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History of Rastafari

History of Rastafari History of Rastafari There are many misconceptions regarding the Rastafarian movement. These misconceptions have helped to fuel the fire of ignorance, which has lead, many to believe that Rastafarians are “heathen”, “cult worshippers”, “devil priest”, “anti-Christ”, “paganistic”, “cannibalistic”, “long haired”, “witch doctors” who are to be feared and not trusted by anyone. These statements are far from the truth and absolutely have no credence. Many people question Rastafarians as to why, how, and when did the movement start? Rastafarians explain that Africans started the movement in the diaspora as an attempt to recapture and sustain the African dignity and culture as an alternative method to colonization and oppressive means of rulership by the European colonial powers during the post slavery era at the dawn of the 20th century. Picture colonial Jamaica of the 1930's, an axis of 400 years of exploitation of the masses in the name of the "motherland" England, a Crown colony maintained by the then British ruling class. Social rituals founded upon Anglo-Saxon ethics of church, state, morality, education and finance (social or otherwise) there on the island as in other colonies were nothing more than Britain removed to the Caribbean, "chips off the old block". Colonial society by then was socially and financially ordered according to "class and station" of White, Chinese, Syrian, Black, Jewish, Indian and Creole, down to the rock bottom dispossession of the Black suffering masses. Thus it was upon the poor Black psyche that the initial outpourings of the spirit of Rastafari was accepted and taken to heart; it offered salvation to those whose lot was little better than nothing - poverty in the extreme with/little or no hope of change for the better. Early Pan Africanist such as Dr. J.R. Love, Dr. E.W. Blyden, Dr. J.J. Thomas, had inspired the Rt. Hon. Prophet Marcus M. Garvey (John the Baptist fore-runner of Christ). The works and ideals of this great pioneer Pan-Africanist helped greatly in forming the U.N.I.A. and the A.C.L. 1914-1920’s. This organization would unite into one body, Africans from every nation, those at home in Africa and those abroad in the diaspora, to repair the damage done by slavery and colonialism. By educating them and teaching self-reliance is paramount if “black people” wanted to be free from economic dependence of the colonial master. Garvey was an orator and spoke highly of Africa (Ethiopia) indicating that “Africa is for the Africans, those at home and those abroad.” “Marcus Garvey was said to have fathered the Rastafari movement in his home land of Jamaica, just as it is he who gave the Rastafarians his world view and global perspective on life. It is the same Rastafarians who have in turn kept visions and memories of Garvey vividly alive. And, also, ever present in the minds and hearts of the everyday sons and daughters of the African diaspora. It is no surprise that the followers of Marcus Garvey went on to conceive a cosmology of creation and theology of divinity that went beyond what was called “traditional Garveyism.” By today’s standards Garvey was not himself a Rastafarian. He did not praise Emperor Haile Selassie I, Abba Janhoi, -Christ in his kingly character- the returned Messiah, as do Rastafarians. It is true he did not wear the covenant (dread locks) and did not use spiritual sacrament (herb). Asking if Garvey was a Rastafarian is like asking if John the Baptist was a Christian. The answer to both questions is no. But, just as “John the Ital Baptist Dread” was the forerunner and trailblazer for a man called Iyasus the Christ (Jesus the Christ) and Christianity, so too was Marcus Mosiah Garvey the forerunner and trailblazer for the man Ras Tafari Makonnen (i.e. Haile Selassie I) and the Rastafari culture. The Genesis of this grand epoch was in 1924, when Marcus Garvey had prophesized, “…look to the east, and when you see a black king crowned in Ethiopia…take him for your God and king.” Just as the worlds greatest orator prophesized, six year later on November 2, 1930, Rastafari Makonnen was crowned King of Kings, Lord of lords, The Conquering Lion of The Tribe of Judah, Elect of Himself, and The Light of this World, Protectorate of all Human’s Faith and Ruler of the Universe -225th king of the Solomonic Dynasty. At