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MAMA MONA NDZEKELI
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The ancestors of our African people believed in the full power of prayer. The most important step to take when you are included in a community is that of going to the high mountain to pray for rain, preceded, of course, by purity and fasting. This was always necessary before the prayer ceremony. Just before the people descended from the mountain, the rains would always fall down. Never once has this prayer not been answered here in our area.
We modern Christians have tried this without success and the drought becomes more intensive. We have been accused, therefore, of having no power over the elements.
The primary source of healing other people is the spirit power of the individual. Mama Mona tells would-be healers, "You must be in strength to heal any disease and healing should be instant."
African healing has always been accompanied by wonderful singing to raise the power. Patients have been watched reacting to Mama's healing with jerks and sparks as the result of electric shocks. Some have recorded electric shocks when touched through her contact healing.
Why is a human channel necessary to contact the healing power?
The spirit guides come through under such conditions as I have mentioned, and of course human channels are necessary because the guides work through the instrumentality of the healer. Remember how Christ said that he would give his feet, hands, and power to his disciples to further the mission, which was healing, preaching and teaching.
What is the difference between magnetic and spiritual and faith healing?
I have explained magnetic above, and now I will add that Mama Mona does not shake hands. This is a very
