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The RZA shares his mysticism with the AV Club

Wu-Tang’s RZA is known as a hip-hop maven, but anyone who has ever read any of the books he’s penned (largely about Wu-Tang) knows that he’s also a spiritual thinker, and has just published a new book about his religious views, The Tao of Wu. Now, we here at the Concert Blog love us some Wu Tang, but in this rambling interview with the AV Club, he reveals some pretty eccentric views. Anyone who is a Wu-Tang fan needs to check this out—or anyone with time to kill looking for a bizarre, winding conversation that touches on everything from how all faiths are similar to where homosexuality comes from and George Romero’s zombie movies.
There are some very interesting quotes along the way, but we’re going to make you read the interview yourself. But we will say that it’s pretty cool the RZA seems to genuinely want to help people through their spiritual wanderings. He might hold himself in greater esteem than he deserves—we’ll let you make the call based on his spiritual wisdom—but there’s certainly good intentions there. You can’t fault him for his music, either—get concert tickets next time the Clan is on tour.