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Vol. 18 OKTOBHA 1913 1

Ilungelo lokushicilela ngo-1913 ngu-HW PERCIVAL

IZIXHOBO

(Iyaqhutywa)

NGOKUQHALASELAYO ukusilela ngokubanzi kokukholelwa kwiintsomi nakwiakhawunti yabantu abanamava ngezinye zezibakala ezichaziweyo kunye nento ebizwa ngokuba yi-ghost ye-ghost umnqweno, zikhona izipoki ezikhoyo kwaye zinokubonakala. Umntu onomdla kwisayikholoji nakwizinto ezingaqhelekanga akufuneki angakholelwa, akhanye, angakhathaleli, okanye ahlebe, kodwa kufuneka ahlole kwaye azame ukuqonda kwaye afunde ukwazi, oonobangela bokuveliswa kwesiporho kunye neziphumo ezibangelwa zizo, kwaye kuya kufuneka azame uku Sebenzisa ngokufanelekileyo oko akwaziyo.

Iminqweno yeminqweno yaninzi ibonwa ebusuku kwaye ngexesha lamaphupha. Isilwanyana sibumba umntu abubone emaphupheni, zizinto ezinqwenelekayo zemimoya. Ukubonakaliswa kungumdaka opendwe, umnyama weendidi zezilwanyana. Ayinabungozi, ayinantsingiselo kwaye ayinazintshukumo, zibonakala ngathi zitshintshelwa apha naphaya ngaphandle kwenjongo.

Iminqweno yeminqweno kumaphupha anombala kunye nokuhamba. Bavelisa unxunguphalo, uloyiko, umsindo okanye ezinye iimvakalelo, emva kohlobo lwezilwanyana abakulo kunye namandla omnqweno abashukunyiswa ngawo. Iminqweno yeminqweno iyingozi ngakumbi xa ingabonwa kunoko ibonwa, kumaphupha; kuba, engabonakali, ixhoba lazo elincinci kunokwenza inkcaso. Iminqweno yomphefumlo wamadoda aphilayo inokuthatha ubume bayo; kodwa isilwanyana esibonakaliswa ngumnqweno siyakubonisa kwaye silawule imilo, okanye isiporho sinokuba sisilwanyana ngokuma komntu, okanye isiqingatha somntu, isiqingatha sesilwanyana ekwimo, okanye enye indibaniselwano yenyama yabantu kunye nezilwanyana. Oku kumiselwa bubunzulu kunye nokungatshati kweminqweno, okanye ngokwahluka okanye ukudibanisa kweminqweno.

Ayizizo zonke iintlobo zezilwanyana ephupheni ezinqwenelekayo zamadoda aphileyo. Izixhobo eziyimizimba yeminqweno zinokusebenzisa okanye ngaphandle kolwazi kwabo zivela kubo. Ngokwesiqhelo iziporho ezinjalo azenzi ngokwazi kwabo bazidalayo. Amadoda, njengommiselo, awagxilwe ngokwaneleyo komnye weminqweno yawo ukuze lo mnqweno uqokelele amandla kunye nobunzima obaneleyo ukuze indoda ikwazi oko kububuthongo bayo. Umnqweno oqhelekileyo wesiporho somntu ophilayo uya emntwini okanye kwindawo apho inkanuko inyanzela khona, kwaye uya kwenza ngokobunjalo bokunqwenela, kwaye njengokuba umntu ovumile ukwenza oko angavumela.

Iindidi zezilwanyana zamadoda aphilayo ezibonakala ngamaphupha zicacile okanye azicacanga. Bahlala ixesha elide okanye badlula ngokukhawuleza; Babonisa ubunyaniso, ubuhlobo, ukungakhathali; kwaye banokunyanzela ukuzithoba ngokunkwantya, okanye bavuselele inkcaso yomnye, okanye bavuse amandla ocalulo kulowo uphuphayo.

