Emakhosini with Gogo Nomalanga

What is “Amanzi amnyama”?– This is a situation where abangasekho are in complete misery and have no good communication amongst themselves and their human families. This situation could be deliberately brought about by someone with the aim of creating instability among the living, the dead or both. Lolu wuhlobo lokuthakatha olwejwayelekile ukwenzeka ozalweni Iwasibongo sinye olumonazelanayo noma olungezwani. Kuyenzeka kubekhona oyedwa nje ozalweni ozokwenza lolu hlobo lokuthakatha, ethakatha abantu bozalo Iwakhe. Uma ephehla amanzi amnyama usuke ephendula amadlozi ngokusebenzisa inhlabathi yamathuna ayihlanganise neminye imithi emibi ukuze amadlozi akubo alufulathele uzalo. Ngalolu hlobo lokuthakatha usuke ewaluthe ngendlela·yokuthi abheke yena yedwa kumbe yena nomndeni wakhe, amenzele izinhlanhla, amvikele emikhuhlaneni nasemashweni. Uzalo-ke lapho alulungelwa lutho, kuba mnyama konke kulo kuzekuyobheda nasenzalweni imbala. Imisebenzi yamanzi amnyama ibonakala ngokuthi kuy...

As I've mentioned before in the first article, amaphupho/dreams have different meanings for different people and their umsamo because amadlozi and amathongo communicate with their subjects through them. It is for this reason that communicative dreams should be followed up on and their true meaning should also be confirmed with those who are gifted in the interpretation of dreams. Having said this however; there are dreams that can/may generally be interpreted outside of a formal consultation. Those dreams are believed to have universal meanings for certain tribes. Even so, it is still always advisable that when one gets communicative dreams they must look into them to get a clearer understanding of the messages that are being communicated through this channel. What causes one to forget their dreams? I have heard many people complain that they cannot remember amaphupho abo. Often time you will wake up knowing very well that you had an important dream, but for the life of you, ...

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...

People need to understand that not everyone onabantu abadala and not not everyone who completes ukuthwasa aphothule will become a practicing isangoma. Sometimes all the ancestors want is for someone to rectify the mistakes that they made besaphila. i.e. It could be that they never accepted their calling nor acknowledged abanikazi beziphiwo zabo or perhaps they did not believe in ancestors etc. So as a result, when they pass on they are unable to be reunited to the rest of the ancestors and their spirits linger around in limbo or in search of a soul that can fulfill the what they were not able to. Once they attach or possess that soul, they start to make themselves known by afflicting pain and misfortune on their subject. This by the way is their way of saying, 'get your ass up and go find out why all this is happening to you'  which is very selfish if you ask me. Mind you labantu come to their subject in an uncleansed   state, they carry so much baggage with them in terms of...

Reincarnation is the religious or philosophical concept that the soul or spirit, after biological death, begins a new life in a new body that may be human, animal or spiritual depending on the moral quality of the previous life's actions. I am a reincarnation of uGogo kamkhulu wami, an angelic spirit who prayed a lot, umuntu owayezithanda ngalendlela exakile and was also loved dearly by her husband, someone who lived 4 generations before me. I know most people do not believe in this concept but it is very true and real. I don't only represent her spirit and energy, but also the wisdom she acquired through myriad of lifetimes. She is my primary ancestor, and since I am aware and work with her specific energy - she is my primary guide and will be throughout my lifetime. At the end of my life, she will return to her identical spirit self and merge into one, taking the additional knowledge gained from my her experience with me as a form of payment. Then there's my secondar...

Bakwethu ake ngichaze lodaba uma kuthiwa umuntu ungenwe umoya kuhlukene UMuntu uyangenwa umoya omubi ongesilo idlozi. Umoya ongcolile umoya othunyelwe abathakathi bazoganga ngalowo muntu - umoya ofana nezizwe , umoya ofana nokuvuselwa umuntu osashona kuthiwa kahlale kuwe , nezilwane nokunye okuningi lena imimoya emibi futhi engezile kahle eze ngobubi Kube khona umoya wedlozi noma wabantu abadala, nakubantu abadala kukhona idlozi elihle nedlozi elibi. Idlozi elibi ngichaze - idlozi la uthola khona ukuthi abantu bafa ngezingozi bangangezwa umkhokha ungavalwa , bangenzelwa misebenzi labantu bayaduba bese befulathela iboke laba abaphenduka babe idlozi elibi. Uma likungenile likwenzisa izinto ezimbi futhi, kodwa okwaledlozi elibi kuyalashwa. Idlozi elibi liyagezwa bese nalo liza kahle bese nalo lisebenzele ikhaya kahle. Ngikhulume ngedlozi elihle, leli idlozi noma umoya wedlozi omuhle owenza okuhle uniphe inhlanhla ,univikele unenzele okuhle. Uma ungenwe ilomoya uyelapha ...

Thank you to all those who signed up for the workshops, it has indeed been exciting and enlightening. I too have learned a lot from you all. The topic of Amadlozi is an intricate one and there is no one person who can claim that they know all there is to know on this topic. So we shall continue learning from one another! I believe that we have 2 or 3 more workshops left for this year, anyone making a group booking; please note that you will have to make the booking as early as possible to avoid disappointment because I only host a small group for each workshop. For those who are on the mentor-ship programme, nothing has given me more pleasure than to see the progress you are making and to witness your growth throughout the programme. May God and the great Spirits that are within you see you through! Thokozani!