13 Keys to NETER

To mark the upcoming publication of the second book of the Rastari Saga, we here detail 13 important keys to understand the origins and aims and secrets of NETER and the Rastari Universe.

1. The Origins of the Rastari Saga

During a fateful trip deep into the Amazon jungle, the author, Ras Heru King, discovered a collection of ancient scrolls in an underground cave. After learning to decipher the text, Ras begun to read of an ancient king who by his own works and heroic deeds became a living god.

As he read through the scrolls, Ras began to recognize parts and pieces from the most popular myths and legends from around the world, and he began to believe that he had stumbled upon the oldest story in the world. The story that has been called since time immemorial the ‘Greatest Story Ever Told’.

The story that has been told a thousand different ways by nearly every culture around the world. The universal myth that would be reinterpreted in a million ways over tens of thousands of years. And so, Ras Heru King decided it was his duty to bring the story of Krstjah Sa Ra Rastari back to this world, and so was born the Rastari Saga.

2. NETER and Modernized Mythology

NETER and the Rastari Saga are the revival of western mythology, the dawn of the age of ‘Modern World Myths,’ and the beginning of the Spiritual Fiction literary genre and cultural movement.

Once the western world began to be dominated by state-sanctioned spiritual systems and institutional religions, the concept of ‘modern myths’ was replaced with the de-fanged and neutered concepts of ‘fantasy’ and ‘legends.’ Mythology was relegated to the dust-bins of history, and as it became associated with other people’s spiritual systems, the word ‘myth’ itself became associated with ‘lies,’ ‘falsehoods,’ ‘magical thinking,’ ‘ancient fantasies.’

Yet myths are not lies, but metaphors and symbols which teach the individuals of a culture the meanings of life and how to prosper and mature throughout life. Joseph Campbell, the comparative mythologists, said that, “Myths are the world's dreams. They are archetypal dreams and deal with great human problems.”

In a world of many modern problems, such as our own, myths can teach us how to achieve success under challenging circumstances, and how to solve the problems our world faces. So a revival of myth from the backrooms of western libraries must not be a repeat of what has already come, because that was myth for that time and that world.

A new world, a world connected by planes and internet lines, must have new myths. New myths which give the answers to questions that this new world asks, and which is grounded in the scientific understandings of this, our new world.

The Rastari Saga is one of the these new myths, the ‘Modern World Myths.’ Joseph Campbell also said, “The only myths that are going to be worth thinking about in the immediate future are myths that are talking about the planet. Not the city. Not these people. But the planet, and everybody on it... what the future myth will be.

“And what [the future myth] will have to deal with is what all myths have dealt with. The maturation of the individual. The pedagogical way to go from dependency to maturity, and then to the exit. And then how to relate to the society, and how to relate the society to the world of nature.”

The Rastari Saga is a myth for the 21st century world, not one nation, but all nations. It is a myth that will be very familiar to peoples from all over the world, for it is Universal World myth that uses the names and myths and spiritual truths of all the worlds myths and religions and spiritual systems.

3. Pure Fantasy vs ‘Real’ Mythology

The difference between the ‘fantasy’ genre of literature and art and the ‘mythological’ genre is the concept of symbology. Whilst the impossible aspects of fantasy need not refer or relate to anything outside themselves, that which seems impossible or improbable in myth always has a symbolic or allegorical or spiritual meaning. This is because myths are teaching tools that provide information that is actually and practically useful in the daily life of the reader, whereas fantasy is an escape from reality and real world concerns.

In myth, dragons invariably symbolize actual ancient beasts and animals of various types, or they symbolize an entire host of chaotic forces such as marauding bandits, or dragons represent the mistakes and failures of the past which have to be overcome, or they represent star constellations which are important to remember for some cultural reason. But in fantasy, dragons really are just big, fire breathing, flying reptiles, and they need not represent or stand for anything other than that.

The other major difference between fantasy and mythology is that mythology always includes moral or philosophical assertions, which are to be taken literally and seriously in the real world of the reader. Mythology teaches what the ‘gods’ want from us, it teaches us the laws of world we live in, and it teaches the actual consequences for certain actions. Fantasy, however, often teaches nothing that is immediately useful in the life of the individual, and is more abstract and separated from teaching any real world wisdom and understandings.

