Smokin Underground Volume 1 Issue 1 | Page 25

Dreadlocks carry a very heavy spiritual meaning that is virtually unknown in today's modern society. Now worn as a fashion statement, a political message, or as a rebellion, many people, young and old alike, have no idea what dreadlocks mean spiritually, and they do not know the position they are putting themselves in by having locked hair. Dreadlocks carry the notion of devotion and sacrifice to the Deities, according to the spiritual rules, says Master Naba, the only Dogon/Kemetic priest who has been commissioned by the committee of elders in Africa to bring initiatic knowledge outside of traditional initiation camps. Dread-locks carry a very heavy spiritual burden. It is only people that have conscious-ly decided to take a vow of purity and to follow all of the seventyseven commandments and apply them to all aspects of their lives that should wear dreadlocks. People of any race or gender can wear them, because spiritually we are the same, but the one who has dreadlocks must understand the spiritual meaning behind them if they do not want to face negative consequences. Consequences for wearing dreadlocks? But most people in the modern societies have no clue, other than their own personal imaginations and definitions, what having dreadlocks means! According to the Kemetic initiation, the oldest and most authentic spiritual system mankind has ever known, one must devote themselves to purity and follow the seventy-seven commandments at all times. This is a heavy responsibility! The seventy-seven commandments are spiritual laws given to humanity from the Gods so that we can create the world that we want to see and come close to their world. They include not getting angry, not gossiping, and not hurting another being, human or non-human. How many of those in the modern societies who have locked hair do not eat meat