I think no one in the world understands the similarities between Judaism and African (pre-Christian, pre-Islamic) spirituality. Only someone who's studied both and that is very unlikely because Blacks usually are taught to hate Jews; and Jews think they have nothing to do with Blacks.
Oh well, I'll be interested in watching when they meet at some intersection. meanwhile...
There is a movement in the Black world to shift back to the old way, the way that is supposedly more compatible to an African descended person. I don't know the name of it yet, but there is talk of building "Ile Kweli" centers (HOUSE OF TRUTH) Ile - House in Yoruba and Kweli - truth in Kiswahili. Sort of like Chabad houses to help Black folks return to their root spirituality.
Sounds nice so far...
(I want to add that I am not endorsing this religion. I think it has alot of advantages to Black people -more so than Islam and Christianity. But it also has its meshugana /crazy parts such as a deity for this and a deity for that and a diety for some other thing, and so on and so forth -so much deities to keep track of!
If I had to endorse something, it would be Judaism. But even Judaism has its quirks lol. But one thing somewhat similar is that in Judaism there is the belief that there are little "deities" controlling various things -those are called angels and the difference is that we can rise above even them!)
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