Bantu Religion + Kongo Shamanism in California
How Trees Talk To One Another Trees talk only in children’s cartoons — that’s currently accepted wisdom. But when trees attacked by caterpillars sound an alarm that other trees in the vicinity detect and heed, some sort of communication system seems required. The evidence is found in trees that react to caterpillar attack or leaf [...]
SOURCE : An introduction to Palo Mayombe Palo is a direct method of comunication with the Spirits: the belief is strongly animistic and similar to shamanism: all that exists is considered as animated by spirits, man in particular can become a doorway to other worlds through mediumship. The spirits which are the most relevant for [...]
SOURCE : Nkisi The main thing about the “ndokis” is that many “nsalan con el viento” – they work with the wind. It is for this reason that they have names such as “remolino”\Temporera\Impenso Malongo (whirlwind\tornado).
SOURCE : Djabs – 21 Division – tribe.net I don´t really know how you identify djabs, because that´s a name used for strong loas, that represent elemental forces of nature very, very strong, like thunderbolt, lighning, fierce, earthquakes, storms, and things like that. So they are not usually seen as “good loas” because the havoc [...]
SOURCE : AfricaniasOnline batuewe.html The Batu Ewe Culture born definitely in Africa but have antecedents in all the human cultures of the World and we can find expression of his Knowledge of the reality into the Chinese Taoism, the Vedas in India, Mesoamerica, etc. This Culture characterize it for the interpretation of the reality as [...]
(Kongo) – I’ve read various definitions for this word, including “governor” and “mystery”; Mayombe is also a region in the Congo (e.g., the Mayombe rainforest). According to my padrino, mayombe means “talking” or “singing”; thus, Palo Mayombe is the art communicating with and commanding the spirits of nature and the dead. Palo Mayombe is one [...]
