RUSH LIMBAUGH: TALKING LOUD AND SAYING NOTHING
By Fahim A. Knight-EL
This writer about a month ago was turning his television channels and just happened to turned to C-Span where the syndicated radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh was giving a public talk. This writer has never heard Limbaugh give a complete public presentation because often the media gives us sound bites and snippets of information. However, this is often done for the ignorant and dumbfound masses by the media to systematically shape and mold public opinion and formulating a perception of a person and/or event for them without presenting them with all the facts which to make an intelligent assessment or evaluation. I had somewhat dismissed Rush Limbaugh a long time ago, as just some loudmouth rightwing conservative who was good at manipulating the fears of poor and middle class whites in order to hustle and pimp them to the bank.
But I must admit, I am guilty of judging Limbaugh from those same sound bites and in actuality had drew my opinions and conclusions of him from the mass corporate control media (this can be a dangerous trend for any free thinking human being). Thus, this is something that I often do not do, but most of his public comments after assessing them closer were reactionary, but like all Talking Heads their minds and tongues are controlled and their political views do not necessarily reflect any real political departure from the status quo (they are the first line of defense for the Invisible Rulers because they carryout the Art of Propaganda).
The majority of your Talking Heads are only agents of the Council on Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commission and the Bilderberger, which these groups control all discussion (both pro and con). This writer suspects Limbaugh to be an agent of these groups. They pay him to socially and politically agitate and to appeal to the dissatisfied in order create pressure from the bottom and pressure from the top. Limbaugh uses his syndicated radio broadcast where he speaks to over forty (40) million people everyday giving his listening base the Gospel according to this self-proclaimed and self-righteous radio prophet who mixes a pure form of nationalism and a message of good ole American patriotism in his often contradictory diatribe of espousing conservative values.
People have bought into this idea that we have political ideological options within the United States based on our Democracy mainly being of a two party system—Democrat and Republican; this so-called affords us two ideological views or choices that are supposedly of different poles on the political spectrum. However, those that control and manipulate national and international debate always give the appearance to the ignorant masses that there are contradictory viewpoints being espoused (and to falsely lead you into believing that you have political choices). But in reality, according to Allen and Abraham in their monumental book titled, "None Dare call it Conspiracy" there is one debate and it is always carefully crafted to benefit the interest of the Invisible Rulers and the Dynastic Families. So whatever Rush Limbaugh says can not be viewed outside of this context and it does not matter how extreme his views may be; he serves one Master (in reality we all are servants of this small minority of Masters) and they have the money, power and influence to make the likes of Limbaugh a rising star. Who controls the media and what is their objective?
Some have deduced Limbaugh down to a mere entertainer in order to minimize his credibility and dismiss him as having no substance, as far as formulating and shaping public policy. This writer thinks a more appropriate and applicable label when referencing Rush Limbaugh should be pawn. But very few understand the chessboard game that is being played on the lives of humanity. Limbaugh is only a low-level sheep herder and he works in the interest of the Invisible Rulers. This writer considers all media talking heads as mere public entertainers even the ones that most people would deem as being serious and competent reporters such as: George Stepenolopous, Anderson Cooper, Charlie Gibson, Larry King, Barbara Waters, Mike Wallace, Roland Martin, Campbell Brown, Wolf Blitzer, William Bennett, Don Lemon, Kate Snow, Bill Maher, etc., they do not report independent of the agenda and script—they are more of entertainers than Rush Limbaugh (they put on great performances in front of the cameras).
These low level operatives are masters of luring the public to sleep by presenting media distractions and constantly dumbing down America. We should not just be asked to dismiss Limbaugh because of being labled and referred to as an entertainer, but we should be able to see that all these high profile talking heads are mere entertainers as well (the media talking heads put on good performances every night as anchor men and women so-called reporting the “news”). Limbaugh is not the defacto leader of the Republican Party, he is the leader and he is one of the few Republicans who have remained theoretically true to so-called conservative values and right about now, the party is looking for anyone to give direction to a divided and fragmented organization. Limbaugh has a big bully pulpit and there are many who look to him to shape the conservative argument and to talk the code language of white privilege and class espoused best in covert conservative racist ideology, but without directly engaging in political incorrect race baiting (he is really good at this). Thus, often the likes of a Limbaugh it is not what's being said that you need to pay attention, but it is often what aren't be saying that you must pay even closer attention.
Here is the dilemma that the present day Republican Party finds itself after eight years under Bush; President George Bush had an agenda, which he accepted as a low level operative to carryout, the hidden agenda of the Invisible Rulers in which this group do not have any loyalty to low-level party affiliations (conservatives or liberals). They had one objective which was ushering in a New World Order and a One World Government and he turned the conservative core values topsy turvy. We witness the national debt climb from five trillion dollars in 2000 when he took office to over ten trillion dollars when he left office in 2008. There was no fiscal responsibility and no fiscal restraints the hallmark signature of past Republican conservative Congresses and Republican Presidents.
Big government exploded under President George Bush, a Republican who's father George Herbert Walker Bush served as partner in crime with conservative maestro President Ronald Wilson Reagan, but none of this mattered because beginning in 2000 unknowing to the masses the world was being restructured and realigned under the leadership of George W. Bush; this would take precedent over all philosophical and political party motives. The Invisible Rulers made every available resource at George W. Bush disposal which to get all the strategic pieces in place relative to Homeland Security, Patriot Act, new military initiatives or powers, nationalization of banking and finance, revamping the U.S. Jurisprudence system, the massive monetary cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, etc.
Bush gave the appearance of betraying all the fundamental principles that have traditionally represented the philosophy and ideals of the Republican Party. He represented big government at least in theory, a sharp departure from past Republican led governments. Bush perhaps had an assigned mission unlike any other commander-in-chief and most who belong to his political party were oblivious to the goal and objectives because even in the Council of Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commission, Milner Group, Carlyle Group, etc., there are layers, a circle, within circle. The external (the outer layer) members who belongs to these powerful organizations are not privy to its most secret inner workings (the hidden decision makers that are insulated and desire to be invisible). The likes of George Bush had a greater loyalty to these masters than he had to the Grand Old Party and this is what Rush Limbaugh does not understand or perhaps he does understand and is just part of the duping. His orders could have been to give the appearance that he is presenting the political anti-thesis (he is just part of the controlled argument equation).
Limbaugh at times appears to be a strict constitutional constructionist and he gives these passionate commentaries about the meaning and original intent of this great document and no doubt this resonate with the Second Amendment advocates who are not willing to give up their firearms. The United States Government uses distractions to corral the ignorant masses by constantly bombarding them with gun control propaganda, but the ultimate objective is to disarm the people and this is far removed from good public policy. Rush Limbaugh does understand that a weaken United States Constitution does not serve the interest of those who understand how vitally important it is for us to hold on to the Bill of Rights and fight for our constitution.
It is even sadder because very few high level Republican leaders have come out and said that former President Bush is the blame for the party being fragmented and in disarray and in the public eyes it cost the Republican party the 2008 election at least on the surface; Bush has not been characterized as a Benedict Arnold, perhaps the top level agents was well aware of his mission. Thus, during the 2008 presidential elections you would have thought he had the bubonic plague and Presidential Republican nominee John McCain did everything in his power to keep himself arms lengths away from former President George W. Bush because he was deemed a political liability. Bush could not stump for Senator McCain and he went through the motion as a lame duck.
There has been little political evaluation and criticism of Bush's none role in the 2008 election; it was like he did not exist and the political bagged he carried out weighed the possibility of any good he could have done to assist his party. This was a cold and calculated risk made by the New World Order proponents (let me assure you Bush's presidency was not a failure and within the grand scheme of things—Mission Accomplished). If nothing else they understand whoever is in the U.S. presidential big chair they win regardless. Limbaugh at least give the public impression that he is concerned about the political direction of the Republican Party and has enough emotional rhetoric to rally the troops back to the so-called clarion call of conservative ideals. Limbaugh has never held a public office, but he is in a position to be a flamethrower and wields tremendous political influence over elected officials.
This Talking Head has a loyal following base and not many today's Republicans command the ability to move and sway the party base like this low-level operative. Limbaugh understands you must give the people what they want and right now his base wants fire and brimstone. Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana was supposed to be the new rising star of the Republican Party, but how can you trust a man who has refused to publically acknowledge his East Indian heritage and culture. He is also a Council on Foreign Relations, Bilderberger, and Trilateral Commission member. They sent him out as a gofer to rebuttal President Barack Obama's State of the Union address and his performance left a lot to be desired.
The Republicans just refused to lay the nation's blame on President Bush and this lack of critical assessment has left them with no defense and they appear politically disorientated. Rush Limbaugh is the only Republican pundit with a platform and they would not admit to this, but the state of Republican Party rest in the direction he will take it or may be I should say, the direction his hidden paymasters will order him to take the GOP. Limbaugh was quoted as saying he hopes President Obama fails; this writer also hopes he fails, but let me clarify this statement; he was selected to further the New World Order and the One World Government agenda. Therefore, this writer can not in good conscious laud his success because his success marks the total demise of global humanity. The G-20 Summit was held recently in Europe, which was billed as a convening of twenty (20) of the most powerful governments on earth; their hidden objective was to tweak and continue to work out the kinks relative to the One World Government initiatives.
These summits are led by the Rothschilds, Rockefellers, Oppenheimers, etc., in which the international financial crisis is being driven by this hidden invisible Elite. This really has never been about the conservative versus liberal, it was more about a paradigm shift, in which none of the old arguments would factor into the minds nor influence this unstoppable trend of globalization. Thus, perhaps you have not notice, but nothing would resemble the world that we are rapidly leaving behind. Limbaugh knows this appeals to the raw emotions of the political right—their fears and their patriotism.
The last administration trampled all over the core values and principles which has traditionally glued this party together with such reckless abandonment, it created a leadership vacuum. Limbaugh recognizes this better than any other so-called conservative voice in America and he is forever seizing the moment to give political and philosophical direction to a party that is struggling for an identity. They truly yearn for yesteryear and Limbaugh has the ability to create a nostalgic fervor like no other present day conservative personality.
The appointment of Michael Steele as the first African American to head the GOP National Committee and perhaps the appointment was a counter to the Democratic Party nominating and electing President Barack Obama as our first African American Commander-in-Chief. But even in 2009 Steele does not have the right skin color to mend a Republican Party whose ideology is historically steeped in southern Confederacy, which is a reflection of a collective conscious. This statement in no way implies that the Democratic Party has differed in their policy initiatives toward African Americans; nevertheless, let us not digress to race and lose focus of the real issues which operates outside of the parameters of race. This is the trump card that the real enemy uses to keep humanity divided and has the ability to shrewdly manipulate the unsolved emotional history of race relations in the United States for their diabolic benefits.
These manipulators have plenty of use for the likes of a Rush Limbaugh. They uses him to appeal to the deep seated and unresolved emotions of a society which created racial havoc for over 310 years. Limbaugh reasons and secure their psychological guilt by making the victims appear as the criminals and the criminals appear as the victims, but this is all done by strategic design. No one is listening to the Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele (I know for sure African Americans aren't listen to him) and the majority of his white constituency do not trust him as the man with the master plan which to once again return the Republican Party into a formidable political machine.
The party has lost its political swagger and the leadership void has further propelled Limbaugh as the man of the hour. Steele a couple of months ago tried to write Limbaugh off as a mere entertainer and he would later come back to make a public apology. Limbaugh as the big Republican political cheese put him on blast, as to say, "the power rest with me and not with you." This induce economic crisis has render politics as usual as being obsolete because the rules of the game has changed. Walter Fauntroy an old confidante of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, use to say good politics was being in the room when the money was being divided. I guess Limbaugh would like to blame America's economic depression on the poor and 'have nots' and use them as the scapegoats for America's economic woes. I wonder has he read the "Protocols of the Learnt Elders of Zion" and I wonder, how would he be perceived if he attacked American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and the Zionist with same fervor that he attacks blacks and Latinos?
Limbaugh knows and understands that it is easy to ridicule a powerless people and know the political repercussion would be minimum at best. Moreover, just think about this, two United States Presidents (Bush and Obama) have given the world's corporate Elite over 161 billion dollars of the taxpayers money which automatically represents the enslavement of five unborn American generations (it is called passing the debt on). Limbaugh even during this economic depression is dependent upon advertisement dollars--
JPMorgan $25 billion; Citigroup $25 billion; Wells Fargo $25 billion; Bank of America $15 billion;
Merrill Lynch $10 billion; (NOTE) Goldman Sachs $10 billion; Morgan Stanley $10 billion;
Bank of New York Mellon $3 billion; State Street Corp $2 billion; Bank of Commerce $17 million;
First Financial Svcs $16 million; UCBH Holdings Inc $299 million; Northern Trust Corp $1.6 billion;
SunTrust Banks $3.5 billion; Broadway Financial Corp $9 million; Washington Federal $200 million;
BB&T Corp $3.1 billion; Provident Bancshares Corp $151 million; Umpqua Holdings Corp $214 million;
Comerica $2.3 billion Regions Financial $3.5 billion Capital One Financial $3.6 billion;
First Horizon National $866 million; Huntington Bancshares $1.4 billion; KeyCorp $2.5 billion;
Valley National Bancorp $300 million; Zions Bancorp $1.4 billion; Marshall & Ilsley Corp $1.7 billion;
US Bancorp $6.6 billion; TCF Financial $361 million; First Niagara Financial $184 million;
HF Financial Corp $25 million; Centerstate Banks Fla. $28 million; First Community Bancshares, Inc. $42 million;
Western Alliance Bancorp. $140 million; Webster Financial $400 million; Pacific Capital Bancorp. $181 million;
Heritage Commerce Corp. $40 million; Ameris Bancorp. $52 million; Porter Bancorp $35 million;
Banner Corp $124 million; Cascade Financial $39 million; Columbia Banking $77 million;
Heritage Financial Corp. $24 million; First PacTrust Bancorp. $19 million Severn Bancorp, Inc. $23 million;
Boston Private $154 million; Associated Banc-Corp $525 million; Trustmark Corp $215 million;
First Community Corp. $11 million Taylor Capital $105 million; Nara Bancorp, Inc. $67 million.
Limbaugh suffers from diarrhea of the of the mouth and he is constantly blaming the "liberals" for the economic, political and social troubles of the United States (this allows the real troublemaker to continue to hide and carry out their deceptive acts against all humanity). This pawn wouldn't dare tell the public that Henry Kissinger wields more power and control over the affairs of America and the world than President Barack Obama. He does not possess the intestinal fortitude to tell his gullible listening audience that the Rothschilds, Rockefellers, Oppenheimer, etc., the international bankers have induced this economic depression and credit crunch to further place that noose around our necks, chain and ball around the minds of their modern slaves. There is truly no honor amongst thieves and if the talking heads were to tell the people the truth their careers and the financial crumbs would dry up like stagnated water in a sizzling hot desert.
