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Peace and Blessings! Prophet Noble Drew Ali was very clear in his communications about the fall of the Moorish Nation. In The Holy Koran of the Moorish Science Temple of America chapter 47, we read the following:
“16. Through sin and disobedience every nation has suffered slavery, due to the fact that they honored not the creed and principles of their forefathers. 17. That is why the nationality of the Moors was taken away from them in 1774 and the word negro, black and colored, was given to the Asiatics of America who were of Moorish descent, because they honored not the principles of their mother and father, and strayed after the gods of Europe of whom they knew nothing.”
The Moorish Koran clearly illustrates that the fall of the Moorish Nation was due to ‘disobedience and not honoring the creed of their forefathers.’ Unfortunately, the depth of this disobedience is rarely discussed in detail. However, if Moorish Americans are to learn from the past, we must learn to honor the truth of Noble Drew Ali’s Prophethood for our glorious past and times of remorse. How did the ancient Moors fail to honor their forefathers? Our first lesson on this subject begins with a history of the Moorish Sorcerers. Published in 1891, Literary Digest, Volume 2, reveals the importance of the “cult” from Arabia, in their preservation of civilization, now operating under the guise of the Moors:
“The Arabs took up and extended the sciences of the Greeks which had become lost; added algebra to the mathematics; a new and perfect law to the political science; fixed the rights, not only of women, but of slaves. The land was made safe for travel. A little later the Moorish statesmen gave lessons to European rulers, and Moorish scientists taught science to the wise men of Europe. “
While many scholars align the rise of Moorish technology in Europe as an Islamic affair, other historical accounts speak of the complexities of Moorish witchcraft. History reveals that Moorish warlocks and witches held much disdain for the religion of Islam. Published in 1937, Montague Summers in the classic work, A Popular History of Witchcraft, describes a Moorish ritual in the following words:
“A curious parallel is noted by Dr. Francoise Legey. On the night of the Achoura, the tenth day of Ramadan, in order to renew their magical powers, at the bidding of Eblis (the devil) the Moorish sorcerers secretly penetrate into the mosques and pollute the mat of the Imam. They make their ablutions with sour milk and urinate upon the Koran. They also foul the tafedna, the reservoirs of warm water in the public baths. They then hold their Sabbat with vile rites in a cemetery.”
Kenneth Grant, a Typhonian magician who was a direct student of Aleister Crowley, cites the realities of the Moorish sorcerers and their relationship with Iblis in two of his writings:
“107 is a number of Ablis or Eblis, the ‘devil’ of the Moorish sorcerers, and an anagram of S’lba. It is also the number of Maion and of Nu-Maat, the complement of Nu-Isis.” – (Outer Gateways)
“The feminine substance at the base of these ancient notions is revealed also in the number 51, ‘Matter’, MAAT, and its reflex, TAAM, the ‘accursed food’ of the Moorish sorcerers, for 51 is the number of Azazel, leader of the angels or ‘watchers’ who “lay with the daughters of men”. – (Beyond The Muave Zone)
It is very possible that the Moors described by Grant would also include the Mouros, due to their association with Iblis. Under the topic, Mouros, Wikipedia describes this subterranean race of the Moorish era:
“According to Galician, Asturian and Portuguese mythology, the Mouros are a race of supernatural beings which inhabited the lands of Galicia, Asturias and Portugal since the beginning of time. For unknown reasons they were forced to take refuge under the earth, and now they are usually seen by people in the surroundings of castros and long barrows. “
Mouros is Portuguese for Moors, or Moorish. Known as Enchanted Mouros, the history of the term Moor is similar to the word Aryan. In other words, these terms referred to a “divine quality” in man, (i.e. Aryan means noble) and were later co-opted into racial descriptions. For example, in Portuguese texts such as the Portugal, Mundo dos Mortos e das Mouras Encantadas – Volume I by Fernanda Frazao and Gabriela Morais, we find the following characteristics and definition of a Moor:
“and this also one of the reasons in the current misconception base between enchanted Moorish and Muslim ethnicity. .. a clear confusion between …who was here in medieval times and the mythical beings of traditions….The Moors (or their obvious derivative Moors / Giant and mourinhos delighted) are the essential elements of what we consider to be the ‘hard core’ of such narratives, …. above all, supernatural beings (mythical) that, as such, have magical powers. It can transform their habitat, cave, rock or pit, in rich and luxurious palaces, offer gold…These data further draw the indication that the Moorish / Moorish root word may have had as meaning precisely “supernatural being.” Many of the features and power of the enchanted Moorish are attributed to witches, so persecuted by the Inquisition …
Most often, the enchanted Moorish are gentle maidens who transform into a snake, or have half woman, half snake, or are, at the outset, a serpent….
the night is the natural backdrop for the usual meeting of gods of the underworld lords, or for an assembly inhabitants of Moorish and Moorish masters of the underworld …. whose hands are invisible – the water for stones of libations (the bones of Mother Earth) or of the bodies, the sun noise to make raising water, or the sound of rain falling, the gathering and the precautions for part of being mortal, when before supernatural phenomena and, yet, the symbolism of the three”
Unfortunately, it is not popularly known even among modern Moorish scientists that the term Moor was used to refer to a supernatural being. Nor is it popularly known that a Moor is a jinn-like creature often appearing near water wells, rivers, and possesses a form similar to that of a naga. Even in the information cited above, we see an acknowledgement over the confusion between the history of an ethnic group called Moors, the Enchanted Moors, and Moorish Sorcerers, some of whom were capable of miraculous undertakings. There are also the Moorish maidens of a supernatural sort. They are called Enchanted Moura, according to a Wikipedia article under this subject, we read:
According to ancient lore, they are the souls of young maidens who were left guarding the treasures that themouros encantados(enchanted mouros) hid before heading to the Mourama. The legends describe the mouras encantadas as young maidens of great beauty or as charming princesses who are “dangerously seductive.”
They appear as guardians of the pathways into the earth and of the “limit” frontiers where it was believed that the supernatural could manifest itself. Mouras encantadas are magical maidens who guard castles, caves, bridges, wells, rivers, and treasures. José Leite de Vasconcelos considered as a possibility that the mouras encantadas may have had assimilated the characteristics of local deities, such as nymphs and spirits of nature. Consiglieri Pedroso also referred to the mouras encantadas as “feminine water genies”.
Some authors think that the mouras are the deceased. But the word mouro is also a synonym of Muslim. Since the Iberian peninsulawas occupied by Muslims for many centuries, it might also refer to young Muslims deceased in battle.”
Based on our discussion above, we can clearly see that the disobedience on the Moorish Nation is what led to their fall and thus the Prophet’s wisdom shines through. We can also see that people of the Medieval world did not view Moors as a term synonymous with Muslim but as a peoplehood.