Rooted Mystic
People do meditation to find psychic alignment. That’s why people do psychotherapy and analysis. That’s why people analyze their dreams and make art. That is why some contemplate tarot cards, cast I Ching, dance, drum, make theater, pry out the poem, and fire up their prayers. That’s why we do all the things we do. It is the work of gathering all
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Mysticism has never belonged to one people, one race, or one pathway. Anyone can be called into the unseen. Anyone can feel the tug of the sacred along the edges of their life. But what I’m learning—what I’m remembering—is that every mystic walks with a lineage, whether they recognize it or not. Not a racial identity, not a category assigned by
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“Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the handmaiden of conquerors.
Nearly all religions were brought to people and imposed on people by conquerors and used as the framework to control their minde. “ — John Henrik Clarke.
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instagram.com“The African are spiritual beings having a human experience, the Europeans are searching for a spiritual experience.” –Professor James Small