Limbaugh perhaps knows that someone possess the power and authority to call the debt-in, which is outside the framework of the Democratic process and is not bind by the U.S. Constitutional legal framework (this group functions outside of all sovereign and legal jurisdictions the world over). This writer predicts that Limbaugh influence will only increase because of the desperation and the hopelessness that has been created inside of the United States. People are looking for someone to lead them and provide them with guidance--the government has failed them and at the same time enriched the international bankers and their Dynastic families at the expense of the ignorant.
Limbaugh knows how far to go and he will not cross certain lines and he will never lay blame upon the real culprits. He is atypical of how western media functions; journalism is censored and it is highly controlled—they systematically feed us government propaganda in order to keep us confused and dumbfound. Limbaugh and no other western Talking Head can be trusted; they are the gatekeepers of our enslavement because they feed our minds sublimely with decoded messages designed to keep us politically ignorant and misinformed while they silently rule over all humanity without any real opposition.
Fahim A. Knight-EL Chief Researcher for KEEPING IT REAL THINK TANK located in Durham, NC; our mission is to inform African Americans and all people of goodwill, of the pending dangers that lie ahead; as well as decode the symbolisms and reinterpreted the hidden meanings behind those who operate as invisible forces, but covertly rules the world. We are of the belief that an enlightened world will be better prepared to throw off the shackles of ignorance and not be willing participants for the slaughter. Our MOTTO is speaking truth to power. Fahim A. Knight-EL can be reached at fahimknight@yahoo.com.
Stay Awake Until We Meet Again,
Fahim A. Knight-EL
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
FREEMASONRY: THE AMERICAN DILEMMA; POWER AND MYSTERY
Freemasonry: The American Dilemma; Power and Mystery
By Fahim A. Knight-EL
Who is running the United States Government and the world? This writer briefly wrote about the Freemasonic connection to the White House and the United States Capitol (edifice, architecture, art, geometric lay out, etc.) in the last half of his article titled, "The Domino Effect: Don't Believe the Hype".
This writer constantly receives queries about whether or not he knew if President Barack Obama belongs to the Order. Thus, ordinarily inquirers have a predetermined suspicion based on President Obama’s ascension to "power" that he might be an Oath Taker, but this notion is inconclusive and it is shrouded in nonfactual conjecture but at least they have the sense to seek some external independent source for validation. This writer has no independent and/or substantiated evidence proving that President Obama was raised (meaning initiated in the ancient Masonic ritual of symbolically being brought from a dead level to a living perpendicular on the square) in Masonic Lodge.
No United States Grand Masonic Lodge of either of the two most prominent Masonic bodies—Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (AF&AM) or perhaps the most influential body of Masons relative to African Americans who called themselves Prince Hall Masons of the Free and Accepted Masons (F&AM) body have issued any public documentation confirming and/or denying whether President Obama is a member of a Freemasonic Order. But he is a member of three of the most powerful and influential organizations the world over—Council on Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commission and the Bilderberger these three organizations functions on the same lines of Freemasonry and often the network is interwoven into Freemasonry and in that sense, it is difficult to view these three powerful groups separate and apart from High Degree Freemasonry because they at times share a cross membership.(Reference: Gary Allen and Larry Abraham; "None Dare Call it Conspiracy").
However, this writer does not think President Obama would have opted to be Masonic initiated by some clandestine group (a Masonic group that is not duly chartered and does not have a legal Masonic Dispensation to function as body of Freemasons). The label of "irregular" or better yet "clandestine" has even been applied to the predominately African American Prince Hall Masons. Although, their founder, a free slave named Prince Hall received a legitimate charter from the Grand Lodge of England in 1784 recognizing the Black Masons as a duly constituted lodge. There are eleven (11) southern states that are part of the Ancient Free and Accepted (AF&AM) Masonic Order who still in 2009 do not recognize nor accept the Black Prince Hall Masons as legitimate Masons. (Reference: Paul M. Bessel and Alton G. Roundtree, “Out of the Shadows: The Emergency of Prince Hall Freemasonry in America").
This writer authored an article titled, "There is No Brotherly Love Between Black Masons and White Masons" and he submitted his thesis to both AF&AM (white Masons) and F&AM (black Masons). This writer challenged the racist hypocrisy and took them both the task on the principles of Masonry. This writer has personally met the North Carolina Prince Hall Grand Master Milton "Toby" Fitch who is a prominent Superior Court Judge on the State bench in North Carolina. Thus, up until November 2008 with all his civic and professional awards and educational achievements he would have been denied Masonic entry into the white body AF&AM within state of North Carolina because of race and skin color. (Reference: Joseph Walkes, Jr,: Black Square and Compass 200 Hundred Years of Prince Hall Freemasonry").
However, I wrote the article titled,” There was No Brotherly Love Between Black Masons and White Masons" sub-titled, "Let There be Light" perhaps last years early 2008 with an objective to socially agitate. The article was written because after having many conversations with Prince Hall Masons who were dismayed with how the AF&AM body was treating them. But many of them were unwilling to openly challenge AF&AM un-Masonic conduct and did not have the intestinal fortitude to confront the wrongs of Caucasian Masonry in the United States. It was at that point that I had truly committed myself to becoming a student of Masonry and allowing myself to go far beyond the established reading list in order to research and study the historical and philosophical principles of Freemasonry. I saw hypocrisy and racism as being in contradiction to the tenets of Freemasonry. (Reference: Fahim A. Knight-EL;"Let There Be Light: There Is No Brotherly Love Between White Masons and Black Masons").
Thus, many Masons that I had converse with was satisfied and had become complacent after being raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason (third and final degree in Masonry) and thought at that point they had arrived to some great place within the Divine Scheme of things and there was no need to continue the search for knowledge. It is this type of ignorance that is so pervasive amongst Masons (high degree Masons and Master Masons) that has led to intellectual stagnation. Many do not have a clue that historically the United States Government polity structure was built on Freemasonic ideological premises and the outward Masonic symbolism is not coincidental, but it still remains the guiding force and the language of communication amongst our world decision makers. This writer understands that all acquired Masonic knowledge had a root much deeper than the symbolic introduction that most Freemasons received in their Masonic training.
This writer had read the works of great Caucasian scholars such as Albert Churchward, Gerald Massey, Sir Godfrey Higgins, George Frazer, etc., who pointed to Kemet (Egypt) as being the cradle of civilization from which all knowledge sprung. I had also, read a book written in 1954 by George G.M. James titled, "Stolen Legacy" in which James attributes Greek Mythology as being stolen Egyptian philosophy and since Freemasonry is built on these scientific and mathematical principles this led me to investigate Kemet (Egypt) further and this is where I found the root of all Masonic teachings in Kemet (Egypt). (Reference: George G.M. James; "Stolen Legacy").
Manly P. Hall and Albert G. Mackey and all the great Masonic writers pointed us to Kemet (Egypt) where this great craft received its origin. On the walls of the great pyramids it was inscribed "Man Know Thyself" and as a people of African descendant we had been made blind to the knowledge of self and Freemasonry or Speculative (philosophical) Masonry had enough in its teachings to verify that this society had an ancient origin that went much further back than 1717. The origin gave us a Nubian African reality and all the Masonic schools of thought came from African people. (Reference: Ra Un Nefer Amen; “Metu Neter: The Great Oracle of Tehuti and the Egyptian System of Spiritual Cultivation”).
Most of your United States Presidents from George Washington forward were Freemasons (over 20 United States Presidents were Freemasons) and the early architect and the symbolism from the statues on the Mall—the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, White House and the Capitol architect being spoken beyond the naked eye were Masonic in its symbolism without a doubt. Masons communicate and recognize each other by a Word, Sign, and/or Token (handshake grip) and the Washington DC is full of these unrecognizable symbols. Some historians maintain that the Mall is arranged geometrically to how the pyramids are setup in Kemet (Egypt). (Reference: David Barton; "The Question of Freemasonry and the Founding Fathers”).
This writer does not have any independent or verifiable information that President Barack Obama is a Prince Hall Freemasonry, but I believe that he might belong to a sister group called the Black Boule where some of the most powerful and influential Blacks and mostly 33rd degree Masons are members and some argue that the Black Boule was founded by Prince Masons as an elitist group. (Reference: Charles H. Wesley; “History of Sigma Pi Phi, first of the Negro-American Greek-letter fraternities”).
If we started from that premises of what the Honorable Elijah Muhammad taught, which was that Freemasonry was for Caucasians and not the Asiatic Black man. He taught of all the knowledge one could acquire; thus there was none greater than attaining theknowledge of self. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad then stated my teachings can be summed up in six words "accept your own and be yourself." The African Nubians are the true originators of the knowledge based on the Egyptian Mystery Schools—architect, mathematics, medicine, and the Seven Liberal Arts originated in Kemet (Egypt). The Black man was robbed of the knowledge of self and he doesn't even know, he is from the East and when he answers that Masonic question from a standpoint of "which way you are traveling?" (east to west) his answer reflects historical ignorance. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad stated: "of all our studies, history is the most attractive and best qualified to reward our research, as it develops the springs and motives of human actions and displays the consequences of circumstances which operates most powerfully on the destinies of human beings” (Reference: Elijah Muhammad; “The Secret Teachings of Freemasonry”)
Muhammad equated this hitting in the head (the Hiram Abiff myth) with the European Nations of France, England and America who robbed and kidnapped the original man from his land. So the first three degrees is a reenactment of the Caucasian man's history. Elijah Muhammad stated we allowed him to come amongst us, but when he started causing confusing; we ran him out of the Holy Land 2,200 miles across the hot Arabian Desert (Turkey would be the Islamic Nation responsible for keeping him in the hills and cave sides of Europe; take a close look at the national flag of Turkey and look at symbol of the Mystic Shrine). The Shrine ritual talks about the hot burning sands and how difficult it is to cross. Also, most of your college fraternities and sororities make reference to the hot burning sands. Thus, for him he did traveled from East to West and when people of African descendent join the Lodge, it is his history and culture that we adopt. In all reality, Masonry was not meant for Asiatic black man. We are the originators of the knowledge. This writer abhors racism and has fought against racism for all his adult life. So he went on a personal crusade which to heighten the contradiction and agitate this good ole boy Masonic fraternity who had after two hundred (200) year was still practicing racism in 2008 and even to this very day. (Zachary P. Gremillion; "African Origins of Freemasonry").
Does Freemasonry possess an inordinate amount of power and influence over the governments, politicians, policy makers and do they determine the political, economic, and social course of humanity? Yes they do; because the Power Elite set up Freemasonry as an Order that would shield their inner workings (power, greed and their teachings of Godhood status). The Dynastic Families and Invisible Emperors were themselves inspired and magnetized by the principles and teachings of harmony, justice, equilibrium, reciprocity , etc., that were offered by the Ancients. Most of the greatest Masonic writers such as Manly P. Hall, Albert Mackey, Albert Pike, Albert Churchward, Sir Godfey Higgins, etc., had tapped into a body of esoteric and occult wisdom and knowledge that have been around since the ancient of days. (Reference: Nesta H. Webster; “Secret Societies and Subversive Movements”).
The ancient writings in the Kabala trace this knowledge back to Kemet (ancient Egypt ) and all other ancient wisdom seekers have traced the origin of this knowledge and principles back to Kemet. However, we must understand this knowledge represented a source of energy and the embracing of the principles led ordinary men to do extraordinary deeds. Thus, for the most part both the Scottish Rite and the York Rite Masonic bodies corrupted those pristine ancient lessons that were originally taught in the Egyptian Mystery School; this is how the writers of the Kabala describe that school of thought this way:
“From old Egypt have come the fundamental esoteric and occult teachings which have so strongly influenced the philosophies of all races, nations and peoples, for several thousand years. Egypt , the home of the Pyramids and the Sphinx, was the birthplace of the Hidden Wisdom and Mystic Teachings. From her Secret Doctrine all nations have borrowed. India, Persia, Chaldea, Medea, China, Japan, Assyria, ancient Greece and Rome, and other ancient countries partook liberally at the feast of knowledge which the Hierophants and Masters of the Land of Isis so freely provided for those who came prepared to partake of the great store of Mystic and Occult Lore which the masterminds of that ancient land had gathered together.” (Reference: By Three Initiates; “The Kybalion: A Study of Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece” pg 15-16).
The Kabala continued: "In ancient Egypt dwelt the great Adepts and Masters who have never been surpassed, and who seldom have been equaled, during the centuries that have taken their processional flight since the days of the Great Hermes. In Egypt was located the Great Lodge of Lodges of the Mystics. At the doors of her Temples entered the N neophytes who afterward, as Hierophants, Adepts, and Masters, traveled to the four corners of the earth, carrying with them the precious knowledge which they were ready, anxious, and willing to pass on to those who were ready to receive the same. All students of the Occult recognize the debt that they owe to these venerable Masters of that ancient land. (Reference: By Three Initiates; “The Kybalion: A Study of Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece” pg 16-17).
These modern philosophers tried to convey in words what the ancient Sages and Scribes conveyed in symbolic ritual and resonated spiritually with its neophytes, which went far beyond the external lessons that were being dispensed and it enlightened and illuminated the internal spiritual soul of man, which allowed him to transcend the mundane external confinements of the physical world. (H.P. Blavatsky; "Isis Unveiled").
The ancient masters of Kemet ( Egypt ) in one sense had evolved to the point that they did not see themselves separate from "God" in fact they accepted and understood that they were "God". This view had very little correlation to western thought; it was not based on a duping or used in an imperialistic manner to create an imbalance in the natural order of things, but just the opposite, it served as a model of human potential. Western Freemasonry without doubt, perhaps could not exist with the mythological and the mystic teachings that evolved out of Kemet ( Egypt ) and the Freemasonic ascension over other schools of thought and Orders is a direct result of someone tapping into occult and esoteric wisdom of Kemet (Egypt). They borrowed the ancient symbols and have even incorporated the ancient language in their modern Masonic rituals. The blind, deaf and dumb has no idea that as they move about in this physical world that what is driving the direction of the national and global political, economic and social orders is high degree Freemasonry (now lets not be foolish this writer is not referring to those who are raised in the Blue Lodge nor those who have ascended up the York Rite and Scottish Rite ladder) in which there are orders that functions separate and apart from these visible Masonic Orders. (Reference: Manly P. Hall; "The Secret Teachings of all Ages").
This writer had the opportunity in 1990 and 1991 to visited the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angles and was blown away by the overt Kemetic symbolism that has been adopted by western Masonic Orders; thus every direction I turned in the auditorium there were Egyptian architecture, art, statues, relics and various inscriptions, perhaps designed to make every attempt to connect Speculative Masonry to a mystique Ancient Order where knowledge flowed as readily as the Blue and White Nile. President George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and founding fathers built a philosophical and political system that would be rooted in the Ancient esoteric wisdom of ancient Kemet. They took a portion of what Akhenaton, Imhotep, Ramasee, etc., taught and simultaneously built two governmental societies side by side—one would function as a visible entity and other would be cloaked in secrecy and possessing much more power than the latter. (Reference: Anthony Browder; "The Nile Valley Contribution to Civilization").
