Rastafarism and revitalism are two religious ideologies that emerged from the lack of land and poverty in marginal neighbourhoods in Jamaica during the post-slavery period. Despite their many affinities (which include their proximity in the urban setting), these forms of religion express different views on being and willingness. Revitalism, the oldest of the two cults, conceives to be in terms of a myself who, although endowed with multiple dons, is traced by an endless spiritual force while striving to find a path between a good job and a bad job. In contrast, Rastafarism emphasises a divinified and unified vis-Egyptian me with Babilonia, the oppressor. This article investigates such divergent possibilities of self-expression in the light of Arendt’s concept of ‘life in mind’ and its historical vision of the idea of will. I examine two individuals who experience these religious forms in specific ways and under different circumstances.