Lesson 4:
Interactions between Kemet and other African civilizations:
Dogon Tribe
Yoruba
Kemet
There is a direct connection from Kemet to West Africa. The Dogon, Yoruba, and
Kemet Spiritual beliefs had in common the acknowledgment of supreme power,
along with gods or divinities, spirits, and the continuation of the existence of
ancestors after death.
The Dogon spiritual tradition is comprised of three principal sections; Awa, Lebe,
and Binu. The belief is in a supernatural power that organizes and animates this
material universe. Yoruba tribes were from four origins; Negroes, Nubian, Berbers,
and Arabs, the latter three came from Egypt. The Yoruba belief is similar
consisting of the supreme creator and divinities, the Orishas who manage and
assist the material world to evolve as it should. Ancestral forces and psychic
agencies also play a major role in the development of humanity on this earth.
These important relationships manifest in the form of specialized cults, priests,
and priestesses which are also similar and evident in Kemetic culture. Another key
similarity between all three of these royal African spiritual traditions is that
those who are spiritual healers with psychic abilities are treated and
given the respect of lesser divinities. Kemetic tradition Neterianism consists of
the supreme being, and Neter, divinities, as one known as Neberdjer which is in
all things. The Neter is an extension of the supreme being in the form of Gods and
Goddesses that help humanity to strive and evolve.
What I have found to be most interesting is that in our current times the
descendants of these profound civilizations have been transformed mostly to follow
Christianity and the Muslim faith, while Judaism seems to maintain an exclusive
status out of the Abrahamic trio.
