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Holy Temple of Nzambi Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite Imperial Grand Lodge Ordem do Barco Brochure of Membership
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Holy Temple of Nzambi Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite Imperial Grand Lodge Ordem do Barco
BROCHURE OF MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION Copyright 2014 Sanctus Illuminatus All Rights Reserved To Request a Membership Application send your request to: HOLY TEMPLE OF NZAMBI P.O. Box 881377 Los Angeles, California 90009 SanctusIlluminatus@gmail.com

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No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without written permission from Sanctus Illuminatus, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Imperial Grand Lodge. This book contains information used in the historical Afro-Brazilian religious practices of Quimbanda, Candomble, American Candomble, Gnostic Orthodox Rite and American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite. Sanctus Illuminatus, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Imperial Grand Lodge do not encourage any of the practices in this book nor do we assume any liabilities for presenting any of information in this book. The information presented for curious only. Neither the Imperial Grand Master, Carlos Antonio De Bourbon-Galdiano-Montenegro nor the publisher, Sanctus Illuminatus, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Imperial Grand Lodge assumes any responsibilities for the outcome of any of the rituals or initiations in this book. We make no claims to any supernatural powers of these traditional initiation rituals. The stories, events, historical information and names of individuals listed in this book are fictitious and may or may not be based on actual historical or accurate information and are presented here in this book for curious only. All inquiries or comments may be directed to the publisher. You must be at least 18 years of age or older to purchase this book or to request a Brochure of Membership from Sanctus Illuminatus, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Imperial Grand Lodge.

SANCTUS ILLUMINATUS Holy Temple of Nzambi Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite Imperial Grand Lodge - Table of Contents Dedication of the Holy Temple of Nzambi.11 A Welcome Letter to New Members..13 Our Religious Educational Courses..15 A Description of our Courses17 Statement of Non-Discrimination.21 Statement of Purpose...23 Statement of Religious Freedoms.25 The Imperial Grand Master27 A letter of the Imperial Grand Master..29 Declaration of Spiritual Sovereignty33 Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus..37 The American Quimbanda Religious Philosophy..39 What you will learn in our Temple of Light.41 Mystic Seekers of Membership.59 What is a Gnostic Masonic Rite Lodge?.........................................................61 The Mysteries of the Imperial Grand Lodge63 The Mysteries of the Grand Lodge.65 The Mysteries of the Lodge67
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Membership in the Lodges...69 Membership Responsibilities71 What it means to join the Holy Temple of Nzambi..73 "What Sacred Texts do we use in our Temple of Light?................................75 An Introduction to the Gnostic Orthodox Creed...79 The Holy Prayer of the Gnostic Orthodox Creed..81 What does the word Nzambi Mean ?..........................................................83 What does the word Sarava mean?.............................................................85 What does the words Sanctus Illuminatus mean?.......................................87 What does the words Trinitus Divinus mean?...........................................89 What does the words Sanctus Illuminatus Trinitus Divinus mean?..........91 What does the words As it is Above - So shall it be Below mean?.............93 What does the word Amen mean?..............................................................95 An Introduction to Afro-Brazilian Spiritualism97 The Gnostic Orthodox Rite Religious Philosophy101 The Religious Pantheon of the Gnostic Orthodox Rite.103 Solitary vs. Formal Group Practitioner.107 Magical traditions derived from Afro-Brazilian Spiritualism109 The Temple of Solomon & the Gnostic Orthodox Rite113 The Laws of Cause & Effect of the Gnostic Orthodox Rite.117 What is Gnosticism..119 The History of the Quimbanda Goetia..121 An Explanation of the Astral Realm of the Gnostic Orthodox Rite129

Gnostic Orthodox Rite Religious Traditions.135 The Religious Cosomology of the Gnostic Orthodox Rite137 The Ancient Mysteries of the Kingdom of Nzambi (God)..139 The Ancient Mysteries of the Kingdom of the Archangel Lucifer143 The Mysteries of the First Greater Quimbanda Kingdom.147 The Mysteries of the Second Greater Quimbanda Kingdom..157 The Mysteries of the Third Greater Quimbanda Kingdom161 The Mysteries of the Fourth Greater Quimbanda Kingdom..165 The Mysteries of the Fifth Greater Quimbanda Kingdom.169 The Mysteries of the Sixth Greater Quimbanda Kingdom.173 The Mysteries of the Seventh Greater Quimbanda Kingdom.179 The Mysteries of the First Lesser Quimbanda Kingdom183 The Mysteries of the Second Lesser Quimbanda Kingdom187 The Mysteries of the Third Lesser Quimbanda Kingdom..191 The Mysteries of the Fourth Lesser Quimbanda Kingdom.195 The Mysteries of the Fifth Lesser Quimbanda Kingdom199 The Mysteries of the Sixth Lesser Quimbanda Kingdom.203 The Mysteries of the Seventh Lesser Quimbanda Kingdom.207 An Introduction to Rituals of the Gnostic Orthodox Rite211 Gnostic Symbolism of the Gnostic Orthodox Rite213 The Mysteries of Celestial Divine Light217 The Sacred Rites of Passage of the Gnostic Orthodox Rite.223

Our Religious Educational Programs225 How do I know if the Gnostic Orthodox Rite is for me?................................229 The Universal Mysteries of the Holy Temple of Nzambi (Ordem do Barco)..231 The First Degree of American Quimbanda (Ordem do Barco).233 The Second Degree of American Quimbanda (Ordem do Barco)..237 The Third Degree of American Quimbanda (Ordem do Barco)..241 The Fourth Degree of American Quimbanda (Ordem do Barco).243 The Fifth Degree of American Quimbanda (Ordem do Barco)245 The Sixth Degree of American Quimbanda (Ordem do Barco)247 The Seventh Degree of American Quimbanda (Ordem do Barco).251 The Eighth Degree of American Quimbanda (Ordem do Barco)..253 The Ninth Degree of American Quimbanda (Ordem do Barco)255 The Tenth Degree of American Quimbanda (Ordem do Barco)257 A Collection of Sacred Gnostic Articles 2012 2014...259 Books of Liturgical Rites & Rituals423 A Free Book Catalog..433 Application of Online Membership..435

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Holy Temple of Nzambi Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite Sanctus Illuminatus

A Bright Star shall appear in the early morning and the Ancient One, Thy Most Glorious Holy Archangel Lucifer, the Right Hand of God, the Divine Celestial Victor of Man shall emerge from out of His Ancient Kingdom; and the Sound of Glory, the Sacred Conch Shell from thy bottom of the Seven Seas shall be blown and be heard as thy Sacred Holy Trumpets of the Seven Archangels of the Celestial Heavens tremble the Earth announcing the coming of the Spirit of Nzambi, The Lord of the Heavens and the Earth and the Creator of all that is Seen and Unseen shall give swift victory to His Children over thy enemies and resurrect and restore thy Sacred and Holy Gnostic Mysteries of the Temple of the Lord on Earth; The Holy Light of God's Temple shall be lit in darkness and illuminate every corner of the Universe; The Temple of Solomon restored in all its glory; a Victory of Man over darkness and a Celebration of the Mysteries of the Great Universe shall be for all eternity. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, World without End." As it is Above - So Shall it Be Below In the name of Nzambi - Sarava In the name of Exu Maioral - Sarava In the name of Exu Rei - Sarava In the name of Maria Padilla - Sarava Amen

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DEDICATION of the HOLY TEMPLE OF NZAMBI

On this Most Sacred and Glorious Day of December 7, 2013, I, Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Galdiano Montenegro, Holy Gnostic Patriarch of the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, Imperial Grand Master of the Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus and Humble Servant of Nzambi, dedicate the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus to my beloved Grandfather, The Most Holy Gnostic Saint, Henri Luis De Bourbon-Montenegro, Grand Master of the Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil who in the year of 1872, the Most Glorious Archangel Lucifer, The Divine Morning Star did appearest as the glow of angelic fire while in ceremonial ritual and standing in thy Magic Circle of Solomon and bestowed unto him The Most Holy Keys of the 72 Gnostic Universal Mysteries & Celestial Secrets of the Temple of King Solomon and breathed sacred life into our historical religious tradition and resurrected the Holy Gnostic Orthodox Mysteries of the Holy Temple of Nzambi.

SANCTUS ILLUMINATUS TRINITUS DIVINUS, AMEN.. As it is Above - So Shall it be Below Sarava Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Galdiano Montenegro December 7, 2013, Los Angeles, California

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SANCTUS ILLUMINATUS Holy Temple of Nzambi Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite Imperial Grand Lodge Welcome Brothers & Sisters. If the content of our Brochure of Membership and our Online Website resonates with you, and you would like to become a member of our sacred Universal Mystic Order, we would be honored to welcome you into our midst to begin the definitive inner journey of your life. By becoming a member of Sanctus Illuminatus, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Imperial Grand Lodge, you will be starting a process of inner discovery that has the potential to immensely enrich your life on all levels. All of us are a Holy Temple of God and therefore within each of us exists the Universal Secrets of Truth and the Celestial Keys of Knowledge that when awakened will spiritually evolve and enlighten every individual to their full potential in life to have and obtain any desire that they wish to manifest into reality. There is an innate wisdom in everyone, but very few people ever seriously try to find it. To unlock that wisdom and inner maturity requires the patient application of certain techniques of inner development in a structured ancient mystery school of learning, and the Sanctus Illuminatus, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Imperial Grand Lodge curriculum provides all you will need to accomplish this. The Universal Mystic teachings of Sanctus Illuminatus, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Imperial Grand Lodge and their associated techniques are incrementally revealed to you in a system of study and self development through spiritual transformation that will provide you with a clear roadmap to accomplishing your most cherished dreams. And when sincerely and correctly done, you will find happiness, peace and personal fulfilment that few in the world ever achieve. We cordially invite you to become a member of the worldwide community of Sanctus Illuminatus, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Imperial Grand Lodge.
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SANCTUS ILLUMINATUS Holy Temple of Nzambi Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite Imperial Grand Lodge

We offer classes to all individuals seeking to develop their spirituality and knowledge of the occult magickal arts. The Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus, Imperial Grand Lodge offers various levels of online courses of spiritual self-transformation. We offer our Lodge Members five categories of religious educational studies of Magickal training and enrichment of their spiritual journey. With your yearly membership fee of $65.00, the following levels of classes and course of studies are offered to our students in Universal Spiritualism and Gnostic Philosophies: I. Independent Studies Courses II. Spiritual Practitioner Courses in American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite III. Beginning Initiation Course in American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite IV. Advanced Studies Course in Liturgical Rites of Passage, Gnostic Orthodox Rite V. Advanced Studies Course in the Holy Gnostic Mass Orthodox Rite

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A DESCRIPTION OF OUR COURSES

I. Independent Studies Courses Our Independent Studies Courses cover various Gnostic topics of interest and magickal training that our students may desire to specialize in their spiritual journey and magickal practices. Divination Methods, Astral Projection, Past Life Regression are an example of specialty topics covered in our Independent Studies Courses. II. Spiritual Practitioner Courses in American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite Our Spiritual Practitioner Courses in American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite are for those students who do not desire to be formally initiated into the mysteries of the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition but would like to spiritually practice the mystic magickal principles of Afro-Brazilian Spiritualism & Mysticism through self-initiation. These courses are also designed for those individuals who are presently incarcerated and would like to belong to the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite but who are unable to be formally initiated because of their present situation.

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III. Beginning Initiation Course in American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite Our Beginning Initiation Course in American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite are for those students who desire to be formally initiated into the mysteries of the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. This course is also refered to as our Seven Degrees of Universal Gnostic Enlightenment Program in Afro-Brazilian Spiritualism & Mysticism. In this course, enrolled members will have the opportunity to be formally initiated and also be able to receive the Gnostic Mysteries of Spirit Vessels.

IV. Advanced Studies Course in Liturgical Rites of Passage, Gnostic Orthodox Rite Our Advanced Studies Course in Liturgical Rites of Passage, Gnostic Orthodox Rite are for those students who have completed their formal religious educational training of the Seven Degrees of Universal Gnostic Enlightenment Program in Afro-Brazilian Spiritualism & Mysticism and who would like to establish their own temple or lodge and begin to formally initiate individuals into the sacred mysteries of the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. In this course, students will discover and learn all of the initiation Rites of Passage and Liturgical Ceremonies and Rituals of the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite. Students will also learn how to prepare all of the sacred Gnostic Mysteries of Spirit Vessels of the first three degrees of the Seven Degrees of Universal Gnostic Enlightenment Program in Afro-Brazilian Spiritualism & Mysticism.

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V. Advanced Studies Course in the Holy Gnostic Mass Orthodox Rite Our Advanced Studies Course in the Holy Gnostic Mass Orthodox Rite are for those students who have completed their formal religious educational training of the Seven Degrees of Universal Gnostic Enlightenment Program in Afro-Brazilian Spiritualism & Mysticism and who would like to become active members of the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite and discover and learn the ancient philosophy and sacred Universal magickal principles and the Gnostic Mysteries of the Holy Gnostic Mass Orthodox Rite (Gnostic Mass of Nzambi).

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STATEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION The Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus does not discriminate in the administration of its admissions and religious educational programs, or religious activities on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or marital status.

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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE The Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus was established as a Universal Religious Organization: (1) to maintain a Universal Center of Spiritualism for the religious worship and to disseminate information for the spiritual and religious practice of the AfroBrazilian religious faiths of the American Candomble, Gnostic Orthodox Rite and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, (2) to establish and maintain a sacred library archive and museum of religious relics, religious art work, religious traditions and spiritual practices found on Earth and that exists throughout the greater Universe (3) to assist individuals with discovering their spiritual path through the study of comparative religions and magical practices found and practiced throughout the world, (4) to promote information about religious intolerance & religious discrimination and the legal rights of victims, (5) to promote a Universal World Community, (6) to organize and participate in both International and Community Inter-Faith Counsels, (7) to promote Universal Charity, (8) to promote the spiritual philosophy and practice of a Universal religion and spiritual practice for all people of the World and the greater Universe, (9) to investigate experiences of the supernatural, paranormal and the scientific study of the occult sciences,
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(10) to provide information and a center where all religious traditions, beliefs and practices can come together as a Universal Community to assist with raising the consciousness and the standard of living of all people through spirituality and selftransformation, (11) to promote public awareness of the importance of maintaining the Earth and the natural environment found around us in its most natural and purest state, (12) to provide books & mail correspondence classes in Metaphysics, Hermeticism and Esotericism to the incarcerated, (13) to provide a prison ministry program for the incarcerated to promote the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition, (14) to provide spiritual services for the incarcerated when released and promote positive change through spirituality and self-transformation, (15) to provide a shelter for the homeless, (16) to provide a court mandated transitional living home/facility for those individuals who are currently incarcerated and must seek out a court mandated program as part of their parole conditions, (17) to provide various court mandated programming and services to the community, (18) to provide a thrift store of donated clothing and other miscellaneus items for the underprivelleged, (19) to research and study the occult sciences through alternative forms of scientific investigation and experimentation, (20) to document through writings and video film documentaries the study of the occult sciences, the paranormal and supernatural happenings and experiences, (21) to establish a Botanical Gardens of herbs, plants and trees which historically have been classified as both medicial and magickal.

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STATEMENT OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS The Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus exercises its legal religious rights of Freedom of Religion and Religious Protection under the FIRST AMENDMENT Rights of the UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. FIRST AMENDMENT of the UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Galdiano Montenegro The Imperial Grand Master
The Imperial Grand Master of the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Galdiano Montenegro is an initiated member of the Candombl de Angola and Afro-Brazilian religious traditions. In 1985 Carlos Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Galdiano Montenegro traveled to Brazil to research Portuguese culture and Afro-Brazilian spirituality and during the time that he spent there became initiated into the "sacred mysteries" of Afro-Brazilian spirituality. The Family of the Imperial Grand Master, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Galdiano Montenegro are historically attributed and recognized by religious scholars and historians with introducing and bringing the Candombl de Angola and Quimbanda religious tradition into the United States of America which they brought with them from the Cape Verde Islands and Brazil in the late 1800's and the early 1900's. In the year of 2003, the Imperial Grand Master of the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Galdiano Montenegro Author founded the American Candombl Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite in order to preserve the unique folkloric and historical Gnostic African religious traditions and beliefs of his Families "AfroEuropean Heritage". The American Candombl Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite became the first non-profit religious organization recognized in the United States of America for the religious practices of Candombl de Angola and Afro-Brazilian Quimbanda outside of the country of Brazil. The practice of Afro-Brazilian Spiritualism and religion has been a part of the Author's Family since 1864. The present day American Quimbanda Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition of the American Candombl Church represents a 150 year old continuous "Religious Lineage" in Candombl de Angola and AfroBrailian Quimbanda religous traditions.
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The Imperial Grand Master of the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Galdiano Montenegro has written more than 2,500 book titles about Gnostic Occult traditions, the Supernatural, the Paranormal and the Occult Sciences for the past 30 years. The Imperial Grand Master of the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Galdiano Montenegro resides in the United States of America in the City of Los Angeles.

