August 1, 2010

The Kongo Cosmogram or Solar Cross

Keeping An Eye On Time

SOURCE : The Kongo Cosmogram or Solar Cross What animal walks on 4 legs at dawn, 2 legs at noon and 3 legs at dusk? Oedipus’ answer to this question was ‘man’. And rightly so, as becomes clear when one parallels the apparent passage of the sun around the Earth with a human life-span… 1 [...]

The Kongo cosmogram, Nzambi and the solar cycle

Tree of Light

SOURCE : Kongo Cosmogram This is the simplest manifestation of the Kongo cruciform, a sacred “point” on which a person stands to make an oath, on the ground of the dead and under all-seeing God. This Kongo “sign of the cross” has nothing to do with the crucifixion of the Son of God, yet its [...]