this glorious occasion 72 nations sent representatives to Addis Abba to witness the crowning of King David in the 20th century. However before such golden celebration could commence, Ras Tafari ordered King George VI to return the over 3000-year-old scepter that was stolen by the European oppressors years before. The Kings request was met in that King George sent his son Edward VIII the Duke of Gloucester with the golden scepter the symbol of divine rulership and authority over the earth sky and sea. Once have I sworn by my holiness: I will not lie unto David, his seed shall endure forever and his throne as the sun before me, and it shall be established forever as the moon and as a faithful witness in Zion (Psalm 89 vs. 34-37). The 1930 crowning was a well-publicized event, foreign press from all over attended including National Geographic, Time Magazine even Television coverage. The Emperor also had a special crowning miles away from the spotlight of the Jubilee Palace. It there that the Rasses (lords) chiefs warriors and peasants paid their respect to the divine celestial structure of the invincible one, who had come to advance Ethiopia towards the 20th century and beyond also to be the pioneer in the international struggle for human rights and justice globally. With the news of the Emperors crowning reaching the west the Africans that were scattered in Jamaica and other Caribbean Islands through slavery and the illegal 17th century triangular slave trade remembered the words of Marcus Garvey. Out of this glorious ceremony in Ethiopia, Africans in the west and internationally began to identify even more with their African origins and roots, hence embracing the Emperor as our “Black King”. Preachers and clergymen of all walks of life followed biblical prophecy closely searching for the correct passages to reinforce such truths of the “Black God”. “In the book of Genesis chapter 49 vs. 8-11, they read that God had promised the custodianship of His Kingdom to the Tribe of Judah. Moreover God had made an eternal promise to King David and King Solomon, that their throne and dynasty would endure as long as the moon and sun, and that David would never be short of a man child to sit on his throne, (Psalms 89). It should be noted the kings of this dynasty were not only the kings of Ethiopia, but the kings of the whole earth; representing the justice and judgement of God in human affairs, (see Psalms 72). When God’s people sinned he would punish them by famine pestilence and the sword, and he would scatter them to the Four Corners of the Earth. They would be ruled by a foreign power and be servants to other nations. But when they returned to God with all their hearts he would rise up one from the family of David and Solomon who would regather his people back into their own land. Then God had promised that by the seed of David, the Tribe of Judah, he would set up his promised kingdom on earth, which would be a light to the world. His people would return to their land and no more would they suffer. Introduction The Rastafari Culture is one of the most unique creations, which has ever manifested in today’s society. No other group of people has a more rich and vibrant history than that of the Rastafarian. Popularized throughout the Caribbean as Bob Marley, Sizzla,Buju Banton and others, Rastafari Culture has spread like wild fire into the hearts of the youth especially the poor and the lower class Africans throughout the diaspora. Why has this phenomena had such an impact on the minds of so many and why are they breaking away from so-called “traditional ways of life “ and adhering to something which mainstream society seems to disapprove? Rastafarians are an ethnic minority within the larger society their cultural traits, belief system, and ideology signify a subculture, thus the dominant group selectively isolates and denies them economic and political equity. Despite this Rastafarians have created for themselves an ethnic bonding which has helped to sustain them while they are residing in the west. The creation of this unique cosmology and its relationship to society will be the focus of this paper; Specifically the origins, history, language, cultural distinctions (i.e. food marijuana) and ethnic stratification of the Rastafari. Ital Food It is reasoned that the foods, which we eat, are the bearers of natural energies that are converted into physical forces and used by the material body in its daily functions. Many Rastafarians advocate the use of wholistic, non-processed foods of Mother Earth, which they call "ital", from the words "natural" and "vital".