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A letter of the Imperial Grand Master

Thirty years ago I set out on a Spiritual Journey into the realms of an unseen world of the supernatural and the occult sciences. I became a spiritual explorer in search of scientific evidence to prove that this very misunderstood world of invisible dimensions of multiplicity was in fact a part of the inner and outer consciousness of man, a place where few have traveled to and exist just beyond the world of the living and the dead. My Spiritual Journey in the world of the Occult Sciences has taken me too many areas of the world in Search to know and to discover the truth. Some thirty years later I have now arrived at my destination and would like to share my thoughts and my experiences with you in my writings and the following books and publications. The following Brochure of Membership represent the findings of this sacred journey and my spiritual observations of a colored world of darkness that is a surreal dimension which holds the secrets of the Universe and the origin of Man. As we have entered into the New Age of Aquarius and the end of the year approaches us, it is a sacred celebration of the re-birth of the Earth and Man. I would like to share a letter that I wrote this year to the Holy Congregation of the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite. Although I wrote this letter to our religious clergy, the Universal Spiritual Principles can be shared by all faiths universally. How should we be when we approach the Universal God? What type of aspirations should we be striving for in this world and how do we acquire them in order to have life everlasting? The answer my brothers and sisters of spiritualism is in acts of true charity and deeds of pure goodness and kindness. The Supreme Creator is all powerful and knows the failings of each of his creations here on Earth and for that reason; he is forgiving of our offenses when we truly strive to be on the path of light. The path of light is not easy and many times we will place the blame on others rather than
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ourselves. We must realize that each and every one of us has been given the opportunity to know our celestial destiny through the trials and tribulations of past and present life. The Universal God knows this and that is why he regenerates our soul upon death for those of us who have not achieved enlightenment. The soul returns back to earth in order that each of us will realize our destiny, purpose and the ultimate act of spiritual enlightenment. This is my brothers and sisters the ultimate act of spiritual enlightenment. This brothers and sisters is the ultimate Divine Act of forgiveness of the Universal God so that will do not fall short from realizing this goal and destiny. Once we realize this, we will be spiritually elevated and closer to the light and oneness with the Universal God To be kneeling at the feet of God is spiritual enlightenment in the purest form. "The path to this spiritual enlightenment is not simple and you will

most certainly be met by opposition by opposing energies and disruptive negative individuals who will challenge your faith, your beliefs and your spiritual foundation".....
Many times individuals will be fooled and tempted by underdeveloped spiritual entities which only seek to destroy the development of our soul and the foundation of mankind. It is for that reason that the Universal God in his Divine Mercy and Divine Love sent the Gnostic Saints (spiritual guides) to us from Heaven to guide us and intercede on our behalf to the Almighty and the Ancestors. This is the purest form of unconditional love that you will find. We must also pray for our brothers and sisters who have fallen from the path of light and extend a helping hand. To the Universal God, the pain of losing the soul to entities of darkness is the same as the feeling of losing a loved one in death. This brothers and sisters leaves the heart of the Universal God saddened. In this world, we must always constantly nourish our souls. The soul can only be nourished by doing works of goodness and charity and by reflecting on our inner and outer being through positive thoughts and mediation. The Spirit of the Universal God which surrounds each and every one of us feels happiness when we do works of goodness without expecting a reward. We should only be happy that the Universal God has
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allowed each of us to return to this world in order to realize and correct our faults so that we may attain enlightenment in this lifetime. The Spirit of the Universal God is unhappy when we concentrate on the material world and self gratification. When we place too much emphasis on self gratification and stray from our eternal destiny with the Universal God, the Creator, we imprison the soul and allow for temptation and distraction from evil entities. We can only feel free and happy by concentrating and practicing his Divine Law with love and respect. What is the Divine Law of the Universal Master? The Divine Law of the Universal God is to love and to serve him with all of your heart and might. Each of us is a mirror image of the Universal God and therefore if we practice the Divine Law of the Universal God we also learn to love ourselves. Many of us ask the question of when we will receive the benefits and the blessings from performing such acts of goodness and kindness. We will only realize this by practicing his Divine Law and realizing how to place the spirit of the Universal God before ourselves. It is only then that we to be and then we will be rewarded, understand and acknowledge what our destiny is to be and why we are here in this chaotic, turbulent and tormented world. We need to be simple, diligent and tolerant to the failings of others and avoid judging others for who they are or what we believe how they should be. Each of us is as unique as a grain of sand found on the beach and that is the beauty of our creation by the Universal God and the mystery of life. We proclaim our love for the Universal God by faithfully following his doctrines of love, charity and consideration for those who are in darkness and ignorance. It is for that reason that we should reflect on our lives daily and pray for those individuals who have been diverted from the path of enlightenment and spiritual progression, but not criticize nor condemn them for their uniqueness or for their choices. When I first started writing and established this Holy Church, I was criticized by individuals from within my own spiritual community and faith for revealing many secrets and mysteries. I believe and have faith in my spiritual destiny which is to serve mankind. My writings are revelations from the enlightened spiritual entities which assist me in the quest to bring truth and honor to the Universal God and to individuals who share the same religious philosophy. My sacred writings were not written to achieve
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fame and fortune, but to shed light in darkness in a world where ignorance of the truth has many of times brought about unscrupulous activity by greedy individuals using spirituality as a weapon to achieve material gains. We cannot put a price on the Mysteries of the Universal God or confine his many blessings to one particular group, location or item, although we can enjoy the glory of knowing and understanding what our goal and destiny is to be in this lifetime of incarnation. The Universal God is All Powerful, All Mighty and All Knowing and through the Ancestors, the Holy Quimbanda Trinity and the Divine Holy Gnostic Saints of our religious tradition, we can begin to understand what our role is to be in this world.

"It is true that anytime the truth is revealed you will be met by animosity, envy and perhaps even worse. The trials and tribulations that we will experience in this lifetime are a test of our faith in the Universal God. Many times we may even have to sacrifice our ego by placing ourselves directly to the criticism of society or by groups of opposition in order to secure the future spiritual progression of ourselves and for mankind. To spiritually sacrifice yourself in this manner in the name of the Universal God, Justice, Truth and Honor is the "greatest gift" that you can give to this world. The sacrifice will not be done in vain, because we must look to our future spiritual development in the next world and the salvation of mankind, the Earth and the Universe for future times......
Brothers and Sisters, the message is very clear that we must always seek the truth. In truth, you will find salvation. When I leave this world to continue my spiritual journey, I only wish to take with me the joy of having been blessed with the opportunity to have faithfully served the people of the Universal God, the Ancestors and the Holy Gnostic Saints who guard over the Heavens and the Earth AMEN - SARAVA

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Declaration of Spiritual Sovereignty

The Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus is a Universal Spiritual Philosophy that cant be truly defined by man nor by the spiritual authorities of any fraternal, brotherhood, religious institution or organization of Freemasonry and or Masonic Order of Brotherhood. We therefore declare ourselves to be free of definition, independent and free of being defined. Innumerable centuries have rolled away, and colossal empires have appeared upon the distant hills - have existed for a little season, and have fallen into ruin and decay. Monarchies and religions have come up in different portions of the earth - have exhibited great power and despotism - have glided away, like a dream of the night, making a dim and dark impression on the earth have performed some part in the vast and mysterious drama of life, and have passed away into a higher sphere. But the Past has vanished, and the stupendous Present is before us. Here we stand, upon the towering summit of the ages past, contemplating the world of matter and the world of mind. We stand upon a mighty eminence, with all the vast accumulation of ages, with all the experience and wisdom of the past, beneath, around, and within us. By the powerful momentum which the revolution of ages and the development of ideas and principles have imparted to us, we have steadily and progressively advanced to a moral and intellectual position, from which we perceive it to be our personal right and mutual duty to present to the world the reasons why we occupy this position, and why, also, we are resolved to maintain it, as the only certain foundation of individual culture and humanitarian progression. We hold it to be a self-evident truth that the principle of Reason is the greatest and highest endowment of the human mind; that it is the indwelling light and the power of understanding by which man is enabled to read the
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innumerable sentences and chapters contained in the everlasting volume of Nature! We hold Reason to be the divinely inherited treasure of the human soul, because it sees the indications, studies the principles, and progressively comprehends the countless and infinitely diversified manifestations, of the Universal God. And we, likewise, hold it to be self-evident, that Nature is the only perfect and unalienable Revelation which the Deity has ever given, or ever will give, to mankind. By Nature, we apprehend the Material Universe, with its innumerable constellations of Suns, Planets, and Satellites; and the Spiritual Universe, with its innumerable spheres of loveliness, and with their multitudinous angelic and seraphic inhabitants. It embraces the stupendous Univercoelum which comprehends the kingdoms beneath, the powers within, and the boundless firmaments above us. We believe Nature to be the universal exponent of God; and Reason to be the universal exponent of Nature; therefore, that Nature and Reason, combined, constitute the only true and reliable standard of judgment upon all subjects - whether social, political, philosophical or religious - which may come within the scope and investigations of the human mind. Furthermore, we hold it to be the nature, and tendency, and divine prerogative of the human soul to explore, to investigate, to classify, and reduce to a practical application, every thought and principle, and science, and philosophy, and religion, which rests upon the everlasting foundations of the Universe; and likewise, that it is mans nature and prerogative to candidly, freely, and fearlessly - with an eye, single to truth - examine all sciences, and discoveries, and mythologies, and theologies, and religions which have been, or may be, developed among men; and that if they do not accord with the immutable principles of Nature and Reason, it is his divine right and authority to openly expose, repudiate, and discard them. We believe that there is nowhere, in the mighty empire of this material and spiritual universe, any absolute sin or evil! We believe that all evil is but the negation of good - all sin, the negation of righteousness - all error, the negation of truth - all discord but the negation of harmony - that is to say, what are conventionally or customarily termed sin and evil, among men, is
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but the misdirection or perversion of the attributes of the human soul, which are substantially good and intrinsically pure. We believe that, in consequence of a law of sympathy and universal dependence by which all created things are inseparably united and connected together, the individual affects society, and that society moulds and shapes the individual. And we believe that all men have two important responsibilities resting upon them: 1. The protection, welfare, and harmonization of the Individual. 2. The protection, welfare, and harmonization of Society. We believe it to be our highest interest and legitimate duty to discover, and decry, and remove every conceivable barrier and obstruction, which, in any manner whatsoever, may serve to derange, impede, or arrest the progressive development of peace on earth and good will to all men. We, therefore, hereby resolve to declare ourselves free and independent of all personal, social, education, and theological habits, customs, and restrictions which militate against, or prevent us from accomplishing, these grand and glorious ends of our creation and destiny. We, therefore, declare it to be our highest duty to become enlightened concerning ourselves; and concerning the powers and spheres of the human mind; to the end that we may grow in personal harmony. And we, moreover, freely declare it to be our sacred conviction, which we base upon the past historical experience of humanity and upon our highest intuitions and reason, that all true religion and all true inspiration are natural to the human soul. We believe that heaven is harmony, and that no man can secure his condition merely by doing penance at the virgins shrine; nor by being prayed for or prayer; nor by building Churches and hiring Gospel preached; nor by believing, or trying to believe any system of religion. On the contrary, we do
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declare it to be our deepest conviction that Heaven is attainable only through self-development and self-harmonization. To understand what harmony is, we must ourselves become harmonious. A harmonious individual is a Revelation of the Divine Mind; for every human spirit is a finite embodiment of the elements of the Infinite God. We conclude our Declaration of Independence, by affirming harmony must begin with the Individual; it will thence spread over our families and communities; then it will flow and ramify through the innumerable veins and arteries of the distant sects and nations; then the Whole will represent the Individual, the Individual the Whole; and God will be all in all.

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Holy Temple of Nzambi Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite Sanctus Illuminatus

Welcome to the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus, a non-profit religious organization that is consecrated to spiritual truth and dedicated to the transmission of sacred cosmic knowledge and the universal mysteries. The Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus is a Latin American mystic school of light, spiritual theology and selfimprovement in which the members, by means of a progressive system of study, initiations and practical application of what is learned, become not only the masters of their own lives, and architects of their own destiny, but also incorporate the highest existing ethical ideals into their personality and transmit the secrets and knowledge of our spiritual fraternity. The Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus perpetuates the wisdom of ancient wisdoms and traditional Latin American Spiritualism. We offer a religious education of religious mystic teachings and spiritual studies to individuals to develop their physical, mental, and spiritual abilities, and understand the relationship that exists between all people, the cosmos, the laws that govern it, and God, by whatever name He is known and however conceived. All of this is presented through progressive initiations and graduated studies that are typical of an initiatory order. By means of the wisdom acquired in our historic tradition members of our church become aware that all people can come to be all they should be and obtain what they need, regardless of class or other limitations, through the graduated structured study of the spiritual teachings of the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus. For this reason, the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus declares that our spirituaal tradition has been ordained by the Universal God and that it is a path toward the Light of Knowledge and
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personal realization. If you truly aspire to be the complete keeper of your own life, to ascend toward perfection, to know the secret cosmic universal laws that govern the physical realm and the mysteries of the mental and spiritual, we invite you to accompany us on the path of knowledge that is the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus

Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Galdiano Montenegro Holy Temple of Nzambi Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite Imperial Grand Lodge SANCTUS ILLUMINATUS February 9, 2014

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THE AMERICAN QUIMBANDA RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY The American Quimbanda,Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition is monotheistic. Monotheism is the belief in the existence of one Supreme God. Religious initiates of the American Quimbanda,Gnostic Orthodox Rite religion refer to Him as Nzambi or Nzambi Mpungu, "Almighty God of the Great Celestial Mysteries and the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth". In the American Quimbanda,Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition, God is also referred to as Nzambi Ntoto. In the religious context of our religious theology, the word Nzambi Ntoto means "God Who touched and walked the Earth". The religious initiates of American Quimbanda,Gnostic Orthodox Rite also refer to God as Ndala Karitanga (God who created Himself) and Sa Kalunga (Lord Endless, Infinite and Supreme God), after having created the world and everything in it. Although many religious practitioners of American Quimbanda,Gnostic Orthodox Rite would consider its religious philosophy as monotheistic, there are many elements of pantheism which have been incorporated within the confines of the belief of one true God. Pantheism is the view that the Universe (Nature) and God are identical and that the essence of God is found within the Cosmos as an all-encompassing unity and the sacredness of Nature. There has been in recent years much debate and confusion about the American Quimbanda,Gnostic Orthodox Rite religion as being polytheistic, but it is not. It is difficult to delineate from notions such as pantheism and monotheism. The confusion comes from the lack of understanding between the concepts of the term worship and the term veneration. Worship is an act of religious devotion usually directed to one or more deities. Veneration is a special act of honoring a saint: a dead person who has been identified as singular in the traditions of the religion. In the world of American Quimbanda,Gnostic Orthodox Rite, we worship God and venerate the deities or spirits (Nkisi). Catholics venerate the angelic spiritual beings called angels. Catholics also venerate the saints, (among them Mary), as human beings who had remarkable qualities, lived their faith in God to the extreme and are believed to be capable of interceding in the process of salvation for others; however, Catholics do not worship them as gods. There are other examples
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of monotheistic religions such as Christianity which embrace the concepts of a plurality of the divine; for example, the Trinity, in which God is one being in three eternal persons (the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit). Additionally, most Christian churches teach Jesus to be two natures (divine and human), each possessing the full attributes of that nature, without mixture or intermingling of those attributes. Although there can be found in the African continent as well as many other places of the world the belief in polytheistic religious beliefs and practices, the concept of monotheism in the ancient African continent has existed for over 8500 years and its concept is not new. The practice of monotheism in Africa predates the birth of Christianity. Most of the fear and misunderstanding about the American Quimbanda,Gnostic Orthodox Rite and American Candomble religious traditions come from individuals who have a lack of understanding about the religious philosophy of African cultures and their sacred traditions. Although we often define those spiritual entities venerated and associated with the American Quimbanda,Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition as deities or spirits, they are not. The word deity and the word spirit for those practicing traditional American Quimbanda,Gnostic Orthodox Rite at the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus simply means and refers to an elevated spiritual being (Holy One) which can be petitioned to intercede on our behalf directly to Nzambi (God) and assist us in the process of the spiritual elevation and the evolution of our soul. These deities or spirits are also refered to as angelic beings. The word spiritual being can be defined as an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events. The word incorporeal means having no material body or form. The word angelic being can be defined as a benevolent celestial being that acts as an intermediary between Heaven and Earth. This concept is the same as the veneration of the angels and the Saints by Roman Catholics. There is only one true God in the v religious philosophy and we call him Nzambi, the "Father and Creator of the Heavens and the Earth", the "Creator of all that is Seen and Unseen". The Afro-Brazilian religion of American Quimbanda,Gnostic Orthodox Rite is a mystery religion or gnostic religious tradition. A mystery religion is any religion with an arcanum, or secret wisdom. In a mystery religion, an inner core of beliefs, practices, and the religion's true nature, are revealed only to those who have been initiated into its secrets.
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Holy Temple of Nzambi Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite Sanctus Illuminatus

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN OUR TEMPLE OF LIGHT The Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus is a Universal Order of Mystics of light who study Ancient Wisdoms & Gnostic Philosophies and the Universal Scientific Laws of Truth governing the great Celestial Universe of the Universal God. It is important that those seeking membership at the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus do so completely on their own free will. It is also important that the seeker of membership within our great Universal Gnostic tradition completely understand the religious educational studies program associated with our Temple and the structure of its Order Proper of the Holy Degrees of Initiation. Like any Order of Ceremonial High Magick, it is important that the seeker of Ancient Wisdoms & Gnostic Philosophies not only discover the magical keys to ritual success, but also what magical principles will be learned as well. What good is any Order of Ceremonial High Magick if the content that will be discovered and learned does not work or even have any meaning in one's spiritual journey? All of the following will be learned and realized at the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus.

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SANCTUS ILLUMINATUS Holy Temple of Nzambi Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite Imperial Grand Lodge "WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN OUR TEMPLE OF LIGHT" - Introductory Lessons You will learn about the major spirits that are found in the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms. You will learn about how to practice solitary Afro-Brazilian Quimbanda magick. You will learn about how to self-initiate yourself into the Afro-Brazilian Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite magick mysteries. You will learn about how to set up a correct ritual area and altar of the AfroBrazilian Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite magick mysteries. You will learn about the mysteries of the Pentagram of the Afro-Brazilian Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite magick mysteries. You will learn about the mysteries of the Hexagram of the Afro-Brazilian Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite magick mysteries. You will learn about the mysteries of the Heptagram of the Afro-Brazilian Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite magick mysteries. You will learn about how to perform ritual prayers, invocations and evocations of the 72 Astral Exu Spirits and the Gnostic Saints of the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms to perform a ritual for any situation or prayer request.
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You will learn about how to prepare spirit offerings for the 72 Astral Exu Spirits and the Gnostic Saints of the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms. You will learn about how to perform spiritual and occult experiments of the 72 Astral Exu Spirits and the Gnostic Saints of the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms. You will learn about how to ritually make and prepare occult ingredients of the 72 Astral Exu Spirits and the Gnostic Saints of the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms. You will learn how to determine what day, hour and lunar influence to start your magic Quimbanda rituals and prayer manifestations. You will learn the important elements of magic before performing any of the magic rituals of the American Quimbanda Gnostic Orthodox Rite. You will learn how to ritually work with each of the 72 Astral Exu Spirits and the Gnostic Saints of the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms to manifest your desires. You will learn about which Archangels govern over each of the 72 Astral Exu Spirits and the Gnostic Saints of the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms. You will learn about which of the 72 Astral Exu Spirits and the Gnostic Saints of the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms rules over each of the 12 Zodiac signs. You will learn about which of the 72 Astral Exu Spirits and the Gnostic Saints of the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms rules over the Elemental signs of Earth, Fire, Water & Air.

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You will learn about which of the 72 Astral Exu Spirits and the Gnostic Saints of the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms rules over the 7 Planetary signs. You will learn about which of the 72 Astral Exu Spirits and the Gnostic Saints of the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms rules over each of the Chakras. You will learn about which of the 72 Astral Exu Spirits and Gnostic Saints the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms rules over various metals. You will learn about which of the 72 Astral Exu Spirits and Gnostic Saints the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms rules over various sacred stones, crystals & gems. You will learn about which colors are sacred to the 72 Astral Exu Spirits and the Gnostic Saints of the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms. You will learn about which numbers are sacred to the 72 Astral Exu Spirits and the Gnostic Saints of the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms. You will learn about which days of the week are sacred to the 72 Astral Exu Spirits and the Gnostic Saints of the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms. You will learn about which Cardinal directions are ruled over by the 72 Astral Exu Spirits and the Gnostic Saints of the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms. You will learn how to speak fundamental Portuguese, Latin, Congolese and Hebrew used in the prayer rituals of Ceremonial High Magick of the 72 Astral Exu Spirits

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and the Gnostic Saints of the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms. You will learn about Clairvoyance and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Gnosticism and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Esoteric Buddhism and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Metaphysical Properties of Crystals, Gems & Metals and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Esoteric Hinduism and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Esoteric Christianity and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Esoteric Cosmology and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Esoteric healing and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Freemasonry and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Kabbalah and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Auras and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition.
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You will learn about Karma and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Mystical symbols and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Magic and religion and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about The Universal Energy Grids and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Merkabah and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Mysticism and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Numerology and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Plane (esotericism) (Planes of existence) and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Reincarnation and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Spiritual Masses (Misa Espiritual) and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Spiritual Evolution and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Spirituality and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition.
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You will learn about Telepathy and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Theosophy and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Western Esotericism and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Western mystery tradition and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about African Esotericism and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Akashic Records and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Alchemy and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Gnostic Saints and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Animism and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Astral Projection and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Astrology and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Astrology and Alchemy and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition.
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You will learn about Astrology and the classical elements and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Astrology and numerology and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Magickal Tools and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Automatic writing and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Banishing Rituals and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Invoking Rituals and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Lesser & Greater Rituals and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about the Gnostic Secrets of Baphomet and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Gnostic Biblical Teachings and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about The Magick Hours of the Day and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Candle Magick & Rituals and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Black Magick and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition.