Xa indoda iphazanyiswe ngumnqweno wokufunxa, kwaye ichitha ixesha elininzi kunye nengcinga, ke loo mnqweno uya kuthi ekugqibeleni ubume kwaye ubonakale rhoqo okanye ebusuku ngamaphupha akhe okanye abanye, nangona abanye beyibonayo bengazi ukuba ivela phi. Ngokuziqhelanisa neminqweno yabo emide kunye necacisiweyo, amanye amadoda aphumelele ekuqulunqeni iifom zeminqweno yabo ngexesha lokulala nasekusebenzeni ngesazela kwezi fomu zisephupha. Kwiimeko ezinjalo ezi zipho zinqwenelekayo zamadoda aphilayo zinokubonwa kungekuphela nje ngephupha, kodwa zinokubonwa nangabanye abaphaphileyo kwaye bezazi ngokupheleleyo iimvakalelo zabo.

Iphiko lesilo elinokuthi lisetyenziswe njengomzekelo. Ayingabo bonke abanike ubungqina malunga neewerwolves ezifanele zithathwe njengenganyanisekanga okanye ubungqina bezimvo zabo bungangqinelani. Ubungqina bamava anama-werwolves, ahlukaniswe ngexesha kwaye eza kwimithombo eyahlukeneyo kodwa avuma malunga nomxholo ophambili wamava, ingcuka, kufuneka ibangele ukuba indoda yeengcinga ingamisi umgwebo kuphela, kodwa igqibe kwelokuba kufuneka kubekhona into ebonakalayo. Inyaniso yile nto ibangela werwolf, nokuba khange abenawo amava anjalo. Ngenxa yemeko yala mava, umntu onamava akaqondi, kwaye abo bayivileyo bayibiza ngokuba “luphawu.”

I werwolf yindoda-ingcuka okanye ingcuka-umntu. Ibali le-werwolf kukuba umntu onamandla otshintsho angatshintshwa abe yingcuka, kwaye ukuba, xa sele enze njengeengcuka, uphinda abume bobuntu bakhe. Ibali le-werwolf livela kwimimandla emininzi ebubom kwaye iyinyumba, apho ubomi buphakathi kwaye bukhohlakeleyo, amaxesha abunzima kwaye bunzima.

Kukho izigaba ezininzi zebali le-werwolf. Xa wayehamba kwindlela engayodwa umhambi weva iinyawo zisiya ngasemva. Xa ejonga ngasemva kwindlela egudileyo yendlela, wabona omnye umntu emlandela. Umgama wakhawuleza wancitshiswa. Wabanjwa lunkwantyo kwaye walikhulisa ijubane lakhe, kodwa lowo ulandelayo wamfumana. Njengoko umntu osukelayo esondela, imvakalelo engacacanga yagcwalisa umoya. Lowo ulandelayo nalowo wabonakala njengendoda waba yingcuka. Isothuso yawa phezu komhambi; uloyiko lwanika amaphiko ezinyaweni zakhe. Kodwa ingcuka yasala isondele ngasemva, ibonakala ngathi ilinde amandla exhoba ukuba ingaphumeleli phambi kokuba imgqibe. Kodwa kanye xa lo mzwilikazi wayewile okanye sele eza kuwa, waphulukana nengqondo, okanye weva ukuqhuma kwemipu. Ingcibi yanyamalala, okanye yabonakala ngathi yenzekile kwaye ibalekile, okanye, ekuvuseleleni kwengqondo yayo, lo mntu wayezingela wafumana umhlanguli wakhe ecaleni kwakhe nengcuka efileyo ezinyaweni zakhe.

Ingcuka ihlala ingumxholo webali; umntu omnye okanye abaliqela banokubona indoda, kwaye ke ingcuka, okanye ingcuka kuphela. Ingcuka inokuthi okanye ihlasele; osukelayo unokuwa aze angabikho zingqondweni; xa ifika kuyo, ingcuka ihambile, nangona isenokubonakala ngathi ingaphezulu kwenduli xa iwayo; kwaye, umntu osukelwa yiwerwolf unokuthi emva koko afunyanwe efile, nangona, ukuba werwolf wayengunobangela wokufa kwakhe, umzimba wakhe awuzukuqhaqeka, kwaye usenokungabonisi naluphi na uphawu lokwenzakala.

