There is a children's story known as the "Emperor's New Clothes." In the story there is an Emperor who is very vain. He liked to have the finest clothes. One day he hired two men who were supposed to be the finest clothes makers in the world. They told the emperor that they were making him the absolute finest suit of clothes that the world ever knew. The clothes were so fine that the cloth that they were made out of couldn't be seen by anyone who was evil at heart. When the emperor was shown the cloth he couldn't see anything. He thought that that made him evil so he did not tell anyone that he could not see the clothes. No one else could see the cloth either, but rather than be thought of as evil, they all said that they could. When it came time for the emperor to show off his new clothes, he was so proud that he decided to have a parade. It was not until he started down the streets naked and a little child, who everyone knew was not evil, said that he was naked, did everyone realize that the emperor and everyone else who said that they could see the clothes was telling a lie. The emperor really was naked.
     I have named this chapter the Emperor's clothes because just as in the story told above, I have designed clothes that are so fine that evil people will not see the value of them. I knew that I had to design these clothes shortly after I had the Philadelphia experience, wherein I ran down the streets naked shouting that I had the Emperor's clothes on. Let me take time now to explain why I did that. An emperor is a King of Kings, so too, is the Christ the King of kings and Lord of Lords. I must have known that, at some level, that that was the position that I was soon to assume. The fact that I was hospitalized right after that event testifies to the fact that being nude is not acceptable in this society. This is the beginning. And just as in the beginning, as told in the Bible, nudity will be accepted. The innocence of what I did speaks for itself. Yet due to man's fall from grace, it is seen as evil. I am here to restore man to his original condition; that of being as God. Until this is achieved, however even I have to wear clothes.
      Revelation speaks to the issue of nudity in chapter sixteen. (Rev 16:15) ". . . Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame." As I want to be blessed, I know that for now I must keep my garments, in time that will change. Now, however, let me describe to you the clothes that I have designed.
     The first garment, that can be considered a piece of the emperor's clothes, was not really designed by me. It was a T-shirt that I picked up in a fire sale at a leather shop on the West Side highway in New York City. It was really scary yet intriguing. It was a black T-shirt with the words "are you ready for death" on it. It must have been the only one of its kind as I have never seen anything like it before or after. I was too afraid to wear the T-shirt for the first six months that I had it. On the first day or rather night that I wore the shirt something significant happened. I wore the shirt to a Stevie Wonder concert in Oakland. At the end of the concert Stevie announced that John Lennon had been killed. The announcement really dampened the mood of the concert. I was really amazed. It was the first time that I had worn the shirt in public.
     Usually, when I wore the shirt, I had on a beautiful hat that looked like a butterfly. I thought of myself as the angel of death. Many people reacted that way also. One of the people that I can remember, was an old woman who bought a ticket to ride the B.A.R.T. from me. She said to me that she was ready for death. I can remember that a tear came to my eye when she said that to me. Once, I wore the shirt into a bank. The shirt caused quite a stir. They thought that I was going to rob the bank. The bank manager came up to me and asked me to leave. At the time, I also had with me a boom box. This was when walk men just came out. I didn't have the money for a

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