is responsible for spreading the
Kamitic/Kemetic cosmology all over the African continent and possibly
beyond. For instance, one of the interesting things about the word
Bantu is that it is similar to the Kamitic/Kemetic words Ba (the Divine
Intelligence/Spirit corresponding to Osar/Ausar/Osiris) and Ntu (plural
for men/women – meaning people). It was based upon this observation,
led by my ancestors that I learned that in Kamitic/Kemetic cosmology,
color (iwen) symbolizes a lot of things. The Kamitic/Kemetic artisan had
at several types of colors that were created from minerals that they
found in the earth. Unknown to most is that the minerals used to make
these colors also reflect what these colors mean, and their significance
to the Kamitic/Kemetic culture. The same was and is still practiced in
the African Diaspora. For instance, we have:

The color green (wadj/udaj) was made from mixing copper oxides of
copper and iron with silica and calcium or from the natural copper ore
malachite. While the color white (hedj and shesep) was produced from
chalk and gypsum, in other parts of Africa this color is created from
clay. Most of the sacred bowls and other objects in regards to
embalming were made of white alabaster. Clothing including the
gowns and footwear were white.

In Chapter 77 of the Pert em Hru (the so-called Book of the Dead), it is

said that the deceased will become a falcon “whose wings are of green
stone” Most Western scholars would assume that this stanza is
impractical because they have no understanding of African spiritual
culture. This is why they confuse Osar and claim that he is a fertility
deity. If they only would humble themselves any true descendant of
Kamit/Kemet would tell them by looking at Osar that, the color white is

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the color of purity, cleanliness and stability because it corresponds to

bones, skulls, and the land of the dead, the Underworld, the Land of
Osar or the Honorable Ancestors. The color green is associated with
fertility and joy, which explains the reason why all throughout the folk
Afro-Diaspora the color green is still associated with fertility and
money. This means that Osar or the Aakhu (Ancestors) are responsible
for fertility, hence the color of Osar’s face. To this day, many African
descendants still honor their ancestors so that they can have prosperous
crops. Ever heard of the New Yam Festival that takes place in Ghana
and Nigeria? It is similar to the West’s Thanksgiving, but you would be
very hard pressed to find an archeologists say this, because it seems
they are content in making the Kamitic people appear to be polytheistic.
This is why we have to move beyond the Western interpretation and
tap into ancestry.

Osar is the symbol of a high ancestor and the ancestors are also honored
so that one can conceive children, which is a tricky thing when you are
talking about appealing to the dead for life. But, the Aakhu simply put
cannot be destroyed because they are hedj (pure white) hence the
backbone of Osar-the dje (stable). This cultural belief still exists
throughout the African Diaspora, that children are ancestors being
reborn or returning to the Land of the Living, but it is the ancestors that
are our cultural backbones. This is why in the Story of Osar, Oset
magically conceived the child Hru. It is very deep, mystical and
beautiful when you think about it, and really makes you appreciate
strong mothers.

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/deshret-red.jpg)
Red Deshret Crown

Moving on, the Egyptologists and Kemetic reconstructionists will tell

you that the color red (desher), was created, from red ocher and
oxidized iron. What they fail to mention is that this was also the color
the people, would sometimes paint their body, because it corresponded
to the envious Set and the fiendish serpent Apep. The color red was also
associated with the red crown of Kamit/Kemet called the Deshret.
While various objects were made of red stones to evoke the Eye of Ra.
Some will tell you that the color red means “life and victory” but this

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would seem to contradict the fact that Set and appep were also
associated with it. When we look to African cosmology we find that the
true meaning of the color red is that of mediation.

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TASETT – The Red Lands. Literally also known as the desert region of
Lower Kamit or Egypt. Metaphorically, it symbolizes our Lower Self.

The color red corresponds to the land of the living that the
Kamitic/Kemetic philosophers called TASETT, the material realm (or
materialistic reality) that is governed by Set and the appep.
Metaphorically is symbolizes our Lower Self. Early Christians adopted
the concept and this is why to this day they say the material world or
secular world belongs to the Devil. There are also other sayings like the
Devil in the Flesh, the Devil controls the Flesh and the Flesh is Weak,
which are all referencing this age old cosmology. It should also be
noted that if you look back far enough early Christians once believed
that the literal Hell was in the north. This is where the idea of St. Nick
or Santa Claus was derived from.

