Zulu Shaman

Author : Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa
Publisher : Destiny Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2003-10-10
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0892811293

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Zulu Shaman by Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa Pdf

Offers a rare view into the world of a Zulu shaman • Includes 14 Zulu myths as told by a traditional Zulu story keeper • Reveals Zulu shamanic practices, including healing techniques, dreamwork, oracles, prophecy, and interactions with star beings In this rare window into Zulu mysticism, Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa breaks the bonds of traditional silence to share his personal experiences as a sangoma—a Zulu shaman. Set against the backdrop of post-colonial South Africa, Zulu Shaman relays the first-person accounts of an African healer and reveals the cosmology of the Zulu. Mutwa begins with the compelling story of his personal journey as an English-trained Christian schoolteacher who receives a calling to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps as a shaman and keeper of folklore. He then tells the stories of his ancestors, including creation myths; how evil came to the world; the adventures of the trickster god Kintu; and Zulu relations with the “fiery visitors,” whom he likens to extraterrestrials. In an attempt to preserve the knowledge of his ancestors and encourage his vision of a world united in peace and harmony, Mutwa also shares previously guarded secrets of Zulu healing and spiritual practices: including the curing power of the sangoma and the psychic powers of his people.

Author : Credo Vusa'mazulu Mutwa
Publisher : Barrytown Limited
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015037841221

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Song of the Stars by Credo Vusa'mazulu Mutwa Pdf

Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa - healer, shaman, and spiritual leader for millions of Black Africans - presents lore, prophecies, dreams, tales, and a comprehensive sketch of the rich mythology of the African people. This is also his personal story.

Author : Credo Vusa'mazulu Mutwa
Publisher : Leetes Island Books
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015054460160

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Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa by Credo Vusa'mazulu Mutwa Pdf

Vusumazulu Credo Mutwa tells the story of his life as an artist, political activist, and healer. Mutwa, the most famous African traditional healer of the 20th century, shares the wisdom of Africa’s traditional sangomas and healers in this beautiful volume, which includes an audio CD that captures the prayers, sacred songs, and sounds of the culture. In addition to his works as a healer and champion of native South Africans and their culture, Mutwa is an outspoken artist and critic best known for his sculpture and paintings. Includes audio CD.

Author : Abdulkader Tayob, Wolfram Weisse, David Chidester
Publisher : Waxmann Verlag
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-16
Category : Religion and politics
ISBN : 3830963289

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Religion, Politics, and Identity in a Changing South Africa by Abdulkader Tayob, Wolfram Weisse, David Chidester Pdf

What is the role of religion in society? In the wake of September 11, public intellectuals provided easy answers. According to some, religion was the problem, others commented, religion was the solution. Generally, public debate about the force of religion in society has been organized by either/or propositions. Religion is a force for either freedom or bondage, for either peace or war, for either mutual recognition or antagonistic polarization. Analysis of religion and social change has also tended to be framed in terms of oppositions that inform research agendas and public policy. In this book, authors from South Africa, the United States of America, the Netherlands, and Germany test these oppositions.

Author : Credo Vusa'mazulu Mutwa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Zulu (African people)
ISBN : UOM:39015000514086

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My People by Credo Vusa'mazulu Mutwa Pdf

Author : Credo Vusa'mazulu Mutwa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Fiction
ISBN : IND:30000057615316

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Isilwane by Credo Vusa'mazulu Mutwa Pdf

Author : Christina Pratt
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2007-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1404211411

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An Encyclopedia of Shamanism Volume 2 by Christina Pratt Pdf

Shamanism can be defined as the practice of initiated shamans who are distinguished by their mastery of a range of altered states of consciousness. Shamanism arises from the actions the shaman takes in non-ordinary reality and the results of those actions in ordinary reality. It is not a religion, yet it demands spiritual discipline and personal sacrifice from the mature shaman who seeks the highest stages of mystical development.

Author : Molefi Kete Asante,Ama Mazama
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781412936361

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Encyclopedia of African Religion by Molefi Kete Asante,Ama Mazama Pdf

Collects almost five hundred entries that cover the African response to spirituality, taboos, ethics, sacred space, and objects.

Author : David Chidester
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780520951570

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Wild Religion by David Chidester Pdf

Wild Religion is a wild ride through recent South African history from the advent of democracy in 1994 to the euphoria of the football World Cup in 2010. In the context of South Africa’s political journey and religious diversity, David Chidester explores African indigenous religious heritage with a difference. As the spiritual dimension of an African Renaissance, indigenous religion has been recovered in South Africa as a national resource. Wild Religion analyzes indigenous rituals of purification on Robben Island, rituals of healing and reconciliation at the new national shrine, Freedom Park, and rituals of animal sacrifice at the World Cup. Not always in the national interest, indigenous religion also appears in the wild religious creativity of prison gangs, the global spirituality of neo-shamans, the ceremonial display of Zulu virgins, the ancient Egyptian theosophy in South Africa’s Parliament, and the new traditionalism of South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma. Arguing that the sacred is produced through the religious work of intensive interpretation, formal ritualization, and intense contestation, Chidester develops innovative insights for understanding the meaning and power of religion in a changing society. For anyone interested in religion, Wild Religion uncovers surprising dynamics of sacred space, violence, fundamentalism, heritage, media, sex, sovereignty, and the political economy of the sacred.