A final difference worth mentioning is the prevalence the ‘heroes’ journey, also known as the ‘monomyth,’ in the mythology genre. The hero’s journey is the narrative structure that was defined and made famous by Joseph Campbell. The hero’s journey begins with an ordinary world or state of affairs, then the call to action of an unlikely hero, who goes through a road of trials and tests alongside mentors and allies, in order to achieve an impossible goal or rare treasure, and it ends with the transformed hero’s return to an ordinary world.

Whereas fantasies typically have a more traditional, linear narrative arc and structure, myths often involve the hero’s journey arc, and the Rastari Saga is no different. Joseph Campbell showed that over 20 religious and mythical iconic figures all followed the monomyth narrative structure, including Jesus, Buddha, Hercules, Thor, and more.

This cyclical narrative structure allows the hero’s journey to symbolize any period of change in a person’s life. This period of change may be over a lifetime, over the course of an epic adventure, or in the course of a few days.

As a result, the hero’s journey is able to reflect our human experience more organically than other narrative structure. This allows the narrative structure to be a vivid key and teaching tool to understanding our own lives, how to become our greatest selves, and what to expect during the periods of growth and development we will inevitably endure in life.

4. Modernized Mythology is Spiritual Fiction

This new modernized mythology must be a world mythology, able to include all cultures and incorporate philosophical concepts from different faiths and myths into one all-encompassing myth. The modern myth must incorporate the highest scientific and spiritual understandings of today, as it should aim to explain how science and spirit relate and interact. As such, this new myth should limit itself to symbolic and allegorical exaggerations, and exclude happenings and explanations which rely on the suspension of disbelief or imaginary physics and metaphysics.

There is now, as of this day, a term for this form of Modernized World Mythology. It is Spiritual Fiction, and it is the new literary and artistic genre of Spiritual Fiction which shall re-introduce proper mythology to the world in this, the age of Aquarius.

Where the genre of ‘science fiction’ uses the future or alternate histories in order to explore and experiment and insinuate certain philosophical concepts and possibilities, the genre of Spiritual Fiction uses alternative dimensions in the present to reintroduce and modernize certain spiritual concepts which have already proved beneficial to the lives of entire cultures of peoples throughout the world and in the past.

Where science fiction predicts those things which are to come, Spiritual Fiction popularizes those things which science and spirituality say already exists. Things such as quantum entanglement, the world flood, guardians angels, morphogenic resonance, and the continuation of the energy and consciousness of the souls of ancestors after death.

Though nearly all cultures or scientists agree to the reality of the aforementioned concepts, the majority of the laymen do not understand these. Spiritual fiction is the myth for this age, a myth that combines the world’s wisdom in science and spirituality into an epic narrative intended for all ages.

5. Rastari Saga as Spiritual Fiction:

The Rastari Saga is the Modernized World Mythology, and NETER is the world’s first work in the Spiritual Fiction genre. The Saga involves heroes and gods and conscious beings from higher dimensions. It uses the monomyth aka heroes’ journey narrative structure, and incorporates mythical names and legends and spiritual concepts from all the cultures of the world.

As all myths must do, the Rastari Saga ensures that all the events and philosophies discussed in the Saga align with the systematic spiritual and moral system which is detailed throughout the myth. The Saga’s spiritual and symbolic system explains the origins of the universe, it explains the relationships between the gods and the spirit world and living humans, and it details the proper routes of maturation for ideal individuals, as all myth must do.

For the spiritual foundations of the Rastari Saga has been labelled by scholars as ‘henotheism.’ Henotheism is the spiritual system that worships a single, supreme deity, and understands all forms of existence to be a form of and a part of that single deity. As all things are the One, henotheist are able to accept the existence of any number of other deities, as these are all considered lesser aspects of the same One thing.

Henotheists see the supreme, ‘Almighty’ god, in all things and forms, and believe that all things and forms are in the Almighty and of the Almighty, like drops in an ocean or atoms in the cells of a much larger body. Henotheist believe that the supreme one had divided itself into everything and now only appears as though it is an infinite amount of separate souls and deities. And so, the henotheist is able to accept the reality of the ether or Holy Spirit or chi energy outside the body, alongside the realities of souls and spirits, and guardian angels, and gods of Mount Olympus even, as these are all nothing more than another part of the One, Almighty god.