When it is understood that the color red means in Kamitic/Kemetic

cosmology it becomes clear that it refers to the living because every
physical living being metaphorically speaking has blood in them that
gives them physical life. There is a double meaning to this as well; this
means that everyone also has the potential to commit evil – hence the
origin of the original sin concept. When we compare this to the Legend
of Osar it makes sense why Hru must fight to reclaim his throne from
Set. He is fighting to establish a balance between the spiritual and
physical reality or the physical reality will totally consume him as it has
done his uncle Set.

Again, when we look in the Afro-Disapora amongst traditional

practitioners we find that the color red clearly symbolizes this same
concept of mediation. Ellegua the Yoruba psycho pomp aspect of Npu
(Sebek/Anubis) who is able to go anywhere, color is red, but Ellegua
also has a sort of trickster like nature, which is why European
missionaries quickly associated him with the devil. The same has been
done with Npu (Anubis). Whenever you watch any movie about Egypt,
Npu is always incorrectly depicted as being evil. Again, this is due to
lack of understanding in African cosmology. The color red also can be

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seen in the heroic Shango, whose arrogance, ego and abuse of power
has got him trouble a number of times. Like his Kamitic counterpart
Hru (Hrw, Heru or Horus in Greek), he is rescued or redeemed from a
cooler headed divinity (according to some legends) by Obatala. Hru on
the other hand is saved by Osaw (Asar, Ausar or Osiris in Greek), the
Kamitic/Kemetic owner of whiteness and so on. Let’s continue…

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Npu (Anubis) – The Opener of the Way

The color yellow/bright gold (khenet/kenit) was made from natural

ochres and gold color from gold and silver alloys. This most famous
color was used extensively in Kamitic art. Many are familiar with it
because of its use to adorn the faces of the mummies and the numerous
statues, jewelry and other finds. Many will claim that it corresponds to
the sun but this is only part of its meaning. From a metaphorical
perspective, the Kamitic people being keen to puns, the color yellow
and gold means to become a shiny one, a glimmering or flashy one like
a star. Stars have always been seen as enlightened spirits or angels
hence the dog star Sirius. Note that one of the words for stars in the
Kamitic/Kemetic language is Sba. Stars like enlightened spirits are
guides. Some of these guides had the abilities to take the form of nature
and were associated with shiny metals and precious stones like quar .
This is why early African Americans would take quar and make them
into mojos (or hand charms) so that the spirit could guide them to their
objective. This also explains the reason why Npu was in charge of the
Opening of the Mouth Ceremony for the deceased, because he helped
the newly deceased to be guides or spirit guides. Esoterically speaking,
the color also refers to a new life or divine energy, hence the spark of
life.

The colors blue and black are similar colors to each other. The color
blue (irtiu, sbedj), which was made by combining oxides with calcium
created a rich and unstable blue color. Many will tell you that it
corresponded to crops, fertility and rebirth, but this is incorrect. Many
arrived at this conclusion because the phoenix, which was pa erned
after the heron, had bright blue feathers. Baboons were also colored

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blue even though they are not blue at all. For this reason Egyptologists
and reconstructionists assumed that Amun whose face was blue
colored was associated with fertility and rebirth as well.

The color blue is associated with mysteries as well, but these mysteries
are the mysteries understood and known by humankind. If we were to
compare this color to water it would be considered shallow waters.
This is why the herons and baboons were associated with it. The heron
is able to stand, walk across these shallow waters or lightly step upon
the floral resting on the waters. Certain monkeys and primates are able
to play around these shallow waters as well. The reason the phoenix
and baboon were colored with the unstable color blue, which are
associated with Djahuti (Tehuti/Thoth) is because they correspond to
wisdom, hence experience. Wisdom has the ability to change anyone’s
life but how do most people get wisdom? Hard knocks, trial and error,
etc. is how most people get wisdom, which brings one closer to God.
Amun by the way is not God, no God is Amun “The Hidden One”,
which is why His/Her face is blue because it is a Hidden aspect of God
that controls the mystery of rebirth and renewal, not fertility or said
another way, the mysteries of the Wisdom.

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KAMTA – The Black Lands. Literally also known as the fertile region of
Upper Kamit in the southern part of the country. Metaphorically, it
symbolizes our Higher Self.