(Millard Faristaddi) Wholesome, earth born foods, fruits and juices are prepared in Ital ways or eaten raw for the most beneficial nourishment. Adherence to this "ltality' in one's diet is reasoned to be more helpful to the physical body and its natural functions than are the mass produced, mass marketed "supermarket" foods full of chemicals, additives, artificial flavoring and preservatives which Western society consumes as it's "daily bread".(Millard Faristaddi) Some Rastafarians prefer the wholistic Ital food to meat butchered in slaughter yards. To many, pork is considered unclean and untouchable, as are scavengers of the sea, such as the various types of shellfish. (Millard Faristaddi) Other types of meat and fish are eaten by those who are not exclusively vegetarian. Some Brethren are wholly vegetarian, eating Ital food in its raw state; others prepare, cook and eat only Ital food, excluding all meat from their diet. Some eat Ital food and certain types of meat, while still others prefer the while meat of fish or poultry in preference to red meats. (Millard Faristaddi) Views on meat eating are in part influenced for many by the Nazarite vow and the wish to adhere to what is natural and of the earth. However, it is up to each person to choose what is satisfying within the dietary range of wholistic eating. ROMANS Chapter 14; Verse 3: "Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth." (Millard Faristaddi) A gourd, an inedible fruit of varying size called "calabash", is used as a water container or bowl for eating and storing food and for a wide range of practical culinary purposes. The fruit is picked and cut into specified forms according to its functions; it is then scraped and cleaned and left to dry in the hot sun until the shell has become hardened. (Millard Faristaddi) The hard inner nut of the coconut is cleaned from the surrounding trash and used as a form of Ital cup, while pieces of the broken shell make utensils such as spoons for scooping and eating food. Solid truncated pieces of Lignum Vitae wood provide a cutting surface for the cleaning and preparation of herbs and vegetables. (Millard Faristaddi) Other types of wood are used to whittle howls, spoons, ladles and other Ital implements for the Rastafarian who defends the Ital way of life as a reflection and step towards a more wholistic and nature-orientated lifestyle which many Brethren reason to be more in touch with the earth. (Millard Faristaddi) Naturality, it is reasoned, surpasses all forms of materially sophisticated lifestyles because of its closeness to the Creator and His natural creation, a universe perfect in Itality. (Millard Faristaddi) For Rastafari, Ital and “Italistic” symbolize affinity to the natural and spiritual, unifying the material world with the inner “Irit”; the Ital way of life being one in keeping with man's ancient and more natural traditions which oppose the alienation so prevalent in modern society. Ital offers the most life-energizing way of sustaining the physical structure and inner spirit in their original creation. (Millard Faristaddi) The use of Herb Marijuana from Mexican-Spanish origins, Bhang or Indian Hemp as it is known in India and Pakistan, Hashish in Morocco, Tangiers and the Middle East, Thai sticks in Thailand, Sensimilla in the Hawaiian Islands, Santa Maria Gold of Columbia, Cannabis satira to the pundits of the United States of America, Canada, the United Kingdom and Europe. (Faristzaddi) GANJA, as it is commonly hailed in Jamaica, is known more diversely as the Herb, Ishence, Kaya, Maka, Uey, Tampie, Colly Herb, Sensemilla Jerusalem Bread, Kings Bread, Lambs Bread, Weed of Wisdom, Solomon Herb and Strength among others. (Faristzaddi) The euphoric burning bush, the soaring tree of higher heights and deeper depths, grows naturally and profusely in the heavy tropical climatic conditions of the island's countryside. Ganja growers high in the least accessible regions of the interior cultivate acres of the Herb and it is reasoned that there is more than enough Herb to burn freely in Jamaica. The use of Ganja is confined mainly to the poorer suffering masses and the Rastafarians who experience the vibrations of the burning bush as a