The majority of your United States presidents were initiated into the Scottish Rites and/or York Rite Freemasonry and they understood that signs and symbols provided them with a tool and knowledge base that had the power to transcend religion and politics (this led them to embracing the metaphysical). The Europeans were both intrigued and fascinated by the lessons the mystics left us in the realm of symbolism. Although, they corrupted the lessons that were being taught in the Egyptian Mystery Schools—Buddha, Confucius, Zoroaster, Jesus, Muhammad, etc., were able to create universal movements because they too had tapped into that higher power and embraced the lessons in what the Rosicrusicans called mental alchemy. How could one be traveling from East to West in search of more light in Masonry and fail to pay homage to Kemet? The West borrowed their light (wisdom and knowledge) from the East. But England, France and the United States became the citadels of learning because unlike other European societies Freemasonry was allowed to flourish, which the Elite and aristocrat even before 1717 had come in contact with the ancient writings of Kemet (Egypt). (Reference: Ralph M. Lewis; "Mental Alchemy").
Thus, even the African Moors under Tarik Ibn Zaid in 711 A.D had come in contact with the ancient knowledge of Kemet (Egypt). For example, maritime science, cartography, architecture, philosophy, engineering (electrical and mechanical), etc. were first taught in Kemet (Egypt). Although, Alexander in 333 BCE had pillaged and destroyed the libraries at Alexandra (which stood as the true citadel of learning and education), it was still remnants of knowledge that remained in tact because the pyramids led the seekers to the power of Amen Ra and Osiris. (Reference: Edward W. Blyden: "Christianity, Islam, and the Negro Race").
Most historians like to focus on the Moors and their relationship to Islam and make every attempt to elevate Saudi Arabia and Prophet Muhammad Ibn Abdullah (pbuh) as an enlighten society above Kemet, where political, social and economic progress sprouted in Africa, Asia, and Europe was a so-called direct relations to these societies involvement with Islam. No, doubt Islam as religion and political institution was able to flex its muscles from the 8th Century to the 15th Century (conquered all of North Africa, part of the Asian Pacific, West Africa and even made its way to the boarders of Southern France). The Moors took what they had learned in Egypt (Kemet) and civilized Spain (You can still see the Moorish Islamic influence in Spanish cities such as Cordova, Seville, Barcelona, Madrid, etc.) and led to a renaissance in Europe; lifting Europe out of the Dark Ages. (Reference: John G. Jackson & Willis N. Huggins; "A Guide to Studies in African History).
I have been presented with this question over and over again by Muslims of all persuasions relative to how Islam and Freemasonry (Mystic Shrine Masonry) differ. This writer always points out that Islam is a religion (or a way of life) and it is a serious faith tradition beginning with Prophet Muhammad 570-632 AD (PBUH) and the revelation of the Qur'an, and there is no compulsion in Islam. Islam does not have a "secret" theology and it is open to all who desire to investigate this faith tradition and to become a Muslim it only requires a prospective believer to take the Shahadah and by bearing witness "there is no God, But Allah and Muhammad Ibn Abdullah is his Messenger". There is no elaborate rituals like you would find associated with Masonry. (Reference: Muhammad Husayn Haykak; "The Life of Muhammad").
But I believe that Muslims have distorted and mis-characterize Freemasonry as being a "secret society" and in my estimation, they have a tendency of mixing truth with falsehood. Freemasonry is not a "secret society" but it is an organization that possesses secrets and there lie the difference. The other misnomer is that Freemasonry claim to be a religion; it is a fraternity, brotherhood and function separate and apart from religion; yet religion is used to explain and exemplify ethical and moral lessons. (Reference: E.M. Storms; "Should A Christian Be A Mason).
However, Muslims believe that Freemasonry teachings are anti-Islamic and the organization is Zionist inspired aimed at destroying Islam and it teachings are heretic. I have met many Sunni, Shia, and of course some Nation of Islam members who are active Prince Hall Masons and we have had some engaging conversations relative to Islam and their involvement into Freemasonry. There are good arguments on both sides and how Muslims view Freemasonry varies, but many do not take the time to the research they only echo what the Imam or cleric may have stated. There are few who do a complete study course and research in order to determine whether or not becoming a Mason would compromise one's Islamic beliefs. I can assure you this, Islam like all three major world religions (Abrahamic faiths) are accepted into the philosophical the body of Freemasonry. (Mustafa El-Amin; "African-American Freemasons: Why They Should Accept AI-Islam").
There is overwhelming evidence that perhaps suggest that Prophet Noble Drew Ali, leader and founder of the Moorish Science Temple of America in 1913. The first organized Islamic group founded in America; He was a Prince Hall Mason and was elevated to the Mystic Shrine 32nd degree (pseudo Islam organization). Now! this is where it gets a little sticky; the full name of the Shrine is the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. You can kind of discern from that name that at least in theory somebody was perhaps working with some real knowledge. The Black Shriners were formulated in 1893 and in most jurisdictions until recently black Masons and White Masons still had separate and apart Masonic lodges. So you can assume that Prophet Noble Drew Ali was initiated in an African American Shrine Temple based on the segregation and racism during that volatile period in American history. He was born around 1886 and was murdered around 1929 in Chicago, Illinois. (Reference: Peter Lamborn Wilson; "Sacred Drifts: Essays on the Margins of Islam").
There is no doubt that the Shriners taught a generic form of Islam and was it perhaps this teachings that inspired Prophet Drew Ali to search for greater truths after coming in contact with the Masonic teachings. But the Shriners used the Holy Qur'an, make references to Islam, and make a lot of mention of Prophet Muhammad Ibn Abdullah (PBUH) in their body of liturgy and was this Ali's first subtle orientation to Islam (the origin of Shia Islam rest on the controversy posed by Caliph Ali ibn Talib ).(Reference: Charles Eric Lincoln; "The Black Muslims in America").
Some rightly argue, that the Moors history goes back to the 8th century in North Africa and these black men had one of the greatest and significant reins ever recorded in human history, relative to Tarik Ibn Zaid and how the Moors enlightened all of Europe and brought a high civilization and culture. Some historians maintain that Prophet Drew Ali worked on the railroad and met perhaps Ahmadiyyah Muslims while working on the train and they began to expose him to an oriental Islam and others believe that he traveled to North Africa; in particular Morocco and Egypt and was initiated in the Egyptian Mystery Schools; where he learned the esoteric sciences and Islam and was given instructions to come back to North America and teach the lost-found Asiatic black man and woman in America Islam. But those of us who study Speculative Masonry can trace Masonry back to the Egyptian Mystery Schools and in recent times back to the date of 644 A.D. to the linage of Muhammad's (PBUH) son-in-law Ali Ibn Talib (may Allah be please with him). (Reference: Mustafa El-Amin; "Freemasonry: Ancient Egypt and the Islamic Destiny").
Yes. Newton, Galilee, Copernicus, René Descartes, etc., great European thinkers and theoretician were only standing on principles that were being taught in Kemet (Egypt) long before these theoreticians would make their mark on humanity. The Moors built magnificent structures based on Eastern architect and later European Freemasonry would erect Masonic lodges resembling the Islamic Moorish architect styles. The Freemasons were able transcend religion and saw the secular value in the Qur'an, Bible, Vedas, etc., which the compass and square took on a universal meaning and any "Holy Book" could serve as the Great Light on the alter, it would be depended upon the nation and the faith tradition of the land. This allowed Freemasonry to attract men from various religious, social, political, and educational status—they believed that it is "a beautiful system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols". For example, this notion of being a "system of morality" has undergirded the intellectual and jurisprudence basis of the United States being raised from the rubbish heat over 200 years ago to become one of the greatest modern world powers of all time. (Reference: Robert Lomas; "Freemasonry and the Birth of Modern Science").
The United States greatness can not be viewed outside of its relationship to the Masonic worldview and almost at every turn in American history there is Freemasonry. Its philosophy and ideology gave the U.S. Government teachings that would alter the world's power dynamic and create a paradigm shift that has been in existences for over two centuries. Thus, for the most part, until perhaps the last twenty years historians and social scientist have ignored the Masonic influence in shaping our democracy. Yes, as I stated above some of the early Masonic writers had documented this reality, but oftentimes their research were dismissed as mere conspiracy theory and this further allowed Freemasonry to cloak it-self and remain under the radar. But let’s be clear those that embraced Freemasonry have stood shoulders above their uninitiated brothers. (Reference: Nicholas Haggar; "The Secret Founding of America").
Fahim A. Knight-EL Chief Researcher for KEEPING IT REAL THINK TANK located in Durham, NC; our mission is to inform African Americans and all people of goodwill, of the pending dangers that lie ahead; as well as decode the symbolisms and reinterpreted the hidden meanings behind those who operate as invisible forces, but covertly rules the world. We are of the belief that an enlightened world will be better prepared to throw off the shackles of ignorance and not be willing participants for the slaughter. Our MOTTO is speaking truth to power. Fahim A. Knight-EL can be reached at fahimknight@yahoo.com.
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By Fahim A. Knight-EL
Who is running the United States Government and the world? This writer briefly wrote about the Freemasonic connection to the White House and the United States Capitol (edifice, architecture, art, geometric lay out, etc.) in the last half of his article titled, "The Domino Effect: Don't Believe the Hype".
This writer constantly receives queries about whether or not he knew if President Barack Obama belongs to the Order. Thus, ordinarily inquirers have a predetermined suspicion based on President Obama’s ascension to "power" that he might be an Oath Taker, but this notion is inconclusive and it is shrouded in nonfactual conjecture but at least they have the sense to seek some external independent source for validation. This writer has no independent and/or substantiated evidence proving that President Obama was raised (meaning initiated in the ancient Masonic ritual of symbolically being brought from a dead level to a living perpendicular on the square) in Masonic Lodge.
No United States Grand Masonic Lodge of either of the two most prominent Masonic bodies—Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (AF&AM) or perhaps the most influential body of Masons relative to African Americans who called themselves Prince Hall Masons of the Free and Accepted Masons (F&AM) body have issued any public documentation confirming and/or denying whether President Obama is a member of a Freemasonic Order. But he is a member of three of the most powerful and influential organizations the world over—Council on Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commission and the Bilderberger these three organizations functions on the same lines of Freemasonry and often the network is interwoven into Freemasonry and in that sense, it is difficult to view these three powerful groups separate and apart from High Degree Freemasonry because they at times share a cross membership.(Reference: Gary Allen and Larry Abraham; "None Dare Call it Conspiracy").
However, this writer does not think President Obama would have opted to be Masonic initiated by some clandestine group (a Masonic group that is not duly chartered and does not have a legal Masonic Dispensation to function as body of Freemasons). The label of "irregular" or better yet "clandestine" has even been applied to the predominately African American Prince Hall Masons. Although, their founder, a free slave named Prince Hall received a legitimate charter from the Grand Lodge of England in 1784 recognizing the Black Masons as a duly constituted lodge. There are eleven (11) southern states that are part of the Ancient Free and Accepted (AF&AM) Masonic Order who still in 2009 do not recognize nor accept the Black Prince Hall Masons as legitimate Masons. (Reference: Paul M. Bessel and Alton G. Roundtree, “Out of the Shadows: The Emergency of Prince Hall Freemasonry in America").
This writer authored an article titled, "There is No Brotherly Love Between Black Masons and White Masons" and he submitted his thesis to both AF&AM (white Masons) and F&AM (black Masons). This writer challenged the racist hypocrisy and took them both the task on the principles of Masonry. This writer has personally met the North Carolina Prince Hall Grand Master Milton "Toby" Fitch who is a prominent Superior Court Judge on the State bench in North Carolina. Thus, up until November 2008 with all his civic and professional awards and educational achievements he would have been denied Masonic entry into the white body AF&AM within state of North Carolina because of race and skin color. (Reference: Joseph Walkes, Jr,: Black Square and Compass 200 Hundred Years of Prince Hall Freemasonry").
However, I wrote the article titled,” There was No Brotherly Love Between Black Masons and White Masons" sub-titled, "Let There be Light" perhaps last years early 2008 with an objective to socially agitate. The article was written because after having many conversations with Prince Hall Masons who were dismayed with how the AF&AM body was treating them. But many of them were unwilling to openly challenge AF&AM un-Masonic conduct and did not have the intestinal fortitude to confront the wrongs of Caucasian Masonry in the United States. It was at that point that I had truly committed myself to becoming a student of Masonry and allowing myself to go far beyond the established reading list in order to research and study the historical and philosophical principles of Freemasonry. I saw hypocrisy and racism as being in contradiction to the tenets of Freemasonry. (Reference: Fahim A. Knight-EL;"Let There Be Light: There Is No Brotherly Love Between White Masons and Black Masons").
Thus, many Masons that I had converse with was satisfied and had become complacent after being raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason (third and final degree in Masonry) and thought at that point they had arrived to some great place within the Divine Scheme of things and there was no need to continue the search for knowledge. It is this type of ignorance that is so pervasive amongst Masons (high degree Masons and Master Masons) that has led to intellectual stagnation. Many do not have a clue that historically the United States Government polity structure was built on Freemasonic ideological premises and the outward Masonic symbolism is not coincidental, but it still remains the guiding force and the language of communication amongst our world decision makers. This writer understands that all acquired Masonic knowledge had a root much deeper than the symbolic introduction that most Freemasons received in their Masonic training.
This writer had read the works of great Caucasian scholars such as Albert Churchward, Gerald Massey, Sir Godfrey Higgins, George Frazer, etc., who pointed to Kemet (Egypt) as being the cradle of civilization from which all knowledge sprung. I had also, read a book written in 1954 by George G.M. James titled, "Stolen Legacy" in which James attributes Greek Mythology as being stolen Egyptian philosophy and since Freemasonry is built on these scientific and mathematical principles this led me to investigate Kemet (Egypt) further and this is where I found the root of all Masonic teachings in Kemet (Egypt). (Reference: George G.M. James; "Stolen Legacy").
Manly P. Hall and Albert G. Mackey and all the great Masonic writers pointed us to Kemet (Egypt) where this great craft received its origin. On the walls of the great pyramids it was inscribed "Man Know Thyself" and as a people of African descendant we had been made blind to the knowledge of self and Freemasonry or Speculative (philosophical) Masonry had enough in its teachings to verify that this society had an ancient origin that went much further back than 1717. The origin gave us a Nubian African reality and all the Masonic schools of thought came from African people. (Reference: Ra Un Nefer Amen; “Metu Neter: The Great Oracle of Tehuti and the Egyptian System of Spiritual Cultivation”).
