Songye power figure

Songye Power Figure (Nkisi)

The Songye people of the Republic of the Congo used Power Figures called Nkishi, (plural - minkisi), also referred to as nkishi, is the general name for an object containing a spirit(s) and there were two types. Typically, each community will have a central large nkisi figure and smaller ones keep by individuals within that community. The large carved community nkisi was used to deal with communal concerns such as crop failure, widespread illness or territorial disputes and protecting its health and fertility, punishing wrongdoers, and keeping witches and evil spirits away. Each Songye village would possess one of these power figures to be brought out during ceremony. Prayers and requests would be asked of the figure - only positive wishes would be granted. Sculpted by a carver to represent a heroic ancestor, the figure became the repository for a powerful spirit when a ritual specialist inserted magical substances into cavities in the head and the abdomen and added a large goat horn (Capra hircus) inserted into the top of the head, rising above and symbolizing power (the wisdom of the elders), fertility and fecundity, as well as perhaps serving as a connection with the cosmos. These Power figures were placed on an altar in a special house and were considered so dangerous that they were never handled with bare hands, only with sticks. When impending danger was sensed, two men would carry the figure through the village to ward off evil, holding it with wooden poles passed under its armpits. Individuals make requests to ancestors through personal smaller nkisi figures. Prayers and requests would be asked of the figure - only positive wishes would be granted. Once a year (the 1st day of the 1st quarter of the lunar cycle), all individual minkisi are placed around the community nkisi to mark the ritual celebration of mukapasu (the day associated with prosperity and regeneration).

Nkisi was the joint creation of a skilled carver and a trained nganga or ritual practitioner. The figures themselves are always male and have a combination of characteristics that constitute a generalized reference to ancestors. They served as a container for potent ingredients used in magic and medicine, and in judicial and healing contexts. The power of such figures depends on their magical ingredients ("bishimba"), concealed in the abdominal cavity, in the top of the head, or in a horn set into the cranium of the statue. These hidden substances acquire potency and interact with the spirit world when assembled according to a precise formula followed by the "nganga," or ritual practitioner. Protective amulets were often placed in the chest of the sculpture. Most important are the many different types of substance and paraphernalia applied to the figures. Most of these are regarded as inherently powerful or aggressive - substances as parts of lions, leopards, snakes, bees and birds of prey; the sexual organs of crocodiles and earth from the tracks of elephants; human elements taken from such exceptional categories of person as suicides, sorcerers, epileptics or twins. Items of regalia may also festoon the figure, recalling the typical attributes of chiefly dress or of the hunter. 

The Nkisi Power Figure pictured stands approximately 32 inches (81.3 cm) tall, 8 inches (20.3 cm) wide and 9 inches (22.9 cm) depth; carved from single piece of wood with enlarged belly usually carved with opening at belly button (receptacle for bishimba),  a horn extends from the top of the head 8 inches (20.3 cm) and has a single hole in it for the insertion of magical ingredients ("bishimba"); protective amulet is attached at the top of the chest, just below the chin; some of the fetish materials and shells are still attached around the bottom of the figure; iron strips  are attached to forehead (refer to great powers of the blacksmith as well as to the dangerous, celestial powers of lightning). These iron strips and the carved facial features of the this Nkisi Power Figure are regional variations that was used by the Songye people at or near Milembwe,  Republic of the Congo.

Photo: Songye Community Nkisi Power Figure from  Milembwe,  Republic of the Congo

Personal collection of Ron Ruble, Ruble's Wonderings Museum.

Interestingly

 In the city of Tarapoto in the State of Age of about 100 children between 11 and 14, they had strange attacks in the last month, they fueled into the unconsciousness, screaming ... but what is really weird that no one knows what that is caused. The doctors examined them and for now they have no explanation of what causes attacks. The local population thinks that it is the presence of demons, and that the demon called that what children played with the ghost plate. Children who experienced attacks claim that they had a sense of as if someone was chasing them and wanting to strangle them. All children confirm this story, one boy said that even a few children from different departments had an attack at the same time.

Hasty bridge

 Near the town of Dumbarton in Scotland there is an overton bridge built in the late 19th century. What is interesting about this bridge is that in the period since it was built until today about 600 dogs jumped from this bridge that is about 15 meters high. More than 50 dogs thus performed suicide, and a few dogs that survivors jumped up and repeatedly. It is also interesting that all dogs jump on the same side of the bridge, and the owners claim that before they jump the dogs look into the sky and whims. The local population thinks that the bridge persecutes the evil spirits, especially after the incident that happened in 1994 when Kevin Moy threw his son from the bridge that was only 2 weeks old, and then tried to kill himself.

Ukleti most

U blizini grada Dumbarton u Škotskoj se nalazi Overton most koji je izgradjen krajem 19. veka. Ono što je zanimljivo u vezi ovog mosta je to što je u periodu od kad je izgrađen pa do danas oko 600 pasa skocilo sa ovog mosta koji je visok oko 15 metara. Više od 50 pasa je time izvršilo samoubistvo, a nekoliko pasa koji su preživeli su skočili i više puta. Zanimljivo je i to što svi psi skaču sa iste strane mosta, i vlasnici tvrde da pre nego sto skoče psi gledaju u nebo i cvile. Lokalno stanovništvo misli da most progone zli duhovi, pogotovo posle incidenta koji se dogodio 1994 godine kada je Kevin Moy sa mosta bacio svog sina koji je bio star svega 2 nedelje, a zatim je pokušao i sam da se ubije.

