In post-medieval Southern Europe
there was a dance that French and Spanish locals considered super ratchet in
their time. It was introduced into Europe by the Moors, and it was called the
Zarabanda. I’ve provided a video below so that you can watch a reenactment of
how the dance was performed.
It looks very tame by our standards,
doesn’t it? This should give you some indication of how adept the Roman
Catholic Church was at suppressing sexual expression in 16th century Europe.
Any public interaction between a man and a woman that generated the slightest
feeling of pleasure in participants or onlookers was regarded as lewd and
obscene because the people were sexually repressed. However any intense desire
that is blatantly denied will eventually bring about some form of psychosis.
Twenty five years from now people
will look back at video footage from a Jamaican Passa Passa celebration and say that it’s very mild. As the
Catholic church continues to implode on itself, blow job sessions in crowded
city streets won’t be considered a big deal by global consensus. You won’t be
able to see, the Vitamin D, because it’ll be past your eyes, Milk.
In the Congolese spiritual tradition
known as Palo Mayombe, the deity Zarabanda is a fiery and fearless warrior who
is also an intermediary between the realm of the “dead” and our world of the
living. He slays the evil with his machete which is called a “mbele.” ElephantMan says Drop Dead, drop dead, drop dead, dead, dead, dead. In his book Kimbiza
Santo Cristo: Return of the Holy Grail, Knights Templar and Grand Dragon,
author Markus Rodrique shares some powerful information on Zarabanda in the chapter
entitled “Zarabanda: The Black Knight.”
Today there is a beer that was
introduced by a Spanish chef and it is also known as Zarabanda. It’s made with
hot peppercorns which brings to mind the fiery temperament of the Congolese
deity who goes by the same name. Of course we know that beer is an alcoholic
beverage, but the circumstances that lead to its widespread use in Europe are
not commonly known.
Zarabanda Beer
Medieval Europe was plagued by
sanitary issues, so the Moors popularized the consumption of alcohol to protect
themselves from water-born diseases like cholera. An alcoholic beverage is also
known as a “spirit” in common parlance, but what spirit is conjured when it is
consumed in excess? There are many viable speculations. The one that would
yield the most truth would probably be the one garnered from examining the
etymology behind the word “alcohol.”
The English word “alcohol” is derived
from the Arabic word “Al-kuhul” which means “The Kohl,” but kohl is a metallic
powder. The Palo spirit Zarabanda is a metallurgist and many people who are
drunk have a tendency to exhibit the aggressive or even violent qualities that
one might associate with Zarabanda, minus the discernment that he is noted for.
Drinking excessive amounts of alcohol
causes iron toxicity from the build up of iron in the body.
I do not think that it is a coincidence that
the Congolese deity Zarabanda is heavily associated with iron, his precious
metal. This is not “spookism” and superstition. This is African science explained
through character metaphor. Nevertheless, one who is active in the Palo Mayombe
tradition may have thoughts that are contrary to what has been presented here
which may provide us with further understanding.
In the medieval period, Europe
experienced an explosion in information pertaining to the African Life Sciences
which were recodified (remixed) and given new names like “Al-Khemy,” “Rosicrucianism,”
and “Solomonic Magic.” For many people who are identified as African over the
centuries, religious affiliation is based on politics. Spirituality is
based on cultural traditions that are
rooted in clanship/nationhood (ancestry).
To think that the history-making
Moors of old Europe practiced orthodox Islam as we know it today is
historically inaccurate and culturally naive. They were always working, and
experimenting with, the African Life
Sciences. This is the only reason why Moorish culture was far richer than the
contemporary Islamic ones so prevalent
in other parts of the world.
In short, Europe’s Moorish legacy was
no greater than the amalgamated African traditions that it fortified itself
with.
When your enemies depict you as a devil, with
the power to wipe away all that they hold dear and sacred, it is actually a
sign of respect. This is because in order for them to see you in that light
they would have to give their personal power away to you. We stood proudly in
our ancestral cultural traditions back then, cloaking them in the veil of
foreign religious doctrines like Christianity and Islam. It was our little
inside joke on the world.
Now we mistake our outer garments for our flesh
and ask why our little girls are beaten up in concentration camps disguised as
schools. Love the skin you’re in. Your skin, being your timeless spiritual
cultures rooted in art and science. We were taught to abhor our nakedness
because our bodies are beautiful.
A lot of us are afraid of getting back to what
has historically been proven to magnify our power, because what makes us
powerful will cause other groups not to like us. But guess what? Nobody likes
us. They never have. They only like what we create for their consumption and
personal pleasure. Our power is in our art and our science filtered through a
keen understanding of human psychology and what motivates human beings even on
the most primal levels. Let’s work with that.
That sword is still ours. All that we have to do
is reclaim it.
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