Most of your United States Presidents from George Washington forward were Freemasons (over 20 United States Presidents were Freemasons) and the early architect and the symbolism from the statues on the Mall—the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, White House and the Capitol architect being spoken beyond the naked eye were Masonic in its symbolism without a doubt. Masons communicate and recognize each other by a Word, Sign, and/or Token (handshake grip) and the Washington DC is full of these unrecognizable symbols. Some historians maintain that the Mall is arranged geometrically to how the pyramids are setup in Kemet (Egypt). (Reference: David Barton; "The Question of Freemasonry and the Founding Fathers”).
This writer does not have any independent or verifiable information that President Barack Obama is a Prince Hall Freemasonry, but I believe that he might belong to a sister group called the Black Boule where some of the most powerful and influential Blacks and mostly 33rd degree Masons are members and some argue that the Black Boule was founded by Prince Masons as an elitist group. (Reference: Charles H. Wesley; “History of Sigma Pi Phi, first of the Negro-American Greek-letter fraternities”).
If we started from that premises of what the Honorable Elijah Muhammad taught, which was that Freemasonry was for Caucasians and not the Asiatic Black man. He taught of all the knowledge one could acquire; thus there was none greater than attaining theknowledge of self. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad then stated my teachings can be summed up in six words "accept your own and be yourself." The African Nubians are the true originators of the knowledge based on the Egyptian Mystery Schools—architect, mathematics, medicine, and the Seven Liberal Arts originated in Kemet (Egypt). The Black man was robbed of the knowledge of self and he doesn't even know, he is from the East and when he answers that Masonic question from a standpoint of "which way you are traveling?" (east to west) his answer reflects historical ignorance. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad stated: "of all our studies, history is the most attractive and best qualified to reward our research, as it develops the springs and motives of human actions and displays the consequences of circumstances which operates most powerfully on the destinies of human beings” (Reference: Elijah Muhammad; “The Secret Teachings of Freemasonry”)
Muhammad equated this hitting in the head (the Hiram Abiff myth) with the European Nations of France, England and America who robbed and kidnapped the original man from his land. So the first three degrees is a reenactment of the Caucasian man's history. Elijah Muhammad stated we allowed him to come amongst us, but when he started causing confusing; we ran him out of the Holy Land 2,200 miles across the hot Arabian Desert (Turkey would be the Islamic Nation responsible for keeping him in the hills and cave sides of Europe; take a close look at the national flag of Turkey and look at symbol of the Mystic Shrine). The Shrine ritual talks about the hot burning sands and how difficult it is to cross. Also, most of your college fraternities and sororities make reference to the hot burning sands. Thus, for him he did traveled from East to West and when people of African descendent join the Lodge, it is his history and culture that we adopt. In all reality, Masonry was not meant for Asiatic black man. We are the originators of the knowledge. This writer abhors racism and has fought against racism for all his adult life. So he went on a personal crusade which to heighten the contradiction and agitate this good ole boy Masonic fraternity who had after two hundred (200) year was still practicing racism in 2008 and even to this very day. (Zachary P. Gremillion; "African Origins of Freemasonry").
Does Freemasonry possess an inordinate amount of power and influence over the governments, politicians, policy makers and do they determine the political, economic, and social course of humanity? Yes they do; because the Power Elite set up Freemasonry as an Order that would shield their inner workings (power, greed and their teachings of Godhood status). The Dynastic Families and Invisible Emperors were themselves inspired and magnetized by the principles and teachings of harmony, justice, equilibrium, reciprocity , etc., that were offered by the Ancients. Most of the greatest Masonic writers such as Manly P. Hall, Albert Mackey, Albert Pike, Albert Churchward, Sir Godfey Higgins, etc., had tapped into a body of esoteric and occult wisdom and knowledge that have been around since the ancient of days. (Reference: Nesta H. Webster; “Secret Societies and Subversive Movements”).
The ancient writings in the Kabala trace this knowledge back to Kemet (ancient Egypt ) and all other ancient wisdom seekers have traced the origin of this knowledge and principles back to Kemet. However, we must understand this knowledge represented a source of energy and the embracing of the principles led ordinary men to do extraordinary deeds. Thus, for the most part both the Scottish Rite and the York Rite Masonic bodies corrupted those pristine ancient lessons that were originally taught in the Egyptian Mystery School; this is how the writers of the Kabala describe that school of thought this way:
“From old Egypt have come the fundamental esoteric and occult teachings which have so strongly influenced the philosophies of all races, nations and peoples, for several thousand years. Egypt , the home of the Pyramids and the Sphinx, was the birthplace of the Hidden Wisdom and Mystic Teachings. From her Secret Doctrine all nations have borrowed. India, Persia, Chaldea, Medea, China, Japan, Assyria, ancient Greece and Rome, and other ancient countries partook liberally at the feast of knowledge which the Hierophants and Masters of the Land of Isis so freely provided for those who came prepared to partake of the great store of Mystic and Occult Lore which the masterminds of that ancient land had gathered together.” (Reference: By Three Initiates; “The Kybalion: A Study of Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece” pg 15-16).
The Kabala continued: "In ancient Egypt dwelt the great Adepts and Masters who have never been surpassed, and who seldom have been equaled, during the centuries that have taken their processional flight since the days of the Great Hermes. In Egypt was located the Great Lodge of Lodges of the Mystics. At the doors of her Temples entered the N neophytes who afterward, as Hierophants, Adepts, and Masters, traveled to the four corners of the earth, carrying with them the precious knowledge which they were ready, anxious, and willing to pass on to those who were ready to receive the same. All students of the Occult recognize the debt that they owe to these venerable Masters of that ancient land. (Reference: By Three Initiates; “The Kybalion: A Study of Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece” pg 16-17).
These modern philosophers tried to convey in words what the ancient Sages and Scribes conveyed in symbolic ritual and resonated spiritually with its neophytes, which went far beyond the external lessons that were being dispensed and it enlightened and illuminated the internal spiritual soul of man, which allowed him to transcend the mundane external confinements of the physical world. (H.P. Blavatsky; "Isis Unveiled").
The ancient masters of Kemet ( Egypt ) in one sense had evolved to the point that they did not see themselves separate from "God" in fact they accepted and understood that they were "God". This view had very little correlation to western thought; it was not based on a duping or used in an imperialistic manner to create an imbalance in the natural order of things, but just the opposite, it served as a model of human potential. Western Freemasonry without doubt, perhaps could not exist with the mythological and the mystic teachings that evolved out of Kemet ( Egypt ) and the Freemasonic ascension over other schools of thought and Orders is a direct result of someone tapping into occult and esoteric wisdom of Kemet (Egypt). They borrowed the ancient symbols and have even incorporated the ancient language in their modern Masonic rituals. The blind, deaf and dumb has no idea that as they move about in this physical world that what is driving the direction of the national and global political, economic and social orders is high degree Freemasonry (now lets not be foolish this writer is not referring to those who are raised in the Blue Lodge nor those who have ascended up the York Rite and Scottish Rite ladder) in which there are orders that functions separate and apart from these visible Masonic Orders. (Reference: Manly P. Hall; "The Secret Teachings of all Ages").
This writer had the opportunity in 1990 and 1991 to visited the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angles and was blown away by the overt Kemetic symbolism that has been adopted by western Masonic Orders; thus every direction I turned in the auditorium there were Egyptian architecture, art, statues, relics and various inscriptions, perhaps designed to make every attempt to connect Speculative Masonry to a mystique Ancient Order where knowledge flowed as readily as the Blue and White Nile. President George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and founding fathers built a philosophical and political system that would be rooted in the Ancient esoteric wisdom of ancient Kemet. They took a portion of what Akhenaton, Imhotep, Ramasee, etc., taught and simultaneously built two governmental societies side by side—one would function as a visible entity and other would be cloaked in secrecy and possessing much more power than the latter. (Reference: Anthony Browder; "The Nile Valley Contribution to Civilization").
The majority of your United States presidents were initiated into the Scottish Rites and/or York Rite Freemasonry and they understood that signs and symbols provided them with a tool and knowledge base that had the power to transcend religion and politics (this led them to embracing the metaphysical). The Europeans were both intrigued and fascinated by the lessons the mystics left us in the realm of symbolism. Although, they corrupted the lessons that were being taught in the Egyptian Mystery Schools—Buddha, Confucius, Zoroaster, Jesus, Muhammad, etc., were able to create universal movements because they too had tapped into that higher power and embraced the lessons in what the Rosicrusicans called mental alchemy. How could one be traveling from East to West in search of more light in Masonry and fail to pay homage to Kemet? The West borrowed their light (wisdom and knowledge) from the East. But England, France and the United States became the citadels of learning because unlike other European societies Freemasonry was allowed to flourish, which the Elite and aristocrat even before 1717 had come in contact with the ancient writings of Kemet (Egypt). (Reference: Ralph M. Lewis; "Mental Alchemy").
Thus, even the African Moors under Tarik Ibn Zaid in 711 A.D had come in contact with the ancient knowledge of Kemet (Egypt). For example, maritime science, cartography, architecture, philosophy, engineering (electrical and mechanical), etc. were first taught in Kemet (Egypt). Although, Alexander in 333 BCE had pillaged and destroyed the libraries at Alexandra (which stood as the true citadel of learning and education), it was still remnants of knowledge that remained in tact because the pyramids led the seekers to the power of Amen Ra and Osiris. (Reference: Edward W. Blyden: "Christianity, Islam, and the Negro Race").
Most historians like to focus on the Moors and their relationship to Islam and make every attempt to elevate Saudi Arabia and Prophet Muhammad Ibn Abdullah (pbuh) as an enlighten society above Kemet, where political, social and economic progress sprouted in Africa, Asia, and Europe was a so-called direct relations to these societies involvement with Islam. No, doubt Islam as religion and political institution was able to flex its muscles from the 8th Century to the 15th Century (conquered all of North Africa, part of the Asian Pacific, West Africa and even made its way to the boarders of Southern France). The Moors took what they had learned in Egypt (Kemet) and civilized Spain (You can still see the Moorish Islamic influence in Spanish cities such as Cordova, Seville, Barcelona, Madrid, etc.) and led to a renaissance in Europe; lifting Europe out of the Dark Ages. (Reference: John G. Jackson & Willis N. Huggins; "A Guide to Studies in African History).
I have been presented with this question over and over again by Muslims of all persuasions relative to how Islam and Freemasonry (Mystic Shrine Masonry) differ. This writer always points out that Islam is a religion (or a way of life) and it is a serious faith tradition beginning with Prophet Muhammad 570-632 AD (PBUH) and the revelation of the Qur'an, and there is no compulsion in Islam. Islam does not have a "secret" theology and it is open to all who desire to investigate this faith tradition and to become a Muslim it only requires a prospective believer to take the Shahadah and by bearing witness "there is no God, But Allah and Muhammad Ibn Abdullah is his Messenger". There is no elaborate rituals like you would find associated with Masonry. (Reference: Muhammad Husayn Haykak; "The Life of Muhammad").
But I believe that Muslims have distorted and mis-characterize Freemasonry as being a "secret society" and in my estimation, they have a tendency of mixing truth with falsehood. Freemasonry is not a "secret society" but it is an organization that possesses secrets and there lie the difference. The other misnomer is that Freemasonry claim to be a religion; it is a fraternity, brotherhood and function separate and apart from religion; yet religion is used to explain and exemplify ethical and moral lessons. (Reference: E.M. Storms; "Should A Christian Be A Mason).
However, Muslims believe that Freemasonry teachings are anti-Islamic and the organization is Zionist inspired aimed at destroying Islam and it teachings are heretic. I have met many Sunni, Shia, and of course some Nation of Islam members who are active Prince Hall Masons and we have had some engaging conversations relative to Islam and their involvement into Freemasonry. There are good arguments on both sides and how Muslims view Freemasonry varies, but many do not take the time to the research they only echo what the Imam or cleric may have stated. There are few who do a complete study course and research in order to determine whether or not becoming a Mason would compromise one's Islamic beliefs. I can assure you this, Islam like all three major world religions (Abrahamic faiths) are accepted into the philosophical the body of Freemasonry. (Mustafa El-Amin; "African-American Freemasons: Why They Should Accept AI-Islam").
There is overwhelming evidence that perhaps suggest that Prophet Noble Drew Ali, leader and founder of the Moorish Science Temple of America in 1913. The first organized Islamic group founded in America; He was a Prince Hall Mason and was elevated to the Mystic Shrine 32nd degree (pseudo Islam organization). Now! this is where it gets a little sticky; the full name of the Shrine is the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. You can kind of discern from that name that at least in theory somebody was perhaps working with some real knowledge. The Black Shriners were formulated in 1893 and in most jurisdictions until recently black Masons and White Masons still had separate and apart Masonic lodges. So you can assume that Prophet Noble Drew Ali was initiated in an African American Shrine Temple based on the segregation and racism during that volatile period in American history. He was born around 1886 and was murdered around 1929 in Chicago, Illinois. (Reference: Peter Lamborn Wilson; "Sacred Drifts: Essays on the Margins of Islam").
There is no doubt that the Shriners taught a generic form of Islam and was it perhaps this teachings that inspired Prophet Drew Ali to search for greater truths after coming in contact with the Masonic teachings. But the Shriners used the Holy Qur'an, make references to Islam, and make a lot of mention of Prophet Muhammad Ibn Abdullah (PBUH) in their body of liturgy and was this Ali's first subtle orientation to Islam (the origin of Shia Islam rest on the controversy posed by Caliph Ali ibn Talib ).(Reference: Charles Eric Lincoln; "The Black Muslims in America").
Some rightly argue, that the Moors history goes back to the 8th century in North Africa and these black men had one of the greatest and significant reins ever recorded in human history, relative to Tarik Ibn Zaid and how the Moors enlightened all of Europe and brought a high civilization and culture. Some historians maintain that Prophet Drew Ali worked on the railroad and met perhaps Ahmadiyyah Muslims while working on the train and they began to expose him to an oriental Islam and others believe that he traveled to North Africa; in particular Morocco and Egypt and was initiated in the Egyptian Mystery Schools; where he learned the esoteric sciences and Islam and was given instructions to come back to North America and teach the lost-found Asiatic black man and woman in America Islam. But those of us who study Speculative Masonry can trace Masonry back to the Egyptian Mystery Schools and in recent times back to the date of 644 A.D. to the linage of Muhammad's (PBUH) son-in-law Ali Ibn Talib (may Allah be please with him). (Reference: Mustafa El-Amin; "Freemasonry: Ancient Egypt and the Islamic Destiny").
Yes. Newton, Galilee, Copernicus, René Descartes, etc., great European thinkers and theoretician were only standing on principles that were being taught in Kemet (Egypt) long before these theoreticians would make their mark on humanity. The Moors built magnificent structures based on Eastern architect and later European Freemasonry would erect Masonic lodges resembling the Islamic Moorish architect styles. The Freemasons were able transcend religion and saw the secular value in the Qur'an, Bible, Vedas, etc., which the compass and square took on a universal meaning and any "Holy Book" could serve as the Great Light on the alter, it would be depended upon the nation and the faith tradition of the land. This allowed Freemasonry to attract men from various religious, social, political, and educational status—they believed that it is "a beautiful system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols". For example, this notion of being a "system of morality" has undergirded the intellectual and jurisprudence basis of the United States being raised from the rubbish heat over 200 years ago to become one of the greatest modern world powers of all time. (Reference: Robert Lomas; "Freemasonry and the Birth of Modern Science").
