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Ukuhluka Kwamabhayi / Differentiating Amabhayi

Traditional Healers/Izangoma are known to wear or drape themselves with different coloured amabhayi. What most people don’t know is that isangoma doesn’t just choose which ibhayi/amabhayi he or she will use and wear as this is determined and defined by the spirits that possess them. Abelaphi bendabuko banezingubo abazigqokayo uma beqhuba umsebenzi wabo wokwelapho. Lezingubo noma izimpahla ziyakwazi ukuthi zibaveze njengabantu abenza lomsebenzi ngoba azigqokwa yinoma ngubani. Lapha sizobheka ukuhlukana kwazo lezingubo ngemibala nokuthi zichazani. Abelaphi bendabuko bahlanganisa izangoma, izinyanga nabathandazi. Kukhona labo abaneziphiwo eziningi umuntu eyedwa njengokuthi omunye abe yisangoba aphinde abe ngumthandazi. Ngokuhlukana nangokusebenza kwabo kunezimpahla zokugqoka abazisebenzisayo.   Uma umuntu egqoka ibhayi elibomvu elinamahawu (red with shields) it is believed that usuke engenwe amakhehla (unendiki). Idlozi lakhe kusuke kungoyise mkhulu. Ibhayi elikuhlaza okwesi...
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Ukuvuma Idlozi/Accepting a calling

ukuvuma Idlozi/Accepting an ancestral calling is not as complicated as it believed to be. Most people are of the impression that in order to accept an ancestral calling one must part with hundreds or even thousands of rands to pay the isangoma who oversees this. This should not be the case at all. Ukungazi kuyahlupha (not knowing is problematic), because our priorities and the priorities of the ancestors are very different. Ancestors are more concerned with the emotional and spiritual well-being as opposed to physical and tangible things. Hence even when it comes to ukuvuma Idlozi/accepting the calling one does not need to spend a lot of money doing and buying thing that the ancestors are not bothered with. Ukuvuma Idlozi requires sincerity, purity and a deep understanding of who and what it is exactly that you are  accepting. One has to be patient as well because Idlozi can be very stubborn and feisty more especially if you have been ignoring it for a long ...
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Undesrstanding Amadlozi/Ancestors

This is a very complex topic. By that I mean It takes time to truly understand Amadlozi and their way of doing things. Remember that they are living in the spiritual realm so the way they communicate with us or the way in which they try to get our attention can be very confusing and may or may not cause havoc in our lives. Firstly one needs to know the different types of Amadlozi / Amathongo that one is living with. This may be difficult for an ordinary person. But I will try and briefly outline the differences:  Amadlozi They are family members who have departed from this world and may be of your maternal or paternal lineage (there really is no particular lineage). Everyone has amadlozi with them and in their household. Idlozi Simply put this is the spirit of one who is departed having had the gift of helping others spiritually or otherwise (an iThongo that possesses someone).Your strength as one with Idlozi is dependant on the strength of iDlozi itself. ...
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