Moorish Orthodox Diocese of New Jersey Website
Diocese of New Jersey
Diocesan Offices
Cathedral Church of Saints Sergius & Bakkhus, M.O.C.A.
Ong's Hat Road
Pemberton, New Jersey
November 26, 2001
My Dear Friend(s):
The purpose of this correspondence is to invite you to visit the newly
erected website of the Diocese of New Jersey of the Moorish Orthodox
Church in America, which can be accessed at either:
http://come.to/moorishorthodoxy
or alternately at
http://www.geocities.com/moorishorthodoxchurch/index.html
Moorish Orthodoxy is a syncretistic faith tradition, embracing what it
describes as 'all of the most prophetic, beautiful and useful truths
of al-Islam, Christianity, the Ancient Mystery Schools of the East,
and the primeval Earth-religions as well as the indigenous traditions
of the First Nations,' amongst others. It draws major inspiration from
the Desert fathers of earliest Christianity, the Sufi masters
(particularly Jallalu'din Rumi and Ibn' Arabi), Noble Drew Ali (the
Prophet, born Timothy Drew in North Carolina USA, 1886; d. 1929) and
the contemporary poets and teachers Peter Lamborn Wilson and Hakim
Bey.
Its governance tends to be communitarian, consensus-based and by
self-appointed leadership. While it sees itself as a synthesis of
creeds with its premier influences principally derived from a variety
of Islamic and 'esoteric' Christian schools, its devotional life
markedly resembles Eastern Orthodoxy. It does not profess to be a
Christian tradition, however.
The website of the Moorish Orthodox Church in America's Diocese of New
Jersey (www.welcome.to/moorishorthodoxy) contains an elaboration of
Moorish Orthodox doctrine, polity, history, devotional materials, and
ritual.
I hope that you will find this website of interest, as well as that of
the Diocese's planned educational facility, the Hakim Bey Diocesan
Theological Seminary.
Thank you for your interest.
Bright Blessings,
+ Sotemohk Beeyayelel
Bishop of New Jersey
Holy Synod of the
Moorish Orthodox Church in America
c/o Pro-Cathedral of Saints Sergius & Bakkhus
Ong's Hat Road
Pemberton Township, New Jersey
E-Mail: MoorishOrt...@post.com
www.geocities.com/moorishorthodoxchurch/index.html
Telephone:(973)776-3901, Ext.8683