The United States greatness can not be viewed outside of its relationship to the Masonic worldview and almost at every turn in American history there is Freemasonry. Its philosophy and ideology gave the U.S. Government teachings that would alter the world's power dynamic and create a paradigm shift that has been in existences for over two centuries. Thus, for the most part, until perhaps the last twenty years historians and social scientist have ignored the Masonic influence in shaping our democracy. Yes, as I stated above some of the early Masonic writers had documented this reality, but oftentimes their research were dismissed as mere conspiracy theory and this further allowed Freemasonry to cloak it-self and remain under the radar. But let’s be clear those that embraced Freemasonry have stood shoulders above their uninitiated brothers. (Reference: Nicholas Haggar; "The Secret Founding of America").
Fahim A. Knight-EL Chief Researcher for KEEPING IT REAL THINK TANK located in Durham, NC; our mission is to inform African Americans and all people of goodwill, of the pending dangers that lie ahead; as well as decode the symbolisms and reinterpreted the hidden meanings behind those who operate as invisible forces, but covertly rules the world. We are of the belief that an enlightened world will be better prepared to throw off the shackles of ignorance and not be willing participants for the slaughter. Our MOTTO is speaking truth to power. Fahim A. Knight-EL can be reached at fahimknight@yahoo.com.
Stay Awake Until We Meet Again,
Fahim A. Knight-EL
Monday, February 16, 2009
THE DOMINO EFFECT: DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE
THE DOMINO EFFECT: DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE
By Fahim A. Knight-EL
Let me start this particular article off by being a little unorthodox by citing some of my sources and giving the readers right off the back, a glimpse into how this article was formulated, which these are some of the best available sources which allows us to assess and evaluate events and trends and to determine what is true and false, in particular during these most trying times. Moreover, without relying on the corporate controlled mediums to make that determination for us in matters like these. This writer used perhaps over fifty (50) different references, but these ten (10) have given shape to many of my articles and whenever I find myself in doubt about trying to understand the mind of the globalist and the New World Order advocates. I do not hesitate to call on these FREE THINKERS: 1).Reference: Gary Allen and Larry Abraham: “None Dare Call it Conspiracy.” 2). Reference Carroll Quigley: "Tragedy and Hope" 3). Reference: Henry Ford: “The International Jew: The World’s Foremost Problem" 4). Reference: David Icke: “The Biggest Secret" 5). Reference: John Coleman; Conspirators Hierarchy: The Committee of 300" 6). Reference: Andy Stern: “Oil: From Rockefeller to Iraq and Beyond” 7). Reference: William Cooper; “Behold A Pale Horse” 8). Russell S. Bowen; “The Immaculate Deception: The Bush Crime Family Exposed” 9). Reference: Terrance Jackson; “Putting it All Together: World Conquest, Global Genocide and African Liberation.” 10). (Reference: William Greider; “Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country”).
The propaganda machines have done a masterful job of giving the masses abstract and decoys in order to keep them confused and politically disorientated. They have sent the entire planet into panic mode relative to the international economic meltdown and the financial crisis facing the globe. The Dynastic Money Changers are working to further rearrange wealth and labor; thus, creating an economic depression to justify further empowering the world’s wealth holders by blaming labor for contributing to America's recent economic collapse. The Rockefellers, Rothschilds, Oppenhemiers, etc., are bent on greed, although they control over ninety-nine (99) percent of the world's wealth; they are dissatisfied that their modern slaves having access and somewhat control over a measly one (1) percent. The masses do not see or know that Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, AIG, Chase Manhattan, Bear-Sterns, Bank of America, etc., are treasures (they use these front banks to services us peasants, but the real action is taking place on the Central Banks level) of these hidden families who have created an unequal economic, social and political playing field. (Reference: Eustace Mullins; "The Secrets of the Federal Reserve")
What is taking place, as far as the global economic crisis is not accidental history, but someone has the power and authority to create this economic domino affect (someone has the power to call the debt-in), but at the same time give the appearance that the Fortune 500 Companies due to poor management and bad investments have landed us in this economic predicament. Remember President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney deregulated Wall Street given Capitalist a free reign to set their own rules (as far as how the flow money was going to be engaged in the economic market and how it was going to be disseminated—this agenda would be centered around greed) with no governmental interference or accountability. In essence, this isn't about the failure of the subprime housing market and it isn't about American banking institutions collapsing. Their agenda is even far more sinister than the effects this economic phenomenon is having on the psyche and social stability of some of the most wealthiest developed societies in the world.
These vipers have come to the conclusion that even one (1) percent of the world's wealth being in the hands of the ignorant masses is to much and this induce panic is designed to forever destroy the present and future labor arrangement (they do not desire for human labor from this day forward to be a negotiating commodity under the new globalization rules) by steadily increasing the unemployment rate and by forcing the corporate and the business sector to continue to experience financial losses while we watch the Dow Jones and the Stock Exchange market continue to plummet; they will achieve this goal. They now want all the money and this induce crisis will put them even in a better position to get control over all the loose change. Thus, this crisis was also designed to position the people to become almost desperate and they themselves will start believing the hype. The Invisible Rulers throughout history have consistently and effectively used this same strategy and tactic of fear and ordinarily they get their intended results. We will begin to voluntarily and unconditionally accept their arrangement and proudly wear the chain and ball around our minds. (Reference: Dr. John Coleman: “Conspirators Hierarchy: The Story of the Committee of the 300”)
They dislike labor unions serving as an intercessor between production (capitalist interest) and labor (mass work force) and their ability to negotiate a little more financial crumbs in the interest of labor has become intolerable. For example, they do not want American autoworkers (blue collar workers) and wage earners to ever again to be in a position and/or demand higher wages for their labor. They know that in Mexico and Central and South America and East Asia, they can exploit labor and maximize Capitalist monetary interest. Labor and money have been devalued with little to no resistance in these societies and economic markets. This economic meltdown will forever weaken labor unions and alleviate some altogether and with a reactionary result turn the United States into a right to work nation; a slave state where all the power and authority rest in the hands of the corporate entities, which all of this fit quite nicely into agenda of the New World Order plan.
American businesses are closing their doors (since December 2008 almost over five hundred thousand jobs lost in the United States) and some of the biggest companies like IBM, General Motors, Glaxo Kline Smith, GE, etc., and other small and large conglomerates have felt the so-called economic crunch. President Obama is asking the poor taxpayers for another 800 billion dollar stimulus package to so-called ignite the United States economy and like his predecessor George W. Bush, he began to use fear base and scare tactic language; such as it would be catastrophic for the American people, if Congress did not pass the stimulus bill. What is a catastrophic is this New World Order front man who has agreed to the same agenda of President Bush and he too does not give a damn about wrecking the U.S. economy and global economy because those that put him in office is all powerful and unforgiving. They are now going to strategically use him and he has to make good on their investment (they raised over 500 million dollars for this operative—more than any other low level servant in the history of American politics in order to put him in office). Do the American people realize that these stimulus packages and bailout packages are not only going to enslave us today, but these trillions of dollars of debt has already been assigned to our great grandchildren and future unborn generations labor and wealth have already been mortgaged off? They will be forced to bear the economic brunt of this mess that the Invisible Rulers have created in 2008 and 2009.
The 2001 passing of the United States Patriot Act by the United States Congress rendered the United States Constitution as a legal impotent document and this act alone has led to the global rearrangement of the world's political, economic, and social systems. The U.S. Patriot Act was deemed to be all intrusive and it literally replaced the U.S. Constitution; this act destroyed "Rights" and "Civil Liberties" which the Americans and global community volunteered to surrender their little bit of "Freedoms" with no fight. They began believing and accepting the hype. We were setup by the events of 9/11 there were no external terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, but it was made to appear like the United States National Security was being compromised and tested by a foreign enemy. Reference Naomi Wolf given an address at Kane Hall at the University of Washington—Seattle delivered on October 11, 2007. She is the author of “The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjALf12PAWc
The attack was to appear of having an objective of disrupting the world's financial capitol, but this was only the first step in the globalization process and it marked a global paradigm shift, which went directly over most people’s heads. Those who were awake witness the greatest political transition in the history of humanity and sadly to say most of people did not have a clue and still do not have a clue that 9/11 incident dismantled the old world as we knew it and it ushered in a New World Order. New York represents the belly of the beast, the venom sack of the snake and right after 9/11 the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and their partners in Tel Aviv were transferring Arab and Muslim funds, hard currency and assets that were deposited in U.S. and European banks anticipating (or really knowing) that the State Department and the U.S. Treasury Department working in conjunction with the United States Justice Department, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Central Intelligence Agency and the Pentagon were going to declare certain nations and individuals as being involved in terrorist activity. This allowed the United States Government to freeze and steal billions of dollars from Islamic entities both public and private.
This writer was recently viewing BBC and they were reporting on the thirty (30) year Anniversary of the Iranian Islamic Revolution that was spearheaded by Imam Ayatollah Rullah Khomeini in 1979, which overthrew the reactionary regime of Shah Mohammed Pahlavi who was a U.S. Government agent provocateur and a betrayer of Islam. There was an Iranian Government official speaking and he said that the United States Government froze between 20-30 billion dollars in Iranian assets after the 1979 revolution and thirty (30) years later the U.S. Government still refuses to relinquish these assets back to the Iranian Government. How can President Barack Obama declare that he wants to open up diplomacy with Iran and did not even send an official low level government delegation to the Iranian Revolution commemoration celebration in Tehran?
If he had done so, it would have spoken volumes and it would have, at least assured President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that President Obama was serious about changing U.S. Foreign Policy course toward the nation of Iran and in addition, it would have provided a sense of political optimism for the entire Middle Eastern region. But he missed a golden opportunity to explore a positive diplomacy moment and to make his word his bond. Thus, for good measure and a start, why doesn’t the U.S. Government unfreeze this sovereign nation's assets? Bush declared certain nations as “Rogue Nations” and as part of the “Axis of Evil” and in doing so he could keep certain economic sanctions and embargoes on these nations and use this antagonistic U.S. Foreign Policy to justify keeping these foreign nations assets frozen and currency hidden in vaults of the United States.
President Obama has the entire world in his hands and he will either use his enormous popularity and power in a responsible manner or he will squander it away just like former President George Bush did after 9/11. The world embraced the United States after the 9/11 hoax and looked for moral guidance from the White House instead Bush isolated the world and took a course of imperialism. On one hand, many have a view of political optimism relative to President Obama’s ascension to power. But this view serves as a contradiction and as an oxymoron because if he is a low level operative for the Invisible Rulers then, why should we be anticipating anything from President Obama that would be adversely different from the policy agenda of President Bush or the other past forty-two (42) presidents that proceeded Bush? (Reference: David Sanger: “The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power”).
The script and the agenda have been written and set; President Barack Obama will just be executing their well defined New World Order and global agenda. So, one could ask, why should we in the United States, in particular and the world in general, be so excited over this pawn? Thus, during his inauguration on January 20, 2009 he drew over 1.5 million people to the Washington Mall and to the U.S. Capitol. I had an interesting conversation with one of my sons who asked me was I going to attend this so-called historical event. This writer emphatically said hell no because most of the African American population was being driven by raw emotions. They still do not realize he was just a black face, chosen to be in a high place and in one sense is more dangerous because this so-called historical moment has further lured the masses to sleep. The former Hip-Hop artist KRS-1 defines Barack Obama as New World Order in Blackface; please reference link this guy is a serious thinker http://happilynaturalday.com/blog/index.php/2009/02/video-krs-one-obama-is-new-world-order-in-blackface/
Many stood in chilling temperatures on the Capitol grounds surrounded by Masonic, esoteric and occult architecture and symbolism, but had no idea that it would be these signs and symbols at the root of the philosophical minds of those who control President Obama and that the Invisible Rulers had setup—Orders (hidden and secret societies that are only open to the Power Elite) from which almost every U.S. president and most foreign presidents have been apart of. The meaning of President Obama’s historical significance was more rooted in those hidden symbols displayed on the U.S. Capitol grounds (or really visible symbols) than America’s history of racism which has spanned over two hundred twenty two (222) years denying African Americans the right to be president. This writer saw this crowning of President Barack Obama and this occasion of having much more historical implications than the achievement of another Civil Rights accomplishments for African Americans.
These symbols, edifices, monuments and signs that engulf the U.S. Capitol were all around those who assembled at the U.S. Capitol on that day and very few had any knowledge to interpret their inner meanings because they have been made blind, deaf and dumb to the knowledge of self by the Prince of Darkness (the 10 percent the rulers of the world). Symbols are what makes up language and language allows us to communicate, but also, symbols have always had a duality in meaning (the visual message and the esoteric message). Many saw the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial, as well as the Masonic cornerstones and many saw the signs coming into Washington DC from south to north that read Alexandria, Virginia (but very few had the ability to decode the symbolic language). President Obama is being guided by those masterminds who have built a world and a society that uses these symbolic lessons to confound and control the ignorant and to communicate on a higher level amongst themselves. The Invisible Rulers have invited President Obama into their internal world (although he lacks the Dynastic Family lineage and does not have powerful family name and more so than that he does not come from a history of money). But they will share some of the “Secret Book” with him and this writer is quite sure his initiation took place long before he became a candidate for the U.S. presidency. The Masonic lessons teach us that we travel from East to West in search of more light in Masonry. The U.S. Capitol (sits in the West—North America) is now the seat of world power and domination. (Reference: Manly P. Hall; “The Secret Teachings of All Ages”).
No, doubt all of what we know as Operative Masonry and Speculative Masonry goes back to Africans (Moors—Blacks) that were practicing this HIGH SCIENCE in Kemet (Egypt) long before the Europeans of Greece, Roman and the United States were on the scene; they too studied in Kemet (Egypt) and brought these principles back to Europe. The Egyptian Mystery Schools served as the center of enlightenment of the entire world. It was inscribed on all the most scared temples in Kemet (Egypt) "Man Know Thy Self”. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad said out of all the knowledge you can acquire, there is none more valuable than the "KNOWLEDGE OF SELF". He also stated my teachings can be summed up in six words "accept your own and be yourself." Our revolutionary scholars such as John Henrik Clarke, Yosef Ben Jochannon, Asa Hilliard, Naim Akbar, Molefi Kete Asante, John G. Jackson, Chancellor Williams, Ivan VanSertima, Cheik Anta Diop, etc., have proving without a shadow of doubt that Kemet (Egypt) fed all of humanity—civilization. There is a Prince Hall Masonic brother who wrote a very good book detailing these facts his name is Zachery P. Gremillion; "African Origins of Freemasonry”
Freemasonry has always been one of those intriguing topics for me and in my study, I have traveled across many theoretical paths and Masonry was one of those paths, but each path could not totally confine nor define my thinking and my quest for greater truths always became evident and won out. I have two strong audiences that find my research attractive and appealing. I do not accept nor acknowledge the term "Conspiracy Theory" but there are others who freely use this term to define people and scholars like myself who pursue alternative history and neglected viewpoints, which do not receive proper attention from the corporate media. This audience like myself truly believe that there is some powerful hidden entities that operates in darkness and are hidden from humanity, but rule over humanity with an iron claw.