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You will learn about Domination Magick and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about White Magick and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Body of light and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Candombl and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Cartomancy and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Ceremonial magic and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Order Proper of Ritual Magick and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about the Magick of Psalms and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Chaos magic and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Charms & Amulets and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Charmstones and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Clairvoyance and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about the Collective Unconscious and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about the Cone of power and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition.
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You will learn about Covens and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Curses & Hexes and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Deliverance Cleansings from Demonic Possession and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about The Archangels and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about The Ancient Kingdom of Lucifer and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about The 72 Angeles of God and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Demonology and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Various Techniques of Divination and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Elemental Magick and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Enochian Magick and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Evocations and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about How to Perform an Exorcism and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Folk Magic and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Goetia Magick and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition.
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You will learn about How to Start a Grimoire (personal book of spells & rituals) and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Haitian Vodou and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about The Ritual Magick Mysteries of the Pentagram and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about The Ritual Magick Mysteries of the Hexagram and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about The Ritual Magick Mysteries of the Heptagram and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about the Holy Guardian Angel and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about American Hoodoo Magick and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about various Initiations of Candomble & Quimbanda and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Sex Magick and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Kundalini energy and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Spirit Orbs and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about the Magic circle and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Magic words and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Magical formulas and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition.
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You will learn about Mediumship and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Methods of divination and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Mystery religions and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Necromancy Magick and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Obeah and Wanga Magick and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Occultism and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Omens & Superstitions and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Pagan Beliefs and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about the God & Goddess and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Planetary hours and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about How to develop Psychic Powers and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Quantum mysticism/jumping and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Astral Magick and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Scrying and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition.
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You will learn about Sances and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Shamanism & Healing Magick and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Sigil Magick and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Spells & Rituals and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about West African Vodun Magick and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about How to Communicate with the Dead and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about How to communicate with your spirit guides and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about How to do automatic writing and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about How to develop ESP and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about How to read Tarot cards and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about How to perform the Gnostic Mass of Nzambi and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about How to perform a Black Mass and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about How to Perform a White Mass and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about how to Perform a Red Mass and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition.
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You will learn about Orixa Magick and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. How to remote influence of the subconscious mind of others and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about How to read auras and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about self-realization and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about How to interpret visions and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about How to interpret dreams and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about How to develop your skills of Clairvoyance and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Sacred Spirit Art and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Past Life Regression and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Interdimensional Travel and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about How to work with the Interdemensional Spirit Realm and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about How to Identify sacred Magickal herbs and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Biblical Magick & Healing and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. How to prepare statues with Magickal occult ingredients and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition.
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You will learn about The Truth about Aliens and UFO's and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Transcendental Meditation & Visualization Techniques and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Hypnosis & the Occult and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Ritual Manifestion through Positive Affirmations and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about The Enns of the 72 Solomonic Goetia Spirits and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Meditation techniques and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Quimbanda Middle Pillar Ritual and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Nature of Time and Space and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Human Consciousness and Cosmic Consciousness and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Development of the Intuition and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Telepathy and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Metaphysical Healing and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Spiritual Alchemy and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. You will learn about Structure and Composition of Matter and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition.
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MYSTIC SEEKERS OF MEMBERSHIP The Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus offers both in person membership and online membership. Those individuals interested in becoming formally initiated into the foundational spiritual mysteries of our religious tradition should do so in person at your local Grand Lodge of the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus or online at the Imperial Grand Lodge, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus Those individuals interested in becoming spiritual practitioners of our religious tradition and desire to do so in privacy or through our long distance correspondence religious educational training program can do so online at our Official Website of the Imperial Grand Lodge, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus. Those individuals seeking to become a Spiritual Practitioner and a part of the spiritual practice of American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite through our long distance correspondence religious educational training program can do so online at our Official Website of the Imperial Grand Lodge, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus. All those formally initiated into the Mysteries of the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite or all those individuals who have become Spiritual Practitioners through self-initiation can become a member of the Imperial Grand Lodge, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus to further their religious education and knowledge. Both formally initiated and self-initiated members are encouraged to become a member of the Imperial Grand Lodge, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus which offers online training to its members, classes, seminars and our quarterly online magazine, Sanctus Illuminatus of information to enhance your spiritual journey and your knowledge.

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Membership in the online Imperial Grand Lodge, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus is a yearly subscription of $65.00. Membership in the Imperial Grand Lodge, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus is not a requirement for membership or participation in the Grand Lodge or Lodge which governs over the particular area where you live or where you have received your initiation.

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WHAT IS A GNOSTIC MASONIC RITE LODGE? A Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite Lodge, often termed a Spiritual Lodge or Magickal Lodge, is the basic organizational unit of the Grand Lodge of the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus. Every new Lodge must be warranted or chartered by both the Imperial Grand Lodge and the local Grand Lodge, but is subject to its direction only in enforcing the published Constitution of the jurisdiction. A Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite Freemason is generally entitled to visit any Spiritual Lodge, in any jurisdiction (i.e. under any Grand Lodge) in amity with his own but the individual initiate to do so must have attained the Order's third degree). The initiate desiring to visit another Spiritual Lodge is first usually required to check, and certify, the regularity of the relationship of the Spiritual Lodge and be able to satisfy that Spiritual Lodge of his regularity of membership. Initiates of the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus do not gather together at a Spiritual Lodge, they gather together as a Spiritual Lodge to work the ten basic Degrees of the Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus religious order.

All Freemasons trace their allegorical history back to the building of Solomon's temple in the Holy Scriptures.
There are three types of Lodges found within the Sanctus Illuminatus, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite. These three Lodges are the Imperial Grand Lodge, the Grand Lodge and the Lodge.

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The MYSTERIES of the IMPERIAL GRAND LODGE The Imperial Grand Lodge, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus is the governing body that supervises and governs all of the Grand Lodges affiliated with the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus. The Imperial Grand Lodge, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus is governed over by the Imperial Grand Master of the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. The Imperial Grand Master historically is also known as the Imperador Do Congo (the Emperor of the Congo). The religious responsibility of the Imperial Grand Lodge, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus is to ensure that the traditions associated with the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite are followed by the Grand Lodges and Lodges and its members. The Imperial Grand Lodge, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus also has an obligation to offer religious training and religious educational studies programs to all individuals initiated into the sacred mysteries of our religious tradition of both Grand Lodges and Lodges. The Imperial Grand Lodge, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus is not a primary center of initiation but rather a mystic school of learning for the members of its religious tradition. The Imperial Grand Lodge, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus will however participate in performing initiations for individuals into its sacred religious mysteries when there is an absence of a Grand Lodge or Lodge in their particular area of jurisdiction, State or Country. The primary function of the Imperial Grand Lodge, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus is to provide a place of religious worship and higher learning for all initiated members of our religious tradition from both Grand Lodges and Lodges. The Imperial Grand Master is also known as the Holy Patriarch of the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite. The Holy Office of the Holy Patriarch Imperial Grand Master of the Imperial Grand Lodge, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus has the religious obligation to all of the initiates of the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition formally referred to as the Order Proper of the Divine Office. The Order
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Proper of the Divine Office is a collection and compilation of formal religious rituals used by the initiated religious clergy of our tradition and contains Order Proper of the Hour of Ritual Prayers of Holy Obligation, Order Proper of the Hour of the Dead", Order Proper of the Hour & Holy Days of the Gnostic Saints" and the Ritual Liturgical Instructions of Performing Devotional Prayers & Religious Rites of the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite. The Tenth Degree of the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite are associated with the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite.

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The MYSTERIES of the GRAND LODGE The Grand Lodge, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus is the governing body that supervises and governs all of the Lodges affiliated with the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus in a particular area of jurisdiction. The Imperial Grand Lodge, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus is governed over by the Grand Master of the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition. The Grand Master historically is also known as the Rei Do Congo (the King of the Congo)The religious responsibility of the Imperial Grand Lodge, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus is to ensure that the traditions associated with the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite are followed by the Lodges and its members of its particular area of jurisdiction. The Grand Lodge, Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus supervises and governs the individual "Lodges" of the Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus in any particular geographical area or "jurisdiction", (usually corresponding to a national boundary). Some are large, with thousands of members divided into hundreds of subordinate Lodges. Others are tiny, with only a few members in one or two subordinate Lodges. Sometimes there will be only one Grand Lodge in a given area. Individuals seeking out membership in the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite must do so first at their local Grand Lodge. The Grand Master of the Grand Lodge will direct them accordingly in the appropriate Order Proper of the Rites of Initiation and what steps are required to become an initiated member of their jurisdiction.

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MEMBERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES A active initiate of the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus is required to attend at least one meeting a month at their Lodges of membership and make a honest attempt to participate in the religious festivals and religious liturigical rites associated with the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus. A initiate of the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus is required to pay yearly membership dues of $100.00 to their temples of initiation to be in good standing, although no member will be denied access to the sacred mysteries if they are unable to be financially responsible through unfortunate unforeseen circumstances which must be determined by the Grand Master or the Royal Master of their own Lodge of membership. The yearly membership fees are used to pay for facilities and for religious activities and devotions associated with our religious tradition. The yearly membership fee of $65.00 to belong to the online Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus, Imperial Grand Lodge is a separate fee associated with online religious educational programming.

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WHAT IT MEANS TO JOIN THE HOLY TEMPLE OF NZAMBI Every man and woman comes to know the Mysteries of the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus, of their own free will and accord, with his own individual needs and interests. One individual may join so that he can associate with other individuals who believe that only by improving themselves can they hope to improve their world. Another individual may join because they are looking for a focus for their charitable inclinations. Yet another individual may be attracted by a strong desire for rituals and rites of passage. Many join simply because they know a friend or relative who is an initiate and they admire that man's way of living his life. All who join and become active discover a bond of affection and a community of mutual support; a practical extension of their own religious and philosophical beliefs. The Lodge of the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus is a place where one can feel completely welcome and free from the competitiveness of the outside world. The religious offices and degrees are indeed honors, but they are symbolic ones, not one's that bestow social status or power. Initiates of all social and economic classes and all ages can meet "on the level" and act "on the plumb" in the Lodge of the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus there should be no discussion of politics, religious differences, or class. The free exchange of ideas is encouraged so long as it does not inspire division among the temple initiates.

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"WHAT SACRED TEXTS DO WE USE IN OUR TEMPLE OF LIGHT?" In the year 1989, on a starry night, while silently meditating on the great mysteries in front of the altar of the Most Holy Quimbanda Trinity, there did appear to Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Galdiano Montenegro a bright and illuminated light, the Holy Apparition of the Highest of all Angels, the King of Angelic Kings, Exu Maioral in full form and in full regalia. the Highest of all Angels, The Most Glorious Angel Exu Maioral, holding the Holy Book of Secret Truth and Knowledge in his left hand and the Divine Sword of Exu in his right hand, he then did Knight him and placed on his head the Divine Crown of Glory, the divine knowledge of the secret celestial mysteries of invocation to unlock the forbidden doors to where the Tree of Knowledge grows to deliver the Sacred Word of Nzambi and the Seven Quimbanda Kingdoms to His children here on Earth. All books written for the initiates of the Holy Temple of Nzambi are believed to be derived from the content of the Holy Book of Knowledge that the The Most Glorious Angel Exu Maioral imparted to him and that all books written and published by the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite and the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite for its religious clergy and religious Congregation are considered sacred scripture and holy and that the religious doctrine and religious theology have only been made possible through the Divine Intercession of Nzambi and the Holy Quimbanda Trinity. In our sacred teachings and religious doctrines, the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite and the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite recognizes that we are not the only religious group of practitioners of the Afro-Brazilian Quimbanda religious tradition. The American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite and the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite also acknowledges that there are many religious variations of the Afro-Brazilian Quimbanda religious tradition that presently exist and that are practiced throughout the world, but we believe that we are Nzambis chosen people. The American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite and the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite believes that our particular historical religious traditions have been ordained
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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GNOSTIC ORTHODOX CREED Like any magical tradition, it is important to understand the spiritual concepts and the rational and ideology behind its religious and magical beliefs. These beliefs confirmed in the "Gnostic Orthodox Creed" are known as the Divine Celestial Mysteries of Nzambi. The "Gnostic Orthodox Creed" is a symbol of belief for spiritual practitioners of the American Quimbanda religious tradition. The "Gnostic Orthodox Creed" was spiritually revealed to the prophets of our religious tradition through the Divine Grace of Nzambi and it was introduced and acknowledged as a Divine Holy Scripture in the year 2003 by the American Candomble Church, because it ultimately explains the Church's gnostic teachings about Nzambi and the Holy Quimbanda Trinity. The "Gnostic Orthodox Creed" also affirms our religious beliefs and doctrine about Divine Intervention and Divine Intercession of the pantheon of Holy Ones (spiritual beings & angelic beings) which make up the hierarchy of our religious beliefs and who are manifestations of Nzambis Divine Grace. By understanding the ""Gnostic Orthodox Creed", the spiritual practitioner will be able to open up the realms of the astral world and become the "Sacred Divine Holy Key to open up the Celestial Doorway" to the magical mysteries and the Angelic Secrets of the American Quimbanda religious tradition.

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THE HOLY PRAYER OF THE GNOSTIC ORTHODOX CREED We believe in Nzambi, the one true God, the Father, the Almighty, the maker of the great Heavens and the Earth, of all that is seen and unseen. We believe in Nzambi Ntoto, the God who touched and walked the Earth and became man. We believe in the Holy Quimbanda Trinity and the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms who are the sacred light of Nzambi and give light to us. We believe that only through Nzambi all things were made and only through Nzambi all souls are saved. For all of us and for our salvation Nzambi came down from the great Heavens: by the power of the Holy Spirit, He was born and became man. For our sake, He was crucified under Pontius Pilate; He suffered, died, and was buried and his spirit descended into the Great Abyss and conquered darkness. On the third day He rose again in fulfillment of the Sacred and Holy Quimbanda Scriptures: He ascended into Heaven and is seated over the mysteries of the Universe. We believe that Nzambi will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his Quimbanda Kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit of Nzambi, the Quimbanda Trinity, the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms, the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms and the ancestors who are kneeling at his feet in glory and light. We believe in the communion of our ancestors and the Divine intercession of the Holy Ones from the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms. We believe that we were chosen by Nzambi to deliver the Divine Word to His children here on Earth and that His Kingdom will have no end. We believe that all men were created equal. We believe that we are a Holy Temple of Nzambi and that the Holy Spirit of Nzambi resides within each and every one of us. We believe that Nzambi bestowed upon mankind the gift of "free will" and "freedom of choice" to choose the direction of our sacred journey here on Earth. We believe that the Kingdom of Nzambi on Earth will have no end. We believe that through the Divine intercession of the Holy Ones of the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms,
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WHAT DOES THE WORD NZAMBI MEAN? The word Nzambi is derived from the ancient Kongo language which translated means The Universal God of the Heavens and the Earth.

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WHAT DO THE WORDS SANCTUS ILLUMINATUS MEAN? The words Sanctus Illuminatus are derived from the ancient Latin language which translated means The Holy Light of God.

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WHAT DO THE WORDS AS IT IS ABOVE - SO SHALL IT BE BELOW MEAN? The words As It Is Above - So Shall It Be Below are used by the initiates of the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite and the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite which means "As it is in Heaven so May it be here on Earth. The words As It Is Above - So Shall It Be Below in our practice and belief of Afro-Brazilian Gnosticism that all individuals can manifest their desires through ritual and prayer. Through ritual and prayer, we are sending a spiritual request to Nzambi (God) through the intercession of the Holy Ancestors who are kneeling at the feet of God and the Gnostic Saints to intercede on our behalf to the Universal God. If the prayer request is with merit above, Nzambi (God) will through the intercession of the Holy Ancestors and the Gnostic Saints cause the prayer request of the initiate to manifest into reality on the Earth below. Therefore, when we end our prayers with As It Is Above - So Shall It Be Below we are re-affirming the prayer request and desires of the act of ritual to manifest on Earth and cause them into being and into reality.

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AN INTRODUCTION TO BRAZILIAN SPIRITUALISM The historical roots of the present day American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition are distinctly African. The great African slave trade that lasted from 1514 - 1866 brought a lasting African cultural presence to Brazil and to the Americas. Quimbanda is an Afro-Brazilian religion practiced primarily in the urban city centers of Brazil. Quimbanda practices are typically associated with prayers and rituals associated with a mixture of various forms of spirituality. Before and even after the African diaspora, the present day religious faith of Quimbanda merged with other religious traditions and it is a mixture of ancient European Necromancy and Sorcery, Congo religious traditions, indigenous native Indian beliefs from the Amazon Rain Forest, European Spiritualism and the Jewish Kabbalistic magical religious traditions. Over the course of 500 years of shaping in the New World, the Quimbanda faith, through spiritual evolution has emerged and become a very distinct religious belief that is widely accepted as a legitimate religious tradition.Although distinctly different from its original religious practice which had its roots in the African Congo, the religious concept is identical in terms of religious structure and ritual practice. The word Quimbanda (Kimbanda) actually comes from the African Bantu word meaning healer or shaman. Quimbanda also refers to "the one who communicates with the beyond". The Quimbanda magico-religious tradition is the most powerful Congo magical practice found in the New World and is also known and revered as perhaps being the most dynamic, complicated and the most powerful forms of African magico-religious practices found in Latin America. Quimbanda was originally contained under the Afro-Brazilian religious tradition of Macumba. In the Mid-20th Century, Macumba split into two religions: Quimbanda and Umbanda. Umbanda represented the more popular with many Christian elements of Macumba, while Quimbanda retained the distinctively African traits. Quimbanda has continued to distinguish itself as a religion, while resisting many, but not all of the Catholic and French Spiritism influences that have penetrated Umbanda and other Afro-Brazilian religions.