Ukuba ikhona ingcuka ebalini kwaye ingcuka ibulawa okanye ibanjiwe, loo ngcuka ibingeyiyo iwolfw, kodwa yingcuka. Amabali aphathelele kweengcuka zokwenyani xa kuxelelwa ukungazi nokuhonjiswa ngefashoni, kubangela ukuba abo banengcinga enzulu baphikise amabali eWerwolf. Kodwa kukho umahluko.

Ingcuka sisilwanyana senyama. I-werwolf ayisiyokomzimba, kodwa ngumnqweno wabantu ngohlobo lwezilwanyana ezihambelana nemilo. Kuyo yonke i-werwolf ebonakalayo kukho umntu ophilayo ovela kuye.

Uhlobo lwaso nasiphi na isilwanyana sinokubonakala ngohlobo lwaso njengesiporho somnqweno. IWerwolf apha inikezwe njengomzekelo kuba yeyona ndawo yaziwa kakhulu ngokubonakala okunjalo. Kukho unobangela wendalo kwaye kukho iinkqubo zendalo kuyo yonke imbonakalo ye werwolf engasuswanga kukoyikisa okanye kwifashoni. Ukwenza nokwenza iprojekti yomnqweno njenge werwolf okanye esinye isilwanyana, umntu kufuneka abe nalo mandla ngokwendalo okanye afumane amandla ngoqeqesho nangokuziqhelanisa.

Ukubona umnqweno wesiporho kufuneka ujonge iimpembelelo zengqondo. Oku akuthethi ukuba akukho mntu kodwa i-psychic enokubona isiporho somnqweno. Ngenxa yokuba iminqweno yeminqweno yenziwe ngezinto ezinqwenelekayo, izinto ezihambelana nemilo, zibonakala ngokuqinisekileyo kwabo basebenza ngaphakathi nophuhliso lwendalo, kodwa abantu ababizwa ngokuba "ziintloko ezilukhuni" ababengakholelwa ekubonakalisweni kwengqondo kwaye bengathathelwa ngqalelo kwimeko yengqondo Iimpembelelo, uzibonile iziporho zomnqweno ngelixa ukunye nabanye abantu kwaye xa uwedwa.

Umnqweno wesiporho ngowokubonakala ngokulula ngakumbi umthamo kunye nobungqingqwa bokunqwenela komenzi wayo, kwaye truer uyigcina kuhlobo lwayo. Umntu odla ilifa amandla okanye unesiphiwo sendalo sokuvelisa imimoya enomnqweno, uhlala ebakhulisa ngokuzithandela bengazi ngendalo yakhe. Kodwa uyakuthi ngexesha elithile azazi iimveliso zakhe, kwaye emva koko ikhondo lokwenza ligqibe kuzo zonke iinjongo zakhe zangaphambili kunye nezenzo ezikhokelela kuyo.

Umntu onesi sipho sendalo uvelisa isiporho sakhe ebusuku xa elele. Umnqweno wakhe ghost unokubonwa ebusuku kuphela. Umnqweno abewubambe ngaphambili okanye kwiintsuku ezidlulileyo ngokuqokelela ngamandla ebusuku, uthatha indlela ephantse ibonakalise uhlobo lwayo lomnqweno kwaye ngamandla ayo omnqweno uphume kwimatrix yelungu lomzimba womenzi wayo. Ke iyazula de iye kutsalwa yinto ethile enqwenelekayo, okanye iye kwaoko kwindawo ethile okanye emntwini apho umnqweno unxulumene khona nomzali womzali. Nawuphi na umphakamo wentshukumo yaso kwaye ngokufanelekileyo unxibelelana nohlobo lwalo mnqweno wokuphefumla uya kuyibona njengengcuka, impungutye, ingonyama, inkunzi, ihlosi, inyoka, intaka, ibhokhwe okanye esinye isilwanyana. Umenzi unokuthi angazi nto ngokuhamba-hamba kunye nezenzo zomnqweno wakhe wesiporho, okanye angaphupha esenza loo nto ayenzayo. Xa ephupha angabonakala ngathi ayisosilwanyana umnqweno wakhe waso. Emva kokubhadula kwayo njengesilwanyana umnqweno wesiporho ubuyela kumenzi wayo, umntu, kunye nokubuyela kumgaqo-siseko wakhe.