Some of my readers have asked for my take on Masonry having a so-called Jewish origin. There are several Islamic based theories that view the entire system of Freemasonry as a Zionist invention and an enemy against the religion of Islam. Thus, some of the Freemasonic theoretical teachings evolved form the Jewish Kabballah, Torah (Old Testament) and from the Jewish Talmud. However, the Ancient people of Kemet (Egypt) were practicing a sophisticated system of initiation with their neophytes, perhaps thousands of years prior to the teachings of the Kabballah, which is definitely correlated to the Masonic doctrine and worldview. Now! The original Jews were from Ethiopia called the Fulasha Jews and they were Black and of African origin. But later an imposter Jew called Khazars and the Ashkenazi Jew from Eastern Europe adopted the racial identity and the religion of Judaism, but who were master tricksters. (Reference: Jose V. Malcioln; “The African Origins of Modern Judaism: From Hebrews to Jews”).
We were taught that these Caucasian Jews were the most learned of all the Caucasians they received 33rd degrees (known as Shriners—Moslem Sons) of knowledge and were able to run circles around their non-initiated Caucasian brothers. But Masonry foundation rest on the SEVEN LIBERAL ARTS and the FIVE ARCHITURE schools of thought; we have proof positive that these high sciences evolved in Kemet (Egypt) and was practiced in the Egyptian Mystery Schools. However, some believe that a certain sector of Jews had a secret and clandestine agenda, which was written in the book titled, "The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion." Some Masonic historians believe that the Three Ruffians that is so eloquently displayed and taught at the Master Mason levels were actually symbolic of a Jewish Conspiracy against the Grand Master Hiram Abiff (but this allegorical character run the gamut in symbolism). (Reference: Mustafa EI-Amin's books titled, "AI- Islam, Christianity, and "Freemasonry". "Ancient Egypt’ and “Ancient Egypt and the Islamic Destiny").
There are others who have recently asked me to describe who I think my audience may be and I must say; I attract a unique audience in that; the majority of those who show interest in my work from the perspective of solidarity is Caucasian and is willing to explore the possibilities. These audiences also cross over to those people who think Zionism is racist and view it as an enemy against the freedoms of all people. These anti-Zionist quite often point to the Zionist Money Changers as being a disrupted force in the lives of all humanity presently and historically. These anti-Zionist are very political in their thinking and worldview and they can appreciate my historical research relative to me exposing the invisible forces behind finance and banking and the Federal Reserve System, as well as my analysis on the Invisible Rulers. Although, I might not agree with the anti-Zionist political worldview step by step—there are some things that we do agree upon. I said two groups, but let me expand that number; this writer does receive a lot of correspondences from Freemasons because in one sense, I do not attack Freemasonry (not that I agree with all their teachings because I do not and I am often critical of Illuminati and other Orders that comes in the name of Freemasonry). But I desire to have a conversation with various schools of thought including Freemasonry and if people feel that you are being intellectually condescending or disrespectful they are not going to be willing to share in your dialogue and often becomes closed to your discussion. So, I use my Blog research to teach Freemasons because many of them are tied to lodge rituals and are very weak in the philosophical aspect of Masonic teachings. This is an ancient order and has been very influential in shaping the political, economic and social structure of the world. But the rank and file member after receiving the Master Mason (third degree) becomes stagnated.
The path of connecting the dots is a life long journey and I equally know that it is a difficult task because those who control the world seeks to be invisible (functioning with all sovereignty and invisible to the masses) and a lot of the ancient wisdom has been intentionally scattered, fragmented and dissected, which makes our job even more difficult. The more you seek, the more you shall find. But there does appear to be a central theme and the same faces and agenda keeps re-occurring throughout human history and they are responsible for deceiving humanity. They have corrupted the world's political, economic, social, and spiritual systems including organized religion—Judaism, Christianity and Islam. There is a war going on for the hearts and minds of humanity and the powers-that-be constantly feed us propaganda in order to further enslave humanity. Sometime I have to literally ask myself, why did the Creator allow me to think outside the box and why couldn't I have been one of the "walking dead" who lacks the knowledge of self and is not burden by the daily struggles to know? This position alone will create all types of personal havoc and often time render you unpopular and can even determine whether or not you will eat, work and/or live. But many are called, but there are few that are chosen and I have made the ultimate sacrifice to walk a true path. I believe Jesus, Buddha, Muhammad, Confucius and countless others were led to this same conclusion and spiritual reality. I am not comparing myself to these Sages.
There are still others who wanted to specifically know what led me to this path; I started studying Esoteric, Freemasonry, Occult, Metaphysical science, world religions, etc., all this put me on the path that I am on today. This study process allowed me the ability to decode the symbolism because it is symbolism that continues to keep us in mental slavery and if I was going to get closer to the truth then I could no longer ignore the vast world of symbolism. The first book that deeply struck me, was a book written by Kersey Graves titled, "The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors" in which Graves brought to my attention that there were so-called other world Saviors from which Christians borrowed the entire myth of the birth, death, resurrection and ascension from ancient societies in Egypt, Persia, India, China, Mexico, Greece, etc. In fact, the ancient story of Osiris (Asar), Isis (Aset), and Horus (Huru); (the Father, Son and Holy Ghost)—the birth, death, resurrection and ascension were an old story. Yeshua ben Josef (Jesus, the Christ) was actually predated by some thousands of years by the Osirian Myth, even before the advent of Isa bin Yusuf or Yeshua ben Yosef (better known in the West as Jesus Christ—the so-called Son of God) was ever a thought.
These legends are rooted in the Sun God and Solar God concepts. For example, right-minded historians and social scientists have traced these rituals and customs back to the worship of the Winter Solstice and Summer Solstice that were originally being practiced in Kemet (ancient Egypt). I found this knowledge intriguing and believable based on the standards that I applied to determine truth. I read the "Lost Books of the Bible" and many more like sources and most of it pointed to how Constantine and Bishops in 325 A.D. set-up Christianity and the Christian Creed. This type of knowledge set me on the path to know and it is empowering to see behind the symbols and decoys, which is where the naked truth lies.
Fahim A. Knight-EL Chief Researcher for KEEPING IT REAL THINK TANK located in Durham, NC; our mission is to inform African Americans and all people of goodwill, of the pending dangers that lie ahead; as well as decode the symbolisms and reinterpreted the hidden meanings behind those who operate as invisible forces, but covertly rules the world. We are of the belief that an enlightened world will be better prepared to throw off the shackles of ignorance and not be willing participants for the slaughter. Our MOTTO is speaking truth to power. Fahim A. Knight-EL can be reached at fahimknight@yahoo.com.
Stay Awake Until We Meet Again,
Fahim A. Knight-EL
Saturday, February 7, 2009
BLACK HISTORY MONTH, IS IT STILL RELEVANT?
BLACK HISTORY MONTH, IS IT STILL RELEVANT?
By Fahim A. Knight-EL
Black History Month, why is it necessary? This writer could simply answer this question by referencing what the founder of Black History Month; Dr. Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) called "The Mis-Education of the Negro". No, the election of President Barack Obama does not signify that the celebration of Black History month has become insignificant, outdated or has out lived its purpose and relevance. The dominant society has elevated President Obama and his achievement as a means to silence the racial contradictions that exist in America both past and present. But this token promotion does not resolve all the past and present disparities which continue to factor into America's social dynamics. (Reference: C. Eric Lincoln; “Coming through the Fire: Surviving Race and Place in America”).
This writer and millions of other African Americans are proud of President Obama's monumental achievement and his reaching the highest political office in the world, but we know this does not begin to address the real social, political and economic issues effecting African American people. Thus, we should not put our guards down and become complacent and thinking that we have arrived and America has finally become a true melting pot where as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., preached that we are now being judged by the content of our character and not by the color of our skin. (Reference: Cornel West; “Race Matters”).
President Obama's appointment does not resolve race issues in America and we forever need the voices of Louis Farrakhan, Dr. Jeremiah Wright, Father Phleger, Cornel West, Malik Zulu Shabazz, Michael Dyson, etc., to remind us and America that the struggle for liberation continues and we will not be duped nor deceived by a token appointment and we call that progress. Our revolutionary scholars and activist can not be lured to sleep and cease to fight for freedom, justice and equality just because President Obama has become the so-called first African American president of these United States of America. The struggle is continuum and we must not allow ourselves to be intentionally placed in a lax mode. (Reference: Michael Eric Dyson: “Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line”).
Dr. Carter G. Woodson stated: “When a Negro has finished his education in our schools, then he has been equipped to begin the life of an Americanized Europeanized white man, but before he steps from the threshold of his alma mater he is told by his teachers that he must go back to his own people from whom he has been estranged by vision of ideals which in his disillusionment he will realize he cannot attain. He goes forth to play his part in life, but he must be both social and bi-social at the same time. While he is part of the body politic, he is in addition to this a member of a particular race to which he must restrict himself in all matter social. While serving his country he must serve within a special group. While being a good American, he must above all things be a "good Negro"; and to perform this definite function he must learn to stay in a "Negro's place." “(Reference: Woodson; “The Mis-Education of the Negro” pg 4).
This writer detest the Black History month pimps who are paid handsome honorariums to crisscross America speaking at colleges and universities in which many of these tired 1960s armchair revolutionaries have sold out and are just hustling outdated theories and have lost the meaning of conviction. I have no respect for these intellectual pimps who live bourgeoisie life styles and are hidden in white America's ivory towers and have become part of the so-called privileged class. They only promote black history to make money; some of these Negroes make $10,000 to $20,000 per speech given these glorified and apolitical black cultural talks which are very safe and non-threaten and supports the status quo.
Thus, after Black History month these Negroes disappear and black history is left to languish in obscurity until next year. They chose the shortest month of the year to honor the oldest history and longest (African History) to ever be recorded; twenty-eight days (28) does not even begin to allow us to scratch the surface. The study of African history must be 365 days; this writer is very familiar with Woodson choosing February because of the 19th Century Black leader Fredrick Douglas was born in this month and the so-called great black emancipator Abraham Lincoln was also born in this month. February was chosen in honor of these two American icons.
My keeping it Real Think Tank has an African American base and it has always been my primary audience, but I would be foolish to deny or disregard like minds of other races and cultures that share and understand the struggle we are up against, which affects all of humanity. But the African American has always been in a precarious situation in America, which stems from their history under Chattel Slavery (1555-1865). This history has never been redeemed and atoned; it therefore, continues to pose a dichotomy and creates and antagonistic social contradiction inside of America. It easy for people to say, we should overlook the 310 years of subjugation and are not sensitive to one of most inhumane crimes ever recorded in human history. (Reference: Ida Hakim; “Reparations: The Cure for America’s Race Problem”).
Chattel Slavery literally devastated a people psychologically, socially and culturally and the present generations of African Americans were never allowed to heal and yet just 150 years removed from the brutality they are still dealing with this not so distant history. This is not a cry of victimization or seeking sympathy, but it is a reality, that this history haunts the psyche of most black people, if they are honest. The United States as a governmental entity has never had a serious conversation relative to race and racism and as a nation we have been in denial and the issue of race therefore remains unresolved even in 2009. So, this sense of cultural and historical duality automatically breeds a position of nationalism because here goes a people that have lost their names, religion, land and lost a cultural reference point and there will always be a need to remind them of the value of their history prior to Chattel Slavery. (Reference: Richard Williams; “They Stole it, But You Must Return it”).
This writer was drilled by his college professors at a small Liberal Arts university in North Carolina in the value of the study of Black History. Professors such as Dr. Earlie Thorpe, Dr. David W. Bishop, Dr. Stephen Fortune, Dr. Percy Murray, Dr. Beverly Washington-Jones, Dr. Sylvia Jacobs, Dr. Freddie Parker, etc., were some of the best traditional historians in the United States—the history department was prominent and a well respected department headed by qualified scholars. Thus, as much as, this writer could appreciate these professional historians’ perspectives, it was not enough to captivate my imagination. (Reference: Earl Thorpe; “The Central Theme of Black History”).
But, it wasn’t until this writer came in contact with the likes of Elijah Muhammad, J.A. Rogers, Dr. Yosef Ben Jochannon, Dr. John Henrik Clarke, Dr. Chancellor Williams, Dr. John G. Jackson, Dr. Cheik Anta Diop, Dr. Ivan VanSertima, Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, Dr. Leonard Jeffries, Dr. Marimba Ani, Runoko Rashidi, Dr. Maulana Karenga, Dr. Naim Akbar, etc., that my thinking evolved, it was these scholars who took my thinking to next level as it pertains to the study of African history and no doubt their views were outside the box and it challenged the system of white supremacy. These above scholars are true Black History advocates who have not compromised the principles of truth. They have uprooted the lies, half-truths and the historical distortions giving to us by the dominant culture. (Reference: Kwaku Person-Lynn; “First Word, Black Scholars, Thinkers, Warriors”).
This curriculum that was taught gave me a greater appreciation for the struggle and accomplishments that African Americans had made in world history before their sojourn as slaves. This writer oftentimes finds himself differing with white social activist and liberals when it comes to issues relating to race and yet we share some commonality on other political, social and economic issues. They desire to downplay the effects of race and racism and this writer has to constantly remind them that an unbalance playing field was created due to Chattel Slavery (1555-1865) and thereafter with Jim Crow (legal segregation). Black History month evolved out of these social dynamics because America's race relations had denied people of African descendent their humanity and had systematically denigrated them to an inferior status for over four hundred (400) years. (Reference: C. Vann Woodard; “The strange Career of Jim Crow”).
Dr. Woodson stated: No systematic effort toward change has been possible, for, taught the same economics, history, philosophy, literature and religion which have established the present code of morals, the Negro's mind has been brought under the control of his oppressor. The problem of holding the Negro down, therefore, is easily solved. When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions. You do not have to tell him not to stand here or go yonder. He will find his "proper place" and will stay in it. You do not need to send him to the back door. He will go without being told. In fact, if there is no back door, he will cut one for his special benefit. His education makes it necessary. (Reference: Carter G. Woodson; "The Mis-Education of the Negro" pg. ix).