The henotheistic spiritual system of the Rastari Saga allow it to be a truly world modern myth; able to incorporate stories and ideas from cultures and traditions all around the world, and able to incorporate the most consistent spiritual concepts and the highest scientific truths of today.

6. Heroic Poems and The Masnavi

After the myth’s introduction, NETER takes the form of the ‘heroic poem’ of the Greeks. It is a poetic and dramatic form which is meant to be read aloud in groups or on stage.

Just as the Greeks had the tradition of the heroic poem, the Persians and people of Arabia have the tradition of the mathnawi poetry. The most famous form of this narrative poetry is the classic work ‘The Masnavi’ by the famous Sufi poet Rumi.

Whilst the other two books of the Rastari Saga may not take on the same poetic, heroic poem format, they will also be attempts at re-introducing both the concepts and the writing formats of the ancient world, as all Spiritual Fiction work does.

7. 7 Myths, 7 Chakras

As the Rastari Saga is a henotheistic work, its spiritual system can be described as ’syncretic’ or ‘syncretism.’ This syncretism is the so-called ‘New Age’ spiritual system, which seeks to incorporate wisdom from various Western and Eastern and African traditions and systems.

There are at least 13 different concepts which can be considered to be foundational tenets of ‘New Age’ syncretism. Some of these are astrology, numerology, faith aka the placebo effect, spiritual helpers or ancestors or family, reincarnation, spiritual communication for instance in dreams, the third eye and pineal gland, communal rituals, manifestation or magic, invisible energy such as chi, meditation or spirit cultivating practices, chakras aka energy centers, and the use of intuitive systems and tools for divination and spiritual communication such as the tarot card system.

Act Two of NETER is called the 7 Myths of Krstjah. Each of these seven myths relates to and corresponds to one of the seven chakras. From the red Root or Muladhara chakra, all the way up to the violet Crown aka Sahasrara chakra, each of the seven chakras has a group of ideas and concepts and energies and colors which corresponds to them.

Just as all myths and all Spiritual Fiction works to come, the Rastari Saga is a roadmap on how to grow wiser, how to cultivate one’s soul and body, and how to become one’s greatest, most heroic self. This includes ‘opening the chakras’ and awakening the third eye, and several of the other roadmaps that have been incorporated into today’s, syncretic, New Age thought.

8. 3 Kings as 3 Spiritual Perspectives on Krstjah Consciousness

Each of the three books of the Rastari Saga are the firsthand accounts of one of the 3 magi kings who have several adventures alongside Krstjah throughout his lifetime. The three kings represent the wisdom and understandings given to the world by the three 'different' spiritual systems and traditions of Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and Kemetic philosophy.

NETER is the account of the compassionate King Guanyin Shakyamuni Sattvastar, the holy man from the east. The next book of the series is written by the fiery and uncompromising King Ahura Mazda Zorastar. The final book of the series is the firsthand account of the alchemical King Brahman Heru Biastar, who represents the wisdom and spiritual sciences given to the world by ancient Egypt aka Kemet.

9. 3 Meanings of NETER:

Nevi’im Emet of the Enlightened Rastari refers to the aforementioned 3 Magi Kings. 'Nevi’im Emet' means 'true prophets' in the Hebrew language. First meaning of NETER.

‘Neter’ is the term used by the henotheistic high priest of Kemet to refer to the Almighty, the one being. Many students of history and ancient Egypt know that the term for the so-called gods of Egypt is ’neteru.’ However, very few understand that this is a plural term, and that the singular form of this word is Neter.

The highest priest and scholars of Egypt referred to the One aka the Almighty as Neter, and this is where the word ‘nature’ originates from. The seemingly separate gods of Egypt were known to only be symbolic characterizations of general principles of nature.

And so, the so-called gods or ‘Neteru’ were merely only seemingly separate aspects and manifestations of the One Neter was rules and laws govern and guide all of physical and spiritual reality. This tradition of Kemet’s ‘Neter’ has been modernized for the world in the Rastari Saga, as ‘Neter’ and ‘God’ are described by the more general name of ‘The Almighty’ and ‘The Most High,’ as these terms can be translated into all languages and refer to a concept and not a particular entity from any one school of spiritual thought.

