Mystery of the White Lions by Linda Tucker

Author:Linda Tucker
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Hay House, Inc.
Published: 2010-07-13T16:00:00+00:00

15

PLAYING WITH THE SUN GOD’S CHILDREN

It is an African belief that the wild animals do not belong to man, but to God. To kill them for so-called “sport,” I believe, is a crime against God. In contrast, to protect the wild animals . . . we reflect God within us.

– GARETH PATTERSON

While Mutwa’s despondency at the human condition weighed heavily on my own spirits, there were many occasions when I felt uplifted and inspired, overcome by an intense sense of pride. Unexpectedly, one day Mutwa told me that he would “begin to inlay the three arrows of green, red, and pure transparent and pluck the feathers of the eagle” in preparation for my introduction to the ritual of the sacred bow sometime in the future. I had never had any leanings toward priesthood or a religious calling of any kind, yet I was being drawn further and further into the mysterious world of lion shamanism. I felt deeply honored by his words, but they scared me, too. I remembered how the lion-heroine figures from world mythology were often depicted with bows of spiritual armament, and wondered what battle lay ahead.

“I am history, ma’am, you are the future,” he said poignantly. “Sharpen your sword and assegaai [spear] of the spirit . . . Sharpen the gifts which God gave you, so that you can help to liberate mankind from his mental imprisonment.”

“But how might I do this?” I asked, feeling inadequate and uncertain of the role he was bestowing upon me in respect of humankind’s “imprisoned” condition.

“Begin by sharpening your natural powers of prophecy,” Mutwa explained further. “Prophecy is not a supernatural force – it is a gift we all possess. As you should know, ma’am, wild animals possess great powers of prophecy. When everything looks fine but we know in our hearts something is wrong – what we might call an “early warning signal” – that is prophecy.”

I listened quietly.

“Seers all over the globe have been picking up the warning signals for a long time, ma’am. Today, we live in the most important time for human beings. We live in a time of catastrophes and real miracles.”

These words reminded me of Mutwa’s observation that, for the first time in human history, the various religions of the world are agreed on one thing: the anticipated return of a god or gods. In Zululand, he had told me, his people, the Zulus, are expecting the return of Mvelinqangi, the one-legged sun god.

He had also told me of the prophecy made by King Shaka a few years before he died, that the seventh king of the Zulus ruling after him would be the last king of these people. Explaining that his heart ached for his people, he pointed out that “today’s King Zwelethini is the seventh.”

On being asked whether this prophecy meant that things were coming to an end for his people, he responded with a grim nod of his head. “Yes, ma’am, that is true,” he conceded. “But listen to me carefully: a prophecy does not have to be fulfilled.

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