Difference between revisions of "Haile Selassie I"
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Rastas worship him by smoking the sacred [[marijuana]] in what they call "reasoning" sessions.<ref>Joseph Owens ''Dread, the Rastafaraians of Jamaica''</ref> | Rastas worship him by smoking the sacred [[marijuana]] in what they call "reasoning" sessions.<ref>Joseph Owens ''Dread, the Rastafaraians of Jamaica''</ref> | ||
| − | Selassie was Christian -a member of the Ethiopian Orthodox | + | Selassie was Christian -a member of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church - and not a Rasta. <ref>http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/dreadlibrary/cardillo.html</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:01, March 25, 2007
Haile Selassie I was the Emperor of Ethiopia. He was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia on November 2, 1930[1] and reigned until overthrown by a Marxist revolution led by the Derg in 1974. He died the following year. His rule was interrupted by the 1936-1941 fascist Italian occupation of Ethiopia and Selassie is noted for his address to the League of Nations asking for international help in the wake of the invasion.
The Rastafari movement, inspired both by an alleged prophecy by Marcus Garvey and by the articles on his coronation appearing in Time Magazine, sees Selassie as God incarnate, the reincarnation of Jesus, returned as a great king and fulfilling the biblical prophecies of the Book of Revelation.
Rastas worship him by smoking the sacred marijuana in what they call "reasoning" sessions.[2]
Selassie was Christian -a member of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church - and not a Rasta. [3]
References
- ↑ Time Magazine, November 3, 1930
- ↑ Joseph Owens Dread, the Rastafaraians of Jamaica
- ↑ http://www.uvm.edu/~debate/dreadlibrary/cardillo.html