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MAY 1906

AMADODA NABAHLOBO

Kwileta efunyenwe kutshanje, umhlobo ubuza oku: Kutheni kungcono ukuba isidumbu sitshiswe emva kokufa endaweni yokuba singcwatywe?

Zininzi izizathu eziphambili zokuxhasa ukutshiswa kwesidumbu. Phakathi kwazo enye yokutshiswa kwesidumbu icocekile, icocekile ngakumbi, ifuna igumbi elincinci, kwaye kungabikho zizifo, njengezihlala zivela emangcwabeni, phakathi kwabaphilayo. Kodwa eyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu kukuba i-Theosophists ihamba phambili, oko kukuthi, ukufa kukudlula kwimigaqo ephezulu, kwaye kuthetha ukushiya umzimba kwindlu engenanto. Emva kokuba umphefumlo womntu uzikhuphele ngaphandle kwiintsalela, kukho umzimba oshiyekileyo, owanikezela kwaye wagcina ukwimo yomzimba, kunye nomnqweno womzimba. I-astral okanye ifomu yomzimba ilayite ijikeleze, kwaye ihlale ithuba elide, lokomzimba, liphela njengoko ukubola komzimba. Umzimba womnqweno, nangona kunjalo, amandla asebenzayo anokwenza umonakalo ngokuchanekileyo njengoko iminqweno yayikhohlakele okanye inimical ebomini. Lo mnqweno womnqweno unokuhlala iminyaka engamakhulu eminyaka ukuba iminqweno yawo uyakhiwa womelele ngokwaneleyo, ngelixa umzimba wenyama uhlala iminyaka embalwa ngokuthelekiswa. Lo mzimba unqwenelekayo yi-vampire etsala amandla ayo, okokuqala ukusuka kwiintsalela kwaye okwesibini kuwo nawuphi na umzimba ophilayo oya kuwunika abaphulaphuli, okanye bavume ubukho bayo. Umzimba womnqweno utsala ukondla kwifomu efileyo kunye nomzimba we-astral, kodwa ukuba umzimba wenyama uyokutshiswa othintela konke okuthethwe kwangaphambili. Oko kutshabalalisa amandla omzimba wenyama, ukwahlula umzimba wawo we-astral, kuxazulula ezi zinto zisuswayo kwangaphambi kokuba zizalwe kwaye ngelixa zihlala emhlabeni, kwaye kwenza ukuba ingqondo ikwazi ukuzikhulula ngokulula kumzimba womnqweno kwaye idlulele ukuphumla abathi iinkolo babize izulu. Asinako ukwenza inkonzo enkulu kwabo sibathandayo nabasweleyo kobu bomi kunokuthi imizimba yabo itshiswe kwaye ke oko kubakhulula kwimfuneko yokuxhoma i-coil yabantu kunye nezinto ezoyikisayo ezingcwabeni.

Ngaba kukho inyaniso kumabali esiwafundayo okanye esiva ngayo, malunga ne-vampires kunye ne-vampirism?

