Muntu, how do history and law go together?

Ma’at – Umthethokazi – examining the cosmic balance as it relates to the laws and the history of our current reality.

Through the teachings of our great ancestors, we are remembering. As taught to me by the Grand Sheikh Taj Tarik Bey, as he was taught by his teacher, Prophet Noble Drew Ali, who founded the Moorish Science Temple of America, on why claiming back our authority over the land through common law and raising the matriarchy to take back her seat as the land herself is crucial for abantu all over the world. Let’s get into it. I will share what I can; it is up to the Bantu seeker to take the information forward and let all the people of the land know what they need to know.

History isn’t just a record of the past; it’s the story that created the rules we live by today. Law is the enforcement of that story. As we know, the history of the world has not been told correctly, thus contributing to a lot of confusion. Let’s try to unpack what we know, what is hidden, and what is myth, so we can get closer to remembering ourselves. Think of it like this: history is the ‘why’ something is a rule, and law is the ‘what’ the rule is and what happens when you break it. We will now look at where we are now. Let’s dive in…

The Original Rules: Common Law

This is the “law of the land.” It’s based on centuries of customs, traditions, and court decisions throughout the entire land. It deals with real people, real property (land/estate), and real disputes. Long before we had complex legal books, we had stories that are today displayed throughout the whole world landmass as hieroglyphs and sacred sites. These were the first laws.

In our innerstanding we find that at the centre of common law is stare decisis(a legal principle), which is a Latin phrase meaning “to stand by things decided.” In practice, stare decisis means that courts and judges need to follow earlier decisions and rulings — otherwise known as caselaw.

Dogma and Parable

• Dogma: These are beliefs presented as absolute truth, often from a religious authority. For example, the Spanish Inquisition was a historical event where the dogma of the Catholic Church was enforced as law. If you didn’t follow the dogma, you were breaking the law and were subjected to punishment.
• In today’s times, you may find three examples of basic dogmas of the Christian faith typically taught to all believers: 1. John 1:1, 14; The deity Jesus, “The Word Became Flesh,” 2. Corinthians 5:21; Becoming the first Christian martyr, “dying for the sins of the believers“, and 3. Ephesians 2:8–9; you are saved from sin by grace through faith alone, “it is the gift of God.”
• Parable: a parable is a brief, clearly expressed story that is intended to teach in a structured manner and illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles.
• As a bonus, a Fable is similar to a parable, but it features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, and forces of nature that are displaying human characteristics or behaviour.

So, how did these old ideas become global systems of control and pressure? History shows us that it was through “legal theories” that justified conquest and ownership.

Doctrine of Discovery

The “Doctrine of Discovery” was a series of official orders(edicts) from the Popes in the 15th century. It was a religious and legal concept that essentially said “Christian explorers could claim any land not inhabited by Christians“. This historical set of beliefs(doctrine) became the legal basis for European countries to “take over” the Americas, Africa, and everywhere else. It’s a prime example of history where the creation of a “legal” justification for actions taken against the people. This led to the creation of “Nation-States” These aren’t natural things; they are “political creations” built on land claimed through historical events like those justified by the Doctrine of Discovery. Each nation-state was then forced to follow its own game board with its own set of rules. The original indigenous people of the land were forced under these laws and held captive as prisoners of war or God.

The name of the game? The law creates “fictions”—things that aren’t physically real but are treated as real by the legal system.

Natural Being vs. Legal Fiction: You are a natural being of flesh and blood. However, in the legal world, you also have a legal identity (often represented by your name in all caps on documents), which is a legal fiction the system can interact with.

Corporations: A corporation is a perfect example of a legal fiction, or what the law calls an ens legis (“a thing of the law”). It’s not a real person, but the law treats it as one. It can own property, sue, and be sued. This concept was created historically to encourage investment and trade by limiting liability.

This creation of legal fictions led to an additional law to the common law, resulting in two different sets of rules that operate in our world:

Common Law: This is the “law of the land.” It’s based on centuries of customs, traditions, and court decisions. It originally dealt with real people, real property (land/estate), and real disputes.

Maritime Law (or Commercial Law): This is the “law of the sea.” It was developed to handle international trade and commerce—“business between corporations and legal fictions.” It’s based on contracts. Basically, much of modern society has been moved from the common law of the land into the maritime law of commerce. When you get a birth certificate, a driver’s license, or a bank account, you are essentially making contracts and agreeing to play or be controlled and pressured by the rules of commerce.

