The word cult originally meant care, cultivation, worship — from the Latin cultus.
It was a sacred concept about tending to what is alive: land, spirit, ancestors, community.
Empire redefined it to mean “danger,” “madness,” and “blind obedience” — to delegitimize other systems of devotion and control who humanity was allowed to worship.
Today, most people fear the word “cult” because they subconsciously fear unapproved devotion.
Linguistic Corruption
- Cultus → meant care, cultivation.
- Culture → came from cultus.
- Cult → was redefined by empire to mean heresy, rebellion, or insanity.
- This corruption erased ancient systems of African, Indigenous, and Nature-based reverence.
The Colonizer’s Cult
- The greatest cult ever created was the cult of the white god — enforced through fear, guilt, and obedience.
- To protect that cult, they branded every other spiritual system as “pagan,” “witchcraft,” or “cult.”
Modern Cults of Convenience
- The urban matrix is also a cult — built on routine, technology, and consumption.
- The rural life is another cult — built on presence, patience, and participation in nature.
- The difference lies in awareness: Did you choose your cult, or did it choose you?
The Return to Cultivation
- To cultivate consciousness is to re-enter the original cult — the Cult of Ramasedi, the Cult of Light, the Cult of Care.
- This is not a religion but a return to alignment, to truth through sunlight and soil.
“They fear the word cult because it reminds them they already belong to one.
Every paycheck, every prayer, every algorithm — is a ritual.
The question isn’t ‘Are you in a cult?’
The question is ‘Do you know which one you chose?’
Before the white god came, cult meant care.
We cared for the land. We worshiped light.
That was our cult. The Cult of Ramasedi — the Cult of Truth.”
Bra Peter / Abueng Mafoko