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The American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religion was first brought to the United States in the late 1800s and the early 1900s by the De BourbonMontenegro Family of the Cape Verde Islands and Brazil who have a long history and involvement with traditional Afro-Brazilian religions since the year 1864. The American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religion has been increasing in popularity in recent years with new converts and practitioners from all around the world and from every socio-economic and ethnic walk of life. The reason for its rise in popularity is that the religious philosophy and spiritual practice of the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religion answers questions to the meaning of life and it also quickly resolves through spirituality the problems associated with our everyday life. The rituals of American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite spiritualism gives individuals a sense of control over their lives through spiritual self-empowerment to believe in themselves and their spiritual birth destiny. Religious practitioners of the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religion become aware of the great power and mysteries found within nature and their spiritual surroundings. Through a series of progressive initiation rites associated with the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious faith, individuals become responsible individuals and have a greater respect for the environment and the Universal Mysteries of God. In the year 2003, Carlos Antonio De Bourbon-Galdiano-Montenegro founded the first legal church of Afro-Brazilian religious traditions in the United States, the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite and in the year 2014 the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite. Althought the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite and the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite were originally founded to establish a religious community and cultural center for the practice of the Afro-Brazilian religious faiths of Candomble De Congo and Quimbanda, both religious organizations have continued to expand the meaning of its religious context and its social mission to humanity by establishing themselves as a Universal Religious Community of the Universal God. The religious community of initiates and spiritual practitioners of the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite and the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite
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THE AMERICAN QUIMBANDA RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY The American Quimbanda and American Candomble religious traditions are monotheistic. Monotheism is the belief in the existence of one Supreme God. Religious initiates of the American Quimbanda and American Candomble religious traditions religion refer to him as Nzambior Nzambi Mpungu, "Almighty God of the Great Celestial Mysteries and the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth". In the American Quimbanda and American Candomble religious traditions, God is also referred to as Nzambi Ntoto. In the religious context of our theology, the word Nzambi Ntoto means "God Who touched and walked the Earth". The religious initiates of the American Quimbanda and American Candomble religious traditions also refer to God as Ndala Karitanga (God who created Himself) and Sa Kalunga (Lord Endless, Infinite and Supreme God), after having created the world and everything in it. Although many religious practitioners of the American Quimbanda and American Candomble religious traditions would consider its religious philosophy as monotheistic, there are many elements of pantheism which have been incorporated within the confines of the belief of one true God. Pantheism is the view that the Universe (Nature) and God are identical and that the essence of God is found within the Cosmos as an allencompassing unity and the sacredness of Nature. There has been in recent years much debate and confusion about the American Quimbanda and American Candomble religious traditions as being polytheistic, but it is not. It is difficult to delineate from notions such as pantheism and monotheism. The confusion comes from the lack of understanding between the concepts of the term worship and the term veneration. Worship is an act of religious devotion usually directed to one or more deities. Veneration is a special act of honoring a saint: a dead person who has been identified as singular in the traditions of the religion. In the world of American Quimbanda and American Candomble religious traditions, we worship God and venerate the Gnostic Saints (Nkisi) and the Holy Ancestors. Catholics venerate the saints, (among them Mary), as human beings who had remarkable qualities, lived their faith in God to the extreme and are believed to be capable of interceding in the process of salvation for others; however, Catholics do not worship them as gods.
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THE AMERICAN QUIMBANDA PANTHEON The spiritual pantheon of Holy Ancestors, Gnostic Saints, deities and spirits of the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite is composed of seven (7) outer Quimbanda Kingdoms and seven (7) inner Quimbanda Kingdoms. These sacred Kingdoms are known as, The Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and The Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms. The realm of Heaven where Nzambi (God) resides is not considered a category of one of the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms because he is the Creator and it is only through his Divine Grace that all of the outer and inner kingdoms exist. In the Quimbanda religious system, Nzambi is considered masculine but can create duality in his work and in his sacred creations. The first three (3) Kingdoms of the Quimbanda deities are more commonly known as the Quimbanda Trinity. The Quimbanda Trinity is composed of the three spiritual deities, Exu Maioral, Exu Rei and Maria Padilla Reina. Together these three powerful spiritual forces govern the great cosmos and the universal laws of the Earth for Nzambi. That is why the religious practitioners of the Quimbanda religion venerate these three deities. The veneration of the Quimbanda Trinity is a central spiritual belief of our faith. Religious practitioners of the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite believe that the deities of the Quimbanda pantheon were placed there by Nzambi to watch over the Universe and over the actions of mankind. Within the realm of the outer confines of the Kingdoms of the Quimbanda Trinity there are found the mysteries of the inner The Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and The Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms. The Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms are governed by and ruled over by the Quimbanda deities of King, Exu Rei and the Queen, Maria Padilla Reina. The deity Queen, Maria Padilla Reina is also known as the Holy Divine Mother, The Empress of the Universal Planetary Mysteries and the Mother of the Mysteries of Pomba Gira by the religious practitioners of the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic
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SOLITARY VS. FORMAL GROUP PRACTITIONER Traditionally, belonging to a formally organized temple was the only way to learn the Quimbanda religious tradition. Thankfully that is no longer the case. Thanks to the many books published by the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite religious traditions, it is now possible to learn the religious traditions of Afro-Brazilian spiritualism alone. The choice is up to you. The one thing that you should remember or keep in mind is that by practicing the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite religious traditions on your own you will not be able to learn as quickly as you would by participating in a formal Lodge. To assist you in deciding if you would like to practice the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite religious traditions by yourself or in a formal group, I have provided the following chart to better explain the differences between the two. FORMAL QUIMBANDA RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONER = F SOLITARY QUIMBANDA RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONER = S

F - With a formal Quimbanda temple group, the rituals are performed by a

group of people.

yourself.

S - As a solitary Quimbanda religious practitioner, you do everything F - The group meets regularly.

- The solitary Quimbanda religious practitioner can hold a ritual whenever you feel like it.
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cone of power. draw on.

S - A solitary Quimbanda religious practitioner has only their own power to F - A formal Quimbanda temple group has a wide variety of knowledge and S
- A solitary Quimbanda religious practitioner has only their own knowledge and specialty.

specialties.

F - A formal Quimbanda temple has a structured set of religious doctrines.

with the religious doctrine. words and actions.

S - A solitary Quimbanda religious practitioner can change and be flexible S - A solitary Quimbanda religious ritual can be the barest minimum of F - A formal Quimbanda temple must attune itself as one.

