In this rare window into Zulu mysticism, Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa breaks the bonds of traditional silence to share his personal experience as 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. Offers a rare view into the world of a Zulu shaman.
In this rare window into Zulu mysticism, Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa breaks the bonds of traditional silence to share his personal experience as 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.Offers a rare view into the world of a Zulu shaman.
Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa (1922–2020) resided in Pretoria, South Africa, near Johannesburg, where he was a sculptor, painter, and teacher of Zulu lore. His book Indaba, My Children has become a classic of African literature.
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Zulu Shaman Dreams, Prophecies, and Mysteries Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOREWORD BY LUISAH TEISH EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION 1. The Way of the Witch Doctor The Illness Beginning the Cure The Sangoma's Apprentice The Lore of the Soul How a Sangoma Cures The Bone Oracle The Sangoma's Creative and Psychic Powers 2. The Great Goddess The Tree of Life How Evil Came into the World Amarava and the Second People The Childhood of the Second People 3. Of Goddesses and Gods The Four Winds of the Goddess How the Birds Saved the Earth Ngungi, the Crippled Smith of the Gods The Gift of the Magic Flower 4. Tales of the Trickster The Theft of Fire Kintu and the Cattle of the Sun Kintu and the Star Goddess The Trickster's Revenge 5. The Song of the Stars The Song of the Stars Fire Visitors Extraterrestrial Beings Communion 6. The Common Origin of All Humanity Commonalities of Myth, Ritual, and Custom Roots and Commonalities of Language On the Family On Banishing Fear 7. Dreams, Prophecies, and Mysteries On Sleep and Dreaming Prophecies On the Sacred Rock Carvings Science and Religion A Path to Wisdom The Boundaries of Human Life NOTES INDEX
Zulu Shaman Dreams, Prophecies, and Mysteries Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOREWORD BY LUISAH TEISH EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION 1. The Way of the Witch Doctor The Illness Beginning the Cure The Sangoma's Apprentice The Lore of the Soul How a Sangoma Cures The Bone Oracle The Sangoma's Creative and Psychic Powers 2. The Great Goddess The Tree of Life How Evil Came into the World Amarava and the Second People The Childhood of the Second People 3. Of Goddesses and Gods The Four Winds of the Goddess How the Birds Saved the Earth Ngungi, the Crippled Smith of the Gods The Gift of the Magic Flower 4. Tales of the Trickster The Theft of Fire Kintu and the Cattle of the Sun Kintu and the Star Goddess The Trickster's Revenge 5. The Song of the Stars The Song of the Stars Fire Visitors Extraterrestrial Beings Communion 6. The Common Origin of All Humanity Commonalities of Myth, Ritual, and Custom Roots and Commonalities of Language On the Family On Banishing Fear 7. Dreams, Prophecies, and Mysteries On Sleep and Dreaming Prophecies On the Sacred Rock Carvings Science and Religion A Path to Wisdom The Boundaries of Human Life NOTES INDEX
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