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Supreme Beings are divinities whose nature reveals a unique quality of being generally, a transcendent spiritual power. A basis of the worship in a religion. The supernatural is something that has not been fully understood. But it is known as an overpower ruling above the people of the world. In her poem “Ego Tripping” Nikki Giovanni is referring to herself as a supernatural being by referring to explaining her affiliation with Jesus, Allah, and perfect divinity
Nikki Giovanni claimed herself to be Jesus after a self-transformation. Jesus is seen as the son of God in the Christian religion. A martyr that died for “God’s People” so they can be saved. He is more like the symbol for the Christian religion. Often Jesus and God were seen as the same person. Nikki Giovanni stated “I turned myself into myself and was Jesus”. With this statement Nikki Giovanni is implying that she went deep inside of her soul and sort of transformed herself spiritually. She created a new person in herself and it was brought to the outside. It was as if she was reincarnated into herself. The person that was brought out was Jesus b
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Nikki Giovanni stated that she sat on the throne with Allah. Once again she is referring herself as an equal to a God or supernatural being. Allah is Arabic for God and is the God figure in the Muslim religion, thought to have sent his prophet Muhammad to teach the ways of Allah to the people of the world. A throne symbolizes ruling over the kingdom. The kingdom is the whole world and the person who sits on the throne rules the world as a God figure. Nikki Giovanni referred to herself as a ruler overseeing the whole world. Not her in particular but she is representing a kind of people, like the black woman. It can be interpreted that black women rule the world along side the black man. Allah is the symbol of the black man. And together they rule over the world as equal supreme beings. The nectar was a symbol of how sweet life is. And the drinking of the nectar is the black man and women enjoying the sweetness of life.
Nikki Giovanni stressed her perfection and divinity. A divinity is a supreme being of extraordinary perfection. Divinities show a unique spiritual power. Such divine beings are gods in many different religions but the
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