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 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

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Mangakatsi’, Africa’s legendary underground river and, in the course of Baba Mutwa’s initiation into this knowledge; he was shown how this great underground river is associated with gold.

So, Lulungwa Mangakatsi is not only a great river running beneath the earth like a shower of stars of the Milky Way in the heavens, it is also a vein of gold running beneath the African continent.

Credo Mutwa speaks of the Milky Way being the ‘spinal fluid’ of the Universe. He also tells us that gold’s natural existence in the bowels of our planet is essential to life on earth.

Gold is not simply a physical metal, it is also a spiritual metal with profound metaphysical purpose, controlling the existence, flow, and purification of fresh water on our planet. Gold and copper supply the energy that causes rivers to flow and be cleansed.

“Just as the white ant digs deep underground and returns through earth with gold dust, so we Sanusis work with the sacred metals of knowledge.” - Credo Mutwa. At the level of highest priesthood, gold and sacred knowledge are one and the same; the one being the spiritual form of the other.

Looking at the map and tracing the line of the prime meridian between Giza and the Timbavati, we see that clustered along this line are many famous gold mining empires. Great Zimbabwe is a key example, with the famous gold mining towns of Barberton and Pilgrim’s Rest in South Africa, to mention just a few. There have also been hundreds of ancient smelting sites discovered, which align to this vein of gold.

The act of mining gold in Africa is a very old practice, extending deep into the mists of time and the origins of humanity. Gold has been the cause of great civilisations and of deadly wars on earth.

Yet, aside from the modern value of the metal, gold holds qualities our most esteemed shamans deem essential to life!

In Africa there is a sacred river of gold, which nourishes all places, all lands, and all beings.

Lulungwa Mangakatsi not only holds the essence of life on our planet, it also holds the seed of higher wisdom and consciousness, the memory of all that was and all that will become.

In my next segment we will discover another element of connection along this prime meridian. A seed of consciousness from the heavens - The White Lions of the Timbavati.

Louise Clarke Exploring sacred sites in Africa and walking as an art of healing.