groups that converted to some unusual religion
pjl2000xl
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I was listening to John McLaughlin and Carlos Santanas 
and i got to thinking about groups that started getting real into some more off kilter religions. Zepplein is another that dabbled in some weirdness.and of course Sun Ra and The Arkestra is on some spaceman moon unit sytlee.
and i got to thinking about groups that started getting real into some more off kilter religions. Zepplein is another that dabbled in some weirdness.and of course Sun Ra and The Arkestra is on some spaceman moon unit sytlee.
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Father Yod!!! Heavy!
SON DON'T RISK IT
What a jip
Sun-Ra's was self created.
Q-Tip to Islam.....
i need me some booty-shorties-in-sailor-suits-ala-big-pimpin-yacht 'n' schitt.
Tim Maia
Cat Stevens
Funkadelic
Jeremy Spencer
Mike and Kathy Deasy
Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose
All of the above got caught up in the trappings of one "awareness" organization or another.
There's plenty more.
Present Day Issac Hayes music.
How did the Osmonds turn up the Mormon-meter?
"THE CULT OF PERSONALITY!!!"
any other beleivers in this
Amanda Ambrose (Artifacts samples raer)
Diana Hubbard (daughter of L. Ron)
Chick Corea
Stanley Clarke
More, add on peoples!
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The Incredible String Band got completely lost in it, circa '67-'74 or thereabouts.
Doubt it was actually without orgasm. More likely that multi-orgasmic buddhist shit where you don't skeet, skeet, skeet, skeet.
And wasn't Larry Graham doing the door-to-door Jehovah's thing w/Prince??
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Billy Ocean became involved with the 12 Tribes of Israel.
Jaz-O was involved with the Nuwabians(he even moved to their compound in Georgia).
Nuwaubian Commune Awaits Spaceship, Puzzles Locals In Rural
Putnam County
By Patricia J. Mays,
The Associated Press
Eatonton, Ga. -- A huge white pylon with paintings of Egyptian
pharaohs juts out of the red clay of middle Georgia, conspicuous
among the miles of pines, dairy farms and mobile homes.
Within the gated commune behind the pylon, members of the United
Nuwaubian Nation of Moors hustle around replicas of Egyptian
pyramids and a Sphinx. The group's leader claims he's a being
from another galaxy and promises that ships are going to descend
from the sky in the year 2003 to pick up a chosen 144,000 people
for a rebirth.
Until then, this 476-acre rural Putnam County site will remain
what the Nuwaubians refer to as the "Little Egypt of the West,"
their safe-haven away from the problems that plague the outside
world.
The commune, which is guarded around the clock by an armed
security officer, is just down the road from Eatonton -- the
birthplace of storyteller Joel Chandler Harris, creator of Uncle
Remus, and Alice Walker, author of "The Color Purple."
Some residents of the community, known as Georgia's dairy
capital, say the Nuwaubians worry them, but most are just
puzzled by their neighbors.
"We've never seen anything like it before, so naturally you're a
little apprehensive," said Doris Larman, 70, whose family owns a
151-acre dairy farm nearby. "It's really strange for this part
of the country."
Mrs. Larman's husband, William, shakes his head, rears back in
his rocking chair and lets out a big laugh. "I've seen the
spaceship," he says jokingly.
The Nuwaubians abhor when people call the group a cult or refer
to their community as a compound, terms that come easily to many
residents of this farming community about 40 miles northeast of
Macon. The group prefers to be called a fraternal organization.
"We're one big family to everyone that wants to be part of our
family, that wants to get away from the drugs and wants to get
away from the children being shot. We want to get away from all
that and create a safe environment," said Thomas Chism, a
Seventh Day Adventist and 52-year-old electrician who lives on
the commune with his wife and three young children.
The Nuwaubians came to Putnam County from New York in 1993, when
their leader, Malachi York, purchased a game ranch. Calling
themselves the "true Native Americans," the members claim to be
the descendants of Egyptians who "came over here thousands of
years ago as the original Nuwbuns."
Their members are said to be comprised of all races and faiths,
and most of them believe in UFOs.
According to the group's Internet site, the rebirth will allow
them to become supreme beings.
"It is so absurd," said Putnam County Sheriff Howard Sills. "You
have a man that preaches he's God and a spaceship's coming. ...