Africa was called the "Dark Continent" interpreted to meaning they gave nothing to human civilization and although the nations of Ethiopia (Cush) and Egypt (Kemet) had splendid histories in which these African societies arguably fed all of humanity and were the birth places of man. It has been recorded that students from around the world came to learn from the wise ancient Sages of Cush (Ethiopia) and Kemet (Egypt). The scholars and social scientist are still baffled of how the Nubian Egyptians constructed the Eighth Wonder of the world—the building of the pyramids; surely these Africans were not inferior in their intellectual capacity. The science of medicine, mathematics, astronomy, religion, art, science, geometry, hydraulics, engineering, philosophy, architect, etc., originated on the African continent. (Reference: John G. Jackson; “Introduction to African Civilization”).
This writer is often amused by European Bloggers who have delved into various dimensions of Kemet (Egypt) and have come up with geometric and physics based reasoning to explain our sacred temples and pyramids of Kemet (Egypt) and not mention that it was Africans who left this puzzle for humanity to resolve. The Scholars Wallis Budge, Sir Godfrey Higgins, Albert Churchward, George Frazer, Manly P. Hall, Madam Blavatsky, Gerald Massey, H.G. Wells, Will Durant, etc., recognized that builders of the Kemetic pyramid structures were Africans. These modern day Egyptian intellectuals talk around this fact and they desire to place Egypt (Kemet) in the Middle East (there is such no place called the Middle East; the only thing that separates this territory from Africa is a man made ditch called the Suez Canal; for those who still do not know Egypt is in Africa) or come up with some false mulattoe ethnic race in order to deny the Blackness of Egypt. (Reference: Cheik Anta Diop; “Civilization Or Barbarism”).
I think America grew to become an even more ethnocentric society between World War 11 and the Cold War (1941-1989) periods whereas subjects like world geography and world civilizations weren’t deemed important and our educational philosophy was not being formulated around where the world was headed (globalism and the global market of ideas). We had arrogantly, selfishly and ignorantly embraced what we deemed as Americanism or better yet Eurocentrism. This thought led us to believe that everything from ideas—cultures and human achievements evolved around America —a so-called “superior culture” that had in one sense become isolated and it was this idea that contributed to the dummying down of America.
The Afrocentric movement led by Dr. Molefi Kete Asante and other scholars challenged America and all Western Education to reconsider, in particular how Africa was being viewed and how blacks were being viewed stemmed more from cultural ignorance and the educational curriculums reflected this institutionalize ignorance and was contributing toward our cultural incompetence . Although, this argument had its political, social and economic limitations; nevertheless, it forced American educators in the mid 1980s and 1990s to adopt educational strategies that would reflect and encompass the pluralism and the cultural diversity of our society. (Reference: Molefi Kete Asante; Afrocentricity).
This was a step to correct a nation’s psyche and redirect an educational ideology that had gone off course; this led to the multi-cultural movement, a movement to correct and address global projections once it was finally realized where the rest of the world was headed. I just do not think past great educational philosophers had the foresight to look deep in the future and create social theories that could stand without the need of any new assessments and evaluations which to make them relevant to where we are in this space and time. But blacks were robbed of a knowledge of self in this process they lost their culture, names, religion, folkways, mores and by being kidnapped they even lost their land.
Slavery was the greatest criminal act ever committed against humanity; it divided black slaves who spoke the same tribal languages and shared an ethnic heritage (dividing of the families had tremendous everlasting impact on African Americans). Slavery worked to disconnect blacks from their history and destroyed their linkage to a past and justified all manners of oppression and subjugation by calling Blacks the biblical children of Ham and depicted Blacks as being cursed base on their interpretation of the Bible. This theological interpretation more than anything else justified racism and white supremacy; it led to a subsiding of moral and ethical criticism based on this so-called divine system of reasoning. Blacks were denied the right to read and write (other than the Bible); learning for them was outlawed and a crime. They could be killed if caught with a book during chattel slavery. (Reference: John Blassingame; “The Slave Community”).
The Honorable Elijah Muhammad teaches that history builds the springs and motives of human actions, it empowers a people beyond dates and events to come to know the contribution their ancestors made on the stage of human civilization. Many do not know that a black man named Granville T. Woods invented the telephone system and apparatus; Phillip B. Downing invented the letter box; William B. Purvis invented the fountain pen; Joseph V. Nichols and Lewis H. Latimer invented the electric lamp; W.A. Lavalette; Robert F. Flemmings, Jr., invented the guitar; John Stanard invented the refrigerator; Norbert Rillieux improved the sugar making process; George W. Kelley invented the steam table; Willis Johnson invented the Egg Beater; John Albert Burr invented the Lawn Mower; J.H. Smith invented the Lawn Sprinkler; George F. Grant invented the golf tee; Oscar E. Brown invented the horseshoe; Jan E. Matzeliger invented the shoe lasting machine; M.C. Harney invented the lantern or lamp, etc. (Reference: Ivan VanSertima; “Blacks in Science”).
This writer can go on and on about the countless inventions that African Americans made in which many were stolen because they could not get a patent for their inventions based on racism. These Black unsung heroes have languished as the unknown contributors toward the advancement of our culture refinement. While others profited financially off the inventions of African Americans and racism allowed them to be exploited and even to this day they have not received any compensation. No, we can not just overlook this and every intelligent African American who has come into the knowledge of self has a job, duty and responsibility to expose America’s hypocrisy. Even in 2009 the above cited contributions have almost been totally written out of American history and our children are given a distorted view of history based on the practices of intellectual racism. So the establishment of Black History month serves as an attempt to correct the wrongs and to give people a truer perspective of African Americans historical accomplishments seen outside the visual realms of the former slave masters and their children. (Reference: Chip Smith; “The Cost of Privilege: Taking On The System of White Supremacy and Racism”).
American history has been tainted by 400 years of racial politics and it has unjustly denigrated other people who were not of European descendent as inferior and relegated them to an insignificant role within the scheme of American history. In 1925 Dr. Carter G. Woodson recognized that African Americans were sixty (60) years removed from slavery and had suffered a tremendous systematic disconnectedness from a glorious past. Woodson was a well trained scholar who had received a Ph.D in history from Harvard University in 1912 and was the second black behind W.E.B. Dubois to earn a Ph.D in history from Harvard 1895. Woodson was a contemporary of Marcus Garvey and use to write articles for Garvey's publication titled, "The Negro World.” Garvey advocated Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism—Garvey preached back to Africa and self-reliance. (Reference: J.A. Rogers; “The World’s Great Men of Color”).
Woodson may have shared in some of Garvey's political, economic and social philosophy, but I believed Woodson was entrapped by his own western education. He may have empathized with some of Garvey's views, but as an intellectual perhaps wasn't willing to embrace Garvey's hardcore Black Nationalism teachings on separation and his call for a Pan-African state. However, no black leader did more to inspire and connect Diaspora blacks to Africa and to create an African worldview than Garvey. His philosophy was steeped in African tradition and represented a symbolic fulfillment of the prodigal sons and daughters having an identified home being Africa. But more importantly in theory, it reaffirmed their traditional linkage to a long lost culture and heritage. (Reference: Harold Cruse; “The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual”).
The establishment of Negro History week (it was originally called Negro History week prior to becoming Black History Month in 1976 and it was co-founded by Omega Psi Phi Fraternity) was essentially a reaction to white American style racism. American history had precluded blacks and there wasn't too many positive black images being offered in the text books and often blacks contributions were minimized to a footnote or was just outright discarded. Dr. Woodsin in 1916 founded the Journal of Negro History (presently called the Journal of African American History) where he began to write and publish scholarly and scientific research articles on varying aspects of black history. Woodson used this periodical to prove to the world that blacks indeed had made a worthwhile contribution, in particular to American history and world history in general. Woodson served as its first editor from (1916-1950), Rayford Logan (1950-1951), William M. Brewer (1952-1970), W. August Low (1970-1974), Lorraine A. Williams (1974-1976), Alton Hornsby (1976- 2001), etc., these were some of the early editors of the Journal of Negro History.
Woodson stated: “A further examination of their curricula shows, too, that invariably these Negro colleges offer courses in Greek philosophy and in that of modern European thought, but they direct no attention to the philosophy of the African. Negroes of Africa have and always have had their own ideas about the nature of the universe, time, and space, about appearance and reality, and about freedom and necessity. The effort of the Negro to interpret man's relation to the universe shows just as much intelligence as we find in the philosophy of the Greeks. There were many Africans who were just as wise as Socrates.” (Woodson: “The Mis-Education of the Negro” pg 89).
Woodson in 1915 founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (presently called the Association for the Study of African American Life and History) all geared toward rectifying the intellectual damage caused by the brutal system of Chattel Slavery. Many historians have tried to piece the black experience together from remnants of scattered records because blacks were considered as the white man's property—vital statistics (family names, birthdays, siblings, tribal affiliation, etc.) were not kept on African slaves. Also, during early United States Census reports blacks were only listed as property. (Reference: Herbert G. Gutman; “The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom 1750-1925”).
Early on scholars such as W.E. B Dubois wrote extensively on varying aspects of African and African American history using his pen to reclaim the black man’s past. Dubois first book was titled, "Suppression of the African Slave Trade", "The Souls of Black Folk," The Philadelphia Negro," "The Autobiography of W.E.B. Dubois," "From Dust of Dawn" and perhaps his most celebrated work was titled, "Encyclopedia Africana" this writer does not think he ever completed this monumental project, but it was dedicated toward a pulling together of African people's history from around the world. But I believe Dr. Henry Louis Gates may have completed what Dubois started fifty (50) years ago. (Reference: W.E.B. Dubois and Herbert Aptheker (editor); “The Education of Black People: Ten Critiques, 1906-1960”).
Dr. Woodson also wrote and researched extensively and as a professional historian, he and Dubois took the study of African American history to the next level based on their use of empirical research methods, as for as scientifically approaching black history as a credible field of study.
Dubois stated: “The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife—this longing to attain self-conscious manhood, to merge his double self into a better and truer self. In this merging he wishes neither of the older selves to be lost. He would not Africanize America, for America has too much to teach 'the world and Africa. He would not bleach his Negro soul in a flood of white Americanism, for he knows that Negro blood has a message for the world. He simply wishes to make it possible for a man to be both a Negro and an American, without being cursed and spit upon by his fellows, without having the doors of Opportunity closed roughly in his face." (Reference: W.E.B. Dubois; "The Souls of Black "Folk pg. 45-46).
Woodson perhaps authored one of the most definitive books examining the social, political and economic mindset of the African American titled, "The Mis-Education of the Negro" first published in 1933. This book answers the critics’ opposition to why African American still find it necessary to promote and advocate Black History Month every February. Racism is systemic and you can not reverse three hundred ten (310) years of human brutality which created certain attitudes and behavior as a result it became inculcated in the psychology of a nation.
Fahim A. Knight-EL Chief Researcher for KEEPING IT REAL THINK TANK located in Durham, NC; our mission is to inform African Americans and all people of goodwill, of the pending dangers that lie ahead; as well as decode the symbolisms and reinterpreted the hidden meanings behind those who operate as invisible forces, but covertly rules the world. We are of the belief that an enlightened world will be better prepared to throw off the shackles of ignorance and not be willing participants for the slaughter. Our MOTTO is speaking truth to power. Fahim A. Knight-EL can be reached at fahimknight@yahoo.com.
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Fahim A. Knight-EL
By Fahim A. Knight-EL
Black History Month, why is it necessary? This writer could simply answer this question by referencing what the founder of Black History Month; Dr. Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) called "The Mis-Education of the Negro". No, the election of President Barack Obama does not signify that the celebration of Black History month has become insignificant, outdated or has out lived its purpose and relevance. The dominant society has elevated President Obama and his achievement as a means to silence the racial contradictions that exist in America both past and present. But this token promotion does not resolve all the past and present disparities which continue to factor into America's social dynamics. (Reference: C. Eric Lincoln; “Coming through the Fire: Surviving Race and Place in America”).
This writer and millions of other African Americans are proud of President Obama's monumental achievement and his reaching the highest political office in the world, but we know this does not begin to address the real social, political and economic issues effecting African American people. Thus, we should not put our guards down and become complacent and thinking that we have arrived and America has finally become a true melting pot where as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., preached that we are now being judged by the content of our character and not by the color of our skin. (Reference: Cornel West; “Race Matters”).
President Obama's appointment does not resolve race issues in America and we forever need the voices of Louis Farrakhan, Dr. Jeremiah Wright, Father Phleger, Cornel West, Malik Zulu Shabazz, Michael Dyson, etc., to remind us and America that the struggle for liberation continues and we will not be duped nor deceived by a token appointment and we call that progress. Our revolutionary scholars and activist can not be lured to sleep and cease to fight for freedom, justice and equality just because President Obama has become the so-called first African American president of these United States of America. The struggle is continuum and we must not allow ourselves to be intentionally placed in a lax mode. (Reference: Michael Eric Dyson: “Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line”).
Dr. Carter G. Woodson stated: “When a Negro has finished his education in our schools, then he has been equipped to begin the life of an Americanized Europeanized white man, but before he steps from the threshold of his alma mater he is told by his teachers that he must go back to his own people from whom he has been estranged by vision of ideals which in his disillusionment he will realize he cannot attain. He goes forth to play his part in life, but he must be both social and bi-social at the same time. While he is part of the body politic, he is in addition to this a member of a particular race to which he must restrict himself in all matter social. While serving his country he must serve within a special group. While being a good American, he must above all things be a "good Negro"; and to perform this definite function he must learn to stay in a "Negro's place." “(Reference: Woodson; “The Mis-Education of the Negro” pg 4).
This writer detest the Black History month pimps who are paid handsome honorariums to crisscross America speaking at colleges and universities in which many of these tired 1960s armchair revolutionaries have sold out and are just hustling outdated theories and have lost the meaning of conviction. I have no respect for these intellectual pimps who live bourgeoisie life styles and are hidden in white America's ivory towers and have become part of the so-called privileged class. They only promote black history to make money; some of these Negroes make $10,000 to $20,000 per speech given these glorified and apolitical black cultural talks which are very safe and non-threaten and supports the status quo.
Thus, after Black History month these Negroes disappear and black history is left to languish in obscurity until next year. They chose the shortest month of the year to honor the oldest history and longest (African History) to ever be recorded; twenty-eight days (28) does not even begin to allow us to scratch the surface. The study of African history must be 365 days; this writer is very familiar with Woodson choosing February because of the 19th Century Black leader Fredrick Douglas was born in this month and the so-called great black emancipator Abraham Lincoln was also born in this month. February was chosen in honor of these two American icons.
My keeping it Real Think Tank has an African American base and it has always been my primary audience, but I would be foolish to deny or disregard like minds of other races and cultures that share and understand the struggle we are up against, which affects all of humanity. But the African American has always been in a precarious situation in America, which stems from their history under Chattel Slavery (1555-1865). This history has never been redeemed and atoned; it therefore, continues to pose a dichotomy and creates and antagonistic social contradiction inside of America. It easy for people to say, we should overlook the 310 years of subjugation and are not sensitive to one of most inhumane crimes ever recorded in human history. (Reference: Ida Hakim; “Reparations: The Cure for America’s Race Problem”).
