Sacred Sites
Africa’s Great Mysteries Africa’s River of Gold By Louise Clarke
Around the world, tribal knowledge has been fiercely guarded for all time by a small group of highly initiated wisdom keepers. The Great Knowledge, or ‘Umland’ of our land here in Africa is so sacred, that should an initiate breaks his code of silence, he willingly accepts a curse upon his life and his family that will extend seven generations. One can only wonder at the gravity of the responsibility of holding such secrets. And we can only imagine what of our ‘history’ is so sacred… and why? The long and arduous initiation process attained through acutely exacting rituals is performed by the shaman, who attempts to pass through
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four successive stages of ascension. This is achieved, either through shamanic ecstatic trance, or in the case of Baba Credo Mutwa, through acute suffering. This evolutionary process leads the shaman ultimately to a cosmic connection where they are able to access ‘star knowledge’ to bring enlightenment to all living beings on earth. The Egyptian myth of origin speaks of ‘Zep Tepi’ or ‘First Time’, a remote epoch prior to ancient Egypt. It is a void of Time and Space where matter and antimatter merge to create new realities. It is the Zero Point, the home of creational forces where reality is shaped through sound, light, and colour. On earth, this point signifies the Nilotic Meridian, a ley line which runs the length of Africa, from the Great Sphinx in Giza, along the river Nile to
the Timbavati in South Africa and beyond, at 31 degrees 14 minutes East. The ancient Egyptians believed that the river Nile was an earthly copy of the Milky Way and the strategic positioning of the pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx and the Nile Delta at this location, represent the centrepiece of an architectural star map. Similarly, the word ‘Timbavati’ means ‘river of stars’ or ‘the river that never runs dry’. The Umlando tells us that there is a subterranean river extending from the Nile in the north, all the way to the south along the meridian that holds the continent of Africa together. It also holds the landmasses of earth together. According to the Great Knowledge, the subterranean river beneath the Nile is associated to ‘Lulungwa
“This evolutionary process leads the shaman ultimately to a cosmic connection where they are able to access ‘star knowledge’…” Supernal Magazine