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MAGICAL TRADITIONS DERIVED FROM QUIMBANDA The sacred journey of the Congolese religious traditions and magical beliefs which began long before the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade of the 1500's is one of epic proportions as it relates to the present day magical practices as found and practiced in Brazil, the Caribbean and the United States. Early anthropological and historical evidence suggest that the magical practices which presently exists and are popularized today in the Caribbean and the New World we deeply influenced by direct contact of the Congolese Gnostic Quimbanda religious practices and beliefs. The Quimbanda religious traditions were carried over to Brazil not only by Congolese people who would workthe Portuguese sugar cane and coffee plantations, but also by Sephardic Jews who were practicing an ancient magical tradition known as the Kabbalah. The Sephardic Jews were working as merchants in the trade industry in trade centers of Northern Africa and also along the trade routes along the Congo River in the Africa Congo. In fact, evidence of Gnostic beliefs can be found in the first established Jewish Sephardic Temples known as Synagogues in Brazil. A Synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer. Synagogues are consecrated spaces that can be used only for the purpose of prayer. The first synagogue of the western hemisphere was established in Brazil in the 1500's. In Brazil, the Portuguese Jews call the synagogue an esnoga. It was within these Jewish mystic centers that many of the Gnostic magical beliefs associated with the magical biblical tradition of the Kaballah started intermingling with the Gnostic religious beliefs of the Congolese and as a result, the Quimbanda religious tradition started to take on a unique form of New World magical religious tradition and that would emerge as an independent magical religious belief some 500 years later. Many of the Sephardic Jewish Mystics who traveled to the New World did so to escape political and religious tensions which began happening in Europe in the 1500's in a time known as the "Inquisition". The major targets of the Portuguese Inquisition were those who had converted from Judaism to Catholicism, the Conversos, also known as New Christians or Marranos, who were suspected of secretly practising Judaism. Many of these were originally Spanish Jews, who had left Spain for Portugal. As in Spain, the Inquisition was subject to the authority of the King. It was headed by a Grand Inquisitor
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THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON & THE QUIMBANDA RELIGION 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. The Congo temple is also refered to as Nzo. 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 thetrue 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 thissacred 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 Munanzo is (becomes) the representation of Nzambi's (God) Holy Temple here on Earth
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WHAT IS GNOSTICISM? Gnosticism is a term for a set of religious beliefs and spiritual practices found among some early Christian and non-Christian groups called "gnostic" ("knowing"). In the past many scholars believed that Gnosticism pre-dated Christianity, but now it is generally accepted that Gnosticism developed into a coherent movement. Gnosticism encompasses a very wide range of beliefs and is better viewed as a collection of religions sharing some common themes rather than as one specific religion. There are two basic components to beliefs commonly labeled as Gnostic, although the importance of one over the other can vary immensely. The first is gnosis and the second is dualism. Gnosis is a Greek word for knowledge, and in Gnosticism (and religion in general) it refers to awareness, experience and knowledge of the presence of God. It also frequently refers to self-awareness, as one realizes and recognizes the divine spark within their mortal shell. Dualism, roughly speaking, posits the existence of two creators. The first is a god of goodness and pure spirituality (often called the Godhead), while the second (often called the demiurge) is the creator of the physical world, which has trapped divine souls in mortal form. In some cases, the demiurge is a god in and of itself, equal and opposite to the Godhead. In other cases, the demiurge is a being of lesser (although still considerable) standing. The demiurge might be a specifically evil being, or it might simply be imperfect, just as its creation is imperfect. In both cases, Gnostics worship only the Godhead. The demiurge is not worthy of such reverence. Some Gnostics were highly ascetic, rejecting the material word as strongly as possible. This is not the approach of all Gnostics, although all are ultimately spiritually focused on gaining understanding of and unification with the Godhead. Much (but not all) of Gnosticism today is rooted in Judeo-Christian sources. Gnostics man or may not also identify themselves as Christian, depending on the amount of overlap between their own beliefs and Christianity. Gnosticism certainly does not require belief in Jesus Christ, although many Gnostics include him in their theology. Gnostic thought had a profound impact on the development of Christianity, which traditionally sees a struggle between an imperfect material world and a perfect spiritual one. However, early Church fathers rejected Gnosticism overall as compatible with Christianity, and they
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THE HISTORY OF THE QUIMBANDA GOETIA The term Quimbanda Goetia is a word used to describe a specific type of magical practice within the Afro- Brazilian religious tradition of Quimbanda. Quimbanda Goetia is also referred to by magical practitioners of this powerful form of occult magic as "Astral Quimbanda" or "High Magic Quimbanda". The magical practice of the Quimbanda Goetia is found within the powerful realm of the Astral Exu Goetia Spirits which are found within the realms of The First Greater Quimbanda Kingdom of The Most Glorious Angel, Exu Maioral. In the practice of QuimbandaGoetia, the magician uses a series of magical invocations to connect himself to the cosmic universal astral world to summon a pantheon of Angelic beings and the 72 Astral Exu Goetia Spirits to come forth from their dimension into our physical dimension. The Quimbanda Goetia magical tradition is very different from the traditional Goetia magical traditions that are presently found and practiced in modern times. The difference lies in the religious theology of the Quimbanda religious tradition in its heavenly order from above (Heaven) to below (Earth). The other significant difference between traditional Goetia magical traditions of Europe and that of the Afro- Brazilian American Quimbanda Goetia magical tradition system is in the specific act of summoning and commanding the astral Spirits to manifest and to do one's bidding. In the traditional Goetia magical traditions, the magician invokes the astral spirits or demons to appear and then by using a series of prayers, the magician demands or forces these astral spirits who are often times seen as malevolent forces to do what they want. In the Afro-Brazilian American Quimbanda Goetia magical tradition, the magicianinvokes and summons the astral spirits to Earth and to the ritual area and then through a series of divine prayers, makes their spiritual request and petitions. Religious practitioners of the Afro-Brazilian American Quimbanda Goetia magical tradition see themselves aligned with the astral spirits to bring about harmony and balance. In the Afro-Brazilian American Quimbanda Goetia magical tradition, the astral spirits are seen as benign and as good rather than demonic and unruly. The reason for this magical belief is because we believe that when Nzambi came down to Earth and became man that upon his death, he descended into the great abyss (hell) and conquered the demons
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and other Astral spirits of darkness by spiritually realigning them to the heavenly divine order which they became helpers to mankind instead of causing chaos and destruction. When Nzambi (God) came down to Earth and was born as a man, He was known by the name of Nzambi Ntoto. Nzambi Ntoto means God who touched and walked the Earth as a man. Nzambi Ntoto is identified as Jesus Christ by magical practitioners of the magical Gnostic Quimbanda Goetia tradition. One of the most important differences between traditional European derived Goetia magical traditions and the Afro-Brazilian American Quimbanda Goetia magical tradition is the option to be able to use spirit pots which contain the mysteries of the Quimbanda spirits in their magical rituals of invoking the Afro-Brazilian American Quimbanda Goetia magical Astral Exu Spirits. Although the usage of spirit pots can often times enhance a Quimbanda Goetia magical ritual, it is not always necessary and an individual desiring to successfully practice this very rare and powerful form of magic can do it with using the simple magical procedures that will be discussed in detail such as using only a spirit sigil, candle and a few magical tools to successfully do the rituals and to manifest whatever they desire. Like many magical occult traditions, the roots of the Goetia magical system would be difficult to determine on the religious timeline of man. We do know that the Goetia magical tradition is very ancient and its existence can be traced throughout biblical history and can be found in such ancient traditions as the ancient Kabbalah. The Kabbalah is an ancient magical esoteric tradition practiced by the early ancient Jews. During the middle ages, there were many magicians using the magical occult principles of this tradition. It was during this time that the secrets and the magical mysteries were starting to be written down in magical grimoires, but up until this time, most of the secret knowledge of the mysteries of the powerful Goetia system was passed down only orally through the generations. The most famous examples of medieval Goetia include the Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis ("The Lesser Key of Solomon"). According to tradition, the modern day magical system of the Goetia was founded by the great King Solomon of Israel. King Solomon is known as being the most powerful magician of world history. King Solomon was also known as a necromancer. It is believed that King Solomon was given the power by God to be able to command the Astral Spirits. It is also alleged that King Solomon used the power of the Goetia magical system to command these
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Astral Spirits to build the famous Temple of Solomon. So just how did the magical mysteries of the Goetia come to be found in the present day practice of the Afro-Brazilian Quimbanda Goetia? How did these Goetia magical mysteries find their way into my familys magical practice of the Quimbanda religious tradition? The history of the present day American Quimbanda religious tradition cannot be properly discussed without some understanding of the medieval Knights Templar. It is believed that the Knights Templar did directly help shape the mystical rituals, ceremonial and religious development of modern day religious practice of Quimbanda by bringing elements of Freemasonry into it. The Knights Templar, the Order of the Temple or simply as Templars, was among the most famous of the Western Christian military orders. The organization existed for approximately two centuries in the Middle Ages. Officially endorsed by the Catholic Church around 1129, the Order became a favored charity throughout Christendom, and grew rapidly in membership and power. Templar knights, in their distinctive white mantles with a red cross, were among the most skilled fighting units of the Crusades. Noncombatant members of the Order managed a large economic infrastructure throughout Christendom, innovating financial techniques that were an early form of banking, and building many fortifications across Europe and the Holy Land. The Templar's existence was tied closely to the Crusades; when the Holy Land was lost, support for the Order faded. Rumors about the "Templar's secret initiation ceremony" created mistrust, and King Philip IV of France, deeply in debt to the Order, took advantage of the situation. On Friday 13, 1307, many of the Order's members in France were arrested, tortured into giving false confessions, and then burned at the stake. Under pressure from King Philip, Pope Clement V disbanded the Order in 1312. When the Knights Templar was disbanded by the Pope, Portugal's King Denis formed the new Order of Christ, and invited them to join. While other European Kings quickly seized the Templar castles and lands and often imprisoning or killing the knights themselves, King Dinis of Portugal did not. Instead, he petitioned the Pope to found a new order of religious knights, the Order of Christ. The Pope agreed. King Dinis quietly spread the word that all former Templars were welcome, and restored the castles to the new templars indisguise. In 1420, Prince Henry the Navigator, a Portuguese royal prince
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was made Grand Master of the Order of Christ. Funds from the order financed his expeditions and the first Portuguese navigators sailed under the red cross of the Knights Templar. Prince Henry the Navigator was responsible for the early development of European exploration and maritime trade with other continents. In the year 1460, Prince Henry the Navigator died, but the Portuguese empire continued to sail under the red cross of the Knights Templar and expanded into the African continent. In the year 1483, the Portuguese explorer Diogo Co sailed up the uncharted Congo River, stumbling on Congo villages and becoming the first European to encounter the Congo Kingdom. When the Portuguese first arrived in the Congo, the two nations immediately began a trading relationship with the Congolese peoples. Along with trading between the two nations, there also began an exchange of religious ideas about Gnostic mysticism. During his visit, Diogo Co left his men in the Congo while taking Congolese nobles and bringing them to Portugal. This is a very important fact in the timeline of the modern day Quimbanda religious tradition because the first explorers of the Portuguese expedition included mostly members of the Knights Templar. Because of the Knights Templar direct contact with the Congolese nobles, their religious ideas did influence the future of the Congolese religion. Diogo Co returned to the Congo with the Congolese nobles in the year 1485 along with clergy of the Portuguese Roman Catholic Church. Shortly after the Congolese nobles returned to the Congo from Portugal, the ruling King, Nzinga a Nkuwu, was baptized and converted to Christianity along with the principal nobles of the Congolese Kingdom. It was also in the year 1485 that the first Congo citizen returned from Portugal and opened the first school and institution of higher learning. The Congo King, Nzinga a Nkuwu took the name of Joo I in honor of Portugal's King at the time, Joo II. The Congolese King, Joo I ruled until his death around 1506 and was succeeded by his son, Afonso I (Mvemba a Nzinga). When he became King, he faced a serious challenge from a half-brother, Mpanzu a Kitima. The Congo King overcame his brother in a battle waged at Mbanza Kongo. According to Afonso's own account, sent to Portugal in 1506, he was able to win the battle thanks to the intervention of a heavenly vision of Saint James and the Virgin Mary. Inspired by these events, he subsequently designed a coat of arms for Congo that was used by all following kings on official documents, royal paraphernalia and the like until 1860. The Congolese royal coat of
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arms included the white flag with a red cross which was the symbol of the Knights Templar. Although the first Christian King of the Congo, Joo I later reverted to his traditional beliefs, his son Afonso I established Christianity as the state religion of his Kingdom. By the time that Afonso I became the King of the Congo, the Congo Roman Catholic Church was always short of ordained clergy, but made up for it by the employment of a strong laity. Congolese school teachers or Mestres were the anchor of this system. Recruited from the nobility and trained in the Kingdom's schools, they provided religious instruction and services to others building upon Congo's growing Christian population. At the same time, they permitted the growth of syncretic forms of Christianity which incorporated older religious ideas with Christian ones. Examples of this are the introduction of Ki-Kongo words to translate Christian concepts. The Ki-Kongo words ukisi (an abstract word meaning charm, but used to mean "holy") and nkanda (meaning book) were merged so that the Christian Bible became known as the "Nkanda Ukisi". The church became known as the "nzo a ukisi". While some European clergy often denounced these mixed traditions, they were never able to root them out. King Aphonso I is also credited with the establishment of the Congolese Roman Catholic Church and the creation of a strong priesthood and to this end, Afonso's son, Henrique was sent to Europe to be educated. Henrique became an ordained priest and in 1518 was named as Bishop of Utica (a North African diocese in the hands of Muslims). He returned to the Congo Kingdom in the early 1520s to run the Congolese Roman Catholic Church. He died in 1531 as he was about to go to Europe for the Council of Trent. The Church that Afonso I created was not simply a copy or extension of the Portuguese Roman Catholic Church, but from the very beginning included elements of Congolese native religious theology. For example, the Congolese people believed that most of the denizens of the other world were the souls of deceased ancestors, and not gods who had never lived on earth or had a material existence. Thus, the catechism described the Holy Trinity as "three people" (antu a tatu). Priests were called by the same name as the previous clergy (nganga), and more interestingly, the term "ukisi", an abstract noun from the same root that gives the word "nkisi" (typically used to describe a charm, or in 16th century parlance, an "idol") was used to translate holy. In this way, the Bible was called "nkanda ukisi" which might also be rendered as "charm in the form of a book" and a
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church was called "nzo a ukisi" or charm in the form of a building. In this way, Catholic Saints were identified with local "spiritual entities", and churches built in holy spots. This theology, developed by Afonso and a team of his colleagues, working with Portuguese priests, defined the way in which the Congolese people approached the new religion and in many ways naturalized it. Although Afonso is often credited with creating and establishing the first Congolese Roman Catholic Church, it is probably his grandson and successor Diogo I (Nkumbi a Mpudi) who really placed the Congolese Roman Catholic Church on solid ground. Under Diogo, a lay organization of teachers first grew up to support and supplement the always meager number of ordained priests. Diogo also had the services of some of the earliest missionaries of the Jesuit Order, who worked in the Congo from 1548 to 1555. In the year 1500, the present day country of Brazil was discovered by the Portuguese explorer, Pedro Alvares Cabral. Starting around 1514, the Portuguese began to export African slaves from the Congo that they had purchased or traded for with the ruling Congolese royal families and governments to work the sugar plantations that they were developing in their newly discovered colony of Brazil. This period is known by historians as the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade refers to the trade in slaves that took place across the Atlantic ocean from the sixteenth through to the nineteenth centuries. The vast majority of slaves involved in the Atlantic trade were Africans from the central and western parts of the continent, who were sold by African slave dealers to European traders, who transported them to the colonies in North and South America. The colonization of Brazil was a lengthy process. Eventually, though, sugar became a major industry. The labor force was of course comprised of black slaves. The majority of the slaves that were brought to Brazil that were of Congo origin were already indoctrinated into the Congolese Catholic Gnostic religious beliefs. It was this period of time that the Congolese peoples who had been brought to the New World began to continue their religious practices and beliefs but under more secrecy. It was also during this period that the Congolese peoples who came into contact with local Amazon Indigenous Indians began share religious ideas and soon began to incorporate some of the Indian religious beliefs into the modern day Quimbanda religious tradition. Our particular Afro-Brazilian Quimbanda temple attributes our historical origins and our present day magical practice
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AN EXPLANATION OF THE ASTRAL EXU SPIRITS The spiritual astral entities who reside within the First Greater Quimbanda Kingdom of the Most Holy Angel, Exu Maioral in their various nine realms along with the 72 Astral Exu Goetia Spirits are an extension of Nzambi's guiding hand. For those practicing the orthodox Gnostic Quimbanda religious tradition at our temple, we believe in Divine Intervention and the Divine Intercession" of the pantheon of Holy Ones (spiritual beings) which make up the hierarchy of our religious beliefs and who are manifestations of Nzambis Divine Grace.The religious doctrine, religious theology and religious philosophy of our Gnostic Quimbanda religious and magical tradition teaches and believes in the existence of only one true God, Nzambi. We believe that only through His Divine Intervention and Divine Grace that the Universe, the Heavens and the Earth were created and caused into existence. We also believe that Nzambi is also the creator of all things visible and all things invisible. The religious doctrine, religious theology and religious philosophy of our Gnostic Quimbanda religious and magical tradition teaches and believes that the Spirit of Nzambi has manifested here on Earth in the physical form of man in various times throughout the history of human civilization. When the Spirit of Nzambi takes the physical form of man on Earth, we call Him, Nzambi Ntoto, the God who touched and walked the Earth and became man. We believe that Nzambi divided the great Universe into seven realms (Seven Quimbanda Kingdoms) of spiritual and physical existence. In each of these seven realms, we believe that Nzambi placed the Holy Ones to watch over and protect the Universe and the Earth. We believe that the primary function of these guardians is to give light to mankind so one day we may be reunited with our ancestors and find our way home to the Kingdom of Nzambi. We believe that Nzambi placed the spiritual beings of the Quimbanda Trinity to govern over all aspects of the seven realms (Seven Quimbanda Kingdoms). The Quimbanda Trinity is composed of three Holy spiritual beings which govern all matters concerning the Universe, the Earth and the life and actions of every man and woman. These three Holy spiritual beings are named, Exu Maioral, Exu Rei and Maria Padilla Reina Pomba
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Gira. That is why the symbol of the trident is used to represent the collective spiritual forces of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity by initiates of the Quimbanda religious tradition and faith. The end points of the trident are pointed like an arrow and when held in your hand in an upward position, the three points (the Holy Quimbanda Trinity) are pointed towards the realm of the great Heavens where Nzambi resides. When the symbol of the trident is held in your hand in a downward position, the three points (the Holy Quimbanda Trinity) are pointed towards the realm of Earth where man resides. The staff of the trident represents the unification of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity coming together as one divine spiritual force with Nzambi, the God of Heaven. The religious doctrine, religious theology and religious philosophy of our Gnostic Quimbanda religious and magical tradition teaches and believes that the Holy Quimbanda Trinity and the spiritual beings which reside within these seven realms are all extensions of the great mysteries of Nzambi, the Lord our God. Our religious doctrine, religious theology and religious philosophy also teach and believe that the Spirit of Nzambi came down from the great Heavens and was born and became man. We believe that Nzambi has physically manifested Himself on Earth many times by being born and becoming man throughout the history of mankind. We believe that when Nzambi incarnated as man throughout the history of man, He has been called by many names. We believe that in each of these times that Nzambi manifested here on Earth as man, He did so to save mankind from self-destruction by our own hands by re-establishing spiritual order in troubled times to save mankind from damnation. We believe that in Nzambis last incarnation here on Earth as a man, He was known as Jesus Christ (Nzambi Ntoto). We believe that Nzambi incarnate (Jesus Christ/Nzambi Ntoto) was persecuted by man (Pontius Pilate) because He re-established mans belief in God and saved us from damnation. We believe that it was Nzambis will that His physical life was ended by which He did allow himself to be sacrificed to save man from damnation and to restore the heavenly order between man and the world of the ancestors. We believe that after He died, the Spirit of Nzambi descended into the Great Abyss and conquered darkness so that once again man would no longer walk in darkness. The term of Divine Act of Grace is called the Great Awakening. We believe that after three days after He was laid to rest He did physically rise again from the dead and then ascended into the Heavens
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where He is seated over the mysteries of the Universe and the Seven Quimbanda Kingdoms. In a further explanation, the religious doctrine, religious theology and religious philosophy of our particular Gnostic Quimbanda religious tradition believes that before Nzambi (Nzambi Ntoto) incarnated here on Earth and became man, the World was in constant spiritual chaos. This spiritual instability was caused by and occurred after the fall of the angelic beings from the Grace of God in a time more commonly known as the Angelic Wars of Heaven. When this angelic rebellion took place, many rebellious angelic beings left the Heavenly realm along with legions of spiritual entities more commonly known as demonic beings (the 72 Astral Spirits) and that they did fall and take refuge in the inner and outer invisible realms of the Earth and the underworld more commonly known as the "Great Abyss". When Nzambi incarnated here on Earth and was born as man He did so to save His children from the perils of spiritual damnation caused by these fallen angelic beings and legions of demonic beings. When Nzambi (Nzambi Ntoto) allowed Himself to be sacrificed at the hands of His enemies (those individuals who had aligned themselves with the fallen angelic beings and legions of demonic beings) He did so that upon his physical death as a man, His spirit would be able to descent in to the Great Abyss (Underworld) and defeat and conquered the rebellious angelic beings and the legions of demonic beings by triumphing over them during the three days of His death. By this Divine Act of Salvation and for the sake of His children here on Earth He reestablished the Heavenly chain of Divine Order between the Earth, the Great Cosmos and Heaven. The demonic spiritual beings that re-aligned with Nzambi's new world order were granted divine grace of forgiveness by Nzambi and became enlightened spiritual beings and are now known more commonly as the 72 Astral Exu Spirits of the Quimbanda Goetia magical tradition. It is also through this act of divine grace, that Nzambi established the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms. The religious doctrine, religious theology and religious philosophy of our Gnostic Quimbanda religious and magical tradition teaches and believes that because of this Holy event, Nzambi did re-organize the spiritual realm and placed the Quimbanda Trinity to watch over the Universe, the Earth and over mankind within the confines of the seven realms. It was because of this re-alignment that is why the 72 astral spirits were referred to as demons before the death of Nzambi
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as a man and after his resurrection the 72 astral spiritsbecame enlightened spiritual beings and were no longer classified as demons. The religious doctrine, religious theology and religious philosophy of our Gnostic Quimbanda religious and magical tradition teaches and believes that after this triumph over the rebellion in the Great Abyss His spirit did return to his physical body where He did rise again and was resurrected and ascended into the great Heavens where He awaits the souls of all men at the moment of our physical death to reunite with Him and the ancestors in glory and light. The religious doctrine, religious theology and religious philosophy of our Gnostic Quimbanda religious and magical tradition teaches and believes that there is a distinct difference between the words of spirit and the word soul as used in the religious context of our magical belief. The word spirit refers to the immaterial part of man. Man is not a spirit, he has a spirit. The word soul refers to the makeup of man. The soul makes you unique and different from every other person. The soul is how you relate to others and how you understand yourself. The spirit is how you relate to Nzambi (God). The spirit is part of the soul, much like the mind is part of the soul. It is the soul, though, that comprises who you are. Both the soul and spirit leave the physical body of an individual when they die. The religious doctrine, religious theology and religious philosophy of our Gnostic Quimbanda religious and magical tradition teaches and believes that after the third day He did rise again from the dead and then ascended into the Heavens where He is seated over the mysteries of the Universe and the Seven Quimbanda Kingdoms. The religious doctrine, religious theology and religious philosophy of our Gnostic Quimbanda religious and magical tradition teaches and believes that Nzambi will one day again incarnate again as man to re-establish the Heavenly order here on Earth. We also believe that Nzambis Kingdom here on Earth will have no end because it is only through Him that the great Universe and the Earth is allowed to exist. The religious doctrine, religious theology and religious philosophy of our Gnostic Quimbanda religious and magical tradition teaches and believes that the Holy Spirit of Nzambi manifests within the Mysteries of the Quimbanda Trinity and the Seven Quimbanda Kingdoms. We believe that one day like our ancestors we will return back to our heavenly home of Heaven and will reunite with our ancestors who are kneeling at Nzambis feet in glory and light. The religious doctrine, religious theology and religious philosophy of
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our Gnostic Quimbanda religious and magical tradition teaches and believes that the spirits of our ancestors can spiritually and physically manifest to man by petitioning them through prayers and devotions. The primary purpose that the spirits of our ancestors manifest here on Earth to man is to assist us on our journey of life so that one day we will be reunited with them in Heaven. We also believe that by petitioning the Holy Ones which govern over the realms of the Seven Quimbanda Kingdoms that they will be able to assist man by interceding on our behalf to Nzambi. The religious doctrine, religious theology and religious philosophy of our Gnostic Quimbanda religious and magical tradition teaches and believes that our particular historical religious traditions have been ordained by Nzambi and has evolved into the most orthodox Congo derived gnostic religious tradition in its truest and purest form of the Quimbanda religious practice as brought to Earth by Nzambi, the God of Heaven. For this reason we believe that we are Nzambis chosen people and that Nzambis Kingdom here on Earth will have no end. The religious doctrine, religious theology and religious philosophy of our Gnostic Quimbanda religious and magical tradition teaches and believes that we are Nzambi's chosen people because we are following the Gnostic Quimbanda religious tradition in its original form that was established by the First Prophet of our Church, King, Nzinga a Nkuwu (King Joo I) in the year 1485 of the Congolese Empire which was ordained by Nzambi and the ancestors. The religious doctrine, religious theology and religious philosophy of our Gnostic Quimbanda religious and magical tradition teaches and believes that through prayers, spiritual devotions to the spirits of the Seven Quimbanda Kingdoms that they will intercede on our behalf to Nzambi by delivering the sacred word to the realm of Heaven.The religious doctrine, religious theology and religious philosophy of our Gnostic Quimbanda religious and magical tradition teaches and believes that because we are Nzambis chosen people here on Earth that He has spiritually delivered His Divine Word to the enlightened clergy of our religious tradition. The religious doctrine, religious theology and religious philosophy of our Gnostic Quimbanda religious and magical tradition teaches and believes that our Church is the only one true Gnostic Church which holds the true gnostic or mysteries of Nzambis power. The religious doctrine, religious theology and religious philosophy of our Gnostic Quimbanda religious and magical tradition teaches and believes that through the Act of
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Baptism into the Mysteries of the Quimbanda Religious Faith that all individuals may cleanse themselves of all past and present sin. We believe that Nzambi established the sacred mysteries of Quimbanda Baptism to enlighten all men and women to place them back on the path of light and to re-establish our divine spiritual mission here on Earth by placing us back on the journey of our spiritual birth destiny that was established before we were born.The religious doctrine, religious theology and religious philosophy of our Gnostic Quimbanda religious and magical tradition teaches and believes that just as Nzambi was resurrected, we also may be resurrected in the afterlife and be reunited with our ancestors and Nzambi in Heaven.

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AMERICAN CANDOMBLE CHURCH & AMERICAN QUIMBANDA GNOSTIC ORTHODOX RITE RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS The American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite and the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite are separate religious institutions enjoined together through the common belief in a religious cosmology. The formal membership of its religious clergy of the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite is composed of individuals who have completed the nine degrees of American Quimbanda religious initiations associated with the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus. Membership in the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite represents the Tenth Degree of Religious Initiation into the religious mysteries of the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite and the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite, Sanctus Illuminatus. It is in the Tenth Degree of Religious Initiation into the religious mysteries of the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite and the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite that the two religious institutions cross over each other at the crossroads and become one.

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THE RELIGIOUS COSMOLOGLY A religious cosmology (also mythological cosmology) is a way of explaining the origin, the history and the evolution of the cosmos or universe based on the religious mythology of a specific tradition. Religious cosmologies usually include an act or process of creation by a creator deity or a larger pantheon. The creation of the Universe and the Earth, according to the scriptures of the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition was uniquely orchestrated by the Universal God. The American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition teaches that this Earth is just one of many inhabited worlds, and that there are many governing heavenly bodies as well as various hidden and invisible dimensions which exists within the Earth and beyond as well. The American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition teaches that the Universe is divided or classified into nine realms or kingdoms. The American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition teaches that each of these nine realms is inhabited by various Angelic forces, Spiritual forces, Spiritual beings, Ancestral Spirits and Gnostic Saints that were created by the Universal God to give him honor and glory. The American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition teaches that the various Angelic forces, Spiritual forces, Spiritual beings, Ancestral Spirits and Gnostic Saints of these realms can be petitioned (intercede) by man to discover and to know the Universal Mysteries of the Universal God. The American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition teaches that man can only petition the various Angelic forces, Spiritual forces, Spiritual beings, Ancestral Spirits and Gnostic Saints of only seven of these realms and the spiritual forces from the remaining realms can only be petitioned by man by going through initiations of higher degrees associated with the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition.

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THE FIRST GREATER QUIMBANDA KINGDOM OF EXU MAIORAL In the American Quimbanda magical religious tradition, the First Greater Quimbanda Kingdom is ruled over by the powerful angelic entity, The Most Holy Divine Archangel, Exu Maioral. The Most Glorious Angel Exu Maioral is the King of The First Greater Quimbanda Kingdom. Exu Maioral rules over the great cosmos and the Universe for Nzambi. Exu Maioral is the Holy Celestial Emperor of the "Great Universe". Exu Maioral only answers directly to Nzambi. Exu Maioral governs over the "nine realms" of the "astral world" and over all of the "Angels", the "72 Astral Exu Spirits" and the "Holy Enlightened Ones" from this First Greater Quimbanda Kingdom where all of these astral spiritual entities reside. Exu Maioral is one the three spirits that make up the Holy Quimbanda Trinity (Exu Maioral, Exu Rei, Maria Padilla Reina). The Most Glorious Angel Exu Maioral is associated with the Angel Exu Baphomet. The Angel Exu Baphomet is the Holy Spirit of Fire of The Most Glorious Angel Exu Maioral and governs over all magical workings of Astral Magic that come from the hand of man. The Angel Exu Baphomet governs over the sacred magical mysteries of the 72 Astral Exu Spirits as they manifest on earth and to mankind. In the American Quimbanda religious and magical tradition, the Angel Baphomet is identitified with the Roman Catholic Saint, Saint Cyprian. In the American Quimbanda magical practice, Saint Cyprian is a powerful Holy One from the astral realm who can be summoned and petitioned in all matters of sorcery and ceremonial black magic.

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Archangel Michael - The Sun - Sunday Archangel Gabriel - The Moon - Monday Archangel Samael - Mars - Tuesday Archangel Raphael - Mercury - Wednesday Archangel Sachiel - Jupiter - Thursday Archangel Anael - Venus - Friday Archangel Cassiel - Saturn - Saturday

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THE SECOND GREATER QUIMBANDA KINGDOM In the American Quimbanda magical religious tradition, the Second Greater Quimbanda Kingdom is ruled over by The Most Holy Gnostic Saint, Exu Rei. The Most Holy Gnostic Saint, Exu Rei is the Holy Celestial Emperor of the "Zodiac Constellations" and the Gnostic Spirits associated with the Zodiac Constellation realms of Western Magick Traditions. Exu Rei is one the three spirits that make up the Holy Quimbanda Trinity (Exu Maioral, Exu Rei, Maria Padilla Reina). The Most Holy Gnostic Saint, Exu Rei governs over the Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms of the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms. The Most Holy Gnostic Saint, Exu Rei governs over the Earth with his female consort, The Most Holy Gnostic Saint, Maria Padilla Reina. The realm of the Second Greater Quimbanda Kingdom of The Most Holy Gnostic Saint, Exu Rei is associated with the sacred mysteries of Zodiac magick. In the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious and magical tradition, The Most Holy Gnostic Saint, Exu Rei is identitified with the Roman Catholic Saint, Saint Martin De Porres. The Most Holy Gnostic Saint, Exu Rei governs over the "Zodiac Constellations" of Aires, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.