Chattel Slavery literally devastated a people psychologically, socially and culturally and the present generations of African Americans were never allowed to heal and yet just 150 years removed from the brutality they are still dealing with this not so distant history. This is not a cry of victimization or seeking sympathy, but it is a reality, that this history haunts the psyche of most black people, if they are honest. The United States as a governmental entity has never had a serious conversation relative to race and racism and as a nation we have been in denial and the issue of race therefore remains unresolved even in 2009. So, this sense of cultural and historical duality automatically breeds a position of nationalism because here goes a people that have lost their names, religion, land and lost a cultural reference point and there will always be a need to remind them of the value of their history prior to Chattel Slavery. (Reference: Richard Williams; “They Stole it, But You Must Return it”).
This writer was drilled by his college professors at a small Liberal Arts university in North Carolina in the value of the study of Black History. Professors such as Dr. Earlie Thorpe, Dr. David W. Bishop, Dr. Stephen Fortune, Dr. Percy Murray, Dr. Beverly Washington-Jones, Dr. Sylvia Jacobs, Dr. Freddie Parker, etc., were some of the best traditional historians in the United States—the history department was prominent and a well respected department headed by qualified scholars. Thus, as much as, this writer could appreciate these professional historians’ perspectives, it was not enough to captivate my imagination. (Reference: Earl Thorpe; “The Central Theme of Black History”).
But, it wasn’t until this writer came in contact with the likes of Elijah Muhammad, J.A. Rogers, Dr. Yosef Ben Jochannon, Dr. John Henrik Clarke, Dr. Chancellor Williams, Dr. John G. Jackson, Dr. Cheik Anta Diop, Dr. Ivan VanSertima, Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, Dr. Leonard Jeffries, Dr. Marimba Ani, Runoko Rashidi, Dr. Maulana Karenga, Dr. Naim Akbar, etc., that my thinking evolved, it was these scholars who took my thinking to next level as it pertains to the study of African history and no doubt their views were outside the box and it challenged the system of white supremacy. These above scholars are true Black History advocates who have not compromised the principles of truth. They have uprooted the lies, half-truths and the historical distortions giving to us by the dominant culture. (Reference: Kwaku Person-Lynn; “First Word, Black Scholars, Thinkers, Warriors”).
This curriculum that was taught gave me a greater appreciation for the struggle and accomplishments that African Americans had made in world history before their sojourn as slaves. This writer oftentimes finds himself differing with white social activist and liberals when it comes to issues relating to race and yet we share some commonality on other political, social and economic issues. They desire to downplay the effects of race and racism and this writer has to constantly remind them that an unbalance playing field was created due to Chattel Slavery (1555-1865) and thereafter with Jim Crow (legal segregation). Black History month evolved out of these social dynamics because America's race relations had denied people of African descendent their humanity and had systematically denigrated them to an inferior status for over four hundred (400) years. (Reference: C. Vann Woodard; “The strange Career of Jim Crow”).
Dr. Woodson stated: No systematic effort toward change has been possible, for, taught the same economics, history, philosophy, literature and religion which have established the present code of morals, the Negro's mind has been brought under the control of his oppressor. The problem of holding the Negro down, therefore, is easily solved. When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions. You do not have to tell him not to stand here or go yonder. He will find his "proper place" and will stay in it. You do not need to send him to the back door. He will go without being told. In fact, if there is no back door, he will cut one for his special benefit. His education makes it necessary. (Reference: Carter G. Woodson; "The Mis-Education of the Negro" pg. ix).
Africa was called the "Dark Continent" interpreted to meaning they gave nothing to human civilization and although the nations of Ethiopia (Cush) and Egypt (Kemet) had splendid histories in which these African societies arguably fed all of humanity and were the birth places of man. It has been recorded that students from around the world came to learn from the wise ancient Sages of Cush (Ethiopia) and Kemet (Egypt). The scholars and social scientist are still baffled of how the Nubian Egyptians constructed the Eighth Wonder of the world—the building of the pyramids; surely these Africans were not inferior in their intellectual capacity. The science of medicine, mathematics, astronomy, religion, art, science, geometry, hydraulics, engineering, philosophy, architect, etc., originated on the African continent. (Reference: John G. Jackson; “Introduction to African Civilization”).
This writer is often amused by European Bloggers who have delved into various dimensions of Kemet (Egypt) and have come up with geometric and physics based reasoning to explain our sacred temples and pyramids of Kemet (Egypt) and not mention that it was Africans who left this puzzle for humanity to resolve. The Scholars Wallis Budge, Sir Godfrey Higgins, Albert Churchward, George Frazer, Manly P. Hall, Madam Blavatsky, Gerald Massey, H.G. Wells, Will Durant, etc., recognized that builders of the Kemetic pyramid structures were Africans. These modern day Egyptian intellectuals talk around this fact and they desire to place Egypt (Kemet) in the Middle East (there is such no place called the Middle East; the only thing that separates this territory from Africa is a man made ditch called the Suez Canal; for those who still do not know Egypt is in Africa) or come up with some false mulattoe ethnic race in order to deny the Blackness of Egypt. (Reference: Cheik Anta Diop; “Civilization Or Barbarism”).
I think America grew to become an even more ethnocentric society between World War 11 and the Cold War (1941-1989) periods whereas subjects like world geography and world civilizations weren’t deemed important and our educational philosophy was not being formulated around where the world was headed (globalism and the global market of ideas). We had arrogantly, selfishly and ignorantly embraced what we deemed as Americanism or better yet Eurocentrism. This thought led us to believe that everything from ideas—cultures and human achievements evolved around America —a so-called “superior culture” that had in one sense become isolated and it was this idea that contributed to the dummying down of America.
The Afrocentric movement led by Dr. Molefi Kete Asante and other scholars challenged America and all Western Education to reconsider, in particular how Africa was being viewed and how blacks were being viewed stemmed more from cultural ignorance and the educational curriculums reflected this institutionalize ignorance and was contributing toward our cultural incompetence . Although, this argument had its political, social and economic limitations; nevertheless, it forced American educators in the mid 1980s and 1990s to adopt educational strategies that would reflect and encompass the pluralism and the cultural diversity of our society. (Reference: Molefi Kete Asante; Afrocentricity).
This was a step to correct a nation’s psyche and redirect an educational ideology that had gone off course; this led to the multi-cultural movement, a movement to correct and address global projections once it was finally realized where the rest of the world was headed. I just do not think past great educational philosophers had the foresight to look deep in the future and create social theories that could stand without the need of any new assessments and evaluations which to make them relevant to where we are in this space and time. But blacks were robbed of a knowledge of self in this process they lost their culture, names, religion, folkways, mores and by being kidnapped they even lost their land.
Slavery was the greatest criminal act ever committed against humanity; it divided black slaves who spoke the same tribal languages and shared an ethnic heritage (dividing of the families had tremendous everlasting impact on African Americans). Slavery worked to disconnect blacks from their history and destroyed their linkage to a past and justified all manners of oppression and subjugation by calling Blacks the biblical children of Ham and depicted Blacks as being cursed base on their interpretation of the Bible. This theological interpretation more than anything else justified racism and white supremacy; it led to a subsiding of moral and ethical criticism based on this so-called divine system of reasoning. Blacks were denied the right to read and write (other than the Bible); learning for them was outlawed and a crime. They could be killed if caught with a book during chattel slavery. (Reference: John Blassingame; “The Slave Community”).
The Honorable Elijah Muhammad teaches that history builds the springs and motives of human actions, it empowers a people beyond dates and events to come to know the contribution their ancestors made on the stage of human civilization. Many do not know that a black man named Granville T. Woods invented the telephone system and apparatus; Phillip B. Downing invented the letter box; William B. Purvis invented the fountain pen; Joseph V. Nichols and Lewis H. Latimer invented the electric lamp; W.A. Lavalette; Robert F. Flemmings, Jr., invented the guitar; John Stanard invented the refrigerator; Norbert Rillieux improved the sugar making process; George W. Kelley invented the steam table; Willis Johnson invented the Egg Beater; John Albert Burr invented the Lawn Mower; J.H. Smith invented the Lawn Sprinkler; George F. Grant invented the golf tee; Oscar E. Brown invented the horseshoe; Jan E. Matzeliger invented the shoe lasting machine; M.C. Harney invented the lantern or lamp, etc. (Reference: Ivan VanSertima; “Blacks in Science”).
This writer can go on and on about the countless inventions that African Americans made in which many were stolen because they could not get a patent for their inventions based on racism. These Black unsung heroes have languished as the unknown contributors toward the advancement of our culture refinement. While others profited financially off the inventions of African Americans and racism allowed them to be exploited and even to this day they have not received any compensation. No, we can not just overlook this and every intelligent African American who has come into the knowledge of self has a job, duty and responsibility to expose America’s hypocrisy. Even in 2009 the above cited contributions have almost been totally written out of American history and our children are given a distorted view of history based on the practices of intellectual racism. So the establishment of Black History month serves as an attempt to correct the wrongs and to give people a truer perspective of African Americans historical accomplishments seen outside the visual realms of the former slave masters and their children. (Reference: Chip Smith; “The Cost of Privilege: Taking On The System of White Supremacy and Racism”).
American history has been tainted by 400 years of racial politics and it has unjustly denigrated other people who were not of European descendent as inferior and relegated them to an insignificant role within the scheme of American history. In 1925 Dr. Carter G. Woodson recognized that African Americans were sixty (60) years removed from slavery and had suffered a tremendous systematic disconnectedness from a glorious past. Woodson was a well trained scholar who had received a Ph.D in history from Harvard University in 1912 and was the second black behind W.E.B. Dubois to earn a Ph.D in history from Harvard 1895. Woodson was a contemporary of Marcus Garvey and use to write articles for Garvey's publication titled, "The Negro World.” Garvey advocated Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism—Garvey preached back to Africa and self-reliance. (Reference: J.A. Rogers; “The World’s Great Men of Color”).
Woodson may have shared in some of Garvey's political, economic and social philosophy, but I believed Woodson was entrapped by his own western education. He may have empathized with some of Garvey's views, but as an intellectual perhaps wasn't willing to embrace Garvey's hardcore Black Nationalism teachings on separation and his call for a Pan-African state. However, no black leader did more to inspire and connect Diaspora blacks to Africa and to create an African worldview than Garvey. His philosophy was steeped in African tradition and represented a symbolic fulfillment of the prodigal sons and daughters having an identified home being Africa. But more importantly in theory, it reaffirmed their traditional linkage to a long lost culture and heritage. (Reference: Harold Cruse; “The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual”).
The establishment of Negro History week (it was originally called Negro History week prior to becoming Black History Month in 1976 and it was co-founded by Omega Psi Phi Fraternity) was essentially a reaction to white American style racism. American history had precluded blacks and there wasn't too many positive black images being offered in the text books and often blacks contributions were minimized to a footnote or was just outright discarded. Dr. Woodsin in 1916 founded the Journal of Negro History (presently called the Journal of African American History) where he began to write and publish scholarly and scientific research articles on varying aspects of black history. Woodson used this periodical to prove to the world that blacks indeed had made a worthwhile contribution, in particular to American history and world history in general. Woodson served as its first editor from (1916-1950), Rayford Logan (1950-1951), William M. Brewer (1952-1970), W. August Low (1970-1974), Lorraine A. Williams (1974-1976), Alton Hornsby (1976- 2001), etc., these were some of the early editors of the Journal of Negro History.
Woodson stated: “A further examination of their curricula shows, too, that invariably these Negro colleges offer courses in Greek philosophy and in that of modern European thought, but they direct no attention to the philosophy of the African. Negroes of Africa have and always have had their own ideas about the nature of the universe, time, and space, about appearance and reality, and about freedom and necessity. The effort of the Negro to interpret man's relation to the universe shows just as much intelligence as we find in the philosophy of the Greeks. There were many Africans who were just as wise as Socrates.” (Woodson: “The Mis-Education of the Negro” pg 89).
Woodson in 1915 founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (presently called the Association for the Study of African American Life and History) all geared toward rectifying the intellectual damage caused by the brutal system of Chattel Slavery. Many historians have tried to piece the black experience together from remnants of scattered records because blacks were considered as the white man's property—vital statistics (family names, birthdays, siblings, tribal affiliation, etc.) were not kept on African slaves. Also, during early United States Census reports blacks were only listed as property. (Reference: Herbert G. Gutman; “The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom 1750-1925”).
Early on scholars such as W.E. B Dubois wrote extensively on varying aspects of African and African American history using his pen to reclaim the black man’s past. Dubois first book was titled, "Suppression of the African Slave Trade", "The Souls of Black Folk," The Philadelphia Negro," "The Autobiography of W.E.B. Dubois," "From Dust of Dawn" and perhaps his most celebrated work was titled, "Encyclopedia Africana" this writer does not think he ever completed this monumental project, but it was dedicated toward a pulling together of African people's history from around the world. But I believe Dr. Henry Louis Gates may have completed what Dubois started fifty (50) years ago. (Reference: W.E.B. Dubois and Herbert Aptheker (editor); “The Education of Black People: Ten Critiques, 1906-1960”).
Dr. Woodson also wrote and researched extensively and as a professional historian, he and Dubois took the study of African American history to the next level based on their use of empirical research methods, as for as scientifically approaching black history as a credible field of study.
Dubois stated: “The history of the American Negro is the history of this strife—this longing to attain self-conscious manhood, to merge his double self into a better and truer self. In this merging he wishes neither of the older selves to be lost. He would not Africanize America, for America has too much to teach 'the world and Africa. He would not bleach his Negro soul in a flood of white Americanism, for he knows that Negro blood has a message for the world. He simply wishes to make it possible for a man to be both a Negro and an American, without being cursed and spit upon by his fellows, without having the doors of Opportunity closed roughly in his face." (Reference: W.E.B. Dubois; "The Souls of Black "Folk pg. 45-46).
Woodson perhaps authored one of the most definitive books examining the social, political and economic mindset of the African American titled, "The Mis-Education of the Negro" first published in 1933. This book answers the critics’ opposition to why African American still find it necessary to promote and advocate Black History Month every February. Racism is systemic and you can not reverse three hundred ten (310) years of human brutality which created certain attitudes and behavior as a result it became inculcated in the psychology of a nation.
Fahim A. Knight-EL Chief Researcher for KEEPING IT REAL THINK TANK located in Durham, NC; our mission is to inform African Americans and all people of goodwill, of the pending dangers that lie ahead; as well as decode the symbolisms and reinterpreted the hidden meanings behind those who operate as invisible forces, but covertly rules the world. We are of the belief that an enlightened world will be better prepared to throw off the shackles of ignorance and not be willing participants for the slaughter. Our MOTTO is speaking truth to power. Fahim A. Knight-EL can be reached at fahimknight@yahoo.com.
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Fahim A. Knight-EL
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