Umenzi wesiporho ngoqeqesho wenza kwaye enze iprojekthi yakhe yesiporho ngesazela nangeenjongo. Naye, uvelisa umnqweno wakhe wesiporho ngokuhlwa ebusuku nangobuthongo; kodwa abanye baye bafumana uqeqesho kunye nokuzingisa de babe banobuchule kangangokuba bathi baveza iminqweno yabo ngexesha lokuvuka kwemini ngemini. Umyili oqeqeshiweyo oqhuba umnqweno wakhe wesiporho ebusuku nangexesha lokulala udla ngokuba nendawo elungiselelwe iinjongo zakhe kwaye aphumle kuzo. Apho uthatha amanyathelo okuzilumkisa ekungeneleleni aze azilungiselele kwinto aza kuyenza xa elele ngokwenza oko ngononophelo ecinga ngento aza kuyenza. Usenokungena kumsitho othile awaziyo ukuba uyimfuneko. Emva koko uthatha isikhundla sakhe ngokwesiko emsebenzini wakhe, kwaye enenjongo emiselweyo engqondweni yakhe kunye nomnqweno onamandla ushiya imeko yokuvuka aze alale, kwaye, ngelixa umzimba wakhe ulele, uvuka ebuthongweni kwaye ube loo mnqweno we-ghost kunye nokuzama ukwenza oko oko ebekucwangcisile kwimeko yokuvuka.

Umenzi wesiporho onokwenza iphupha lakhe lomnqweno ngosuku nangaphandle kokungena kwimeko yokulala, usebenzisa iindlela ezifanayo. Usebenza ngokuchanekileyo nangakumbi kwaye uyayiqonda ngakumbi inxaxheba ayithathayo ngelixa esenza izinto zokomoya. Umnqweno wesiporho unokudibana kwaye wenze kunye nabanye bohlobo lwalo. Kodwa isenzo esidibeneyo semipho yeminqweno ihlala yenzeka ngamaxesha akhethekileyo nangamaxesha athile.

Isizathu kunye nokucinga zizinto ezibonisa ukuba loluphi na uhlobo lwezilwanyana umoya olilo. Izizathu zesohlwayo kwaye zinika umkhombandlela kunye nengcinga kuzisa umnqweno ukuba ubume. Iimpawu zezilwanyana zeminqweno yeminqweno yeentlobo ngeentlobo zeminqweno emininzi, kodwa umnqweno ngumgaqo kunye nomthombo apho baphuma khona bonke. Isizathu sokuba uninzi lwale mizimba ivele ngohlobo lwezilwanyana ezirhubuluzayo okanye eziyimilo, kukuba ubuntu obusebenzela umnqweno banokuzingca njengeyona nto iphambili kuyo, kunye nokuzingca kunye nomnqweno wokufuna ukubamba nokubamba. Okukhona ubuntu bukhula ngakumbi, kokukhona buba nomnqweno kwaye kokukhona buyinqwenela. Le minqweno eqhubekayo kwaye eyomeleleyo, xa ingonelisekanga okanye ibuthathaka ngeendlela zenyama, ithathe uhlobo oluchaza ubunjani bayo, kwaye, njengeziporho zeminqweno, zifuna ukufumana kunye nokuzanelisa ngokwasemoyeni ngemeko engakwaziyo ukufikelela kuyo ngokwasemzimbeni Lo mntu uzingcayo uyazifundisa, aze afundise ukwenza. Kodwa ekwenzeni kunye nokufumana kufuneka athobele imithetho yesenzo somnqweno kunye nezenzo zokwenza umnqweno. Ke uziphatha njengohlobo lwesilwanyana esibonisa uhlobo lomnqweno wakhe.

