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A PEOPLE CALLED AFRIKA

firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth.” Thus by
these creative utterances, our world was populated with life and
all was in perfect harmony and balance. For all was pronounced
good. Ma’at therefore means, the balance and harmony of life.

As above so below
As above so below is one of the Seven Hermetic principles of
ancient Egypt, also-called the Principle of Correspondence.
Ancient Afrikans, both those who lived in black Egypt and the
rest of Afrika, did nothing randomly. They did all things with
clear understanding of nature and its connectivity with spirit. To
them, life on earth was not to be lived outside of life in the Spirit.

In fact, the reality of Ma’at is only valid if seen from the dual
sides of a weighing scale. The side which represents heav-
en or spirit and the side that represents earth or the physi-
cal must be in constant balance or the scale will be tilted and
disharmony and chaos will set in. As it is right now in our
modern world, the imbalanced downward tilt of the scale
to the side of earth or physicality has created and it is still
creating the fear, insecurity, discord, disharmony and cha-
os we have with us. For even Jesus, when He said, “Thy
will be done on earth as it is in heaven,” He was speaking
of the principle of as above, so below. He knew that without
this balance, the entire world would never be at peace. His
words gave credibility to Ma’at as the balance of life on earth.

The Afrikan way of justice
The ancient Afrikan justice system was not just about pun-
ishing evil or wrongdoing. Not at all. It was about the resto-
ration of Ma’at in a society or community. One crime was
not met with another crime in the name of justice as is prac-

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