In my opinion, their only purpose is to perpetuate the wealth,
well-being and prosperity of one Dwight York."
Dwight York is the name on the deed of the property, but York
says his true name is Malachi. He bills himself as an
entrepreneur, musician, writer and former pastor.
Inside the complex, Nile River Road stretches between two rows
of statutes of Egyptian royalty. Dominating the site are two
pyramids that stand about 30 feet tall, visible from the
two-lane road that winds past.
A gold pyramid serves as a mini-mall, complete with a bookstore
and apparel store. A four-column brown pylon marks the beginning
of a winding labyrinth that leads to the entryway of the black
pyramid, which serves as a church. Inside, an Egyptian-like
chant hums over speakers 24 hours a day. The floors are covered
with sand.
The group's lodge, an elaborately painted white building trimmed
in gold, doubles as a museum that houses artifacts ranging from
busts of King Tut and Queen Nefertiti to a glass tomb holding an
alien-like creature with a huge head and bulging eyes. A white
obelisk, gold lamp posts, and stone animals make up a small
African-like garden outside.
Dale Sparks, 48, who owns a convenience store down the street,
believes the group's behavior is reminiscent to Heaven's Gate,
whose 39 members committed mass suicide in 1997 in Rancho Santa
Fe, Calif.
"I think it's a cult. Anybody that thinks a spaceship's coming
down and get 'em in 2003 can't be anything else," Ms. Sparks
said.
Members say they pay no dues and are free to come and go as they
please. And they insist that suicide is not in their plans.
"We don't believe in suicide or anything that's harmful to
humanity," said Wendell Hardaway, 32.
About 100 Nuwaubians live in single-wide mobile homes neatly
aligned in a row behind the Egyptian-like architecture. They've
had minor run-ins with local law enforcement mostly stemming
from zoning violations.
The sect's grounds supervisor was fined $45,750 for operating a
dance club in an area zoned as agricultural.
"If they get ready to build a building they just build it. They
don't get a permit," Sills said.
Now, the group is hoping to have part of the site designated as
commercial so they can open up a theme park.
Besides zoning issues, there have been relatively few problems
with the group, Sills said. Still, they make him uneasy.
"Now you tell me what a piece of property with armed guards at
the gate, with an individual who proclaims to be God in the
flesh who openly proclaims that a spaceship will be arriving to
take 144,000 people away to the planet Rizq is. I ask you, is
that not a cult?" he said.
Chism acknowledges his own skepticism about the prospects of a
spaceship coming to pick them up, but he's ready just in case.
"If it doesn't come, I'll still be here," he said. "If it comes,
I hope it takes me. I'd like to get out of here, see what's up."
Incredible slide show of "New Egypt". It's sad that this shit was demolished without better documentation.
I had no idea that the York family was involved in Big Cat--that's really interesting.
I'm not sure about the Snipes affilliation, though. He definitely had his own weirdo compound practically next store to the Tama-Re compound, where he was planning to open a school for bodyguards ("The Royal Guard of Amen-Ra"), and the Nuwaubians always did whatever they could to promote a perception of affilliation with him, but he's consistently denied it.
I just find it hard to believe that it's a coincidence that he decided to open his pseudo-Egyptian compound right next to THEIR pseudo-Egyptian compound with no affiliation. I swear I also saw him out at the club once with a Nuwabian chain on. Who knows though...
Ray tried to convert so many of my friends I lost count. He actually swung one kid into the fold, dude went and lived with them for a long time. When he's not trying to convert you he's an alright guy.
I had a Shelter sticker on the spoiler of my GMC Jimmy in '94. Drove around ripping 3 foot bong hits drunk as hell fingerbanging this half naked Puerto Rican girl while advertising a Hare Krishna band. 19 was a good age.
Doug E. has since switched up to Scientology!
If only this fit as a location...
Naw, you're right, it would be a weird coincidence for two Egyptology obsessives to end up as neighbors like that in south Georgia, of all places.
I suspect that they had a relationship at one point that eventually curdled, after which he tries to distance himself from them and they continued to try to use whatever fame he had for their own purposes. Or the relationship could have been between them and his brother, who I think was a lot more active in the Amen Ra project. Otherwise, if he really was down with them, but wanted to keep it on the low, you would think he could tell York to quite talking about him all the time.