Umntu onobuchule ekuthumeni komnqweno wakhe wesiporho akakhathalelwanga kukufumana imali. Ufuna into engaphezulu kunokuba ithengwe ngemali. Ufuna ukuqhubeka kobukho bomzimba wenyama, kunye neendlela zokwanelisa ezinye iinkanuko, eziphambili phakathi kwazo kukufumana amandla. Xa sele efikile kweli nqanaba ukhathalela imali, kuphela ukuza kuthi ga ngoku eya kuthi abonelele ngemeko yomzimba apho aya kuqhubela phambili iminqweno yakhe kunye nokufumana amandla ngeendlela zengqondo. Injongo yakhe ephambili kunye nenjongo kukonyusa ubomi; ukuphila. Ke uthatha ubomi kwabanye, ukuze andise abakhe. Ukuba akakwazi ukuyenza le nto ngokubanjwa kwemagneti nokuzoba kwiindawo zokomoya eziphefumlayo, uya kuthi afumane isiphelo sesilwanyana esanyisayo okanye isilwanyana esithanda inyama, enjengevampire, okanye ibhere, okanye ingcuka. I-vampire, ibithi okanye ingcuka idla ngokusetyenziswa ngumenzi wesiporho soqeqesho njengendlela yokufumana ubomi buvela kwenye ukuze bongeze kwaye bandise eyakhe, kuba ibhere kunye nengcuka zithatha igazi kwaye ziya kufuna amaxhoba emntwini.

Ngaphezulu kwenkcazo yanikezelwa, indlela umnqweno efumana ukungena ngayo emzimbeni womntu ungene egazini, kwaye nendlela ebufumana ngayo ubomi kunye nomsebenzi kwindawo yokuhamba kwegazi. Kukho into ethile ebalulekileyo esebenza ngokulangazelela kumjelo wegazi. Le nto ibaluleke kakhulu isebenza ngokunqwenela, iya kwakha okanye itshise izicubu, izale okanye itshabalalise iiseli, inciphise okanye yongeze ubomi, kwaye inike ubomi okanye ibangele ukufa. Yile nto iphambili ekufuneka yenziwe ngumenzi wesiporho ngoqeqesho, ngeminqweno yokufumana ukuze andise okanye andise ubomi bakhe. Le nto ingxamisekileyo kunye nomnqweno wahlukile kwigazi lomntu kunegazi lezilwanyana. Isiseko kunye nomnqweno kwigazi lezilwanyana aliyi kuphendula injongo yakhe.

Ngamanye amaxesha ingcuka enesiporho okanye ingcuka enesiporho inokuthatha ilulwane lomzimba okanye ingcuka kwaye ikhuthaze into yomzimba ukuba isebenze, kwaye izuze inzuzo ngenxa yokufumana igazi. Ke imazi ebambekayo okanye ingcuka inegazi lomntu, kodwa umnqweno wesiporho wemizimba ukhuphe kuwo ubalulekile kunye nomgaqo-siseko wegazi. Ke ibuyela kumzali wayo, umenzi wobugorha oyithumeleyo, aze ayidlulisele kwintlangano yakhe oko ithathe kwixhoba layo. Ukuba umnqweno womenzi bobugqwirha, ubunjani bengcuka, uyathumela kwaye athumele umnqweno wempisi, ojonga ingcuka okanye ulawule ipakethi yeengcuka ezifuna ixhoba lomntu. Xa umnqweno we-ghost wolf sele uqaphela kwaye unyanzela ingcuka yomzimba kwixhoba lomntu, isenokungazimiselanga ukubulala, unokufuna nje ukulimaza kunye nokutsala igazi. Kulula okanye kukhuselekile ukufumana into yayo ngokuzoba igazi kuphela; Iziphumo ezibi kakhulu zinokubakho ekubulaweni. Ihlala inqabile into yokuba ibulale; kodwa xa inkanuko yendalo ivukile, ngamanye amaxesha kunzima ukuyinqanda ekubulaweni.

