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drewsstuff's review
5.0
Fascinating from a spritual and philosophical point of view, yes, but also fascinating from a cultural and historical point of view too.
From Ziggy Marley's beautiful introduction onwards, the book is engaging, captivating and above all thought-provoking. The emergence of Rastafarianism continues: and you can see how things that occur become stories handed down, which in turn become myths and/or the outer clothing of a religion. Not because some external influence is forcing it, but because those myths, those things that occured contain an element of universal truth that we all respond to.
As a white person only vaguely aware of black history (but acutely aware of the many sided prejudice inherent in the society I live in) when I read this first I found it a great read. With greater awareness has come, I hope, a little more understanding on my part. And re-reading this has been a catalyst that has helped create it for me.
It's about faith, of course it is. But it's also about wisdom. And maybe if the one isn't working today, maybe the other one will: we all need a little more true wisdom wherever we can get it from.
From Ziggy Marley's beautiful introduction onwards, the book is engaging, captivating and above all thought-provoking. The emergence of Rastafarianism continues: and you can see how things that occur become stories handed down, which in turn become myths and/or the outer clothing of a religion. Not because some external influence is forcing it, but because those myths, those things that occured contain an element of universal truth that we all respond to.
As a white person only vaguely aware of black history (but acutely aware of the many sided prejudice inherent in the society I live in) when I read this first I found it a great read. With greater awareness has come, I hope, a little more understanding on my part. And re-reading this has been a catalyst that has helped create it for me.
It's about faith, of course it is. But it's also about wisdom. And maybe if the one isn't working today, maybe the other one will: we all need a little more true wisdom wherever we can get it from.
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