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I thought women's religions were a thing of the past, blown away a long time ago by whatever means necessary. So I wondered, how would women make religion if left to their own devices? And I realized the answer was staring us all in the face. The great women's religions of India or China were standing there, popular as ever, in the modern world. (more)

In the Five Percenters' system of Supreme Mathematics, "Understanding" corresponds to the number 3; "Equality" to 6; "Born" to 9; Understanding your Equality (3+6) leads to your knowledge being Born (9). Hip-hop is filled with these secret references. (more)

According to the Prophet Muhammad, the most pernicious form of idolatry was the worship of one's self. Sufis of all forms were concerned with the eradication of self-conceit, but the malamatiyya, in particular, became renowned for accenting the efficacy of "blame," or relentless self-inquiry, in eradicating all vestiges of egoism. (more)