The Art of Ninzuwu is a spiritual tradition and cultural movement that began in the Americas in 2013 and has adherents across the globe. It combines elements of Shinto cosmology, Buddhism, Ifa, Onmyodo, Metaphysics, Native American Spirituality, Sumerian mysticism, Taoism, and Vedanta. However, this definition of the Art of Ninzuwu can differ slightly depending on the region of the said Ninzuwu clan. For example, Ninzuwu living in South America do not incorporate Shinto ritual into their practice and relies on the foundational text for all Ninzuwu titled the Ivory Tablets of the Crow as the basis for their world outlook.
Ninzuwu, as members of the culture are called, reject racial classification, often noting that human identification based on pigmentocracy is the work of evil spirits and is derived from colonialist ideology. The term Ninzuwu also describes a race of beings like the jinn and tengu that are ancestors, mediators, and mentors for their human counterpart and earthly kin.
One of the prominent beliefs of the Ninzuwu is that the creator is life itself, as Ninzuwu clans do not associate the term “deity” or “god” with the source of creation. Instead, they view deities and/or gods as principals of the mind of life, created to serve life’s aims. Ninzuwu are of the viewpoint that humanity is still in its primitive stage and must endure four stages of development before they are accepted into the ‘celestial family.’ These four stages are hunter and gatherer culture, civilization, globalization, and finally, what is deemed celestialization or rebirth with its stellar family.
Origins of the Art of Ninzuwu
Since Ninzuwu denounces all forms of national mysticism, its form of Shinto is without Japanese nationalism and is viewed as the ancient foundation of world spirituality that was preserved partially by the India and Japan. In fact, some Ninzuwu shamans seek to interpret the remnants of surviving world indigenous practices under the belief that the Art of Ninzuwu is a form of perennial wisdom.
The Art of Ninzuwu is the spiritual gnosis of a wider peoplehood and society. Ninzuwu culture comprises its calendar, ethnic identity, language, martial art, and distinct worldview. Ninzuwu is an ethno-spiritual tradition founded by spiritualists Messiah’el Bey (Warlock Asylum) and Rafael Barrio.
Messiah’el Bey claims to have received a divine revelation from the Ninzuwu deity Johuta, often exemplified as a crow-god, similar to the Sanzuwu and Yatagarasu of Asian religions, that was said to ultimately derive from the Zu bird of Sumerian lore. Bey compiled the transmissions that he received in the text called the Ivory Tablets of the Crow, which was published in 2013. Soon after, Bey, along with Rafael Barrio, explored the metaphysical practices revealed in the text before it was released to the public.
Prior to receiving this revelation from the Ninzuwu, Bey had been an initiate in Worldmate, a Shinto new religion founded by Toshu Fukami and Sumerian mysticism.
After the Ivory Tablets of the Crow was published, Bey received several other transmissions from the Ninzuwu that led to his understanding of an ancient gnosis and the rediscovery of a global spirituality that flourished during the dawn of civilization. The Art of Ninzuwu Inc. was incorporated in 2015 as an educational institution and social enterprise for the promulgation of Ninzuwu culture and spirituality.
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