To honor our debt to the legacy of Kemet, the Rastari Saga retains the word ‘neter,’ and uses it to refer to the concept of ‘archangels.’ Angels, archangels, guardian angels, and other intermediary spirits which work for the higher powers is a concept that is shared across nearly all cultures and myths and spiritual systems, and it is a concept that is very important in the myth of the Rastari Saga.

10. Numerology:

Along with spiritual helpers such as neters, the system of Numerology is also paramount to the Rastari Saga. Math was the first science that humanity mastered, and numbers remain foundational to our culture and even to the identity of our souls. For instance, according to Numerology, the number of day of the month that you are born, called the ‘Soul Number,’ is extremely important for understanding your soul’s latent talents and possibilities.

Throughout the Rastari Saga, numbers are used directly as symbols to convey various forms of information. Numbers are clues into the deeper meanings behind the symbols and characters and happenings throughout NETER.

11. Astrology:

Astrology is nearly as important to the spiritual system of NETER as is Numerology. All 12 chapters of NETER correspond to one of the 12 zodiac signs. The first chapter corresponds to Sagittarius, the next chapter corresponds to Capricorn, and so on until the final chapter ends with Scorpio.

Throughout each of chapter of NETER, you will find references to the items and colors and flowers and animals which correspond to the zodiac sign of the chapter. In this way, the Rastari Saga does as all myths do, and ensures that the symbols and events which occur throughout correspond to the tenets and beliefs of the total spiritual system.

Although there are only 12 chapters to NETER, it is important to note that the Rastari Saga will eventually reintroduce and modernize the use of the 13th zodiac sign. This is the sign known as ‘Ophiuchus,’ the sign of the Christ/Lucifer archetype, and its calendar dates are November 29 - December 17/ Sirius is the ruling planet of the 13th zodiac, and its ruling deity is Krstjah Sa Ra Rastari.

12. Tarot:

The tarot card system is also a system of thought and spiritual practice which is incorporated into the henotheistic foundations of the Rastari Saga. Each chapter of NETER and the following book of the series correspond to one of the 22 major arcana cards of the Tarot. There are various hints throughout each chapter, including the numbers used in each chapter, and even one of the major characters in each chapter.

Chapter One corresponds to the ‘Wheel of Fortune’ card. Chapter Two corresponds to the 14 card, ‘Temperance.’ Chapter Three corresponds to the ‘Emperor’ and Chapter Four corresponds to the ‘Empress.’ And so on and so forth, and the wisdom of the tarot card is symbolically illustrated in each the chapters. The final chapter corresponds to the 13 card, ‘Death.’

In the second installment of the Rastari Saga, called The Everliving Rastari, each of the book's 22 chapters corresponds to one of the 22 major arcana cards of the tarot, from the 'Fool' all the way to 'The World' card and beyond.

13. The Spiritual Fiction Community and the Power of Ritual:

In the 2020 book ‘The Power of Ritual’ by Casper ter Kuile, the author argues that previous societal frameworks for finding meaning, such as the traditional religions of the West, are no longer compatible with modern science and society. The author suggest that we can instead turn everyday habits into intentional, shared rituals, so that we can still satisfy our deep evolutionary need for safety, belonging, and communal connection. The author’s core argument is that modern activities can be intentionally elevated to act as spiritual frameworks that heal isolation and build community.

The Rastari Saga is an attempt at creating the foundations for a new, Spiritual Fiction, global community. This community has all the rituals of the Rastari system in common, and so they can use the myth and symbols and tenets of the Rastari Saga to elevate the daily activities of their lives to a spiritually cultivating level.

Whether a person is looking for a secular community, or they are interested in fully cultivating their spirituality and psychic powers as discussed in the Rastari Saga, they will be able to join a growing community of individuals interested in the new age and philosophical concepts that are explored in the Rastari Universe.

The Rastari Saga is an attempt to provide a shared spiritual system for people across the world who no longer are attached to outdated traditions and societal frameworks and spiritual systems. People from every continent that are looking for a new way to understand the science and spirituality of this world. People who are looking for others who have an inclusive, global, and fully modern view of spirituality and the universe.

With the common framework of the Rastari Saga, people from all around the world can build a new community with a living and evolving spiritual foundation, and work together to become the Superheros we all have to become, if we are to solve the serious world problems that we all now face.