Siphila kwixesha elinobunzululwazi kakhulu ukuba singavumeli ukuba kubekho inyaniso kwiintsomi zakudala ezifana nezo zama-vampire. Kodwa, nangona kunjalo, inyaniso isekhona, kwaye amadoda amaninzi esayensi, aphile iminyaka emininzi yeenkolelo, aye akholelwa kakhulu kunabona bakholelwa kakhulu xa bebenamava nge-vampire; emva koko kwaba lixesha labo lokuva ukugculelwa kunye nokugxekwa ngabanye oososayensi. Enye inzuzo yokungakholelwa kwizinto eziphathekayo malunga nokuphila okungaphantsi komhlaba kunye nokwe-super-dane, kukuba kususa ingcamango ethandwayo kwiintsomi zee-goblins, ghouls, kunye nama-vampire, ngokuhlekisa ngezinto ezinjalo. Ngenxa yoko kukho i-vampireism encinci kunakwiXesha Eliphakathi apho wonke umntu wayekholelwa kubugqwirha kunye nobugqwirha. Ama-vampire asekhona kwaye aya kuqhubeka edalwa kwaye egcinwa ephila lo gama nje abantu bephila ubomi obubi, apho benza khona ngokucinga nangokunqwenela ukubulala iintshaba zabo, baqhathe amahlwempu nabangenakunceda, bonakalisa ubomi babahlobo babo, kwaye banikele abanye kwiminqweno yabo yobugovu kunye nezilwanyana. Xa umntu oneminqweno enamandla namandla engqondo enesazela esincinci okanye esixineneyo, ephila ubomi bobugovu, engenaluvelwano ngabanye xa iminqweno yakhe ichaphazeleka, ethatha lonke ithuba elinokwenzeka kwishishini, engawunaki umqondo wokuziphatha, aze athobe abanye kwiminqweno yakhe ngazo zonke iindlela ingqondo yakhe enokuzifumanisa: emva koko xa ixesha lokufa komntu onjalo lifikile, kwakheka emva kokufa oko kubizwa ngokuba ngumzimba womnqweno, wamandla namandla aqatha. Oku kwahlukile kakhulu kwimo yeenkwenkwezi ejikeleza izidumbu zomzimba. Umzimba womnqweno onjalo unamandla kunowomntu oqhelekileyo kwaye unamandla ngakumbi, kuba iingcinga ngexesha lobomi zazigxile kwiminqweno. Lo mzimba womnqweno ke ngoko yivampire kuba uxhaphaza bonke abantu abaya kuvula ucango ngobomi, iingcinga, kunye neminqweno, kwaye ababuthathaka ngokwaneleyo kwintando yokuvumela ivampire ukuba yoyise umqondo wabo wokuziphatha. Amabali aqatha anokuxelwa ngamava amaninzi awayelixhoba levampire. Umzimba wabo baphila ubomi bevampire uhlala ufumaneka utsha, uphelele, kwaye inyama iya kuba shushu emva kweminyaka emininzi ifile. Oku kuthetha nje ukuba umzimba weminqweno ngamanye amaxesha unamandla ngokwaneleyo ukuba uhlale unxibelelana nomzimba we-astral, kwaye ugcine imo yomzimba icocekile, ngobomi obubonelelwa bubomi obuthathwe kwimizimba yabantu abaphilayo yi-vampire okanye umzimba weminqweno. Ukutshiswa komzimba ngokutshiswa kuphelisa ithuba lokuba i-vampire yomntu igcine umzimba wayo wendalo ngobomi obuthathwe kwabaphilayo. Umzimba womntu, nokuba uyindawo yokugcina okanye yokugcina izinto, utshatyalalisiwe kwaye umzimba weminqweno awukwazi ukuthatha ubomi babo baphilayo ngoko nangoko kwaye uthintelwe ukuba ungafiki phantse ukudibana nabo.

Yisiphi isizathu sokufa ngokukhawuleza kwabantu nokuba bancinci okanye kwindawo ebalulekileyo yobomi, xa kubonakala ukuba iminyaka emininzi yobuncedo nokukhula, engqondweni nangokwenyama, ihamba phambi kwabo?

