GOSPELGRAM 

August 2023

Recently it was reported that people of African descent brought to America and enslaved received “benefits,” such as learning a skill like blacksmithing. The assumption is that this would magically open the door to the good life in their new homeland.

Considering the steps necessary to become a blacksmith during slavery, it was impossible:

• A man had to be educated but It was illegal to teach slaves to read and write.
• Membership in a blacksmith association was impossible because slave masters and slaves did not socialize.
• Slaves were the property of the slave master and had no right to pursue any benefit or to go anywhere they wished to go.

The statement about benefits is based on magical thinking  - the historical facts about slavery can be erased and the physical, emotional, and psychological damage done through the system of slavery has had no lasting impact from one generation to another.

Viewing the statement through the lens of Truth or Unity we see a description for black-magic. It is described in the language of the New Testament as the Kingdom of Heaven; the inner space within each of us where the rule and reign of God abides. It is here, this space has been “taken,” “highjacked” by violence and force. Indeed, Africans’ inner and outer space was “taken” by violence and force. The Kingdom within was taken by the inner thinking of those who did the taking.

The definition goes on to say it is possible to use the Kingdom within in a selfish way. People of African descent were robbed of expressing their creative genius being born in the image and likeness of the Creator.

Whenever we deny ourselves the “reign and rule” of God-Spirit from within we are practicing Black-Magic.

Rev. Carol J. Hunt, Minister

Unity In Harlem

Harlem Center for Practical Christianity Inc.
 

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