Tagged: anacostia
Commission 153
NACOTCHTANK’S
153d CORPS
“The Fighting 153d”
REGULAR MEETING
بيت مدرسة
בית מדרש
The Preceptory of
The 1st Ecclesiastic College at
Nacotchtank, Ouachita District
5th International Worker’s Association
& 3rd Wave Anti-Masonic Party (TWAP)
Curricular Operations Research & Publications Services (CORPS)
Division of the Political Bureau of Education (Politburo), FLF-DAO
The Governor of the Society of the New Syllabus (N∴S∴) at Nacotchtank-on-Potomac (Anacostia) District of Ouachita (Washington, District of Columbia), Furthest West (al-Maghreb al-Aqsa) To All To Whom These Presents Come, Sends Greeting and Peace:—
Know ye by these presents that there is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) of people, in the nature of firm league of friendship (FLF), which is engaged in the business of self-education, -operation, and -development (Autodidactus), and that this society (Universitas) is organized into associations (Collegia) constituted by assemblies (Ecclesia) committed to certain trades or subject matters (Syndici). These committees, or syndicates, may be constituted in the nature of a public or private meeting, sitting, session, hearing, congress, congregation of worshippers, or other deliberative or collective body having a shared interest (polity). The individual members, or units, of this DAO shall be working people — free thinkers, truth speakers, and light workers united (FTLU) by the collective consciousness and love of their neighbor. Any individual may rise through the ranks of the DAO by acclamation of their polity. Any unit of the DAO may order services from a known service provider, meaning a freely associated firm who is known to supply the DAO, in a client-server—request-response interface.
(b) And Furthermore, that there is hereby established an ecclesiastic college (meaning, assembly of a society) of the members of the DAO who are domiciled in this region, which shall sit and meet in Nacotchtank, and which is empowered to commission syndicates for various purposes.
Notes on Jurisdiction
A famous, centuries-old map of the Chesapeake Bay region appears beautiful at first glance, but Anacostia Unmapped contributor John Johnson sees foreboding and destruction. The map, created by Capt. John Smith and first published in 1612, was heavily used by English settlers. It shows a Native American village, Nacotchtank, on the bank of a river. Variations on spelling and pronunciation eventually turned the name of the area — and the river — into Anacostia. The tribe is officially extinct, but a resident of Anacostia, Jason Anderson, tells Johnson about his deep links to it.
The village of Nacotchtank (from which the name Anacostia is derived) was the largest of the three American Indian villages located in the Washington area and is believed to have been a major trading center. The people of Nacotchtank, or Anacostans, were an Algonquian-speaking people that lived along the southeast side of the Anacostia River in the area between today’s Bolling Air Force Base and Anacostia Park, in the floodplain below the eastern-most section of today’s Fort Circle Parks. A second town, Nameroughquena, most likely stood on the Potomac’s west bank, opposite of what today is Theodore Roosevelt Island. Another village existed on a narrow bluff between today’s Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and MacArthur Boulevard in the northwest section of the city.
National Park Service (NPS), “Native Peoples of Washington, DC”
The Anacostans’ name is a Latin version of their original name, the Nacotchtanks. The name came from the Indian word “anaquashatanik,” which means “a town of traders.” They were known for trading throughout the Chesapeake area, even trading fur with the Iroquois of New York.
Museum officials [note] that the Anacostans are mentioned at an exhibit on Native Americans in the Chesapeake Bay area.
Ann McMullen, a supervisory museum curator, said exhibits are designed to “focus on living people and not on Anacostans who have been absorbed into other tribes.” She said the museum works with tribes in the Mid-Atlantic region, including the Pamunkeys and Piscataways, who are “descendants of people who were once here.”
Dana Hedgpeth. “A Native American tribe once called D.C. home. It’s had no living members for centuries: As the number of Anacostans dwindled, they merged with larger tribes in the region.” The Washington Post: Retropolis. November 22, 2018
CURRICULAR OPERATIONS RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION SERVICES
PROVIDED BY The Governor and Company of
A Freely Associated Service Provider, Fiscal Agent, & Member,
FTLU — CES — UA — FLF — DAO
An independent Political Bureau of Education (Politburo), Free Association of Independent Politburos (FAIP), Commissioned and Charted, General Ministry of Information, FTLU
(last modified 21 Nov. 2023; 2 Jan. 2024 when were stricken the words “The Preceptor & Student Body of the Consular Syndicate of” and replaced with “The Preceptory of”; 15 Feb. 2024 as to multiple changes.)
