January 15, 1999
Hello Carl,
I know it has been some while since I've
written to you. I have thought often to do so and even started a couple of times
only to postpone the delightful inevitability until just now. I thank you for your
fine efforts in keeping me up-to-date on all of your numerous and gracious spiritual
works.
I liked the tone of your most recent
newsletter, exposing the likes of Tom Harkin and his political cronies for what they are.
Though they may be considered to be intelligent in the academic realms and wizards
of the legalese jargons of political sorcery, their deeds are evil and they have all sworn
a diabolical allegiance against the herb, the herb people and the herb civilization.
Plague them, my friend, with your inimitable perseverance.
I am extremely delighted by your correspondence
with Marcia and Dennis Ivy. Everyone who bore witness to the event of Ivy's complete
revelation in 1970-71 at Papine/Hall's Delight on the island of Jamaica has some testimony
concerning that mystical awakening and holds a piece to the puzzle that must be assembled.
Everyone who became a recipient of this majestic authority through the mystical
osmosis which subsequently took place holds a like piece in this story that must be told.
The puzzle and the story cannot and will not be complete until the parts are all
united as one. No piece can be omitted, ignored, or forgotten for the mystery to be
fulfilled as we know it must be. All of the frivolous intrigues and devices we may
have succumbed to along the way mean nothing and will evaporate as morning dew from the
warming radiance emitting from the sons and daughters of the Ivy, children of Louv.
Part of Ivy's exhaustive teachings in my
presence concerning our prayer to our Emperial Majesty, Emperor Haile Selassie was an
enlightened explanation of the semantics of pronunciation and meaning. Sort of like
Geezus and Jes-us. They say Haile (hi-le) [pronounce with: long "i" and
long "e"], calling upon the fraudulent coward who beseeched the demonic League
of Nations and its present day progeny, the fiendish United Nations, to restore his
oppressive, tyrannical regime to power so he could exalt himself as a physical descendant
of the line of David. This they managed to do. But spiritual claims do not
necessarily follow the trek of physical genealogy. Our prayer is and always will be
to Haile (ha-le) [pronounce with: long "a" and long "e"] Selassie, the
same Jes-us, the same Moses, the same Ivy, the same spirit that must arise, collectively,
in us. Alpha and Omega. King of Kings, Queen of Queens. I am not trying
to convince anyone of anything. I have no conflict with the ropeheads/dreadlocks.
I am relating what I know from my teacher. Many of the other sisters and
brothers could add so much more when they decide to do so.
I appreciate Marcia's kind words of
encouragement and prayers. I know Bone is with me and I know I am speaking the
truth. I have no fear. And even though I am in captivity for ganja, I am a
free man because I love (I know the semantics of love and louv, but I am free) all of my
sisters and brothers and I know we must all arrive at the same choice and happy place that
is adorned with wondrous grace.
When I broach this next point, I do so knowing
there is much confusion, denial and diversity concerning every facet of our mutual
experience. I have no animosity toward anyone as I relate what I know. I do
not speak to anyone's shame. I do not presume to edify because I know that each of
us is capable of discerning what is true and we have all had enough experience in this
spiritual odyssey to know what has happened, what is happening now, and what must be among
us.
I cannot speak with personal knowledge about
Brother Louv (Louva Williams) or those who preceded him in the lineage that produced the
revelation that manifest in Ivy. I can speak about Ivy from my personal experience,
about what he taught me and about the spirit I received from him. I can also speak
about Brother Keith, Brother Wally and the experience we came to know as Coptic or the
Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church. I also know many, but not all, of the sisters and
brothers who have been touched and influenced by these people and these events. We
always pray to the Lord God of Truth and to be fed in the spirit of truth through Jesus'
name. So in this spirit I continue. Those of us that followed Keith's lead
with Wally's later input and role did so willingly and none of us could stand up to their
dominance over us, although I have fond remembrances of a few feeble attempts on my part
and some by others along the way, thus we all gave support and energy to what ensued.
Many still refuse to acknowledge that something is drastically amiss. The
crux of the matter is very simple. When I speak of Keith and Wally I also include
all of us that "Yes Nyah"ed them for so long in our servile flattery.
