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Zulu Shaman: Dreams, Prophecies, and Mysteries (Song of the Stars)

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Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa is a "sangoma" (a Zulu Shaman who has chosen to go beyond the traditional boundaries of silence). Edited by Stephen Larsen, Zulu Shaman: Dreams, Prophecies, And Mysteries is the autobiographical story of Mutwa, an English-trained Christian schoolteacher who followed the calling to become a shaman and keeper of folklore even as his grandfather once was. Presenting powerful stories and myths of creation; how his ancestors came to the world; tales of gods and evil beings; and visions to promote peace and harmony, Zulu Shaman is a unique work of spiritual insight and Zulu mysticism which is an invaluable contribution to African Metaphysical Studies reference collections and reading lists.

Here we get a fascinating account of how a Zulu shaman gets called to his profession and what healing and divination entail in the context of South African native healers (sangomas). Mutwa brings in details that I haven't seen anywhere else... for example, how divination bones, the essential aspect of sangoma art, are obtained and how a combination of plants and energy are used in healing mentally and physically sick people. He talks about ancient power objects held in storage by his tribe and about the knowledge, accumulated by his tribe of hundreds of years, of the alternate reality that one can encounter in the bush. Above all, this book allows one to one witness the sophistication of the Zulu, including their techniques for training and retraining the initiate's perception and awareness.

This is a valuable book.

The chapters on the ET's in the this book are phenomenal i read this book like i was a sponge absorbing the knowledge and wisdom from credo like i was a small child. Excellent, exciting and frightening at the same time. It is hard to find information on particular ET races but Credo has had so much first hand experience as many in Africa have from these beings, which are told in the stories from the dogon tribes. The Myths, legends and the cultures are fascinating and full of spirit!

This book is a wonderful introduction to African traditional beliefs, practises, legends, rituals and mythology. This book was first published under the title, Song of the Stars in 1996. It has since been republished as Zulu Shaman from 2003 onwards. The Dark Continent is how Africa has often been described. This is clearly how Western people have always seen Africa. Are we savages, are we backwards or are we simply being judged without understanding?

Great thanks have to be extended to Luisah Teish and Stephen Larsen who helped made this book possible. It is unconceivable to most in South Africa, the impact that Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa has had the world over. This book illustrates the wealth of traditional knowledge from Africa that is potentially lost to the world without the oral tradition being put into writing. So although many taboos have been broken, it is has become necessary.

Some astonishing people are mentioned in the book like JJ Hurtok, Dr John Mack, and other luminaries. These people and others have for decades come from all over the world to seek out the ancient wisdom contained in this book.

The Way of the Witchdoctor is Credo's personal journey and initiation into the ancient African shamanic traditions. The Great Goddess emphasise the importance of the sacred feminine in African spirituality. Of Goddesses and Gods shows how African values or morals are relayed through stories. Tales of the Trickster contains humour from stories about the great trickster Kintu. The Song of the Stars explores extra-terrestrial origins in African mythology from Dogon, to the Massai, to the Zulu people. The Common Origin of All Humanity begins to move into Mutwa's personal philosophy and worldview. Dreams, Prophecies and Mysteries is possibly the most exciting because it discusses visions and possibilities of the future as seen through the eyes of one of the last remaining high sanusi's in the world.

This book serves as an excellent introduction to Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa, and African mysteries. As someone else mentioned to me, he moves from tradition to the modern (wanting to become a teacher), and moving back to tradition. Surely a African answer to Joseph Campbell if ever there was one.

I took an intensive course in Zulu twenty years ago.So I was excited to find Mutwa's text. When immersed in a language, one begins to acquire some of the speakers' view of the world, indeed the universe. This is why I read African folklore and wish that more people would start to tell stories that link us together. The text is at times pedagogical, but that is a small price to pay of these stories.

I don't know WHAT I expected...but for anyone to recommend reading this - I believe that they were smoking something...and maybe dropping acid at the same time.

Maybe THAT was what Mutwa was doing when he wrote this!

My head kept saying..."WHAT?" I couldn't believe that someone sorta credible like David Icke (aside from the lizard people thing) would pair himself with someone who most people would believe is a certifiable nut!

This book was a hard read. My MIND rebelled and had a hard time thinking of it as the basis for Zulu cosmology.

A really hard time.

I'd like ANOTHER shaman to do some writing on what the religious basis of such a strong and invincible army really was. I can HARDLY believe it was this.

Now the YouTube videos with this guy (Mutwa) in it were a bit disturbing. This book confirms that he lives in another galaxy that only exists in delusional and disturbed minds.

I could not even finish this thing. It should have been in the fantasy section, with the likes of books like Harry Potter. No one should take this seriously. The only thing I could do, aside from throwing it away, was to donate it to a library so no one else would spend money on it.

David...I am a bit disappointed that you saw this guy as credible. Your work on such videos as, "Problem, Reaction, Solution" not only entertain, but helps to lift the veil for sheeple who are becoming awake.

But this???

Hummm...methinks that you team with people like this to partially discredit your work...which keeps you off the radar of the guys you chose to expose - a well thought out plan to keep you alive.

That's the ONLY explanation that makes any sense.

Save your money and do not buy this book. IF you're curious, maybe someone has donated this to your local library.

Another use for this book: It could work in a pinch as toilet paper.
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