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a hoodoo way thread
on gullah jack and trickeration in the 21st century
is it still a viable power
the question was are folk like gangster rappers
tricksters in a modern context
always a question with rootsblog of
if im telling too many secrets
because im a writer i have to walk the line
much of my destinywork is underground but my mythwork entails
working in the public eye
thats what writers do, put they bidness in the street
its a fine line to walk, a writer and a destinyplayer too
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hello all
i too am a devotee of gullah jack
& blessed w/one of papa gede nibo beys gullahjack hands
what speaks to me about gullahjack is
that of all the slaverytime revolutionaries
natturner, denmarkvesey, gabrielprosser, etc -
gullahjack stayed true
the others sanctified struggle thru christian imagery
gullah jack sanctified struggle thru african rites
thats my boy, and i dont think it was so much that he
was shucking and jiving
as making himself look
unthreatening in whatever mode was available to him
trickeration
always been and will be our strongest power
we aint never moved away from trickeration
its just the nature of it evolve as we do
but trickeration got to have intent
trickeration designed to just get over aint trickeration
at least not in the sense we want to hoodoo define it
then instead of you got the demon the demon got you
and you liable to find yourself a tool used against us
trickeration should be designed to flip the script
turn the tables - hit a straight lick w/a crooked stick
as long as we weak our game got to be trickeration
many of us work for the powers that be
or trying to accumulate power in the name of the community
that bring us into strategic interaction w/the powers of this world
we spooks sitting by the door
if the true powers of this world took us serious at what we do
if they thought we had a chance of really flipping the script
they would take us out without hardly a blink it would be so easy
like they did lumumba or martin
or the sharecroppers of the delta during the voting rights struggle
who lost home, livelihood and sometimes life when they
truly challenged the statusquo
if we real about power and saving/empowering blackfolk
our only camoflauge is trickery, seeming to be less than we are
but that dont have to be buffoonery, that's a little too oldschool
its about appearing unthreatening on the surface,
apparent
acceptance of the rules of the game
(i take refuge in art myself - its just fiction - or research, or mystical
fantasies -
conversation piece magic, dont take me seriously ha ha)
even better since you want to be an acknowledged player (least i do)
is appearing useful, then the game is in play
in this mediabased world you want to be a player (influential in human affairs) you got to raise your profile, but at the sametime you dont want the world knowing all your business - got to shape that metaimage, the one the world sees, maintain it, put that hoodoo traveling spirit to work
rickydoc is an edifice that i work at everyday
in the metauniverse of the web
a virtual reality power
that will shape its realworld manifestation
gaming these days is trickier than it was when i was coming up
got to be comfortable in the metaverse
got to have crossover skilz, able to deal real comfortable
w/two faces
your multiculti face and your blackface
and let it be done in all sincerity
in the name of the conqueror
as we move into power, that same old trickeration
becomes strategy -
the key that opens all locks
i would you my people
be masters of strategy
the key that opens all locks
word
by
rickydoc
flowers
awaken the sleeper
protect the weak
guide the strong
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