BLACK HISTORY: ABDULLAH THE ETHIOPIAN MYSTIC

Little is known about one of the most powerful mystics of the modern era.  We have his first name, Abdullah, and his description from one of his most well known students, author and lecturer, Neville Goddard, "He was as black as the ace of spades, my old friend Abdullah, with his turbaned head." What we do know about Abdullah is that he mentored authors/lecturers Neville Goddard and Dr. Joseph Murphy.  Abdullah was an Ethiopian rabbi who lectured on Esoteric Christianity.  In order to properly understand the impact Abdullah's philosophy had on the world we have to look at the works of his students and people indirectly influenced by his teachings.

Perhaps Abdullah looked like this?

or this?

Who was this mysterious mystic who left behind few clues as to who he was other than descriptions from his students?  He taught that no matter what the circumstances going on in the world you ultimately have control over your reality.  This Ethiopian man, whom Neville described as black as the ace of spades was able to do as he pleased in the middle of Jim Crow era America.  Abdullah would visit the opera and sit in the front row without any disturbance whatsoever.  This was in the middle of segregation!  People from all walks of life, doctors, scientists, bankers, would seek an audience with the eccentric old Ethiopian.

It's highly possible that Abdullah was an indigenous wisdom keeper in the same tradition as the master Abd El Hakim Awyan, mentor of author Stephen S. Mehler, who wrote the book The Land of Osiris to take Hakim's teachings public.  Mehler and Hakim helped popularize the phrase Kemetology, based off of the ancient name of Kemet, from modern day Egypt.

The Great Wisdom Keeper Hakim

Indigenous wisdom keepers such as Abdullah and Hakim represent an unbroken chain of keepers of ancient knowledge literally dating back thousands of years.  These adepts started going public with their teaching around the beginning of the 19th century.  Their teachings have been kept secret as oral traditions for thousands of years.  Only initiates of the ancient mystery schools had access to this knowledge base.  This is why the spread of the Kabbalah (esoteric Judaism), Sufism (esoteric Islam), and the Gnostic scriptures (esoteric Christianity) all started to penetrate the Western World around the same period.

Adepts such as Hakim for example could recall oral traditions and histories for tribes all over the world dating back over 65,000 years.  Around the same period in time (early 19th century) these adepts started taking on new pupils.  This was new because they have thousand year old traditions of only revealing this info to initiates.  Initiation was a lifelong practice that starts in childhood or adolescence at the latest.  There was an increased urgency to release this information to the world because of a coming shift or new age in humanity.

BLACK HISTORY: REV IKE MASTER METAPHYSICIAN

"The Presence of God-in-me blesses the Presence of God-in-you, beloved child of God." Rev. Ike

 We are going to take a break from the usual script of people discussed during Black History Month (Much respect to MLK, Marcus Garvey, George Washington Carver, etc) and place the focus on black people around the world who have flown under the radar of most.  Our focus will be on the contributions of black people in the sciences of the mind.

Rev. Ike (June 1, 1935 — July 28, 2009) is one of the most misconstrued and misinterpreted geniuses of the 20th Century.  He was so far ahead of his time that his message was often distorted by the media who often mocked his dazzling style and bold, open-minded philosophies.

Fast forward to 2012 and many preachers have integrated prosperity into their sermons versus preaching that poverty was virtuous and people would get their reward in heaven after death.  The Secret became a cultural phenomenon championed by Oprah that went on to introduce millions of people worldwide to the New Thought approach to reality.  Also the widespread acceptance of quantum physics/quantum mechanics into the mainstream science community which advocates that “thoughts are things” has opened millions more up to the possibility that there may be something to the New Thought movement.  (Check out the film What the Bleep Do We Know?)

The world is finally beginning to catch up to the lessons that Rev Ike has been teaching for over 40 years!  Ike was so advanced that he was able to relate revolutionary ideologies to people who many times had a superstitious, very narrow-minded view of spirituality.

“This is the do-it-yourself church,” he proclaimed. “The only savior in this philosophy is God in you.”

Rev. Ike was a master metaphysician who decoded the Scriptures in an astounding, emancipating way.  Presently, Rev. Ike's true genius is acknowledged as his lessons are widely recognized as universal truths.  He is known as a Master teacher, a mentor, and an inspiration by many famous motivational teachers and authors such as Bob Proctor and Dr. Michael Beckwith, from The Secret and Mark Victor Hansen, author of Chicken Soup for the Soul.

Listen to what the latter has to say about Rev. Ike.  Mark Victor Hansen, who created the mega-bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul book series, cites Rev. Ike as an inspiration, “I went bankrupt and was WIPED OUT financially. I was sleeping in front of a door, when somebody said, ‘What you need to do is hear Rev. Ike. I went to hear him at his church, and I was ‘WOWED!’ At that time I had NEVER heard anybody preach and teach Positive Self-Image Psychology and Self-Motivation like Rev. Ike. I sat in the pews of his church and worked with his ‘stuff’ and now I am blessed to live in a fine house with my lovely wife and two daughters. We live in dignity and style and I am successful and prosperous beyond my wildest dreams.”

Rev. Frederick Eikerenkoetter, better known to millions as REV. IKE, “The Success and Prosperity Preacher,” has been Minister, Teacher, Motivator, Evangelist, Counselor, and Pastor to millions of people, for over 40 years.

Rev. Ike had the guts to go where most theologians, Bible teachers, and preachers would not. As an evangelist, on TV, radio, and at mass meetings, he had the “audacity” to PREACH “Prosperity NOW!” — long before it became popular to do so.  Even more shocking and audacious was the lesson that Rev. Ike taught the world: God Lives Within You!