euphoric and mystical sacrament, capable of enlightenment and alleviation of the crucial reality of social alienation and abject poverty. (Faristzaddi) For Rastafari, the use of Herb represents a sacramant of the Church, Triumphant, serving creative thinking relaxation and reasoning amongst the Brethren. It is interpreted as a “Hola Herb” given to man by the Creator for the "healing of the nations". REVELATION Chapter 22; Verse 2: "In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations." (Millard Faristaddi) As a general rule, the educated and more affluent classes shun any encounter with the Herb, laboring in trepidation before the mass media's adverse publicity of opposition and hysteria which has always accompanied the reality of the Marijuana plant. The steady flux of governments which have come and gone, have never up to this date "legalized it". There are periods of leniency, alternating with periods of criminalization when users are charged for possession of varying amounts. Ganja is taken as each individual sees fit. It can be prepared in the form of Ganja tea or Ganja wine, or used in foods. Usually the Herb is cut and cleaned of excess seeds on a wooden "suru' board. It is then blessed with a few drops of water, recut and rolled into conical-shaped "spliffs" of varying sizes or packed into the cup of a makeshift water-pipe known as a "cutchie" pipe or "chalice". The act of passing the chalice and sipping from the cup has become a reverential practice amongst the Brethren of Rastafari, who look upon this act with reverence towards the Creator as an invocation of his Almighty Universal power. (Millard Faristaddi) The Herb, when smoked in a gathering, symbolizes the act of unification or "Inity" amongst those gathered together in the sight of the Most I Jah. It is accepted as binding the participants together in the fullness and powers of the Godhead thereby creating a vibrating flow of mutual “Iditations” amongst those participating in this sacramental act. (Millard Faristaddi) Herb is used by Rastafari to enhance strength of “Iditation” and to reveal the divine and living presence within us all. The vibrations experienced within the temple represent the transmuting, rising energy-flow bearing revelations of the inner creative source otherwise submerged in the grosser reality of the mundane physical body. For the Rastafari the Herb-experience represents a positive act towards the Creator, and not a negative "end" as is so often the case in the Babylonian reference. (Faristzaddi) Rastafari will never deny the Herb. They partake of the inner burning vibrations and are aware of the fullness within one's physical body; they alone are the sum awareness and reality of their own experience. No amount of social rhetoric will sway the Rastafari’s attitude to their faith, or their beliefs concerning the “Hola sacramant”. (Millard Faristzaddi) The entire so called "ethical" and "medical" reality regarding the use of Marijuana rests solely with the individual conscience; one chooses as one sees fit. Rastafari know and for I & I it is just so. (Faristzaddi) EARTICAL: The vibrational powers of the earthly creation. ELIZABITCH: H. R. H. Queen Elizabeth of England; the "symbolic" down pressor of the Black man and non-white peoples. The head representative of the Babylonian Harlot power ruling over all down pressed peoples. EVERLIVING: A more positive and LIVING affirmation of EVERLASTING. FIRSTLIGHT: In reference to tomorrow. FIRSTNIGHT: In reference to last night. FUNDE: Another of the trinity of the Nyabinghi drums. FIRE/FIYAH: Rastafari greeting calling upon the cosmic fire to purify the creation. Can be used, and is used by Rastafari to scold wrongdoers warning them that the cosmic fire will consume them if they do not perform the right works as a person grounded in righteousness should. FIYAHMAN: The Rastafari who are the FIYAH people on the earth to assist the creator in bringing forth the cleansing fiyah to purify the nations and rid creation of all evil, thus bringing about the new earth where peace will reign supreme. FLESHY: A carnal person; used also to mean a brother or sister or relative of the flesh. FATHER/FAADA: In reference to the Father Jah Rastafari, Selassie I. The Most I. FULLNESS: A state of completeness arrived at when a man has a beard, moustache and dreadlocks, or when a woman has long dreadlocks; usually termed "in the fullness". A