THE TEMPLE OF
SOLOMON & THE MYSTERIES OF THE QUIMBANDA RELIGION
by. CARLOS ANTONIO DE BOURBON GALDIANO
MONTENEGRO
The following article comes from the book, THE
QUIMBANDA GOETIA, MEDITATING ON THE DIVINE MYSTERIES OF THE ASTRAL REALM,
SPIRITUAL EXPERIMENTS, written by the author, Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Galdiano
Montenegro.
The Congo temple
for practitioners of all Congo derived religious traditions is called Munanzo.
Munanzo means "The House of the Lord", Nzambi. The Munanzo is the
place where all sacred rituals of the Congo derived religious tradition take
place along with all of the sacred initiations that make up the sacred rituals
of this beautiful tradition. This short article will address the Gnostic
meaning of the American Quimbanda Congo Temple in ritual importance. As time
moves forward there are many esoteric meanings that existed and were hidden
within the tradition that many of our spiritual practitioners do not really
know about nor understand the true meaning behind our sacred religious rituals
and about the Temple (Munanzo) were these sacred rites of passage take place.
It is for that very reason, I find the need to write as many books as possible
to educate all individuals about our magical and religious philosophy and about
the sacred mysteries that are shrouded behind the meaning of words such as
"Munanzo". Although, no one is really at fault, it is an example of
just how many of the hidden esoteric mysteries over time have been lost. It is
important for all of those who know about the true mysteries of the American
Quimbanda religious tradition to share this information with every new initiate
over the 7 year religious obligation that an individual makes in an oath at the
time that they are initiated into these sacred American Quimbanda mysteries.
For those of us who have been fortunate to have been born into these mysteries
and have lived it since birth, we have an obligation to transfer this sacred
information to future generations to come. By reviving many of these ancient
esoteric meanings, a Munanzo and its initiates become wise in the emotional,
physical and the spiritual realms.
The American Quimbanda religious tradition
traces its biblical origins to the year 1485 when the First King of the Congo
was formally baptized into the mysteries of Roman Catholicism by Jesuit Priest
and the last remaining members of the Knights Templar. Because of this
influence, the Catholic Church of the Congo has always held very deeply within
the ancient mysteries of early Jewish & Christian Gnosticism and has placed
a large emphasis on ancestral veneration even to this present day.
Every American Quimbanda Temple/Munanzo is
(becomes) the representation of Nzambi's (God) Holy Temple here on Earth and
for the moment of ritual and the act of sacred invocations and evocations in
the shrines area of the Holy of the Holies, the magic circle becomes in reality
the mystical doorway, a gateway to the Heavens, a spiritual vortex that will
remain open as long as the temple is consecrated, sanctified and Holy. The
spirit vessel (nganga) becomes the Holy Ark of the Covenant. Every American
Quimbanda temple mimics the very sacred Holy Temple of God in the Heavens which
was constructed by the ancient king Solomon on Earth. For this very reason, the
American Quimbanda religious temple since 1864 and all of the internal workings
and even the set up (sacred floor plan) and its architecture must always
duplicate Gods Holy Temple in Heaven in honor and reverence to Him and also to
King Solomon who was given the blessings so long to recreate God's Holy
dwelling place in the Heavens here on Earth. When we say in our ritual prayers,
As it is above - So shall in be below, we are ritually professing our faith and
beliefs that everything that exists here on Earth is just a mirror reflection
of what exists in the great Heavens. For those initiated individuals who are
practicing the orthodox version of the American Quimbanda religious tradition
in its oldest and original form, the temple altar is always set towards the
east. In every temple the ritual of consecration of every new temple or even an
American Quimbanda shrine area in your home also beings with the consecration
and the laying of the foundation of the corner store. This is done and
performed though an elaborate ritual ceremony. The ritual laying of the corner
stone was performed during its construction in the Temple of Solomon by the
Master Craftsman Builder and legend of the Freemasonry Order, Hiram Abif. In
the year 1872, Henri Luis De Bourbon-Montenegro brought the Free Mason ritual
elements and Gnosticism into our tradition and where it has remained to this
present day. The American Quimbanda temple has many other esoteric and symbolic
hidden meanings including those that are held with our Seven Degrees of
Universal Mysticism Studies Program which will be discussed in further detail
in the books written for American Quimbanda Spiritual Practitioners which will
be published soon. Thank you for reading my article..... Sarava
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