We have dealt with different kinds of spirits in the ancestral world and spoke about all sorts of powers, but we have not touched on the souls of those who leave us before they even take a breath of this life.
It is of general knowledge that when we die, we become spiritual guides/ ancestors to those who are still living, providing guidance and protection to them. This is a way in which we evolve after death and reach different level of realm in the spiritual world. On this journey, the spirits take different roles as they evolve and sometimes show themselves in our lives, through dreams and visions. Spirits which are in a bad space transmit negative energy to the living and ask for us to set them free.
Spiritual/ ancestral world is all about energy and balancing of that energy. The energy is cleansed in different ways depending on the healer who is performing the ritual, thus providing a harmonious life to people in the physical world. We have learnt that there may be different kinds of spiritual guides/ ancestors guiding a person all at the same time. These may be male, female, maternal, paternal, grandparents or even great grandparents. All these guides affect the lives of the living in one way or the other and they need to be accepted, acknowledge, honoured and celebrated. By doing so, we are simply recognising the fact that we are all spiritual beings and it does not mean that we worship them in any way.
We have not talked about the case where a soul is terminated before it even becomes a human being. This is the case where a woman has a miscarriage, abort a baby or delivers a still-born baby. We need to clearly understand that a soul of a baby which is not carried to term can still be a spirit to the mother and/or other relatives, like siblings and in some cases even the father. This happens when a person has among his/ her guides a soul of a baby that left this life before birth. This type of soul like all the other spirits can cause problems in our lives even though it was still very tender when it got terminated.
It is important firstly to understand that as we are all spiritual beings, this means that at some stage we are just a though in our parents’’ minds before our conception. This is the stage when two people are still thinking of having a baby. At conception, a foetus is formed and we begin to take shape and become matter. At birth we take our first breath and become physical living beings, and then at death we revert back to being spiritual beings as our soul returns back to the source and we become spirits again. …this is the journey of the soul.
The general knowledge is also that only old people can become ancestors and in my line of work I have seen quite the contrary to this belief. It is very possible that an unborn child can still hung around a mother, amongst all the other ancestors with the hope of being set free, in order to resolve its issues or that of the mother.
“Edlozini”we always stress that a person should understand their life and accept problems and difficult times as they come. When a mother loses an unborn baby, firstly, the mother should understand that there could be different meanings to this occurrence. Mothers who usually have miscarriages have proved to be those mothers who are led by male guides themselves and these male guides have not been properly recognised in the mothers” life. Usually women who have male guides have problems with everything that other normal women have in the physical world, these could be menstrual problems, personal/relationship problems with males, they get miscarriages or have still-born babies at some stage in their lives. All these are spiritual reasons which can trigger a series of events in the spiritual world. -these events may end up manifesting themselves as a result of such a miscarriage in the physical world. In trying to understand this, we need to realise that everything that happens in the physical world is something that has its origin in the spiritual world, as per cycle of life. Sometimes we make a mistake by looking at the problems we have in the physical world in totality without thinking deep that, they have its origin somewhere in the spiritual world. So when a mother loses a baby in this manner, obviously it affects us physical and emotionally but we neglect to look at the spiritual meaning of this.
Firstly we need to understand that for such a mother, there needs to be some spiritual meaning hence she has a miscarriage ( abortion even). If the other male guides that you have in your life are not happy with the way you are handling yourself or you haven’t accepted and recognised them in your life, this may happen to you. It may also happen if maybe you have powers that you refuse to accept formally even though you have been told or you just refuse to believe in the ancestors and their existence in our lives. Another reason may also be the fact that your partner has not honoured your powers when beginning a relationship with you through the process of ukukhunga. All in all, such cases happen when ancestors are not happy with our conduct and they want to show us that they have the power to affect our lives that much...
In the case of an abortion, we need to understand that people make a decision to abort because of different reasons and no one should be in a position to judge... Usually women who are guided by males are much more brave and go getters such that it becomes easy for them to take a decision to abort as opposed to women who are female guided. No matter what the case is, abortion also falls under the scenario where a pregnancy is terminated before the child is born, this being because of a medical complication or a personal matter. And this leaves us with a soul of a child which has not lived but still can wander around as a spirit in our lives.
When this tender spirit is amongst other ancestors in a woman’s life, if feels less important and end up causing problems in that life. Most souls of these babies have come forward and complained that they are among experienced spirits who know more about the physical world than them. The tender spirits feel left out and unimportant and this prompts them to come forward and ask for help. We all know that when spirits speak, we don’t all get the message at the first go. It is usually not until our lives have been totally disrupted that we turn to the spiritual world for answers. These young/ tender spirits usually cry for help in different ways, forcing the mother to do something about their plight.
On the other hand we also need to understand the journey of the soul deeply in order to realise that the foetus/ baby itself has agreed to dying before life in this case and it doesn’t matter whether we are talking about abortion, miscarriage or still-born case. Reason being, each and every soul chooses to return to earth to fulfil certain obligations which may or may not even include living life to the fullest of being carried to term in their mother’s wombs.
When we try and concentrate on the mothers who lose their unborn babies, we can continue to say that it is very important to know and understand your own ancestral status first before you look to the outside causes of your miscarriage. It is also important to know that there certain rituals that need to be done for that unborn baby to set their spirit free and incorporate it with other grown up ancestors so that it serves you well, instead of halting your life. Rituals necessary may differ depending on the healer who is helping you. One important factor though is always to recognise the existence of this tender spirit amongst your guides and in some cases, give it a name so that it can be set free. This is done together with proper cleansing and other important rituals which may be asked by each and every soul that is touched during such a reading.
My brother who comes after me who was still- born, came to me and demanded a name, and asked that he be given some duties to do because he was amongst very old ancestors (as he was the only child who had more energy to run around and help me in my initiation to becoming a spiritual medium). Necessary measures were taken to set him free and some years later he appeared to me in a dream as a grown man of about 26 years and that was the happiest day of my life. He came and told me that he has been set free and has grown and showed such gratitude for everything we have done for him.
Once such a soul has been tapped into, it rises and it says whatever it requires so that it can be set free and then it is cleansed and incorporated to the other old ancestors. This is a very important ritual because if it is not done, it causes a lot of problems or even halts progress in the life of the mother or other siblings of such a baby. The reason why the spirit of this child feels left out is because it is amongst other guides who were once living on earth and are experienced about the life on earth. So, when we pray and ask them for guidance, this young spirit feels clueless because it had not experienced life of earth when it died. This causes it to feel less of a guide thus making it sad and angry and yet we all know that spirits should all float freely and equally after death ( as we are all the same in the spiritual world.)
If proper rituals and recognition is not done to these tender spirits, they end up causing a black cloud over a person they occupy. They also cause a lot of experiences which end up in tears and heartache. A person who has an unhappy baby guide amongst their ancestors often has a problem of being taken lightly in the world or in any relationship they are involved in. This person may complain that others are side- stepping them or they are being left behind while other people progress in life. All this, is usually caused by an upset baby guide that is left unnoticed in a person’s life.
This is the reason why "edlozini"during the month of August, to coincide with the women's month, we will be cleansing all women, who have had miscarriages, abortions or still-born babies...
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Details of the Event
Date: 2 August 2014
Time: 18:00
Venue: Edlozini/ Mnini
Entrance free!!!
074624 0970 bookings essential!!!