state of wholeness, absolute. FARI: A term of endearment for Jah, from the word "TAFARI". GANJA: A Jamaican term for the type of marijuana grown on the island; derived from the river Ganges, probably of East Indian influence since they are believed to have introduced the herb into Jamaica. GOVERNMANT: Government in its just ordination. Words with a "men/mental" word sound are usually changed to the "man/mantal" ordination. GROUNDATION: The Nyabinghi celebrations of those gathered together in the sight of Jah. HARPS: Another word used to mean the Trinity of the Niyabinghi drums. HAIL: A Rastafarian greeting taken from the first name of the Emperor, Haile. HERBS: Ganja, the natural herb given to man by the Creator for the healing of the nations. Also applied to all natural spices used as seasonings in cooking and medicinal bushes. HERB TEA: A tea made from the green, uncured ganja herb, which is "drank" by Rastafari. Used medicinally to cure colds, fevers, and asthma and to soothe fretful babies. HEARTICAL: Heartfilled; with feeling, heartical reasonings. HOLA: A more positive vibration than the word HOLY. Rastafari associate Holy as having something to do with holes; this again being another ploy of Babylon to hold down the highest vibrations of HOLANESS, making one unable to see its fullness. Thus Rastafari have made Holy HOLA, releasing it to soar. HOUSE: Also called mansion. Groupings within Rastafari corresponding to the groups within traditional Christianity. From the bible "In I Father's house there are many mansions". I: Used instead of the posessive me, you, my, mine. I is assertive and "stands" firm, while "you" is bent and indicates division and weakness. ICOME: A mango, changing the tropical fruit, which intones "man-go' to ICOME. ISES/IZES/ISIS: Praises to the Almighty given daily by the Rastafari when calling on the name Jah for strength and assistance for achieving progress in life. IYARIC: In striving towards assertiveness and positivity, changes many English words, first vowels or consonants to begin with the assertive divine “I”. IMMANUEL: The hola name of the Father Emmanuel. ITHIOPIA: Ethiopia in Afrika and the continent of Afrika as it was known in the original days. ITHIOPIANS: Ethiopians; all people of the Afrikan race, as well as specifically the people in that part of Afrika called Ethiopia by Babylon and specificallyRastafari. ICALL: Recall IMES: Times. IWAH: Hours. IWER: Power. IMAN: Amen. IVER/FORIVA forever. ITRATE: To look at, to penetrate. INIVERSE: Universe. IRT: Earth. IQUALITY: Equality. IVERSE/IVERSIFIED: From the negative diverse (die). ITHIOPIAN APPLE: Otaheite Apple. ISUMBA: Susumba. IGHTSFUL: To he in the highest regions, divinely filled. I. N. R. I.: I Negus Rule Ithiopia/Israel. ITES/IGHTS/I-HEIGHTS: In the divine heights, the highest regions. IYAWATA: Means daughter, literally I daughter, the daughters of I & I. Title of a Rastafari woman showing she is the daughter of the Almighty, the Most I. IGELS: Angel. The Nyabinghi Theocracy Order of Rastafari which is the foundation, and the angels (IGELS) of the Almighty. ITINUAL/ITINUALLY: Continual and continually. IRIE/IREY/IRY- Goodness; being in tune with the Creator and Creation; being free from the tensions of the Babylonian world. A state often arrived at through meditation; the smoking of herbs and reasoning on Jah Ras Tafari: a greeting among Rastafari brethren. IDITATE: Meditate, an important function within the Theocracy of IAI Ras-Tafari; times given to IDITATE. IDITATION/ITATION: Meditation on Jah; the relaying of the itation to the earth. ITERNAL: The divine Eternal. IYUDGMANT: Judgement. ILOVED: Beloved; a greeting amongst the Brethren. INEY: Rastafari way of saying great, also a greeting. ILY/ILLY/ILEY: From the Emperors name Haile, also meaning Ganja Herbs. ITES: Heights. A greeting wishing the person greeted to arrive at the heights of spirituality. Ires also refers to the color red which is the uppermost color of the Rastafari Ithiopian flag of red (Ites), gold and green flown by the Nyabinghi theocracy. Also the state of being HIGH UP in feeling and creation vibrations, stratospheric planes of consciousness released through the smoking of herbs. ISHENCE/ISENCE: The Hola Ganja herb; the I name. Also INSENCE. ITAL: Vital, pure and wholesome; free from all artificial things. Used to refer to vegetarian dishes of I & I cooked with vegetables and