The Rulers, The Cultists, The Ritualists
What has Boko Haram got to do with leaders and rulers of the world's political system? A lot - quite a lot of some sinister relationships. There exists a big and influential cell in the Boko Haram conglomerate that contains cultists and ritualists who are standing in for certain leaders and dynasties as well as for rituals of worships in the cults they represent. This complex cell is, itself, made up of certain sub-cells of ambitious and ruthless rulers as well as cultists of different tastes and dimensions.
Pharaoh, of ancient Egyptian history, was not just an ordinary ruler but a dynasty of rulers which has history's longest chain of rulers as well as an epoch not matched by any. Modern history has recorded upto thirty-one dynasties of Pharaoh rulerships, spanning a period of about 4000 years of history, with some of the dynasties recording upto seven or more Pharaohs in succession.
For instance, the First Dynasty had eight Pharaohs, amongst whom were Pharaoh Narmer (or, Menes), believed to be the first Pharaoh to rule Egypt, and Pharaoh Aha. There were also Pharaoh Tepia Mentuhotep I and Pharaoh Wahankh Inyotef IV, both of the Eleventh Dynasty (which recorded seven Pharaohs). An example of a female Pharaoh was Cleopatra VII. Historians say that one of the most powerful Pharaohs was Ramses II (Pharaoh Usermaatra Setepenra Ramses II), a third-in-line Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty who ruled for 66 years (1279 - 1213 BC). The first Ramses was Pharaoh Menpehtyra Ramses I, the first Pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty. He ruled for only two years (1295 - 1293 BC). The Nineteenth Dynasty spanned a period of 107 years (1295 - 1188 BC).
One of the most significant symbols of the dominion of Pharaohs over their respective citizenry was the building of large pyramids which housed spacious and extravagant palaces of the Pharaohs. The pyramids and the embedded palaces were built by the citizenry, who were actually slaved, except for some few aristocratic citizens inside the courtyards of the Pharaohs' powers and palaces. These pyramids, palaces, graves, remains and other valuables of the Pharaohs and their dynasties now form part of the relics that earns Egypt a chunk of its foreign exchange from tourists, as tourism booms in modern Egypt.
This spectacular and juicy history of Egyptian dynasties of the Pharaohs creates a seemingly pathological crave for the rebirth of its powers among modern day rulers and politicians. Since there is no known conventional or scientific explanation to the reasons behind the charming display of power and dominion by the Pharaohs, and the time-span of their dynasties, rulers and politicians craving for power and dominion of their citizenry turn to "spiritual", occult and other non-conventional forms of practice in trying to inherit the powers of dominion the Pharaohs had.
Thus, exist in today's Egypt, various cults
involved in sacrifices and rituals dedicated to the worships the Pharaohs and the powers that surrounded them. These cults, normally, have full time adherents, as well as part time adherents who consult the respective cults on matters of money, women, and then of power and dominion, the last aspect being the core of most cults in this environment.
Rulers and politicians craving for power and dominion over their subjects are required to go through certain rituals and sacrifices, some of these rituals believed to have been used by all generations of the entire Pharaohs' dynaties. For instance, one of the cults has a ritual process known as "Irfin-niy-sulthum", which includes the literal slaughter of certain number of men, "pilgrimage" by the subject to certain sites in the relics or "kingdom" of the Pharaohs while performing certain acts of worship towards certain graves and symbols, obtaining and adorning certain rings, necklaces and amulets, etc.
The literal slaughter of men is one of the absurdities of the rituals to obtain or inherit power and dominion over societies. In the "Irfin-niy-sulthum" ritual, for instance, "a number of men between the ages of 15 and 45 years are slaughtered", an Egyptian source said, "using knives charmed with incantations calling some of the gods and goddesses of the dynasties of the Pharaohs."
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
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13th Dynasty Pharaoh, Sobekhotep V:
Spectacular powers and dominion.
"Ask yourself", the Egyptian source added, "why does the Boko Haram sometimes slaughter people when they can simply gun them down, which is easier and safer for the assailing Boko Haram? Why do they use the riskier and more difficult method of slaughtering men? Simple answer: because some of your politicians are undergoing Pharaohic rituals that require them to sacrifice a great number of men through a special process of slaughter.