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Rastafarian Children of Solomon: The Legacy of the Kebra Nagast and the Path to
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- Languages
- English
- ISBN
- 9781591431541
- Book Title
- Rastafarian Children of Solomon : The Legacy of the Kebra Nagast and the Path to Peace and Understanding
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Bear Factory & Company
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.4in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Religion, Social Science
- Topic
- Mysticism, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Ethnic & Tribal, African, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 7.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 152 Pages
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Shares the spiritual wisdom of Rastafari through the stories, teachings, and traditions of practicing Rastas in Jamaica * Includes the author's interviews with bush doctors, healers, and Rastafarians gathered during his 15 years of living in Jamaica * Reveals the old ways of the Rastafarians and how their beliefs form an unbroken lineage tracing back to King Solomon * Explains the connection of Rasta beliefs to important biblical passages Tracing their lineage back to King Solomon--the wisest man who ever lived--Rastafarians follow a spiritual tradition of peace and meditation that is more a way of life than an organized religion. During his 15 years living in Jamaica, Gerald Hausman developed deep friendships with Rastafarians and rootsmen, enabling him to experience firsthand the beliefs and traditions of these followers of the Kebra Nagast--the African gospel excised from the King James version of the Bible. He met bush doctors, Rasta preachers, members of the Marley family, and respected elders who knew Marcus Garvey, prophet of the Rasta movement and vocal proponent of the Pan-African movement in America. He also met elders who were present when Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia and descendant of the House of David, came to Jamaica in the 1960s. Through interviews with fishermen, mystics, and wise men, as well as direct encounters with spirits and the spiritual, the author reveals the deep wisdom that underlies the "old ways" of the Rastas. He connects their stories, lives, and teachings with important biblical passages as well as reggae songs. He shares their views on the medicinal and meditative powers of cannabis--the sacred herb of Solomon--and explains that while Rastas believe it to be "the opener of the door," they maintain that peace and understanding must be found within. Illustrating the unwavering faith and hope of the Rastafari of Jamaica, Hausman shows them to be a people who, above all, emphasize equality, because the Holy Spirit within each of us makes us all one and the same.
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Publisher
Bear Factory & Company
ISBN-10
1591431549
ISBN-13
9781591431541
eBay Product ID (ePID)
150584144
Product Key Features
Book Title
Rastafarian Children of Solomon : The Legacy of the Kebra Nagast and the Path to Peace and Understanding
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Mysticism, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Ethnic & Tribal, African, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Literary Criticism, Religion, Social Science
Number of Pages
152 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.4in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
7.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Bl2532.R37h38 2013
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Hausman skillfully connects the lives and beliefs of these peaceful and resourceful people--fishermen, wicker weavers, Rasta preachers, respected elders, and wise men and women--through heartfelt conversations that arise spontaneously while sitting under the shade of a pimento tree, in a dusty yard, or by firelight in the cool evening ocean breeze. Rastafarian spiritual wisdom, recounted here in authentic Jamaican patois, emphasizes equality: an unwavering faith and hope in the holy spirit that lives in each human being., Highly recommended, especially for any reader looking to better understand the Rastafarian way of life through the words of the people who practice it., Hausman skillfully connects the lives and beliefs of these peaceful and resourceful people-fishermen, wicker weavers, Rasta preachers, respected elders, and wise men and women-through heartfelt conversations that arise spontaneously while sitting under the shade of a pimento tree, in a dusty yard, or by firelight in the cool evening ocean breeze. Rastafarian spiritual wisdom, recounted here in authentic Jamaican patois, emphasizes equality: an unwavering faith and hope in the holy spirit that lives in each human being., Day by day, the elders who formed the foundation of Rasta in the 1920s and '30s are passing. Within these pages you will meet a man who knew Marcus Garvey and an elder who met Haile Selassie I when he came to Jamaica. You will also meet younger rootsmen whose faith is constant and true. This book goes straight to the heart with truths that are seldom written but often said in my home country., Folklorist Gerald Hausman takes us deep into the modern dreamtime of Jamaica's backwaters, enthralled by the company of living prophets and conmen, killers and saints, obeah workers and ethereal half-real creatures of the sea. They are all, as his eloquent mythlike prose reveals, the voices of the cherubim and seraphim of old.
Table of Content
Acknowledgments It Takes a Village to Write a Book Introduction Rastafarians in Jamaica: The Children of Solomon 1 Heart 2 Bird 3 Iron 4 Fire 5 I and I 6 Samson 7 Jonah 8 Rock 9 Tabernacle 10 Revelation 11 Never Run Away 12 Prophet 13 Blood 14 Bomb 15 Healer 16 Hear 17 Obeah 18 Believers 19 Beast 20 Switcher Glossary Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2013
Lccn
2012-036150
Dewey Decimal
299.6/76
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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