ingredients grown without fertilizers and processed without artificial preservatives. ITAL also means being in a natural and pure state, or refers to a Rastafari who wears natural materials for clothing and lives in natural surroundings. I-MAN: The word used by a Rastaman to refer to himself in conversation. IYA/IYAH: Short for Nyabinghi as in lyabinghi. Used as a greeting to mean a Rastafari, or before the given name. Also affirming the "higher" reality of Rastafari. IYABINGHI: Nyabinghi, which is the foundation of the Rastafari way of life; the throne room music; a Rastafari spiritual gathering to end downpression. The race redemption of the Afrikan and the coming of the impending Armageddon which will precipitate these things and bring about the dawn of an era of world peace and righteousness - the golden age. The popular interpretation of Nyabinghi/lyabinghi is "Death to the Black and White downpressors", Iyabinghi spiritual gatherings are held on special days to celebrate events in Rastafari history as well as at the request of congregation members for special personal occasions. A pillar of fire is always present in the form of a bonfire of wood in remembrance of the pillar of fire, which guided the Israelites through the wilderness. Nyabingbi comes from the name of an Ugandan Queen or Princess killed during the war against colonialism by the colonial powers. Afrikans in Uganda, the Congo, Ethiopia and Jamaica joined hands and formed the Nyabinghi Order for the overthrow of colonialism with the Emperor Haile Selassie as its head. IVERSTAND: Understand, literally forever stand. ISRAEL/ISREAL: The Afrikan race also called the Israelites. Nyabinghi Theocracy states that the Nyabinghi Order of Rastafari is JUDAH and that non-Rastafari Afrikans are from the other II Tribes of Israel. Israel is therefore used to mean Afrikans who are not Rastafari. JAH. The name by which the Rastafari know the Creator to be called in his 72nd reincarnation upon the earth in the person of Selassie I. The name that carries the power of the Almighty this day; "Sing praises to the Almighty's name. Extol H.I.M. that rideth upon the heavens by HiS name JAH, and rejoice before H. I.M." Adapted from PSALM 68; Verse 4. JAH GUIDE: May Ihe guidance and power of Jah be with you in your going forward and coming in. Also JAH GUIDANCE. JAH LOVE: May the love of Jab be with thee. JAH MAN: Rastafari as the man of Jah. JAH SHEEP: The Rastafari as the sheep of the Almighty. JAMAKKA: Jamaica, Jiterally from the Jamaican Acacia makka thorn or prickle. JERU-SALEM-SCHOOL-ROOM: Where only the fittest of the fittest survive the dangerous schooling tests placed upon the spirit and the physical temple by the Creator JAH. JESSE: The father of King David; the Rastafari know that Jesse was as black as coal. JUDA/JUDAH: The Niyabinghi Theocracy of Rastafari. JE-SUS: Jesus. Rastafari know the pronunciation of Jeezsus as given by Babylon conjures evil vibrations so that when the people pray and think they are praying to God they are really praying to the devil This is why their prayers don’t have the power to change the world and rid it of evil as the ISIS of Rastafari. Satan has tricked the simple into giving their prayers to him by making them call on JEEZSUS who is the devil's advocate instead of JE-SUS the Son of God. KING: The Emperor and a Rastafari as the King of creation. KING'S BREAD: Special kind of Herb (Ganja) used by the Rastafari of anciency, literally the bread (manna) of Kings. KINGMAN: The King of a woman. A Rastafari woman takes a kingman, not a husband, who is regarded as a housetrained species. LION: Righteous male in the Rastafari way of life. The lion is a symbol of "Kingliness" and is depicted on the Ithiopian flag. This is in keeping with Selassie's title, "The Lion of Judah". LIONESS: The female counterpart of LION. LIVITY: Better than freedom (free-dumb, word sound). LOVEPRECIATE: Appreciate (negative "late" hate sound). LAMB'S BREAD: Special kind of Ganja herb. MARCUS: The Rastafari prophet and "John the Baptist", Marcus Garvey. Elders know him as Elijah who was taken up into the heavens and never saw death. He is sometimes referred to as the Black Moses. MOVEMANT- Rastafari affirmation of Movement. NEGUS: King, derived from the Amharic Word; used to refer to Haile Selassie as well as a title for the Rastafari, Some Brethren have taken the name Negus as a first name, having