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In the American Quimbanda magical religious tradition, the Fourth Greater Quimbanda Kingdom is ruled over by the female entities of the Aje Spirits (the Three Fates), their Mother, Iyami Oxorong (Saint Sophia) and the Elemental Spirits of Gnomes (Spirit of Earth), the Undines (Spirit of Water), the Sylphs (Spirits of Wind & Air), and Salamanders (Spirits of fire). The Aje Spirits rule over the elements of Earth, Fire, Water & Air. The Spirit Iyami Oxorong rules over the element of Spirit. The Aje Spirits are invisible spiritual entities that coexist with humans here on Earth. It is believed that the Aje Spirits are powerful "witches" that control all aspects of human destiny including such things as happiness, wealth, love, health and personal relationships. It is also believed that if an individual does not make a spiritual peace and truce with the powerful Aje Spirits that they can cause great harm and bring about great tragedy to all human beings. The Aje Spirits were here before the first man and first woman appeared on this Earth. Since the time that man and woman first appeared here on Earth, the Aje Spirits have been in spiritual competition with humans and historically have many of times tried to eliminate all life of mankind through such negative acts as causing famines, disease and even natural catastrophes and disasters such as floods, tornadoes and earthquakes. The realm of the Fourth Greater Quimbanda Kingdom of Aje Spirits is associated with the sacred mysteries of Elemental magick.

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In the American Quimbanda magical religious tradition, the Fifth Greater Quimbanda Kingdom is ruled over by the Ancestor Spirits (Eggun Spirits), Spirit Guides and the Preto Velhos. The Eggun Spirits are our blood related ancestors. Practitioners of the Quimbanda religious tradition venerate the ancestors. The veneration of these ancestor spirits is not a religion in and of itself, but a facet of Quimbanda religious expression which recognizes an element beyond human control. This form of veneration is at the core of all of the religious practices in Afro-Brazilian spiritualism. The basis of ancestor veneration seems to stem from two principle spiritual ideas: (1) that "those who have gone before" have a continual and beneficent interest in the affairs of the living; and (2) more widespread, uneasiness, fear of the dead, with practices to placate them. The Eggun Spirits are a part of the Quimbanda pantheon of divinities. In the African Congo they are referred to as the Egungun. The Egungun represents the "collective spirit" of the ancestors. Through veneration of the ancestors, they assure a place for the dead among the living. It is their responsibility to compel the living to uphold the ethical standards of past generations. The spirits of the Preto Velhos (Old Black Ones) are spirits that represent the elders of the first African slaves to work on the sugarcane and coffee plantations of Brazil. These spirits are believed to assist the followers of the Quimbanda religious tradition with such things as spiritual protection and healing. These powerful entities are also venerated as powerful spirit guides for practitioners from various religious traditions of Afro-Brazilian Spiritualism. The realm of the Fifth Greater Quimbanda Kingdom of the Ancestor Spirits & Spirit Guides is associated with the sacred mysteries of Spiritualism & Spiritism.

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In the American Quimbanda magical religious tradition, the Seventh Greater Quimbanda Kingdom is ruled over by the Caboclo Spirits, the Guardians of the Earth that govern over the actions of mankind. The spirits of the Caboclos (Indian) are spirits that represent the native Indigenous peoples that the first African slaves encountered when they arrived in Brazil. These spirits are believed to assist the followers of the American Quimbanda religious tradition with such things as spiritual protection and healing. These powerful entities are also venerated as powerful spirit guides for practitioners from various religious traditions of Afro-Brazilian Spiritualism. The American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite has expanded this religious regional meaning and now includes the spirits of Native Americans from North America. The realm of the Seventh Greater Quimbanda Kingdom of the Caboclo Spirits is associated with Herbal Magick and Healing Magick.

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Exu Tranca Tudo - Chief Guardian Spirit Exu Kirombo - Chief Guardian Spirit Exu Sete Cruzeiros - Chief Guardian Spirit Exu Mangueira - Chief Guardian Spirit Exu Kaminaloa - Chief Guardian Spirit Exu Sete Cruzes - Chief Guardian Spirit Exu 7 Portas - Chief Guardian Spirit Exu Meia Noite - Chief Guardian Spirit Exu Kalunga- Chief Guardian Spirit Pomba Gira Tranca Tudo - Chief Guardian Spirit Pomba Gira Kirombo - Chief Guardian Spirit Pomba Gira Sete Cruzeiros - Chief Guardian Spirit Pomba Gira Mangueira - Chief Guardian Spirit Pomba Gira Kaminaloa - Chief Guardian Spirit Pomba Gira Sete Cruzes - Chief Guardian Spirit Pomba Gira 7 Portas - Chief Guardian Spirit Pomba Gira Meia Noite - Chief Guardian Spirit Pomba Gira Kalunga- Chief Guardian Spirit

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Exu Porteira - Chief Guardian Spirit Exu Sete Tumbas - Chief Guardian Spirit Exu Sete Catacumbas - Chief Guardian Spirit Exu Da Brasa - Chief Guardian Spirit Exu Caveira - Chief Guardian Spirit Exu KalungaPequena - Chief Guardian Spirit Exu Corcunda - Chief Guardian Spirit Exu Sete Covas - Chief Guardian Spirit Exu Capa Preta - Chief Guardian Spirit Pomba Gira Porteira - Chief Guardian Spirit Pomba Gira Sete Tumbas - Chief Guardian Spirit Pomba Gira Sete Catacumbas - Chief Guardian Spirit Pomba Gira Da Brasa - Chief Guardian Spirit Pomba Gira Caveira - Chief Guardian Spirit Pomba Gira Kalunga Pequena - Chief Guardian Spirit Pomba Gira Corcunda - Chief Guardian Spirit Pomba Gira Sete Covas - Chief Guardian Spirit Pomba Gira Capa Preta - Chief Guardian Spirit

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AN INTRODUCTION TO BRAZILIAN QUIMBANDA RITUALS The magical spiritual offerings and sacred rituals of the Brazilian Quimbanda religious tradition are known for their fast results. Spiritual offerings and rituals are collectively known in the Portuguese language as trabalhos or in the English language as works. Spiritual offerings are also known in the African language as "Ebo". Because of the historical richness of the Quimbanda religion, the religious practitioners of this magico-religious system draw on the energy found in nature as well as from the powers of the spirits and the deities of the Quimbanda pantheon. Rituals of Quimbanda are usually dedicated to one or more spirits. The rituals usually consist of drawing a symbolic spirit signature on the ground at a sacred location where the ritual offering will be left at. The location of the ritual offering will be determined by what type of Ebo is being cast and for what spirit is being invoked. It is believed that every location has a specific set of spiritual entities that govern that place. A typical Quimbanda ebo would be done at the crossroads when summoning the spirit Exu Tranca Ruas to close the roads of your enemies. The ebo usually consists of candles, cigars, cigarettes, a food offering, a liquor offering and other items that are sacred to the spirit that is being invoked to do the spiritual work. The majority of the ebo's of Quimbanda are performed during the late night hours because it is believed that the spirits manifest here on earth during those hours. After the ebo has been brought to the desired magical location, the religious practitioner will recite a prayer to the spirits making a spiritual petition to grant their requests. Rituals such as those for cleansing are usually also done at specific locations depending on the desired intent of the individual. Cleansing rituals usually involve the individual taking a series of herbal spiritual baths known as "amaci" and often times a ritual performed at the shrine of a particular spirit or deity at the Quimbanda Terreiro, Tenda or Munanzo. The word, Terreiro in the Portuguese language refers to a traditional Afro-Brazilian temple and the word, Munanzo is an African Congo word that refers to a house of worship.The priest or religious practitioner who performs these ebo's and rituals is called Quimbandeiro. The word Quimbandeiro is an African Congo word meaning healer or shaman.Because the Quimbanda religion believes in spiritual communication, often times an individual
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GNOSTIC SYMBOLISM OF THE GNOSTIC ORTHODOX RITE In the Quimbanda magico-religious tradition, spirit signature sigils (a sacred mystical seal) are symbols connected to a set of ideas by which spirits or deities may be summoned to awareness and controlled. The spirit signature sigils connect the spirits to our earthly realm. In the Portuguese language they are called Pontos Riscados. The spirit signature sigils when used in the appropriate magical manner open up the doors to world of the supernatural. They are used in divinatory practices. The spirit signature sigil itself when drawn out on the ground or drawn on an object will call forth the spirit. The spirit signature sigil also serves as a physical focus through which the Quimbanda Priest achieves the desired state of mind. Spirit signature sigils represent the secret names of spirits and deities who manifest themselves differently to each magic practitioner. Once the Quimbanda Priest has summoned the spirit or deity he may control it, if necessary, by subjecting its sigil to fire or the use of a magical sword or machete. Spirit signature sigils can also serve as amulets, talismans, or meditation tools. Quimbanda spirit signature sigils may be of various signs, such as crosses, tridents, stars associated with different deities. Quimbanda Priests often times inscribe the spirit signature sigil on ceremonial ritual objects, candles or objects of silver, brass, gold, or glass. Such spirit signatures sigils are considered to be magically powerful. Quimbanda Priests also draw these very sacred and powerful spirit signature sigils directly on the ground in front of the spirit ngangas of the Quimbanda Spirits to invoke and to summon the deities to appear and to send them to do their bidding. The following Quimbanda spirit signature sigil (Pontos Riscados) can be used when doing the Quimbanda magical spells and rituals from this book and when making magical talismans and amulets.

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THE MYSTERIES OF CELESTIAL DIVINE LIGHT In the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, the spirits of the dead who make a pact with the world of the living are collectively called Nkisi. The word Nkisi is a Congolese word meaning Spirit or Spirit Mysteries. The spirits come from the World of the Dead and manifest through the Nganga. The Nganga is considered by the initiates of the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, to be a Sacred and A Most Holy Religious Relic of God (Nzambi). In the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, all of the spirits venerated within our religious tradition from the vast pantheon of Gnostic Saints of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity, the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms has their own unique Spirit Vessel and Spirit Mysteries which are sacred to each particular spiritual entity. The religious foundation and origin of the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite is Congolese and therefore its spiritual traditions and sacred religious rituals are influenced by Ancestral Veneration and the belief that the spirit world has a strong influence over the world of the living. In the practice of Congolese magic and mysticism the mysteries of the spirits are believed to be able to be captured and placed inside or into vessels of various types including wood statues known as African Fetish Statues and metal and ceramic clay bowls. After the spirit is placed into or inside of the vessel which will be housing it, it is believed that the magician can summon the spirit from within the vessel to do their bidding. In the year 1864, my grandmother Matilda De Bourbon-Montenegro became initiated into the Afro-Brazilian Spirit Mysteries of the Candomble De Angola and Quimbanda religious traditions. In the year 1872, my grandfather Henri Luis De Bourbon-Montenegro brought the sacred Goetia Spirit Mysteries to our religious temple and was given vision by spirit of how to prepare the Solomonic Quimbanda Goetia Spirit Mysteries and the sacred ritual instructions to give life to them in a sacred
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THE SACRED INITIATIONS OF QUIMBANDA The Afro-Brazilian religion of American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite is a mystery religion or gnostic religious tradition. A mystery religion is any religion with an arcanum, or secret wisdom. In a mystery religion, an inner core of beliefs, practices, and the religion's true nature, are revealed only to those who have been initiated into its secrets. An individual who desires to become a formal member of a Quimbanda temple must first petition it. If the Quimbanda spirits and the religious hierarchy accept the petition then the individual will be introduced into the mysteries through a series of initiatory rites. Acceptance within a traditional Quimbanda temple is a privilege; not a right. An initiation creates a strong emotional bond and tie between temple members, and so an initiation request should not be considered lightly by either the aspirant or the temple; and, as always, the Tata Nganga has the final word. However, because of the deep bond initiation creates between the temple brothers and sisters, tradition dictates that the decision to accept a new person into the traditional Quimbanda temple must be unanimous. If only one person in the temple, can state good reason, and cannot be persuaded otherwise by other temple initiates, then entrance is denied to the Initiate. Again, the Tata Nganga has the final word in all things temple related. In the Quimbanda religious tradition, initiation is considered a rite of passage. In the context of ritual magic and esotericism, an initiation is considered to cause a fundamental process of change to begin within the person being initiated. There are various initiations associated with the Quimbanda religious tradition. In a traditional Quimbanda Temple it will take seven years to complete all of the sacred initiation in order to be called, Tata Nkisi Malongo or Tata Nganga (Male) or Yaya Nkisi Malongo or Mametu Nkisi (Female). The various steps of initiation are called degrees. Each degree is a step in that initiation process. There are seven degrees of initiation in the Quimbanda religious tradition. These seven degrees are known as the Seven Greater Quimbanda Mysteries. There are also many other initiations associated with the Seven Greater Quimbanda Mysteries of the Quimbanda religious tradition, but these are considered minor initiations. These minor initiation rituals are called the Lesser Quimbanda Mysteries. The minor initiation rituals are found within the confines of the Seven
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OUR RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS Dizngu Nlngu All of the following are Congo names for the 10 Degees of American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite known as the Ordem do Barco for the initiate (Muzenza) Seven Quimbanda Sacraments/ Religious Obligations that should be completed within the 7 year initiation period. The Ordem do Barco or the Holy Quimbanda Sacraments also represent the mysteries of the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the mysteries of the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms. Collectively all of the Greater and Lesser Initiations of the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite are also known as the Ordem do Barco which means in the English Language,
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1. The Holy Quimbanda Sacrament of Masangua The First Degree of the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Rite Ordem do Barco 2. The Holy Quimbanda Sacrament of Kibane Mutue The Second Degree of the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Rite Ordem do Barco 3. The Holy Quimbanda Sacrament of Pangu ia Diandu The Third Degree of the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Rite Ordem do Barco 4. The Holy Quimbanda Sacrament of Pangu ia kituminu kia Kamoxi Muvu The Fourth Degree of the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Rite Ordem do Barco 5. The Holy Quimbanda Sacrament of Pangu ia kituminu kia Katatu Muvu The Fifth Degree of the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Rite Ordem do Barco 6. The Holy Quimbanda Sacrament of Pangu ia kituminu kia Katunu Mivu The Sixth Degree of the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Rite Ordem do Barco 7. The Holy Quimbanda Sacrament of Pangu ia kituminu kia Kasamba Mivu The Seventh Degree of the Holy Temple of Nzambi, Gnostic Orthodox Rite Ordem do Barco

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HOW DO I KNOW IF INITIATION IS FOR ME?

An individual who is interested in formal initiation into the sacred mysteries of the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite should first consult with the Oracle of Exu before formally initiating. The Oracle of Exu is performed using 16 prepared cowrie shells sacred to the Spirit Exu. The Oracle of Exu is also known as the Buzios and also as the Chamalongo by initiates of the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite. By consulting with the Oracle of Exu, the interested initiate will be able to determine if the guardian spirit guides and ancestors of the individual are in favor of the individual becoming initiated into the mysteries of the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite and all of the necessary spiritual offerings (Ebo or Addimu), if any must be done prior to the initiation by the interested individual to have success and blessing on their new spiritual journey.

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THE FIRST DEGREE of AMERICAN QUIMBANDA The Rite of Baptism - Masangua - (Aba) Students of the First Degree will discover and learn all of the following; 1. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of Baptism The journey into the mysteries of Quimbanda religious tradition begins with a spiritual baptism. Baptism in the Quimbanda religion is known as MASSANGU. An individual desiring to become a member of a traditional Brazilian Quimbanda religious temple will be able to receive the divine protection of the powerful Quimbanda deities and spirits by receiving baptism into the spiritual Quimbanda mysteries. When an individual is baptized into the Quimbanda spiritual mysteries they are cleansed of all negativity and can then begin to continue with their spiritual journey into the mysteries of the spirits. It is through baptism that the Quimbanda spirits will begin to know the individual and their desired intent to become fully initiated at a traditional Afro-Brazilian Quimbanda temple. When an individual is baptized into the Quimbanda spiritual mysteries they are making a pledge and not a pact with the powerful deities of the Quimbanda Trinity and the spirits. The individual who is baptized receives the powerful Quimbanda spirit beads which are the banners of our Quimbanda faith. The sacred beads are called guias (spirit guides) in the Portuguese language.

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RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FEES THE FIRST DEGREE of AMERICAN QUIMBANDA The Rite of Baptism - Masangua - (Aba) 1. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of Baptism Donation fee, $175.00 2. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of the Ancestor Spirits (Egun) $175 Donation fee, $175.00 2. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of the Spirit Guides Donation fee, $175.00 4. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of the Seven Lesser Kingdoms, Donation fee, $275.00 5. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity, Donation fee, $275.00

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SANCTUS ILLUMINATUS Holy Temple of Nzambi Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite Imperial Grand Lodge THE SECOND DEGREE of AMERICAN QUIMBANDA The Rite of Kibane Mutue (Nguzu) Students of the Second Degree will discover and learn all of the following; 1. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of the Seven Archangels & Astral Spirits (Exu Maioral) 2. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of the Zodiac (Exu Rei) 3. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of the Seven Planets (Maria Padilla Reina) Initiates will learn about advanced magical techniques and instruction of how to perform occult experiments (spells & rituals) of the Astral Realm, Zodiac & Planetary Magick. Initiates will receive the following Spirit Vessels (ngangas); the Seven Archangels and the spirit mysteries of their own personal Astral Guardian Exu Spirit. Initiates will receive the following Spirit Beads (guias); Seven Archangels, Exu Maioral with Zodiac Mysteries, Maria Padilla Reina with Planetary mysteries and the spirit beads of their own personal Exu & Pomba Gira.

