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SpiritualitySpiritual pathsCelts, Druids, native traditions & shamanismMYSTERY OF THE WHITE LIONS Linda Tucker
MYSTERY OF THE WHITE LIONS Linda Tucker
Linda Tucker was rescued from an angry pride of white lions by an indigenous Shangaan medicine woman, Maria Khosa, who was also known as the Lion Queen of Timbavati'. Subsequently, she returned to Africa to make sense of this bizarre and miraculous intervention. Maria became her shaman teacher, as she embarked on an extraordinary journey to discover the profound mystery behind the so-called Children of the Sun God, the White Lions of Timbavati - the most sacred and mysterious animals alive today. This is a mystical journey into the knowledge and ceremonies of Old Africa, in which humans and lions are able to cross the species barrier - in accordance with the most guarded secrets of Ancient Egypt and humankind's greatest riddle, the sphinx. It is also a real living journey. Shamans believe that killing a lion-sun god is the ultimate sacrilege, and that how we treat such precious symbols of God in nature may determine how nature treats the human species. Linda's experiences show a legend unfolding in our extraordinary times.
334pp, 156mm x 234mm, illus. in colour, softback, 2010
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Linda Tucker
On 10 November 1991, a near-death experience changed my life forever. I was rescued from an angry pride of lions by an indigenous Shangaan medicine woman, Maria Khosa, who was also known as ‘the Lion Queen of Timbavati’. Subsequently, I returned to Africa to make sense of this bizarre and miraculous intervention. I found Maria, she became my shaman teacher, and with her I embarked on an extraordinary journey to discover a profound mystery behind the so-called Children of the Sun God, the White Lions – the most sacred and mysterious animals alive today.
I was, at first, resistant to the wisdom Maria shared with me, but finally I succumbed to its truth. And having done so, more and more secret knowledge was entrusted to me. Maria introduced me to other African medicine people from many traditions; among them the pre-eminent high priest Baba Credo Mutwa, the Guardian of Umlando, Africa’s ‘Great Knowledge’. According to Mutwa’s story, the White Lions are symbols for our time; the first born over 400 years ago, when a star-like object fell to earth in the place called Timbavati, their origins going back to the very beginning of time.
Lion guardian
After my reunion with Maria, one strangely symbolic event followed another. I began suffering from recurring nightmares in which a lion appeared and roared directly into my face. Maria explained that my lion ancestor had come to greet me at last, inviting me to exchange power with him. She told me that he was a real lion and ‘you will know it is this lion because this lion has wings’.
As my visit drew to a close, I went out with trackers trying to trace a lion that had been roaring all night long. We decided to return to camp, taking a short cut via the landing strip. On the runway, right in front of the wind sock, in immaculate condition and truly magnificent, was a lion and his mate. No better symbol of the winged lion of Timbavati. I felt an instant connection. The rangers identified him as Ingwavuma, but Maria gave me his secret ‘spirit name’, which meant ‘wise one, the one who carries great knowledge’.
On another visit, while sharing with Maria my ever-widening web of lion-related discoveries, the only way I could describe the knowledge I was receiving was a sense of being ‘guided’ toward the right information. Were the angelic presences of the lion ancestors guiding me?
Maria worked with her lion spirit ancestors on a daily basis, and at night received clear messages from them in her dreams. After I inquired more about my own lion guardian, Ingwavuma, Maria explained that this Timbavati lion ‘has been incarnating from father to son, father to son, waiting for your return.’ How did Ingwavuma know who I was? She replied, ‘All the animals in Timbavati know of your return.’
A message from the Lions of God
Not far from camp, Ingwavuma had started up his territorial roars – the vibration felt elemental, the decree of the lion king. His ancestral name also meant ‘he who speaks wise words’, and every time he roared, I imagined the wisdom he was sounding forth.
Gathering my courage, on the top of my feeble human voice, I called out a Zulu prayer in honour of the lion, which Mutwa had taught me.
There was silence. Then Ingwavuma roared again. I heard his message loud and clear, and all of a sudden I understood it – in pure, unadulterated solar vibration.
The ‘Word of the Lion’ is the solar Logos, the very same vibration as the sun itself, the very essence which first created life on this planet. The sun and the lion are directly linked because they are part of the same sun-god life-force. In alchemy, the lion is often depicted ‘roaring’ the sun, suggesting that the lion’s roar issues forth the solar Logos, the Word of the sun. As the shamans have never tired of telling me: White Lions are Lions of God, heavenly messengers bringing the laws of the sun to earth
As the father of the future White Lions, Ingwavuma conveyed their message to me in pure lion language. I now believed that I could hear it, clear and true. I could hear it, not as one hears the spoken word, but at a new level of consciousness. A level that told me that I had walked these lands of Timbavati many times before. A level that told me that I was not the possessor of a new consciousness but a very old one, that had been dormant for centuries and was only now beginning to reawaken. A level of consciousness at which the lioness in me and the woman became one. This is my attempt to translate what I heard in Ingwavuma’s roar:
It is foolish to demand of God that He prove himself according to the scientific confines which modern man has created for himself. It is foolish to demand the same of the Lions of God. The White Lions will not play the game. Don’t demand. Listen. It is then that you might hear the most ancient wisdom which could save your life. And save the world.
The light within
The White Lion message – nature’s message – is unfolding at this very moment. It is radiant. It is magnificent. And it is not too late.
We all know what is needed. We need to protect the White Lions, just as we need to protect all forms of life on our planet. We need to stop damaging our planet. We need to start seeing the signs being shown to us in each and every aspect of our natural world. We need to start taking responsibility for the state of our earth. We need to stand still for a moment – and start waking up.
Our route toward spiritual evolution is radiantly clear. We all have our own unique individual journey to walk toward enlightenment. Living on the brink of evolutionary change means that new ground is being broken and new consciousness is being raised. Truth is of the essence – all we have is the truth within our souls. I believe most of us want to follow the light, the path of healing and not destroying our earth, but we don’t have the courage, the lion heart, to follow our individual truth toward enlightenment. Giving in to our fears, we bury our ‘gold’ beneath the false value systems of our societies.
The reality is that, potentially, we all have the power of light – the White Lion – within us. The very first step is to overcome our fears. Thereafter, our hearts will lead the way.
Until we realign ourselves with the forces of light, of sunlight, of light energy that breathes the very word life to each and every life form on this planet, we are aligning ourselves with darkness. In the challenging days that lie ahead, there are two truths we should never forget in our quest for golden enlightenment. The lion is the symbol of the soul essence of humankind. And the soul is eternal.
From Mystery of the White Lions, ©2010 by Linda Tucker, published by Hay House.
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