put aside their given English, Babylonian names. OVERSTAND/OVERS: From the negative English "understand"; the Rastafari object to having to go under to get the full Knowledge of something OUTIQUITY: A person of "iniquity” can never enter the Kingdom of Zion, thus they are "out" in outiquity. PRECEPTS: The outer objects of the faith, the beard and dreads. POLYTRICKS/POLYTRICKSIANS: Politics and politicians are full of tricks and are like ticks upon the backs of the people. Also known as POLITICKS and � POLITICKIANS. POPE: The personification and lineal representative of the devil, just as the Emperor is the personification of Jah the Almighty. Through the Pope, Babylon is perpetrated. Confusion, chaos and mayhem spread, as he heads the Roman Catholic Church and leads its followers into captivity. The Rastafari recognize that the Roman Catholic Church is the head of Christianity and because of its anciency and power it has truth. But the Rastafari state that through the Pope, the Roman Catholic Church presents the truth to the people backwards, side ways and upside down, thus creating confusion and chaos amongst the people, making them slaves of colonialism and imperialism through making them worship the devil (Pope) instead of Christ. The Rastafari are pro-Christ, but anti-Christian as projected by the Pope, its head, a Christianity that does not upkeep the tenets, laid by Christ. POLLUTION: People in the society who live in spiritual darkness and exist as nothing more than human pollution. PRINCE: As the seed of Israel, a male child or male youth of Rastafari. PRINCESS: The female counterpart of PRINCE. PROPHET: The Rastafari as latter day prophets. The Nyabinghi Theocracy states � that the Rastafari are prophets of creation at this time. Marcus Garvey is called “The Prophet” as a tribute to his role as supreme prophet of Rastafari. QUEEN: Title given to a mature Rastafari woman, as well as the greeting used for a mature Rastafari woman. It is used synonymously with EMPRESS. QUEEN OMEGA: The Rastafari Queen Mother of the Creation, symbolized by the moon. The Father of Creation is symbolized as the sun. This female deity is personified in Empress Mennen of Ithiopia. The name is given to the spiritual daughters of Queen Omega, the Rastafari woman, it is the highest title that a Rastafari woman can have. Every Rastafari woman is entitled to he greeted in the name of Queen Omega as every Rastafari m the name of Rastafari. RAS: From Amharic, meaning "Head", "Chief" or "King". This is the title a Rastafari uses before his name. RAS Tafari The name of the Emperor before he was crowned Emperor. The name Rastafari knows as carrying the power this day. RASTAFARI: The name of the spiritual sons and brethren of Haile Selassie who take the Father's name of RAS TAFARI. It is the name of those recognizing the Emperor as the personification of the Incarnated Godhead on the Earth. RASTA: Name by which many Jamaicans call the Rastafari; a shortened version of Rastafari REASON: The Rastafari spend hours every day reasoning, during which the expression of the I culture is clarified and expounded. RAHAB: The United States of America. Rahab is destined to play an important role in the rising of Rastafari, and for this reason it will not he utterly destroyed and uninhabitable as England will be. Five states will remain after Armageddon and shall be returned to their rightful owners, the so-called Red Indians of native America. "1 will make mention of Rahab amongst those calling on I name" (Bible Psalm). REDEEMED OF ISRAEL: The Rastafari represent the redeemed of the Afrikan race. REPATRIATION: The return of the Afrikans in the West to the homeland of Afrika and of the Rastafari to Afrika in general, and to Ithiopia, in particular. It also refers to the worldwide repatriation of all races after having been freed from the greed of neo-colonialism. ROME: The dwelling place of the devil and the symbol of degenerate Western civilization where Satan and his spirits carry out the prostitution of the world through the Vatican and the figurehead of the Pope. SIGHT: "Do you see?" as a statement, means I see, I overstand/understand. Sight is also used as to SIGHT UP. SELA and SELAH (as in many Bible Psalms, a benediction), also SEAL UP: Used at the end of prayers instead of Amen. Short for the name of the Emperor Selassie, the sealer of man. Sela and Selah are seen as another proof of