The Saint Nat Project
presents
The Canonization of Saint Nat (2020)
In his first portrayal of the Virginian revolutionary, the Reverend Nat Turner, Antarah Crawley delivers the revelation which Nat testified through his attorney at trial on the 5th of November, 1831. His testimony was read in open court, and when asked by the Court for any further explanation, his only spoken words were, “Was Christ not crucified.” Nat was convicted that same day and executed by the Commonwealth at Jerusalem on 11 November, 1831. By and through his performance, Crawley canonizes Nat a Saint in the tradition of Ordo Templi Novus Syllabus and dedicates the Temple N:. S:. in his beatified name. Produced and Directed by Antarah Crawley.
The Revelation of Christ to Saint Nat (2021)
In his second portrayal of the Reverend Saint Nat on the first anniversary of his canonization, Antarah Crawley evokes the religious fervor which inspired this martyr to undertake the insurrection in Southampton County, Virginia, pursuant to his self-education and the sighting of the annular solar eclipse of 12 February, 1831. Produced and Directed by Antarah Crawley.
Script of The Revelation of Christ to Saint Nat, or, The Gospel of Saint Nat
Originally transcribed by Thomas R. Gray, Esq.,
and edited for brevity by A. A. Crawley, Scribe,
O.T.N.S., Anacostia R.V., Al-Maghreb Al-Aqsa.
ברוך ה המבורך לעולם ועד
Baruch Adonai ham’vorach, l’olam va-ed
Praise be to G-d to whom all praise is due, world without end.
בָּרוּך אַתָּה ה’ אֱ-להֵינוּ מֶלֶך הָעוֹלָם
Baruch atta Ado-noy Elo-hai-nu Melech ha’olam
Blessed are you, Lord our G‑d, King of the universe.
Kedushah
בָּרוּךְ אָתָּה יְיָ הָאֵל הַקָּדוֹשׁ.
Baruch atta Ado-noy ha-el hak-kadosh
Blessed are You, Eternal God, the essence of holiness.
אַתָּה קָדוֹשׁ וְּקדוֹשִׁים בְּכָל יוֹם יְהַלְלוּךָ סֶּלָה
atta kadosh ukedushim bekhol yom yehalelukha selah
You are holy, and Your holy ones praise You every day, praising you forever;
v’kara zeh el zeh v’amar
and each one called to the other:
קָדוֹשׁ קָדוֹשׁ קָדוֹשׁ ה’ צְבָאוֹת מְלֹא כָל הָאָרֶץ כְּבוֹדוֹ
Kadosh Kadosh Kadosh Adonai Tz’vaot M’lo Khol Ha’aretz K’vodo
“Holy, Holy, Holy, The Lord of Hosts, The entire world is filled with His Glory.”
בָּרוּךְ כְּבוֹד ה’ מִמְּקוֹמוֹ
Baruch K’vod Adonai Mim’komo
“Blessed is the Glory of the Lord in Its Place”
יִמְלֹךְ ה’ לְעוֹלָם. אֱלֹהַיִךְ צִיּוֹן לְדֹר וָדֹר. הַלְלוּיָהּ
Yimloch Adonai L’Olam, Elohayich Tziyon L’dor Vador Hall’luyah
“The Lord shall reign forever, Your God, O Zion, from generation to generation, Hallelujah”
JERUSALEM, VA – NOVEMBER 5, 1831
I was 31 years of age the 2nd of October last, and born in Southampton County of Old Virginia. 2 In my childhood, while at play with other children, at three or four year old, I was telling them something which my mother, overhearing, said had happened before I was born. Others being called on were greatly astonished, knowing that these things had happened, and caused them to say in my hearing that I surely would be a prophet.