Who Has Power?

The system enforces its rules through jurisdiction—“the authority to speak the law.” If a court doesn’t have jurisdiction, it has no power over you. There are three main types:

• Territorial Jurisdiction: Do they have power in this physical location (the nation-state’s borders)?
• Subject Matter Jurisdiction: Does this court have the authority to hear this type of case (e.g., traffic court can’t handle a murder trial)?
• In Personam Jurisdiction: Does the court have power over your person? You often grant them this power by agreeing to their contracts (like your driver’s license).

This all ties together in the concept of a giant Trust.

• Think of the nation-state as a massive estate or trust created long ago.
• The government officials act as the Executor or trustee, managing the estate.
• The land, resources, and even the people’s energy (through taxes) are the assets in the trust.
• In this system, you are often placed in the position of a Debtor, owing obligations (taxes, fines, etc.) to the state, which acts as the Creditor.

When an official, like a police officer, pulls you over, they are acting under the color of law. This means they are acting with the apparent authority of the legal system (the uniform, the car, the badge), whether or not their actions are lawful. They are enforcing the rules of the historical trust on behalf of the executor.

Connecting the dots: History vs. Our story

History wrote the original dogma and created the legal fictions (like corporations and nation-states). These fictions became the basis for a worldwide commercial system that operates under contract law. Our story as the ancient original beings of the earth is that we are born into this system and, through licenses and documents, agree to play by its rules, giving it jurisdiction over us.

The Abantu story. The copper colored/melanin-dominant people of the nations

Refers to the original, indigenous inhabitants of lands. These are the people who were here before the formation of the modern nation-states and beyond; stories tell of them being from the star system of Sirius, the Dog Star.

How are the heirs of the land affected by these colonial concepts until today?

The “copper colored people or abantu” began as sovereign, natural beings on our own land under our matriarchal law. Through the historical application of legal doctrines like the Doctrine of Discovery, our land was converted into a trust managed by the colonising nation-state. Bringing us into a new commercial legal system as dependents, losing our sovereignty and becoming subject to the jurisdiction of the very entities that had taken our land.

1. The Original State: Natural Beings under Common Law

Before the arrival of colonisers, the “abantu” were sovereign nations. They were natural beings living on their ancestral lands. Their rules were their own customs, traditions, and spiritual laws—a form of Common Law that was tied directly to the land itself. They had their own social structures and did not operate within the legal fictions.

2. The Tool of Conquest: The Doctrine of Discovery

This is the historical starting point for the change. The Doctrine of Discovery specifically targeted these non-Christian peoples. It was the legal and religious dogma that declared their lands “vacant” and available for the taking by Christian European powers. This historical doctrine legally stripped the indigenous people of their inherent rights to their own land in the eyes of foreigners.

3. Creating the Trust and Changing the Status

This is how control was established and maintained:

• The Land as an Estate: The vast territories of the “copper colored people” were legally re-framed as a massive Estate or Trust.
• The Government as Executor: The newly formed Nation-States appointed themselves as the Executor or Trustee of this massive estate.
• From Owners to Beneficiaries/Debtors: The indigenous people, who were once the sovereign owners, were legally demoted to the status of beneficiaries or “wards” of the state. In this new trust relationship, the government (the Creditor) managed the resources, and the native people were placed in the position of dependents or Debtors, reliant on the executor for their own property. This is the foundation of the reservation system.

4. Imposing a New Game: Maritime & Commercial Law

The natural, land-based life of the indigenous people was replaced by a system of contracts and legal fictions.

• Treaties as Contracts: Treaties were presented as agreements between nations, but they functioned as contracts that brought the indigenous people under the jurisdiction of the foreigner’s legal system.
• From Nation to Corporation: Tribal nations were often forced to organise under new rules, sometimes structured like corporations (ens legis), in order to interact with the federal government. They had to play by the rules of the commercial system to survive.
• Loss of Jurisdiction: By signing treaties and accepting the trust relationship, they slowly lost their own territorial and subject matter jurisdiction. The colonising nation-state claimed ultimate authority, enforcing its rules through officials acting under the color of law.

We are tasked to research and keep sharing with each other the information we find about us and help each other to remember who we are and rise up to our Christ consciousness. Neteru.