Author : Nancy Connor
Publisher : Sounds True
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781591798316

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Shamans of the World by Nancy Connor Pdf

What would you see if you could view the world through the eyes of a Diné healer, a Zulu High Sanusi, or a Shaker from St. Vincent Island? The answer can be found in Shamans of the World, an intimate encounter with traditional healers from nine unique indigenous cultures. Through mesmerizing firsthand accounts of miraculous transformation and healing, Shamans of the World transports you to the otherworldly reality of the shaman. Your global adventure begins in the lands of the Diné Nation, as you meet Walking Thunder, the Medicine Woman who reveals the importance of living life with full appreciation. Next, you visit Brazil and faith healers Otavia and João, who embody "a love that breaks through all boundaries of reason and rationality." South Dakota and Lakota Yuwipi Man Gary Holy Bull come next, as you glimpse at the inner life of one dedicated to the service of spirit. Then it's off to the jungles of Paraguay, where the insights of Guarani Forest Shaman Ava Tape Miri unveil the immediate unity of all creation. The traditional healers of Bali share vital lessons on balanced living, before you explore the secrets of Japan's masters of seiki jutsu. After hearing from the Shakers of St. Vincent, who use the power of mourning and ecstatic prayer to create community-based healing, you conclude your journey in Africa, where you witness the ceremonial dances of Kalahari Bushman Mabolelo Shikwe, "the man who says and knows everything." With 24 pages of full-color photographs, and poetry and prayers from the shamans themselves, Shamans of the World brings you authentic "first wisdom" directly from its source. Here is an unprecedented collection of our spiritual roots that offers a radical new understanding of the planet we share. Note: Drawn from the ten-volume Profiles of Healing series edited by Bradford Keeney and published by Ringing Rocks Foundation.

Author : S. Kraft,T. Fonneland,J. Lewis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137461407

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Nordic Neoshamanisms by S. Kraft,T. Fonneland,J. Lewis Pdf

This book proposes that the drive for religiosity and experiences of the sacred are far from lost in contemporary western societies. The contributors' objective is to explore the myriad of ways late modern shamanism is becoming more vital and personally significant to people, communities, and economies in Nordic countries.

Author : Rosalind I. J. Hackett,Benjamin F. Soares
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780253015303

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New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa by Rosalind I. J. Hackett,Benjamin F. Soares Pdf

New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa casts a critical look at Africa's rapidly evolving religious media scene. Following political liberalization, media deregulation, and the proliferation of new media technologies, many African religious leaders and activists have appropriated such media to strengthen and expand their communities and gain public recognition. Media have also been used to marginalize and restrict the activities of other groups, which has sometimes led to tension, conflict, and even violence. Showing how media are rarely neutral vehicles of expression, the contributors to this multidisciplinary volume analyze the mutual imbrications of media and religion during times of rapid technological and social change in various places throughout Africa.

Author : Thomas Karl Alberts
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317055907

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Shamanism, Discourse, Modernity by Thomas Karl Alberts Pdf

Shamanism, Discourse, Modernity considers indigenous peoples’ struggles for human rights, anxieties about anthropocentric mastery of nature, neoliberal statecraft, and entrepreneurialism of the self. The book focuses on four domains - shamanism, indigenism, environmentalism and neoliberalism - in terms of interrelated historical processes and overlapping discourses. In doing so, it engages with shamanism’s manifold meanings in a world increasingly sensitive to indigenous peoples’ practices of territoriality, increasingly concerned about humans’ integral relationship with natural environments, and increasingly encouraged and coerced to adjust self-conduct to comport with and augment government conduct.

Author : Melody Fletcher
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-07
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781401977979

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Deliberate Receiving by Melody Fletcher Pdf

A practical guide to deliberately manifesting your dream life, from a high-vibing channel who doesn’t believe that spirituality or personal development have to be so damn serious all the time! Deliberate Receiving: Finally, the Universe Makes Some Freakin’ Sense! is a hilarious, fun, but deeply practical guide for anyone who was inspired and excited by the promise of The Secret, but felt that it fell flat when it came to the actual details of how to manifest your desires in real life. Outrageously fun, infinitely logical and full of practical, applicable wisdom, Melody’s humorous, no-BS style is paired with an astounding ability to bring through higher guidance that will help you make seismic shifts in your understanding of what has been holding you back. This book guides you through a step-by-step approach to figuring out what you truly want, why you don’t have it yet and exactly what you need to do to get it. It will leave you uplifted and empowered to deliberately receive more abundance, fun and passion in your life.

Author : Bradford Keeney
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2004-11-09
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781594776205

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Bushman Shaman by Bradford Keeney Pdf

The author’s journey to becoming a Bushman shaman and healer and how this tradition relates to shamanic practices around the world • Explores the Bushmen’s ecstatic shaking and dancing practices • Written by the first non-Bushman to become fully initiated into their healing and spiritual ways In Bushman Shaman, Bradford Keeney details his initiation into the shamanic tradition of the Kalahari Bushmen, regarded by some scholars as the oldest living culture on earth. Keeney sought out the Bushmen while in South Africa as a visiting professor of psychotherapy. He had known of the Kalahari “trance dance,” wherein the dancers’ bodies shake uncontrollably as part of the healing ceremony. Keeney was drawn to this tradition in the hope that it might explain and provide a forum for his own ecstatic “shaking,” which he had first experienced at the age of 19 and had tried to suppress and hide throughout his adult life. For more than a dozen years Keeney danced with Bushmen shamans in communities throughout Botswana and Namibia, until finally becoming fully initiated into their doctoring and spiritual ways. Through his rediscovery of the “rope to God” in a Bushman shaman dream, he offers readers accounts of his shamanic world travels and the secrets of the soul he learned along the way. In Bushman Shaman Keeney also reveals his work with shamans from Japan, Tibet, Bali, Thailand, Australia, and North and South America, providing new understandings of other forms of shamanic spiritual expression and integrating the practices of all these traditions into a sacred circle of one truth.