Bantu Religion + Kongo Shamanism in California
SOURCE : Resurrection Men: Stalking the Dead… Resurrection times spanned some eighty years between approximately 1750 and 1832 when the passage of the Warburton Anatomy Act brought an end to the period. During resurrection times and especially during the latter thirty years of the era citizens living in the major cities of the realm suffered [...]
SOURCE : Cemetery Town, USA Colma, CA is the largest necropolis in the United States. In its 17 cemeteries are the remains of 1.5 million people. For generations, its main industry has been small, mostly family-run businesses like headstone-makers, flower-sellers, and funeral homes. See more about Colma’s transformation and explore the impact of suburbanization, the [...]
Oriental Metaphysics Journal: My favourite tale of Kerala’s Tantric Masters From time to time he would place one of these women under hypnotic control and bring her to a burning ground, where bodies are cremated. There he would bathe her in liquor and invoke the power of the goddess with mantras and mudras (symbolic hand [...]
SOURCE : The Use of Graveyard soil and ashes in Buddhist charms and amulets I am very fascinated by Thai magic and amulets and one thing that surprises me is that many of the “white magic” amulets contain graveyard soil, ashes, bones and flesh from the dead and also corpse oil. Within other traditions of [...]
SOURCE : Zombie – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A zombie is a reanimated human corpse. Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodou, which told of the people being controlled as workers by a powerful sorcerer. Zombies became a popular device in modern horror fiction, largely because of the success of [...]
SOURCE : Palo Monte A Prenda (foundation, cauldron) is like the whole world, only small which you use to dominate; that is why the “Ngangulero” (owner of the cauldron), introduces in his cauldron all the spirits; there he has the cemetery, the mountain, the river, the seas, thunder, the swirl, the sun, the moon and [...]
SOURCE : Nityananda Institute Nepal | Projects The Chöd ritual is traditionally performed after dark in cremation grounds or disturbed places. In the course of the practice, practitioners visualize making an offering of their own bodies, which are cut up, transformed into nectar, and distributed to various classes of guests who are called to participate. [...]
SOURCE : The Chod Ritual Advanced Chodpas (practitioners of Chod) do not satisfy themselves with just the ritual practices. They often stay in cemeteries, desolate places, and haunted houses in order to face the fearful situations and experience the interference from desperate or evil spirits. By developing compassion for all beings, including those trying to [...]
SOURCE : http://www.templarhistory.com/sidon.html It is well known that the order of the Templars was monastic in nature and therefore forbidden to have involvement with women as shown in the Templar Rule of Order. The legend of the “Skull of Sidon” claims that one Templar knight had a relationship with a woman who died. He dug [...]
SOURCE : Spirit Photography – Ghosts on film Spirits have made themselves known to me in a variety of ways. Their ability to become physical is truly amazing. Spirits can move objects, ring doorbells, open or close doors, and manifest a physical appearance. They can also make audible sounds. I have heard them walking, whistling, [...]