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THE THIRD DEGREE of AMERICAN QUIMBANDA The Rite of Pangu ia Diandu Students of the Third Degree will discover and learn all of the following; 1. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of the Aje Spirits The "Aje Spirits Initiation Ceremony" links our world to the invisible world of the Aje Spirits (Witches). The Aje Spirits control all aspects of human life such as wealth, health, prosperity, and our "spiritual birth destiny". If an individual does not undergo this initiation ceremony they will always be plagued with constant spiritual attacks by the Aje Spirits. By undergoing this initiation ceremony, an individual makes spiritual peace and establishes a lifelong relationship with the powerful Aje Spirits without any spiritual interference in order to be able to accomplish your desired goals in ones life. 2. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of the God & Goddess 3. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of the Elemental Spirits 4. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of the Iyami Osoronga 5. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of the Spirit Katende (Ozain)

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THE FOURTH DEGREE of AMERICAN QUIMBANDA The Rite of Pangu ia kituminu kia Kamoxi Muvu Students of the Fourth Degree will discover and learn all of the following; 1. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of the Congo Spirit Exu Gira Mundo 2. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of the Congo Spirits (Mother & Father)

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THE FIFTH DEGREE of AMERICAN QUIMBANDA The Rite of Pangu ia kituminu kia Katatu Muvu Students of the Fifth Degree will discover and learn all of the following; 1. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of Orixa Olokun 2. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of Orixa, Candomble de Angola (Assento) Initiates will learn about advanced magical techniques and instruction of how to perform occult experiments and perform rituals of the Candomble de Angola Orixas. Initiates will receive the following Spirit Vessels (ngangas) ; The Mysteries of the Orixa Olokun, the Mysteries of their Mother & Father Congo Spirit Guardians, the Mysteries of the Candomble de Angola Orixas (Ex, Ogm, Oxsse, Ori, Oxal, Oxumare, Xango, Ians, Oxum, Yemanja, Ibeji Initiates will receive the following Spirit Beads (guias); The Mysteries of the Orixa Olokun, the Mysteries of their Mother & Father Congo Spirit Guardians, the Mysteries of the Candomble de Angola Orixas (Ex, Ogm, Oxsse, Ori, Oxal, Oxumare, Xango, Ians, Oxum, Yemanja, Ibeji

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THE SIXTH DEGREE of AMERICAN QUIMBANDA The Rite of Pangu ia kituminu kia Katunu Mivu Students of the Sixth Degree will discover and learn all of the following; 1. The Initiation Rite/ Gnostic Lesser Mysteries of the Crossroads 2. The Initiation Rite/ Gnostic Lesser Mysteries of the Crossings 3. The Initiation Rite/ Gnostic Lesser Mysteries of the Forest 4. The Initiation Rite/ Gnostic Lesser Mysteries of the Cemetery 5. The Initiation Rite/ Gnostic Lesser Mysteries of the Souls 6. The Initiation Rite/ Gnostic Lesser Mysteries of the Lyres 7. The Initiation Rite/ Gnostic Lesser Mysteries of the Beaches Initiates will learn about how to prepare shrines for the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms of Exu & Pomba Gira, fundamental rituals and offerings of the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms and how the Gnostic Saints of the Lesser Kingdoms interact with the Gnostic Saints of the Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms.

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THE SEVENTH DEGREE of AMERICAN QUIMBANDA The Rite of Pangu ia kituminu kia Kasamba Mivu Students of the Seventh Degree will discover and learn all of the following; 1. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of the Caboclos (Mother & Father)

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THE EIGHTH DEGREE of AMERICAN QUIMBANDA The Rite of Pangu ia kituminu kia kanundeko Mivu Students of the Eighth Degree will discover and learn all of the following; 1. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of the Qlippoth Initiates will learn about how to prepare a shrine for Gnostic Saints of the Gnostic Mysteries of the Qlippoth. Initiates will receive the following Spirit Vessels (ngangas); the Gnostic Mysteries of the Most Holy Archangel Lucifer. Initiates will receive the following Spirit Beads (guias); the Gnostic Mysteries of the Most Holy Archangel Lucifer.

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THE NINTH DEGREE of AMERICAN QUIMBANDA The Rite of Pangu ia kituminu kia Riapeko Mivu Students of the Ninth Degree will discover and learn all of the following; 1. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of Baphomet 2. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of Nzambi & the 72 Angels Initiates will learn about how to prepare a shrine for Nzambi and the 72 Angels of God and how to perform various rituals of ceremonial high magick. Initiates will also learn how to perform the American Quimbanda Gnostic Mass. Initiates will receive the following Spirit Vessels (ngangas); the Gnostic Mysteries of Nzambi and the Gnostic Mysteries of the 72 Angels of God. Initiates will receive the following Spirit Beads (guias); the Gnostic Mysteries of Nzambi & the Mysteries of the 72 Angels of God.

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THE TENTH DEGREE of AMERICAN QUIMBANDA The Rite of Kakuinhi Students of the Tenth Degree will discover and learn all of the following; 1. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of the Holy Gnostic Mass of Nzambi

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1. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of the Holy Gnostic Mass of Nzambi Donation fee, $375.00

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SANCTUS ILLUMINATUS Holy Temple of Nzambi Gnostic Orthodox Masonic Rite Imperial Grand Lodge A Collection of Sacred Gnostic Articles 2012 - 2014

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CARLOS MONTENEGRO TEACHES HOW TO PERFORM THE MIDDLE PILLAR RITUAL, GNOSTIC ORTHODOX RITE OF THE AMERICAN CANDOMBLE CHURCH........

Good Morning Brothers & Sisters, This is Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Galdiano Montenegro with some interesting information for the Spiritual Practitioners of the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite religious tradition about how to successfully manifest your desires using our sacred Gnostic techniques. Before beginning any prayer ritual or occult experiment it is recommended that the Spiritual Practitioner of the American Quimbanda religious tradition perform, The Middle Pillar Ritual, Gnostic Orthodox Rite of the American Candomble Church. This sacred ritual is used to bring down the Light and Mysteries of Nzambi, the God of the Heavens and the Earth into the body of the initiate. The Middle Pillar Ritual, Gnostic Orthodox Rite of the American Candomble Church is the divine celestial connection which re-connects the spirit and soul of man with the Heavens and the Divine Creator. By performing The Middle Pillar Ritual, Gnostic Orthodox Rite of the American Candomble Church, the initiate becomes the "Tree of Life" a Holy Pillar of the Temple of Solomon. By performing The Middle Pillar Ritual, Gnostic Orthodox Rite of the American Candomble Church, God (Nzambi) becomes Man and Man becomes God. "As it is above" - "So may it be below"

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I. Stand in your front of your Holy Quimbanda Trinity Altar in your the Temple, in the direction of the East. II. Relax and stand straight and tall with your hands and arms to your sides. III. Close your eyes and take 3 deep breaths visualizing a bright white light surrounding your entire body. -THE INITIATE WILL KEEP THEIR EYES CLOSED FOR THE ENTIRE RITUAL CEREMONY UTIL NOTED IN THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW IV. Visualize yourself walking into the great Temple of Solomon. As you visualize yourself walking into the temple, visualize yourself walking up slowly up the seven holy steps of the Temple until you get to the entrance of the Temple. The seven holy steps represent the Seven Degrees and the Seven Truths of Gnostic Quimbanda V. Visualize yourself walking through the great Temple door and visualize yourself walking towards the great altar, the Holy Tabernacle of Nzambi (God). VI. When you can see yourself in front of the Holy Tabernacle of Nzambi (God) then stop directly in front of it. VII. Visualize yourself as a brilliant golden pillar in the great Temple of Solomon. VIII. In a silent voice recite the following conjuration: O Mighty Nzambi, Holy Father and Divine Creator of the great Heavens and the Earth, I, N.N. stand before thee as your humble servant. IX. Raise your arms up slowly to over the top of your head and together your hands should form the Holy Triangle of Solomon over your head. As you raise your arms and your hands to form the Holy Triangle of Solomon and recite the following conjuration: Illuminate my Spirit and my Soul with the light of your Divine Grace and connect me to the great celestial mysteries of thy creationSarava

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X. After you finish reciting this conjuration, visualize a brilliant white light forming in the center of the Holy Triangle of Solomon between the center of your two hands. Visualize this brilliant light getting brighter and brighter until it very fast overwhelms your spirit body and is so bright that it blinds you, like an explosion. XI. After the brilliant light has exploded and dissipates, slowly bring both arms and hands down to both sides of your body. X. Using the index finger of the right hand, the initiate will slowly touch the top of their head, visualizing a bright Violet Light coming forth from the top of the head. As you visualize this bright Violet Light visualize it connecting to the realm of Heaven, like a laser. As you visualize this bright Violet Light connecting to the great Heavens, in an audible voice recite the following conjuration; Tetramagraton, Elohim, El Shaddai, Adonai, YahwehSarava XI. Next, Using the index finger of the right hand, the initiate will slowly touch the center of their forehead, visualizing a bright Indigo Light coming forth from center of their forehead. As you visualize this bright Indigo Light visualize it connecting to the realm of Heaven, like a laser. As you visualize this bright Indigo Light connecting to the great Heavens, in an audible voice recite the following conjuration; Tetramagraton, Elohim, El Shaddai, Adonai, YahwehSarava XII. Next, Using the index finger of the right hand, the initiate will slowly touch the center of their forehead, visualizing a bright Blue Light coming forth from center of their throat. As you visualize this bright Blue Light visualize it connecting to the realm of Heaven, like a laser. As you visualize this bright Blue Light connecting to the great Heavens, in an audible voice recite the following conjuration; Tetramagraton, Elohim, El Shaddai, Adonai, YahwehSarava XIII. Next, Using the index finger of the right hand, the initiate will slowly touch the center of their chest, visualizing a bright Green Light coming forth from center of their chest. As you visualize this bright Green Light visualize it connecting to the realm of Heaven, like a laser. As you visualize this bright Green Light connecting to the great Heavens, in an audible voice recite the following conjuration; Tetramagraton, Elohim, El Shaddai, Adonai, YahwehSarava

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XIV. Next, Using the index finger of the right hand, the initiate will slowly touch the area of the navel, visualizing a bright Yellow Light coming forth from the center of their navel. As you visualize this bright Yellow Light visualize it connecting to the realm of Heaven, like a laser. As you visualize this bright Yellow Light connecting to the great Heavens, in an audible voice recite the following conjuration; Tetramagraton, Elohim, El Shaddai, Adonai, YahwehSarava XV. Next, Using the index finger of the right hand, the initiate will slowly touch the center of their groin area, visualizing a bright Orange Light coming forth from the center of the groin area. As you visualize this bright Orange Light visualize it connecting to the realm of Heaven, like a laser. As you visualize this bright Orange Light connecting to the great Heavens, in an audible voice recite the following conjuration; Tetramagraton, Elohim, El Shaddai, Adonai, YahwehSarava XVI. Next, Using the index finger of the right hand, the initiate will slowly touch bend over and touch the tips of both toes from the right to the left, visualizing a bright Red Light coming forth from both feet. As you visualize this bright Red Light visualize it connecting to the realm of Heaven, like a laser. As you visualize this bright Red Light connecting to the great Heavens, in an audible voice recite the following conjuration; Tetramagraton, Elohim, El Shaddai, Adonai, YahwehSarava XVII. Next, the initiate will slowly stand in an upright position with arms and hands at side. XVIII. Next, Using the index finger of the right hand, the initiate will then bless themselves using the Quimbanda Cross: Using your right hand, make the sign of the Quimbanda Trinity Cross over your body. The Quimbanda Trinity sign of the Cross is made by touching the hand sequentially to the forehead, lower chest or navel area, and right shoulder,then left shoulder and then placing your hands together in a praying position and then kissing your hands three times. This is how to say and do this: at the forehead, IN THE NAME OF NZAMBI; at the naval, IN THE NAME OF EXU MAIORAL; across to the right shoulder, IN THE NAME OF EXU REI; across to the right left shoulder, IN THE NAME OF MARIA PADILLA REINA; and finally to the center of your heart while placing your hands together in a praying position, SARAVA; afterwards kiss your hands three times.

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XIX. Next, with hands still at the center of your chest in a praying position, the initiate will recite the following conjuration; O Divine Lord Nzambi, On the most sacred day of all days I, N.N. become thy Holy Temple on Earth and in Heaven. As you became man so I become God, a great pillar of the temple of Solomon most worty of your great mysteries. On this most sacred day of all days nzambi, I surround my body with the Violet Flames of the Holy Quimbanda Trinty and become one with your sacred Universal Light. Sarava XX. Next raise your arms up slowly to over the top of your head and together your hands should form the Holy Triangle of Solomon over your head. As you raise your arms and your hands to form the Holy Triangle of Solomon and recite the following conjuration: AS IT IS ABOVE.. XXI. Next, bring your arms up slowly in front of your body and together your hands should form the Holy Triangle of Solomon in front of you and recite the following conjuration: SO MAY IT BE BELOWSARAVA XXII. Next bring your arms and hands to both sides of your body, slowly take three deep breaths and slowly open up your eyes. - END OF RITUAL -

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- RITUAL PROCEDURE Draw the spirit signature which represents the Quimbanda Cross on the floor using white chalk in front of the altar of the Quimbanda Trinity. Draw the spirit signature of the Spirit, Exu Meia Noite in the center of the Quimbanda Cross. Place a cup with fresh water directly on top of the spirit signature of the Spirit, Exu Meia Noite in the center of the Quimbanda Cross. Standing in front of the Quimbanda Cross facing the East do and say the following: Using your right hand, make the sign of the Quimbanda Trinity Cross over your body. The Quimbanda Trinity sign of the Cross is made by touching the hand sequentially to the forehead, lower chest or navel area, and right shoulder, then left shoulder and then placing your hands together in a praying position and then kissing your hands three times. This is how to say and do this: at the forehead, IN THE NAME OF NZAMBI; at the naval, IN THE NAME OF EXU MAIORAL; across to the right shoulder, IN THE NAME OF EXU REI; across to the right left shoulder, IN THE NAME OF MARIA PADILLA REINA; and finally to the center of your heart while placing your hands together in a praying position, SARAVA; afterwards kiss your hands three times. While ringing a bell and focusing on the spirit signature of Exu Meia Noite in the center of the Quimbanda Cross say the following prayer while visualizing what you desire and desire and to manifest. While ringing a bell and focusing on the spirit signature of Exu Meia Noite in the center of the Quimbanda Cross visualize the faces of all of your enemies:

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In the name of Nzambi, the Lord of Heaven - SARAVA In the name of the Quimbanda Trinity, who govern the Heavens and the Earth - SARAVA Exu by the Divine Sword of the King of Kings I lay down my enemies at your feet - SARAVA Exu by the Divine Sword of the King of Kings I do bind my enemies in thy most sacred and holy name - SARAVA Exu by the Divine Sword of the King of Kings I do blind my enemies in thy most sacred and holy name - SARAVA Exu by the Divine Sword of the King of Kings I do destroy my enemies in thy most sacred and holy name - SARAVA Exu by the Divine Sword of the King of Kings Give me victory to triumph over my enemies - SARAVA Exu by the Divine Sword of the King of Kings Give me victory to defeat my enemies - SARAVA Exu by the Divine Sword of the King of Kings I wash my hands clean like Pontius Pilate SARAVA

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- STATE YOUR SPIRITUAL REQUEST After the ritual pour the water over the spirit signature of Exu Meia Noite in the center of the Quimbanda Cross. After petitioning the Spirit, Exu Meia Noite to intercede on your behalf to Nzambi do the following: Clap your hands together three times while saying the following prayer words: Ago Exu Meia Noite Ago Exu Meia Noite Ago Exu Meia Noite Sarava........

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Greetings Brothers & Sisters.. This is Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Galdiano Montenegro with an important magical tip of the day.. The Afro-Brazilian religion of Quimbanda is a mystery religion or gnostic religious tradition. A mystery religion is any religion with an arcanum, or secret wisdom. In a mystery religion, an inner core of beliefs, practices, and the religion's true nature, are revealed only to those who have been initiated into its secrets. Although there are many ways to perform a successful ritual the following is a basic outline that can be used by any magician from any magical tradition or practice. In the American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, a ritual is a religious ceremony that is established to be regularly repeated. The purpose of a ritual is to let you commune with Nzambi (God) and the various Saints (spirits) that work together with the Holy Quimbanda Trinity (Exu Maioral, Exu Rei, Maria Padilla Reina) while directing energy towards a magical work or ritual observance. While using a ritual created by someone else will work, it doesnt allow a lot of personalization. Each step of the ritual can be tailored to fit the individuals participating or the type of ritual being performed. This allows the ritual to be crafted and shaped by the American Quimbanda Spiritual Practitioner.

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I. Purification of Self II. Purification of Space III. Ground & Center IV. Casting the Circle V. Call the Four Quarters VI. Invoking the Holy Quimbanda Trinity VII. Raising Energy VIII. Ritual Observance and/or Magical Work IX. Thanking the Holy Quimbanda Trinity X. Closing the Four Quarters XI. Releasing the Circle XII. Ground & Center

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Everyone collects negative energy. It could be anything from a bad day to an emotional or physical problem in your life. When negative energy is brought into a ritual, then the ritual will have an adverse feel to it and it may ruin the magical work. All negative energy must be purified from the person performing the ritual. I always recommend that the individual take a cleansing bath before performing any ritual of magic. African Black Soap is an excellent spiritual cleansing tool.

STEP II. PURIFICATION OF SPACE Just like negative energy collects in a person, ritual space collects negative energy. Its like dirt. No matter how hard everyone tries not to track it into the house, there is always some that gets inside. In this case, the negative energy could be anything. Even when outdoor space is used, there is no way to know what negative energy might have accumulated in the area. This is especially true for public areas.

STEP III. GROUND & CENTER This step is important because the performer of the ritual needs to make sure that their mind, body and soul is ready for the ritual. Negative energy that wasnt purified before can be sent away now.

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STEP IV. CASTING THE CIRCLE This defines the magical area. There should be enough space to work and to move around. The altar of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity should be directly in front of the circle. Once the circle is cast, it shouldnt be left. If anyone needs to leave the circle, then a doorway should be cut into the circle, so that the energy that is being collected will not dissipate.

STEP V. CALLING THE FOUR QUARTERS This is the circle of protection. The Archangels are called to protect your circle.

STEP VI. INVOKING THE HOLY QUIMBANDA TRINITY This is where the Holy Quimbanda Trinity are asked to bless the magical work or ritual observance.

STEP VII. RAISING ENERGY To perform the magical work or ritual observance energy will need to be raised. Raising energy allows the performer to gather energy from around them, be it from another person or just the elements that surround them..

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STEP IX. THANKING THE HOLY QUIMBANDA TRINITY Once the magical work and/or ritual observance is done, the Holy Quimbanda Trinity need to be thanked for their help in the ritual.

STEP X. CLOSE THE FOUR QUARTERS Thank the deities or beings that helped to protect the circle.

STEP XI. RELEASING THE CIRCLE Now that the magical work is complete and thanks have been given, the circle can be opened.

STEP XII. GROUND & CENTER After any magical working, there could be residual energy or maybe a ritual high. Grounding and centering should be done again, so that you can function at a normal level. It just takes a couple of minutes to ground, center and release any extra energy. Once again I always recommend taking a ritual cleansing bath.