Selassies Divinity in many Psalms of the Bible. Seal Up is often used for example, when the cosmos makes something fall from the hands of a person stating a truth, or a noise is heard as a person states the truth, to tell that Selassie the SEALER of man has sealed the truth. SISTER LOVE: Title given to a Rastafari woman because she gives so much love as a woman of Jah's love; one with Jah's love. It is the counterpart of "Loved One", which often re4ers to Rastafari males and to the Afrikans resident in Jamaica because the Rastafari are the loved ones of the Creator. STRUCTURE: Used instead of body in order to signify/the Holaness and to avoid the death vibration that the word body brings on. TEMPLE: Aim used instead of body, to emphasize the Holaness in accordance with Jesus, "Destroy this temple and in three days I will rebuild it". TAM: The bright-colored woolen TAM O'SHANTIERS worn by the Rastafari, usually red, gold and green along with the background color black. A tam is also known as a CROWN. THEOCRACY: Rastafari government with Jah as head. In 1976, arising out of the trimming of over 80 Rastafari brethren, an all Island reasoning of Rastafarians took place. The Jah Rastafari Hola Theocratic Government was declared with a 13-person ruling council, which obtained a series of reasonings with then Prime Minister Manley to set up channels for mutual cooperation between both Governments. THE TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL: A youth organization headed by Brother Gad. This is the largest and fastest growing Rastafari organization and can boast of � being the most disciplined. It may be destined to play a key role in all nations and all tribes within Rastafari. It is to the Reggae house of Rastafari what the Nyabinghi Theocracy is to the older Rastafari congregation, it has a strong middle and upper-class structure and is accused by the Rastafari elders and some youths as being snobbish and class-biased. A Twelve Tribes Dread means a member of the Twelve Tribes of Israel Organization. A number of well-known Reggae superstars are members of this organization. UNIVERSHAL: From the word "universal". UPFULL: A person or thing that is upright, positive and righteous. UPRIGHT: Upfull, divine truth and dignity within. VINEYARD: An orchard, a place where Ital produce is grown; also a Rastafarians dwelling-place. WISDOM WEED: Ganja, so called because the Rastafari contend that it enlightens and makes one wise. It was found on King Solomon's tomb and is the enlightener of all Jah children who partake of this sacramant of Jah. WOLF: An imposter of the Rastafarian faith, a dreadlock claiming to be of Rastafari, but one whose behavior shows signs of being contrary to the principles of truth and righteousness, "For a man shall be known by his works". WOE-MEN: Woe to man from women. Woman is positive. Women and woe-men is negative. WORD/SOUND & POWER: Positive vibrating speech of Rastafari; the two edged sword of mind, heart and tongue in conjunction to project positive, perceptive and enlightened concepts of thought and heart. YAT: Pot. YANT: Chant. YUNDER: Thunder. YOOD/YOUD: Food. YOD/TROD: The daily walk of Rastafari which isn’t tune with the cosmos and the creation and therefore never hurried Or tense, righteous time and movement. YOUT: Youth, Rastafari children of both sexes, Also a young man of Rastafari. ZION: Africa and Ithiopia, the home of the Afrikan to which the Rastafari seek repatriation through the promised/prophesized Exodus from Babylon; the return to the righteous way of life and living. MOUNT ZION: This is the citadel and dwellings place of Jah in Ithiopia. Mount Zion is where the Rastafari were when the Creator's first fruits dwelt with the Almighty in former times before setting out on the 7,000 years journey for truth and right trodding through several Incarnations. Only the righteous will live in Mount Zion, sealed by the covenant to the Almighty. Israel will dwell in Zion, but only the most righteous (144,000) chosen ones will live in Mount Zion, which is reserved for Jah's specially chosen sons and daughters. The most upright elders and Priest9 will reign with the Almighty, the Most High, around about his Rainbow circle throne. The steadfast will dwell in Mount Zion and the great crowd of Afrikans and remnants of other races will dwell in the hola land of Zion. 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