Xa umphefumlo ungene ebomini, unesifundo esichaziweyo esisifundayo, ekufundeni kwaso esinokuthi siphume ukuba sinqwenela. Ithuba lokufunda isifundo sobomi obuthile, linokuba yiminyaka embalwa okanye landiswe ngaphezulu kwekhulu, okanye isifundo asinakufundwa konke konke; kwaye umphefumlo ubuyela esikolweni uphinda-phinda ude ufunde eso sifundo. Omnye unokufunda ngakumbi kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini anesihlanu kunokuba omnye afunde kwikhulu. Ubomi kwihlabathi ngenjongo yokuba bafumane ulwazi olunzulu malunga nobunyani obungenasiphelo. Ubomi nganye kufuneka iphakamise umphefumlo kwinqanaba elinye kufutshane nolwazi lwakho. Oko kudla ngokubizwa ngokuba yengozi kukuqhutywa kweenkcukacha zomthetho ngokubanzi. Ingozi okanye eyenzekileyo yinye kuphela i-arch encinci yomjikelezo wesenzo. Ingozi eyaziwayo okanye ebonwe, kukuqhubeka kunye nokugqitywa kwesizathu sokungabonakali. Nangona kusenokuba njalo, iingozi phantse zihlala zibangelwa ziingcamango umntu azivelisayo. Ukucinga, isenzo, kunye nengozi zenza umjikelo opheleleyo wesiphumo kunye nesiphumo. Leyo nxalenye yomjikelezo wesizathu kunye nesiphumo esidibanisa unobangela nesiphumo isenzo, esibonakalayo okanye esingabonakaliyo; kwaye loo nxalenye yomjikelezo wesizathu kunye nesiphumo esisiphumo kunye nesiphumo seso, yingozi okanye eyenzekayo. Yonke ingozi inokubhaqwa ibangelwa. Ukuba sifumana oyena nobangela wayo nayiphi na ingozi, sithetha nje ukuba unobangela uvelisiwe, oko kuthetha ukuba kuphela ngumjikelo omncinci wokucinga, isenzo, kunye nesiphumo, esikutshanje; Kodwa xa ingozi okanye isiphumo simi sodwa kwaye umntu engakwazi ukuyibona ngoko nangoko into eyandulelwe sisizathu, oku kuthetha ukuba umjikelo wokucinga awuyiyo umjikelo omncinci, kwaye ke kutsha nje, kodwa uyandiselwa kumjikelezo omkhulu, ukucinga kunye nokusebenza okunokufunyanwa kubomi bangaphambili okanye nabuphi na ubomi bangaphambili.

Ukuba ingalo yesibhakabhaka, umlenze, okanye elinye ilungu lomzimba lingahlanjululwa xa ilungu lomzimba lichitshiweyo, kutheni umzimba we-astral awukwazi ukuvelisa enye ingalo okanye umlenze?

Lo mbuzo unokubonakala ubuzwa kwingcamango yokuba umzimba we-astral awukho, ngokungathi ikhona into enjalo unokuphinda uvelise naliphi na ilungu lomzimba xa elahlekile, ngakumbi njengoko ibangwa ngabo bonke ooTheosophists ukuba into yomzimba yakhiwe emzimbeni womntu ngokuya Uyilo lwangaphakathi okanye lomzimba we-astral. Kodwa ke inkcazo ilula kakhulu. Kufanele ukuba kubekho isithuba esibonakalayo apho umbandela womzimba uguqulwa ube yinto yomzimba kwaye kufuneka ubekhona nomzimba kwilungu ngalinye lesakhiwo eliza kusebenza kuso. Indlela ephakathi yokwenyama ligazi, apho ukutya kuguqulwa ube ngumzimba. I-linga sharira yimolekyuli kwisakhiwo, ngelixa umzimba wenyama udityaniswa nezicubu zeselula. Ngoku nangona ingalo ye-astral ingahlali ithungwe xa ilungu lomzimba lisikiwe, akukho sithuba sangaphakathi apho into yomzimba inokuthi idityaniswe kwaye yakhelwe kwizinto zomzimba. Ke ngoko, nangona ingalo ye-astral ikhona, ayikwazi ukuwuhambisa ngokwawo umbandela ngokwawo kuba akusekho sithuba sokwenyama sokudlulisela umba wenyama. Ke iqabane le-moleral ye-moleral yengalo yomzimba yeselula ekhutshiweyo ayinandlela yakwenza into ngokwayo. Okona kunokwenziwa kukwakha izicubu ezitsha kwisiphelo sesiqu kwaye ke ukuvala inxeba. Oku kuyakucacisa indlela amanxeba aphiliswa ngayo, kwaye kutheni amabala anzulu esala ukuba inyama ayizange idityaniswe ngokwaneleyo ukuze ithambe ukuze incamathele.

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