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    African Origin : Found in Religion and Freemasonry
    African Origin : Found in Religion and Freemasonry
    African Origin : Found in Religion and Freemasonry
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    African Origin : Found in Religion and Freemasonry

    By Kedar Griffo and Michael Berkley

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    This work explores the mystery and mythology found in Religion and Freemasonry. We also will present information connecting Religion and Freemasonry to Ancient Africa as we discuss the supposed hidden meanings of movements, characters, and the zodiac.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateMar 29, 2011
    ISBN9781257216093
    African Origin : Found in Religion and Freemasonry

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      African Origin - Kedar Griffo

      History.

      Introduction

      As students of the Supreme Grand Master Teacher, Dr. Malachi Z. York El (Dr. York), we have taken it upon ourselves to conduct an analytical comparative study on the connection between Astrology, religion, language, the occults, and Freemasonry. This study process was developed because of one of the many miracles of Dr. York. The simple miracle was the authors being introduced to each other while traveling a long journey on a short path seeking Right Knowledge, Right Wisdom, and Right Overstanding. Many may disagree with Dr. York’s many presentations, but we appreciate his diligent work. His work is what motivated us to research other documents, ideologies, and methodologies that have been spoken and written about. Although people may not see our connection as a miracle, it is as easy as understanding the miracles of the Messiah Jesus. He made a blind man see similarly Dr. York showed us how to see the hidden meanings of terms and symbols. The Messiah Jesus made a deaf man hear. Dr. York explained information in a way that a person not educated with in the Academic Community could conceive abstruse information. Lastly, the Messiah Jesus made a cripple man walk. Dr. York guided his students to walk upright, confronting conflict with no fear.

      We appreciate Dr. York repeatedly stating, Don’t believe me, Check it out. His encouragement to become researchers has opened up the flood gates of knowledge to us. While people have slandered us and our guide, Dr. York, we feel it is only fair and balanced for us to present our research without giving sacred passwords, signs, stances, or grips found within the fraternity of Freemasonry.

      This work is not an attack on the average person, but a defensive in an offensive manner. For example if we present empirical evidence about a religious concept, we are speaking of the theory not the person. The only time we are speaking of a person is when an individual has directly attack us, for instance, the writers/researchers of Prince Hall Masonry who call themselves The Phylaxis Society and other Prince Hall Masonic members. As we attempted to meet on the square, we were met with hostility and claims of fallacy. Therefore, we see no need to show mercy on any of their claims.

      Similarly, as we worked together as the Deputy Grand Master and Grand Master of Zoser Grand Lodge Ancient Free and Accepted Masonry, we discussed different projects. While working to improve ourselves and our delivery of our ancient ritual, we uncovered information that the average Freemason, including 33rd Degree Freemasons (33°), overlooked because of their dependency of the Eurocentric Academic Community. This dependency blocked the pathway to many paths leading to empirical evidence, which will set the minds free from the clutches of the oppressors.

      Subsequently we will present information, which will untie some of the mysteries that have come to be known as reality. As a result, one must understand every religious school of thought began as a myth. A myth is defined as a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, esp. one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature [1] especially the three monotheistic religions in America, namely Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. By examining the religious beginnings of these three, the reader will understand the concepts being offered.

      Judaism was the social norm although the Romans didn’t accept it because they where practicing the worship of several local, Roman and Greek deities. Then Christianity was established, which included several myths found within its dogma. Following today’s standards, it would be considered a cult. One definition of a cult is a religion or sect considered to be false, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader. Eventually, the Christians fought; murdered, raped, and forced their ideology on many people and it became a social norm as it associated some of the Judaic philosophy in its teachings. Roughly 600-700 years passed and Islam was established. Its people where persecuted by the Judaic people as well as the Christians. Wars where fought, but the Islamic belief was being established the same way the Christian belief was spread, through force, murder, mayhem, and pillaging. They became the new cult. Eventually, they gained their recognition and became the dogma for their region. They became the social norm, but they incorporated many dogmas from Judaism and Christianity, which in so many words kept the peace.

      Furthermore, each religion bases its belief system on symbolism. A definition of symbolism is the use of any of certain special figures or marks of identification to signify a religious message or divine being, as the cross for Christ and the Christian faith [2]. Once a person is aware of the symbolism, this person will be able to see the similarities of other historical factors prior to the social norms of our day and time. Then the reality should set into their hearts and minds to realize what people know as social norms are plagiarized concepts from people that existed in established cultures before them. A definition of plagiarism is the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work. Therefore most ideologies used in America today were taken from people of the African Diaspora. These dogmas are being presented as if they are original works, but this concept will be shown as fallacies.

      Our African ancestors have been robbed of their knowledge and wealth. We can see several forms of symbolism with the average everyday person, from the clothes they wear, the foods they eat, and the God(s) they worship. Symbolism is all around us as we stand as the dot surrounded by the circle. Interestingly many people have attacked our guide, Dr. York. One of the reasons he has been attacked involves his name changes. His name changed as he transitioned from one school of thought to another. The name changes were simply titles and symbols of the school of thought, which he was teaching at the time. Why would he keep a Christian title when he began teaching Islam? Or an Arabic title when he began teaching Judaism? Or a Judaic title when he began teaching Egyptian doctrine? Or an Egyptian title when he began teaching Christianity? This lack of understanding by the so called conscious community as well as the Academic Community is what continues the confusion and labeling of Dr. York in an unjust and unfair manner. Yet these same critics failfr to recognize the many different titles of their major prophets, messengers, messiahs. Moses had at least 10 other names/titles. If the reader will recall, Moses is an Egyptian name as the custom of the Jews was to name the child one week after birth, whereas Moses wasn’t named Moses until he was drawn out of the water by the Egyptian woman. He was called Jekuthiel, Heber, and Jered amongst his many names. Jesus was called Immanuel, Yashua, Isa, Messiah, even God himself. Lastly, the Arabian Prophet Muhammad was also known as Ahmad, Ummi, Rasul, Nabi, among his 99 names. Therefore we find it very hypocritical for religious folk to concentrate on Dr. York’s titles under the different ideologies he’s taught but not criticize their own God, be he Allah, Jehovah, El Rab, Elohim, Allahuma, YHWH and the hundreds of other names given to these deities. As an Egyptologist, Dr York, understood that Egyptian pharaohs had at least 5 different names, and he was the pharaoh at Tama-Re, Egypt of the West. According to Oakes and Gahlin:

      …from the Old kingdom the king took five names, the first four of which he acquired when he came to the throne. The first was the Horus name, or chief name. The Second was the two Ladies name, giving him the protection of the goddesses Neb-thet and Wadjet. The third names, the Golden Horus name, referred to his divinity and the fourth name, the throne name, introduced by the epithet ‘He of he sedge and the bee" to his role as ruler. His last name, called the nomen, was the name given to him at birth and

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