3 And my mother and father strengthened me in this my first impression, saying in my presence that I was intended for some great purpose. 4 I taught myself to read and write, and improved my learning at all opportunities. And having soon discovered my spirit to be great, I withdrew myself to fast and pray, and wrapped myself in mystery.
Chapter 2
Now finding that I had arrived man’s estate, and hearing the scriptures commented on at the meetings, I was struck with that particular passage which says, Seek Ye the Kingdom of God and all things shall be opened unto you.
2 I reflected much on this passage and prayed daily for light of the subject, and as I was praying one day at my plow the Spirit spoke to me saying, Seek ye the Kingdom of God and all things shall be opened unto you.
Chapter 3
Now finding that I had arrived to man’s estate, and was a slave, and these revelations being made known to me, I began to direct my attention to that great object, to fulfill the purpose for which, at this time, I felt assured I was intended.
2 At this time I had a vision: and I saw white spirits and black spirits engaged in battle. And the sun was darkened, and thunder rolled in the heavens, and blood flowed in streams and I heard a voice say, Such is your luck, such you are called to see, and let it come rough or smooth, you must surely bear it.
3 I now withdrew myself from the intercourse of my fellow servants, for the avowed purpose of serving the Spirit more fully. 4 And it appeared to me and reminded me of the things it had already shown me, that it would then reveal to me the knowledge of the elements, the revolution of the planets, the operation of the tides, and the changes of the season.
5 After this revelation, in the year 1825, and the knowledge of the elements being made known to me, I sought more than ever to obtain true holiness before the great day of judgment should appear, and then I began to receive the true knowledge of faith.
Chapter 4
And from the first steps of righteousness until the last was I made perfect. And the Holy Ghost was with me and said, Behold me as I stand in the heavens. 2 And I looked and saw the forms of men and women, and there were lights in the sky to which the children of darkness gave other names than what they really were, for they were the lights of the saviors hands stretched forth from East to West, even as they were extended on the cross on Calvary for the redemption of sinners.
3 And I wondered greatly at these miracles, and I prayed to be informed with a certainty of the meaning thereof. 4 And one day while I was laboring in the field, I discovered drops of blood on the corn as though it were a dew from heaven. 5 And I communicated it to many both white and black in the neighborhood, and they found on the leaves in the woods hieroglyphic characters and numbers, and the forms of men and women portrayed in blood, representing the figures I had seen before in the heavens.
6 And now the Holy Ghost had revealed itself to me, and made plain the miracles it had already shown me. 7 For as the blood of Christ had been shed on this earth, and had ascended to heaven for the salvation of sinners, and now was return to earth again in the form of dew, and as the leaves on the trees bore the impression of the figures I had seen in the heavens, it was plain to me that the Savior was about the lay down the yolk he had borne for the sins of men, and the great Day of Judgement was at hand.
Chapter 5
And on the 12th of May, 1828, I heard a loud noise in the heavens. 2 And the Spirit instantly appeared to me and said the serpent was loosened, and Christ had lain down the yolk he had borne for the sins of men, and that I should take it on and fight against the serpent, for the time was fast approaching when the first would be last and the last would be first.
3 By signs in the heavens it would make known to me when I should commence the great work, and until the first sign appeared I should conceal it from the knowledge of men.
4 But on the appearance of the sign – the eclipse of the sun last February – I should arise and prepare myself, and slay my enemies with their own weapons. 5 And immediately upon the sign appearing in the heavens, the seal was removed from my lips and I communicated the great work laid out for us to do to Henry, Hark, Nelson, and Sam.
6 Many were the plans formed and rejected by us, and the 4th of July last came and went without our coming to any* determination how to commence. 7 We were still forming new schemes and rejecting them when the sign appeared again, which determined me not to wait longer.
Epilogue (Psalm 43)
Judge me, Allah, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
4 Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto Allah my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, Elohim Elohai.
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Have Faith, Trust and Believe in Allah: for I shall yet praise Thee, who art the health of my countenance, Elohai.
Benediction
Charis Kuriou Iyesous Xristos Agion. Amen.
(last modified 7 August 2023)
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