RT Article
T1 Supreme Mathematics: The Five Percenter Model of Divine Self-Realization and Its Commonalities to Interpretations of the Pythagorean Tetractys in Western Esotericism
JF Interdisciplinary journal for religion and transformation in contemporary society
VO 9
IS 2
SP 395
OP 416
A1 Gansinger, Martin A. M. 1979-
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1871336554
AB This contribution aims to explore the historical predecessors of the Five Percenter model of self-realization, as popularized by Hip Hop artists such as Supreme Team, Rakim Allah, Brand Nubian, Wu-Tang Clan, or Sunz of Man. As compared to frequent considerations of the phenomenon as a creative mythological background for a socio-political struggle, Five Percenter teachings shall be discussed as contemporary interpretations of historical models of self-realization in various philosophical, religious, and esoteric systems. By putting the coded system of the tenfold Supreme Mathematics as one of its core teachings in context with the Pythagorean Tetractys, an arrangement of ten points in four lines, the commonalities between the sequence and concepts attributed to the respective numbers will be demonstrated.
K1 Esotericism
K1 Tetractys
K1 Supreme Mathematics
K1 Five Percent Nation
K1 Black Islam
DO 10.30965/23642807-10020020