BASIC KONGO RELIGIOUS BELIEFS:


THE BELIEF IN NZAMBI KALUNGA OR NZAMBI MPUNGU TULENDO, WHO IS THE CREATOR AND THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF POWER (HE IS THE SUPREME BEING AND IS THOUGHT TO BE OMNIPOTENT)

THE BELIEF IN LESSER SPIRITS AND ANCESTORS THAT MEDIATE BETWEEN HUMANITY AND THE SUPREME BEING

THE BELIEF THAT EVIL, DISORDER, AND INJUSTICE ARE THE RESULT OF SUCH BASE HUMAN MOTIVES AS GREED, ENVY, OR MALICIOUSNESS.

AS CONSTANT SOURCES OF LIFE AND WELL-BEING, BOTH THE LAND AND THE MATRILINEAL ANCESTORS BURIED IN IT FORM THE BASIS OF PREOCCUPATION IN KONGO THOUGHT

THE BELIEF IN THE IMPORTANCE OF LAND AND MATRILINEAL ANCESTORS, BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH CONSTANT SOURCES OF LIFE AND WELL-BEING; KONGO THOUGHT IS VERY FOCUSED ON FERTILITY AND THE CONTINUITY OF THE COMMUNITY.

ONE OF THE PRIMARY TENETS OF AFRICIAN TRADITIONAL SYSTEMS IS THAT THE EARTH IS A CONSCIOUS BEING, AND THAT EVERY LIVING THING UPON THE EARTH IS INTIMATELY CONNECTED. WE BELIEVE IN REINCARNATION, BOTH IN THE MATERIAL DIMENSION AND THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSIONS. WE VIEW THE SOUL AS A STUDENT BEING TRAINED AND EDUCATED.

FEAR MORE THE SILENCE THEN THE NOISE, THOSE THAT
ARGUE TALK TO GIVE COURAGE TO THEIR FEARFULL HEARTS, THOSE THAT ACT DO
SO BY THE HEART GIVING VALOR, MANY TALK BUT FEW ACT AND EVEN LESS ACT
WITH HONOR WHICH IS BASED ON CONVICTIONS CONDTIONED BY BLOODLINE AND
GIVEN ESSENCE BY SPIRITLINE, WITHOUT THESE IN PLACE YOU ARE AN EMPTY
SHELL EXISTING IN A WORLD YET DEAD TO LIFE AND LACKING WHAT IT TAKES
TO OVERCOME.