Neither Keith nor Wally walked or lived in the spirit that Ivy revealed to us.
They did not accept that all things are viewed according to his authority, that
Jesus is the son of God. They were covetous of his blessing and when he died they
proceeded to carry out their own agenda, the result being the EZCC and all of the tragic
consequences that have left the brothers and the sisters in the current pathetic
situations that now abide. Marcia's statement is true. Ivy's legacy was one of
love. To love one another. That's how the world will know us, by the love we
show one for another. The Coptic debacle was one of lust, avarice, the basest
carnalities, envy, and a traumatic renting asunder that remains to this day. Some
try to pretend otherwise and condemn me and others whom they have determined through some
nauseating formula of self-righteousness are unfit for Copticism. Coptic is not
eternal and the legacy of Keith and Wally has no part in the covenant we received from
Ivy. The price for sin has been paid and let us not try to limit that ransom.
The most grievous error that we can fall victim to is to despise one of these
number whose hopes awakened at the behest of Ivy. Who can really deny fellowship to
these forlorn and beloved souls? I know that some may try to deny another's holy
fellowship but it is a nefarious and tenuous denial without merit, having no substance.
How many times did each of us proclaim, "Let perfect love and friendship
reign, through all eternity"? I'm sort of like an old dog. I sense
feelings instinctively.
I'll touch on the old Internet dilemma which
you commented on in your letter dated 1/1/99. N. and C. were the dear friends who
first told me of the existence of this character Ivy and N. helped to facilitate my
initial journey to the island. They have long been true friends to both Judy and me
and have helped us and shown us true compassion many times throughout this friendship.
Keith tried to drive a wedge of bitter judgmental condemnation between N. and me on
at least two prolonged periods of Copticism and actually succeeded for a time in each
instance but, thank God, something stronger than his bad medicine prevailed. Dougie
has firsthand knowledge of these episodes of nastiness and greed although I've never heard
him recount or renounce them after the uncleanness of the dastardly deed was done.
I did not realize all of our correspondence
over these past few years was on the Internet. I've never used or personally been
around this computer system so I seem to be somewhat ignorant as to the implications that
it proves to have regarding folks' reactions to the privacy infringement aspects that have
arisen. I do not regret anything I may have said to you in our letters. I
cannot disregard the feelings of our siblings concerning Internet usage so I will refrain
as best I can to avoid recurrence and I note from your tone that you also intend to refine
your technique according to your own good conscience.
I personally love your work and know the
sincerity of your diligence and the purity of your motivation in doing the various
projects you immerse yourself in. I know your humility and to some degree the depths
of your soul searching in these matters because you have honestly shared this with me on
many occasions going back to Arkansas when we first began to know each other away from the
artificial facades of Copticism. This story must be told and your endeavors are more
productive than anything else that I know of. I have been contacted both directly
and indirectly by many people from my past and total strangers as a result of your works.
I also, like Dougie, have received inquiries from Germany, France, Hawaii, and
numerous other U.S. locales about my spiritual perceptions. Mostly, I do not answer
these inquiries, not because I feel a face to face encounter is absolutely necessary but
because I feel that "Rachel is still weeping and will not be comforted because the
children of Ivy are not yet free." Not in a physical sense but in the spirit
yet to be resolved among ourselves. We cannot share that which is asunder, torn
apart by the schisms of envy, malice and strife. We are the mistresses and the
ministers of the ancient ganja civilization of love without limit but this divine
authority will only come to us again in our unity as we progress to the covenant that
cannot be removed.
To me, your website is a great success because
I have also heard from many, even if a bit vindictively by some, whom I have not heard
from since Arkansas, and in some cases even longer. I know that you will represent
each person's part in this story with the blessed integrity that is in you. Because
you have chosen to abstain these many years from our sacrament in no way diminishes the
heraldic nature of the message you so eloquently proclaim.
Robert and Asia are a breath of fresh air in a
very polluted atmosphere and have proven to be my staunchest advocates, accepting me as I
am.
I am always revitalized by your good works and
I look forward to any and all activity they may engender. Be gracious as I know you
to be as you proceed.
Love,
Jim
James Tranmer
17547-050
P.O. Box 26030
USP Beaumont
Beaumont, TX 77720-6030