The color black (kem, kam) was created from carbon compounds such
as soot, ground charcoal or burnt “animal bones“. I underlined bones
because remember that bones are also associated with Osar. Anyway,
Western scholars and reconstructionists have desperately tried to
associate this color with a negative connotation, so they claim that this
is the color of death and the night. Again, Npu (Anpu/Sebek/Anubis)
whose colors are also black is often depicted as being evil in most
Egyptian movies like the silly films The Mummy and The Mummy
Returns because Westerners don’t understand African cosmology. This
is why we find that the word necromancy is said to be evil or a form of
black magic. The truth is that necromancy, which is derived from the
word negro-mancy and niger-mancy refers to the practice of
communicating with the ancestral dead. Although there are Western
cultures that have practiced this form of divination throughout history

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prior to the spread of Christianity. The practice was forever associated

with traditional African cultures particularly Kamit/Kemet because this
is how they communicated with deceased rulers. It was a unique form
of ancestor veneration, which is incorrectly called ancestor worship. So,
what was so important about the color black?

Again, when we return to African color symbolism and how people in

the African Diaspora have used this color we see that the color black is
the color of mystery and rebirth. The color black refers to the deeper
mysteries or deep waters. These deep waters refer to the mysteries of
the woman’s womb; no one knows (without dissecting and cu ing
people up – a true un-holistic approach to medicine) how a child is
born, because it is a mystery. No one knows how many stars exist in the
night sky because it is a mystery. No one knows how many ancestors
one has, because it is a mystery. No one knows what happens after life
because it is a mystery. Everything that exists in the dark is a mystery
requiring that one use their inner eye. The loas of Vodun are called
mysteries, just like all spirits in African traditions are referred to as
mysteries. This is why the jackal, which technically speaking are brown
colored, as Npu is depicted in the color black because he is a mystery
and has the ability to lead us from and to this mysterious realm – the
Spirit world. This is why the Kamitic/Kemetic philosophers called the
southern region of the country the Black Lands. Literally, it was a
reference to the fertile soil but spiritually it referred to the mysteries
within, so they called it KAMTA.

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White Hedjet Crown

KAMTA is where Osar dwelled symbolized as the southern white

Hedjet crown. Osar you will recall is the Lord of the Underworld and
the first great ancestor according to Kamitic/Kemetic cosmology.
Westerners in their lack of understanding of this mysterious realm and
fear of death called this realm Necropolis and those that followed the
old Kamitic/Kemetic Way of Life in the past, necromancers. But, the
true understanding of the word necromancy or negromancy is to
communicate with the dead, hence ancestors/spirits. It was an old

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practiced in which one would scry into black-colored water, the color
water signifying of course the deeper mysteries in the hidden world. A
similar practice is used today but instead of dark water, mirrors and
other reflective devices are used. This is another clue referring back to
ancestor veneration, which is a widely practiced tradition throughout
the African Diaspora. Clearly as you can see Westerners have no clue
what they are doing because they are not biologically and/or culturally
linked to this tradition.

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Basic Kongo Cosmogram

When we compare all of this above to the Kongo yowa cross or dikenga
color symbolism. We find that Kala means black, sunrise, the east and
birth…the same as Khepera. Tukula refers to the color red, the midday
sun, the north and life…same as Ra. Luvemba refers to the color white,
sunset, the West and death….so does Ra Atum (and later Osar as Tem).
Finally, Musoni refers to the color yellow, the moon and rebirth…so
does Amun Ra. It is clear to see that the Kamitic/Kemetic people are
culturally the forefathers and mothers of many in the African Diaspora.
All of this as you can see can be traced right back to Kamit/Kemet.

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Maa Aankh Cosmology

This means when we put it all together. The Kamitic/Kemtic people

didn’t worship the sun. They didn’t worship gods and goddesses.
Amun Ra, Khepera, Ra and Ra Atum are not gods, but are concept used
to express a deeper truth about who and what we are, and our
relationship to the Divine. Your birthright has not been lost. All you
have to do is reclaim it, so claim it now!

Hope this helps,

Derric “Rau Khu” Moore

To learn more see the

MAA AANKH: Finding God the Afro-American Spiritual Way,
By Honoring the Ancestors and Guardian Spirits
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