Ukuba umntu onolwazelelelo kwiimpembelelo zengqondo uye abone ingcuka ebonakalayo ithathelwa ngumnqweno wesiporho somntu ophilayo, umnqweno wesiporho somnqweno ungabonakalisa ukubumbana komntu, kwaye uhlobo lomntu lusenokubonakala ngokwengqondo ngokunxulumene nengcuka. Oku kufana komntu kuhlangana nendlela yengcuka, kusenokwenzeka ukuba kwabangela ukuba abaninzi baqiniseke ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba bambone umntu etshintsha ukuba yingcuka, okanye ingcuka ibe yindoda-kungoko imvelaphi yebali lelewolf okanye ibali. Into yengcuka ingaba kukutya inyama yomntu, kodwa into yengcuka yesiporho kukusoloko kuthatha ubomi kunye nomgaqo-mnqweno ovela kwigazi lomntu, kwaye uyidlulisele kwinto yomzimba wesiporho oyithumileyo. .

Njengobungqina obunokwenzeka bokubaluleka kunye nomgaqo wokunqwenela, onqwenelekayo ngulowo uhlala ikakhulu ukuba athathe ubomi ukuze andise eyakhe, umntu unokujonga iziphumo ezithile eziveliswa ngotofelo-gazi lomntu: indlela umntu, onesifo sokudinwa okanye ekufeni imeko, ivuselelwe kwaye yenziwe ukuba iphile ngotofelo-gazi olunye lwegazi lomntu elisempilweni komnye umntu. Ayilogazi lomzimba elibangela iziphumo. Igazi lenyama kuphela lephakathi, apho iziphumo zifunyanwa. Yinto ebalulekileyo kunye nomnqweno kwigazi lomzimba elibangela iziphumo. Bayawuvuselela kwaye bawenze bumilise umzimba wokomzimba osemazantsi, kwaye bawunxibelelise nomnqweno weenxa zonke zomzimba, bawudibanise nomgaqo wobomi wendalo iphela. Isiseko esibalulekileyo ngumoya wobomi; umnqweno yinto ephakathi etsala eyona nto ibalulekileyo egazini; igazi lilo elihamba nomnqweno kunye neyona nto ibalulekileyo kumzimba wenyama.

Ayifanelanga kucingelwa ukuba umenzi wesiporho ngoqeqesho, ekuthethwe ngaye apha, ukhona ngamanani amakhulu, nokuba loo nto, inento yokwenza nokuziphatha okuncinci, okanye uyalelwa ngumfundisi-ntsapho wento ebizwa ngokuba yi-occultism, unokuba ngumnxibelelanisi womoya.

Ubugqi ligama elisetyenziswa gwenxa ngokubanzi. Ubugqi abunakubhidaniswa nobuninzi benkunkuma edume ngokuba yenziwa kuko. Yinzululwazi enkulu. Ayikukhuthazi ukwenza ezi ziporho, nangona ichaza imithetho eziveliswa ngayo. Akukho namnye kwabo baye bakhohliswa baza bakhohliswa ziimfundiso nabafundisi-ntsapho bemfundiso yobugqi, ebizwa ngolo hlobo, onomonde okanye inkalipho okanye ukuzimisela ukuba ngaphezu kokwenza izinto ezingento yanto, abathi baziyeke njengabalahlekileyo xa bonele. ekudlaleni kwabo, okanye basilele, baze bajike benkwantya ukusuka kweyokuqala yeengozi abaya kuhlangabezana nazo baze badlule kuzo. Àzizompahla abenziwa ngazo abakhandi bomoya, kuba kuhle ukuba bangabi ngabo. Umenzi womoya ngokuqeqeshwa, apha kuchazwe, i-leech, i-ghoul, i-vampire ekwimo yomntu, isibetho sobuntu. Ulutshaba lwabangenamandla; kodwa akufunekanga oyikiswe ngabanamandla.

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