Modern Distractions: Normalizing Violence

Science & Reason

Modern Vs. Afro-Indigenous Astrology: An Astrologers Perspective

To anyone who may consider pursuing astrology, and to those who have mastered it; there is another side of the coin that the fathers of modern astrology did not receive from Kemet.

By The Rising Firefly • 5 min read

Environmental

War, War, and Rumors of War

One major flashpoint of this conflict is the Strait of Hormuz, extending into the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, where already environmentally hazardous maritime traffic poses an inherent threat.

By The Rising Firefly • 5 min read

Environmental

Beyond the Technological Republic: How the Global Majority is Choosing Nature

by Djedka Zeshera The rift between the working class and the ruling class has never been wider. Not just in the financial disparity but in the vision for the future that the haves and have-nots hold in their minds. In our history books we read about aristocrats luxuriating in

By Djedka Zeshera • 4 min read

Indigenous Wisdom

Circumcision, Colonialism & the Danger of Calling Other People's Traditions "Barbaric"

As someone who has spent years studying indigenous traditions, one thing I've learned is that there is a profound difference between choosing not to participate in a cultural practice and declaring that practice barbaric.

By Irishapi Pernebsati • 3 min read

Indigenous Wisdom

The Truth Teller

by Neb Nehez Meniooh From the Print Rising Firefly Edition 70 Prophet Neb Naba Lamoussa Morodenibig is the Maakheru of the Schools of Kebtah (The Earth Center), an international organization in the modern world representing the unified form of the Kemetic (traditional African) temples and nomes. The title of Maakheru

By Nehez Meniooh • 14 min read

A Lion in the Wur

Each society had its own significance for the hoodie, whether it be religious and a devotion towards something, or to conceal the face in war. The hoodie has a long and extensive history that can be traced in every epoch of human history.

By The Rising Firefly • 6 min read

From Fall to Rise: Part 1

The individual absorbs the smell of the world and begins to mistake it for his own nature. Fear becomes worldview, greed becomes ambition, lust becomes freedom, anger becomes strength, deception becomes strategy, division becomes loyalty.

By The Rising Firefly • 6 min read

Cultural

A Message to Black People Part Three

We must take the harder path: to look in the mirror, to abandon self‑loathing, and to remember that the greatest forces we can touch are the forces of nature itself.

By The Rising Firefly • 8 min read

Harmonious Healing

Painkillers: The New Drug of Choice

Pain is a teacher, not an enemy. It asks us to listen—to pay attention to what our body, mind, and spirit are trying to say. Pharmaceutical drugs may silence the message, but true healing comes only when we address the cause.

By The Rising Firefly • 4 min read