Prosli zivot

Veruje se da kada na koži imate neki "beleg" od rođenja, da je to znak da ste u predhodnom životu bili nasilno ubijeni, te da je verovatno na tom mestu nanesena fatalna povreda. Trogodišnji dečak iz grada Golan Hajts koji se nalazi u blizini Sirije je rođen sa jednim takvim belegom na glavi. On je rekao svojim roditeljima da je u prošlom životu ubijen sekirom i da ga je ubica udario tačno u to mesto. Nakon toga njegovi roditelji su po njegovoj priči uspeli da lociraju grad u kome on tvrdi da je živeo. Dečak se u međuvremenu setio i svog imena iz prošlog života. Kada je jedan meštanin načuo to ime rekao im je da je taj čovek nestao pre od prilike 4 godine i niko ga od tada nije video. Kada su prolazili kroz grad dečak je prepoznao jednog čoveka, oslovio ga imenom i prezimenom i rekao mu je sledeće "Ti si moj komšija, posvađali smo se i ti se me ubio", kasnije ih je dečak odveo do mesta gde je bilo zakopano njegovo telo kao i do mesta gde je bila zakopana sekira. Nakon toga je ubica priznao zločin.

Masonski testament ili uputa za zivot nakon nuklearnog napada

Vise od 40 godina Ameri se spore oko misterioznog spomenika na cijim je blokovima ispisano 10 zapovjedi.

Spomenik se nalazi u Elbert County. Podignut je 1980 godine.

Granitni spomenik visok 5,87 metara, tezak 110 tona.

Na njemu je ispisano 10 zapovjedi na osam svjetskih jezika(engleski, ruski, španski, kineski, hinduski, arapski, zidovski i svahili)

Također je navedeno da je ispod spomenika zakopana vremenska kapsula.

Na sredini ploče pise:

"Neka ovo bude nit vodilja ka Dobu razuma"

DESET ZAPOVJEDI:

1.Odrzavaj covjecanstvo ispod 500 miliona kako bi odrzao balans sa prirodom.

2.Mudro upravljaju reprodukcijom.

3.Ujedini covjecanstvo novim jezikom

4.Neka vladaju strast i vjera sve sa odmjerenim razumom

5.Zastiti ljude postenim zakonom

6.Dopusti svim narodima samoupravljanje, a razmirice neka rjese na svjetskom sudu.

7.Izbjegavaj sitnicave zakone i nepotrebna pravila.

8.Osobna prava neka budu uravnotežena sa drustvenim duznostima

9.Cijeni istinu

10.Ne budi rak zemlje, ostavi mjesta za prirodu.

Najprihvacenija je teorija koja tvrdi da spomenik predstavlja upute kako obnoviti civilizaciju nakon uništenja, namjenjen je kao poruka prezivjelima, kojih ne bi trebalo biti više od 500 miliona. 

Da li vjerujete vidovnjacima

Ova godina nam nije donijela nista lijepo i nista obecavajuce. Glavna tema koja nije lijepa za cuti nikome od nas je taj rat u Rusiji i strah od Treceg svjetskog rata. Kazu da bi to bio strahovit razarajuci rat. Jednom su pitali Ajnstajna sa cim ce se ljudi boriti u Trecem svjetskom ratu, rekao je:

"Nisam siguran sa cim ce u Trecem, ali ce u Cetvrtom lukom i strijelom"

Niko ne bi želio da do toga dodje. A sada da se osvrnemo na vidovnjake, da vidimo sta su oni rekli, pa krecem od najpoznatijeg

NOSTRADAMUS (1503-1556)

Za ovu godinu kaze ne vidi treci svjetski rat, i ovo sto je pocelo ubrzo ce stati, stim sto ce Rusija ojacati svoje ekonomske i političke veze sa Kinom i Indijom.Vidi velike poplave sirom zemlje i veliku glad. Najavljuje novi virus,koji dolazi iz vode.

MATRONA MOSKOVSKA(1881-1952)Prorice pad Rusije i prestanak zapocetog rata, Rusija ce ostati sama.

BABA VANGA(1911-1996)

Nimalo lijepo, ali najavljuje treci svjetski rat, krvoprolića, veliku glad. 

VOLF MESING(1889-1974)

Predvidio je pocetak rata, ali jedan događaj mijenja sve. 

Pojava novog Mesije, sto ce stvoriti novu globalnu religiju. 

KENTON BEROS 

Tvrdi da je ovo godina Apokalipse, koja će trajati sedam godina, nakon cega ce doci do Armagedona. 

ALEKSEJ POHUBOV(1983)

Mladi i priznati vidovnjak, Prorice pocetak Treceg svjetskog rata i veliku glad. 

Sve u svemu, prognoze nisu nimalo obecavajuce, ako nije rat, jeste glad i virusi. 

Nadam se da ce vidovnjaci pogrijesiti.