Bantu Religion + Kongo Shamanism in California
SOURCE : Occult Crime: A Law Enforcement Primer The spirit of the nganga obeys its owner’s orders which are given in a secret ceremony conducted by the Mayombero. The rituals stem from the Mayombero’s belief in God, or Sambia who “made menga, blood, to give life to the first man and woman. Then, through their [...]
SOURCE : THINKING WITH NGANGAS: REFLECTIONS ON EMBODIMENT AND THE LIMITS OF “OBJECTIVELY NECESSARY APPEARANCES” The spirit becomes an extension of its owner´s self to a point where the tata nganga can become possessed (“montado”, lit.: “mounted”) by the nfumbí in order to see through the spirit´s numinous eyes, and attain knowledge of his (or [...]
SOURCE : Padre Engo’s theories about Palo Mayombe, Moors, extraterrestrials, the Dogon, the Holy Grail, etc The Black Arabian Cults of the Djinn made it to the New World before Columbus, and greatly influenced the shamanic religions of the Indian natives and the runaway African slaves. The Cuban Orisha and Haitian Voudou mysteries were not [...]
SOURCE : Palo Monte Mayombe and its influence on Cuban contemporary art. – Free Online Library Natalia Bolivar Ar6stegui’s recent publication on Palo Monte (1998:61) includes a section entitled “Nganga Cristiana? Nganga Judea?” She acknowledges that most Cubans equate this duality Duality (physics) with good and evil but explains that the reality is much more [...]
The god of your house is your nganga. You can lie to me, you can lie to everyone, but you can’t lie to your nganga. If you’re doing a consultation for someone and their muertos (spirits) start talking, just ignore them. The only spirit you need to listen to is your nganga. When you get [...]
(Kongo) – alcohol or liquor Rum is used as an offering to the dead or for cleaning people’s auras when sprayed into the air. It is also the main ingredient of chamba, a specially “spiced” liquor used to reward or command the spirits of the nganga.
(Spanish) – the basic Palo initiation, aka “getting scratched” “Are you rayado?” or “What rama (branch) of the religion were you rayado in?” are both common questions.
(Spanish) – Father In palo mayombe, a tata nkisi (father of the spirits) is an initiate who has made a basic pact to work with the spirits of the house; a tata nganga (father of the cauldron) has initiated others and/or made new ngangas of his own.
edad / age – kisoko el / he – muene ella / she – muena elefante / elephant – nsacho, insan, bondantuei, pakasa sao, nsao embarazada / pregnant – loyú enamorado / lover – yambisa enano / dwarf – ndundu mbaka (evil) encender / light up – tuya, ntuya enciende / light it – songuilá [...]
tabaco / cigar – nsunga, sunga tambor / drums – goma, ngoma, ngoma mputo, kingoma, mula, masikuila tarro / bull horn – mbinga, bani, nbani tarro (cargado de nganga) / bull horn (cauldron secret) – mpaka taza / cup – ponda, nchá techo / roof – lulia tela / cloth – kangu templo / temple [...]