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Before commencing on performing any sacred ritual of American Quimbanda you should always take a ritual bath to banish away any negative vibration from ones person. Although I could recommend many different types of spiritual cleansing baths, the following is perhaps one of my most favorites that I use on a regular basis. The Quimbanda Ceremonial Ritual Bath should be made from the fresh leaves of the sacred Ceiba Tree. The scientific name of the Ceiba Tree is Ceiba Pentandra. The Ceiba Tree is also known by religious practitioners of the Quimbanda tradition as the spirit tree. The Ceiba Tree is believed to have supernatural and spiritual powers and can fulfill wishes. The Ceiba Tree is venerated as being a powerful spiritual entity. It is also believed that the spirits of the ancestors rest beneath the shade of tree. In an ancient African myth, it is believed that the powerful Orixa Nkisi spirits used its large thorns which protrude on all sides of its trunk as a ladder to climb down from the Heavens to the Earth. The Ceiba Tree is also believed to have been the first tree created in the Garden of Eden. The Ceiba Tree is believed to be Nzambis most sacred and favorite of all trees. It is also reccomended that you use Quimbanda Ritual Soap or African Black Soap (Dudu Osun) while bathing in the sacred ritual liquid bath of the Ceiba leaves. If you are not able to find Ceiba Tree leafs then just use African Black Soap or Coconut Soap to spiritually cleanse yourself before and after performing this ritual. While bathing in the magical sacred ritual liquid bath of the Ceiba leafs or with the African Black Soap, recite the following conjuration;

O Most Holy Nzambi, you are the Lord of Lords and the King of the King of all Kings. I call upon thee, that this sacred bath may be salvation unto me, and that I may have my desire by thee. O Most Holy Nzambi who liveth and reigneth world without end. Sarava

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ORDER PROPER OF THE DIVINE OFFICE Divine Office of Ordinances of the Dead "THE DIVINE GNOSTIC RITE OF ANCESTRAL RECONCILIATION" Sarava.....This is Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Galdiano Montenegro...Good Afternoon...."The Divine Gnostic Rite of Ancestral Reconciliation" is a formal ritual prayer that comes from the American Candombl Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite of the ORDER PROPER OF THE DIVINE OFFICE that is used by the initiated religious clergy of our Church to "Reconcile the World of the Living with the World of the Dead". In the American Candombl Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite of the ORDER PROPER OF THE DIVINE OFFICE, invocation prayer rituals of the dead are collectively referred to as the Divine Office of Ordinances of the Dead. The Divine Office of Ordinances of the Dead is composed of the following; I. II. Holy Gnostic Liturgical Rites & Hours of the Office of the Dead, "The Divine Gnostic Rite of Glory (Ancestral Baptism), Rite of Celestial Coronation" (Spiritual

III. The Divine Gnostic Sances/Sessions),

IV. "The Divine Gnostic Rite of Resurrection (Funeral Rites), V. "The Divine Gnostic Rite of Ancestral Reconciliation". "The Divine Gnostic Rite of Ancestral Reconciliation" is a formal ritual prayer of spiritual healing that is recited in front of your Ancestral Spiritual Altar. The spiritual goal of "The Divine Gnostic Rite of Ancestral Reconciliation" is seven-fold. To reconcile any spiritual issues and to heal any and all differences that exist between the living and the world of the dead (ancestors),
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To reconcile any spiritual issues and to heal any and all differences that exist between the dead (ancestors) and the world of the living, To spiritually cause into balance or spiritual alignment all living members from a particular family bloodline with their ancestors. To spiritually cause into balance or spiritual alignment all deceased members from a particular family bloodline with their living members. To bring about spiritual communication between the world of the living with the world of the dead. To bring about spiritual communication between the world of the world of the dead with the world of the living. To spiritually cause into balance or spiritual alignment between the world of the living and the dead with the Gnostic Saints of the American Candombl Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite. In the religious traditions of the American Candombl Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, the ancestor spirits are collectively known as Eggun. The ancestors are all those spirits from one's own family bloodline who have died, made it to Heaven and who are kneeling at the feet of God (Nzambi) in glory and light. In the religious philosophy of the American Candombl Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite it is believed that without securing the protection of one's own ancestors the individual would lose their way in this life and may not be able to accomplish all of the things promised to the individual before they made their spiritual journey to Earth. This principal spiritual philosophy of the religious clergy of the American Candombl Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite stems from the three fundamental beliefs that (1) those who have gone before have a continual and beneficent interest in the affairs of the living; and (2) the ancestors have a responsibility to compel the living to uphold the ethical standards of past generations
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- RITUAL INSTRUCTIONS OF THE PRAYER TO NZAMBI I. II. Perform the Middle Pillar Ritual of the American Candomble, Gnostic Orthodox Rite. Perform the Banishing Ritual of the Quimbanda Cross of the American Candomble, Gnostic Orthodox Rite.

III. III. Perform the Invoking Ritual of the Quimbanda Cross of the American Candomble, Gnostic Orthodox Rite. IV. IV. Recite the complete conjuration of the "The Divine Gnostic Rite of Ancestral Reconciliation". V. V. Closing Ritual V. Perform the Banishing Ritual of the Quimbanda Cross of the American Candomble, Gnostic Orthodox Rite.

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CONJURATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT

The High Priest begins "THE DIVINE GNOSTIC RITE OF ANCESTRAL RECONCILIATION" by reciting the Conjuration of the Divine Light in front of the altar of the Quimbanda Trinity. After reciting the Conjuration of the Divine Light, the High Priest will then begin lighting the sacred ritual candles. HIGH PRIEST: Children of Nzambi, by the power of the Divine Light of Nzambi, I cause this sacred ritual into being. As the flame of this candle burns and gives light in darkness, so may the Divine Light of Nzambi, give me light in darkness on this most sacred and holy of all days. SARAVA HIGH PRIEST: After the High Priest recites the Conjuration of the Divine Light, the sacred ritual candles should be lighted in the following order: Begin the ritual by first lighting the red altar pillar candle on the altar of the holy Quimbanda Trinity that represents Exu Maioral. Light the second candle of the color black on the altar of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity that represents Exu Rei. Lastly light the third candle of the color white on the altar of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity that represents Maria Padilla Reina.

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THE OPENING RITUAL INVOCATION HIGH PRIEST

Facing the East, the High Priest will kneel down on his left knee towards the altar and then stands up. Standing towards the East, the High Priest will then do and say the following: Using your right hand, make the sign of the Quimbanda Trinity Cross over your body. The Quimbanda Trinity sign of the Cross is made by touching the hand sequentially to the forehead, lower chest or navel area, and right shoulder, then left shoulder and then placing your hands together in a praying position and then kissing your right hand three times. This is how to say and do this: at the forehead, IN THE NAME OF NZAMBI; at the naval, IN THE NAME OF EXU MAIORAL; across to the right shoulder, IN THE NAME OF EXU REI; across to the right left shoulder, IN THE NAME OF MARIA PADILLA REINA; and finally to the center of your heart while placing your hands together in a praying position, SARAVA; afterwards kiss your hands three times. HIGH PRIEST: With both hands in an open position held out in front of him recites the following. Children of Nzambi, we gather here this morning on this most sacred and holy of all days to celebrate in glory and light, THE DIVINE PRAYER OF NZAMBI from the great cosmos to the Earth. Let all on Earth proclaim and rejoice from the darkest corners of the Great Abyss to the celestial light of the Great Heavens and the cosmos; Nzambi is the Lord of the Heavens and the Earth.Sarava HIGH PRIEST: Children of Nzambi, together let us proclaim and pray the profession of the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite.

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HIGH PRIEST: III. THE QUIMBANDA GNOSTIC CREED PRAYER We believe in Nzambi, the one true God, the Father, the Almighty, the maker of the great Heavens and the Earth, of all that is seen and unseen. We believe in Nzambi Ntoto, the God who touched and walked the Earth and became man. We believe in the Holy Quimbanda Trinity and the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms who are the sacred light of Nzambi and give light to us. We believe that only through Nzambi all things were made and only through Nzambi all souls are saved. For all of us and for our salvation Nzambi came down from the great Heavens: by the power of the Holy Spirit, He was born and became man. For our sake, He was crucified under Pontius Pilate; He suffered, died, and was buried and his spirit descended into the Great Abyss and conquered darkness. On the third day He rose again in fulfillment of the Sacred and Holy Quimbanda Scriptures: He ascended into Heaven and is seated over the mysteries of the Universe. We believe that Nzambi will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his Quimbanda Kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit of Nzambi, the Quimbanda Trinity, the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms, the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms and the ancestors who are kneeling at his feet in glory and light. We believe in the communion of our ancestors and the Divine intercession of the Holy Ones from the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms. We believe that we were chosen by Nzambi to deliver the Divine Word to His children here on Earth and that His Kingdom will have no end. We believe that all men were created equal. We believe that we are a Holy Temple of Nzambi and that the Holy Spirit of Nzambi resides within each and every one of us. We believe that Nzambi bestowed upon mankind the gift of "free will" and "freedom of choice" to choose the direction of our sacred journey here on Earth. We believe that the Kingdom of Nzambi on Earth will have no end. We believe that through the Divine intercession of the Holy Ones of the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms, Nzambi is worshiped and glorified. We believe that Nzambi has spoken through the Prophets of the American Quimbanda religious tradition. We believe in
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III. RITUAL OF NZAMBI......... HIGH PRIEST Nzambi, we summon the invisible powers that be to protect your children here on Earth this morning by placing a ring of celestial light around this circle so that our enemies known and unknown will not be able to see or hear this sacred ritualSarava

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THE CONJURATION OF THE DIVINE SWORD OF EXU

The High Priest will then approach the altar of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity and pick up the Divine Sword of Exu using both of your hands and kiss it three times. The High Priest will then kneel down on his left knee in front of the altar of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity altar and hold the Divine Sword of Exu in both of your hands pointed towards the Heavens saying the following invocation prayer: HIGH PRIEST: Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which commands the Seven Quimbanda Kingdoms. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which illuminates the Heavens. Behold the Divine Sword of the Exu which commands and turns the Universe. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which unlocks and opens the doors of Heaven and Earth. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which reveals the secrets and the mysteries of the Universe. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which Knights the heads of Kings with the Divine Crown of Glory. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which gives light in darkness. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which turns the day into night. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which turns the night into day. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which has the power to blind our enemies. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which has the power to bind our enemies. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which has the power to conquer our enemies. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which has the power to triumph over our enemies. Behold the Divine Sword of Exu which has the power to destroy and deliver us from our enemies. I, N.N., a humble servant of Nzambi do invoke the powers of the Divine Sword of Exu to deliver me from all tragedy and from all of my enemies. O Mighty and powerful Divine Sword of Exu, my enemies are your enemies. O Mighty and powerful Divine Sword of Exu, your enemies are my enemies. Holy, Holy, Holy God of power and might, Heaven and Earth are full of your glory, Hosanna in the Highest. Holy, Holy, Holy God of power and might, Heaven and Earth shall pass away, but your word will remain forever in the eternal light of the Quimbanda Trinity. By the power of the Lord of Heaven and the Divine Sword of Exu, I command this ritual into being.Sarava
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HIGH PRIEST & RELIGIOUS CLERGY

The High Priest then stands up and places the Divine Sword of Exu on the altar of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity. The sword will Stand up in front of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity altar and then approach the altar of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity and set the Divine Sword of Exu on it with the pointed end of the sword facing towards the High Priest and the Religious Clergy who are there present at the ritual. After placing the Divine Sword of Exu on the altar of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity, he will then holds out his hands towards the altar and recite the following conjuration: VI. HIGH PRIEST O Lord God, Nzambi you are all powerful and all merciful, give and grant unto me thy grace, by blessing and consecrating this earth and this circle, which is here marked out with the most powerful and holy Cross of the Quimbanda Trinity. I conjure the most Holy Guardians of the Quimbanda Trinity, Exu Maioral, Exu Rei and Maria Padilla to bless and consecrate this holy circle. May Nzambi bless this place with all the virtues of Heaven, so that no obscene or unclean spirit may have the power to enter into this circle, or to annoy any person who is therein; though the Lord God Nzambi, who liveth eternally unto the ages of the ages. Sarava.. O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto thee. O Lord God Almighty, who has reigned before the beginning of the Ages, and who by thy infinite wisdom, hast created the Heavens, the Earth, and the sea, and all that in them is, all that is visible, and all that is invisible by a single word; I praise thee, I bless thee, I adore thee, I glorify thee, and I pray thee now at the present time to be merciful unto me. O God, the Father, all powerful and all merciful, who hast created all things, who knowest and conceivest them universally, and to whom nothing is hidden, nothing is impossible; I entreat thy grace for me and for thy servants, because thou seest and knowest well that we perform not this work to tempt thy strength and thy power as if in doubt thereof, but rather that we may know and understand the truth of all the hidden, I beseech thee to have
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the kindness to be favorable unto me; by thy splendour, thy magnificence, and thy holiness, and by thy holy, terrible, and ineffable name, at which the whole world doth tremble, and by the fear with which all creatures obey thee. Grant, O Lord, that we may become responsive unto thy grace, so that through it we may have a full confidence in and knowledge of thee, and that the spirits may discover themselves here in our presence, and that those which are gentle and peaceable may come unto us, so that they may be obedient unto thy commands, through thee, O most Holy Nzambi, whose Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, and whose empire endureth unto the ages of the ages. Sarava

VIII. THE SACRED CONJURATION OF THE DIVINE SWORD The High Priest will then pick up the sacred ritual bell from the altar of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity in his right hand and then begin ringing it as he recites the Sacred Conjuration of the Divine Sword of Exu. HIGH PRIEST: By the power of the Divine Sword of Exu, I do invoke the celestial mysteries of Heaven. O Mighty God, Nzambi who has created all things in the Heavens and the Earth, through your Divine power, By the divine celestial chain which binds the Heavens and the Earth, I invoke thee, O Mighty Nzambi. O Mighty God, Nzambi who has created all things in the Heavens and the Earth and has given unto me the wisdom of discernment to understand the good and the evil; through your Divine power, I do invoke the powers of the Divine Sword of Exu through thy sacred and Holy Names of praise. In the name of the Quimbanda Trinity and the Seven Holy Quimbanda Kingdoms. Sarava By the supreme power of the Divine Right of Kings, I summon and invoke the sacred mysteries of the Great Divine Creator and the Divine Sword of Exu. PART IX THE SACRED CONJURATION OF THE HOLY QUIMBANDA TRINITY Recite the following conjuration prayer: Using your right hand, make the sign of the Quimbanda Trinity Cross over your body. The Quimbanda Trinity sign of the Cross is made by touching the hand sequentially to the forehead, lower chest or navel area, and right shoulder, then left shoulder and then placing your hands together in a
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praying position and then kissing your hands three times. This is how to say and do this: at the forehead, IN THE NAME OF NZAMBI; at the naval, IN THE NAME OF EXU MAIORAL; across to the right shoulder, IN THE NAME OF EXU REI; across to the right left shoulder, IN THE NAME OF MARIA PADILLA REINA; and finally to the center of your heart while placing your hands together in a praying position, SARAVA; afterwards kiss your hands three times. Say the following prayer: BEFORE ME STANDS THE ARCHANGEL RAPHAEL. BEHIND ME STANDS THE ARCHANGEL GABRIEL. ON MY RIGHT HAND, THE ARCHANGEL MICHAEL AND ON MY LEFT HAND THE ARCHANGEL URIEL. FOR AROUND MY BODY PROTECTED BY THE DIVINE VIOLET LIGHT OF THE FLAMES OF THE QUIMBANDA TRINITY - SARAVA IN THE NAME OF NZAMBI, THE GOD OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH SARAVA IN THE NAME OF EXU MAIORAL, I INVOKE THE SACRED AND DIVINE POWERS OF THE SEVEN ARCHANGELS WHO COMMAND THE 72 ASTRAL SPIRITS OF EXU TO HEAR AND GRANT MY REQUEST - SARAVA SACRED AND DIVINE POWERS OF THE SEVEN ARCHANGELS WHO COMMAND THE 72 ASTRAL SPIRITS OF EXU TO HEAR AND GRANT MY REQUEST - SARAVA IN THE NAME OF EXU MAIORAL, I INVOKE THE POWER AND DO SUMMON THEY MOST HOLY ARCHANGELS; ARCHANGEL MICHAEL, ARCHANGEL RAPHAEL, ARCHANGEL GABRIEL, ARCHANGEL URIEL, ARCHANGEL ANAEL, ARCHANGEL ZERACHIEL, ARCHANGEL RAZIEL. IN THE NAME OF EXU MAIORAL, I INVOKE THY POWER AND DO SUMMON THEY MOST HOLY LEGIONS OF THE SACRED & HOLY SEVENTY-TWO; Exu Bael, Exu Agares, Exu Vassago, Exu Samigina, Exu Marbas, Exu Valefor, Exu Amon, Exu Barbatos, Exu Paimon, Exu Buer, Exu Gusion, Exu Sitri, Exu Beleth, Exu Leraje, Exu Eligos, Exu Zepar, Exu Botis, Exu Bathin, Exu Sallos, Exu Purson, Exu Marax, Exu Ipos, Exu Aim, Exu Naberius, Exu Glasya- Labolas, Exu Bune, Exu Ronove, Exu Berith, Exu Astaroth, Exu Forneus, Exu Foras, Exu Asmoday, Exu Gaap, Exu Furfur, Exu Marchosias, Exu Stolas, Exu Phenex, Exu Halphas, Exu Malphas, Exu Raum, Exu Focalor, Exu Vepar, Exu Sabnock, Exu Shax, Exu Vine, Exu Bifrons, Exu Uvall, Exu
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Haagenti, Exu Crocell, Exu Furcas, Exu Balam, Exu Alloces, Exu Camio, Exu Murmur, Exu Orobas, Exu Gremory, Exu Ose, Exu Amy, Exu Oriax, Exu Vapula, Exu Zagan, Exu Volac, Exu Andras, Exu Haures, Exu Andrealphus, Exu Cimejes, Exu Amdusias, Exu Belial, Exu Decarabia, Exu Seere, Exu Dantalion, and Exu Andromalius. IN THE NAME OF NZAMBI, THE GOD OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH SARAVA. IN THE NAME OF EXU REI, I INVOKE THE SACRED AND DIVINE POWERS OF THE SEVEN QUIMBANDA KINGDOMS TO HEAR AND GRANT MY REQUEST - SARAVA SACRED AND DIVINE POWERS OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS HEAR AND GRANT MY REQUEST - SARAVA IN THE NAME OF EXU REI, I INVOKE THY POWER AND DO SUMMON THY MOST HOLY KINGS AND QUEENS OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS; Exu Rei Das Sete Encruzilhadas and Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Encruzilhadas, Exu Rei Dos Sete Cruzeiros and Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Cruzeiros, Exu Rei Das Sete Matas and Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Matas, Exu Rei Das Sete Kalungas and Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Kalungas, Exu Rei Das Sete Almas and Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Almas, Exu Rei Das Sete Liras and Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Liras and Exu Rei Das Sete Praias and Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Praias. IN THE NAME OF EXU REI, I INVOKE THE POWER AND DO SUMMON THE LEGION OF THE NINE GUARDIANS OF EXU OF THY SACRED AND HOLY SEVEN LESSER QUIMBANDA KINGDOMS; Exu Tranca Ruas, Exu Sete Encruzilhadas, Exu Das Almas, Exu Marabo, Exu Tiriri, Exu Veludo, Exu Morcego, Exu Sete Gargalhadas and Exu Mirim. Exu Tranca Tudo, Exu Kirombo, Exu Sete Cruzeiros, Exu Mangueira, Exu Kaminaloa, Exu Sete Cruzes, Exu 7 Portas, Exu Meia Noite and Exu Kalunga. Exu Quebra Galho, Exu Das Sombras, Exu Das Matas, Exu Das Campinas, Exu Da Serra Negra, Exu Sete Pedras, Exu Sete Cobras, Exu Do Cheiro and Exu Arranca Toco. Exu Porteira, Exu Sete Tumbas, Exu Sete Catacumbas, Exu Da Brasa, Exu Caveira, Exu Kalunga Pequena, Exu Corcunda, Exu Sete Cova and Exu Capa Preta. Exu Sete Lombas, Exu Pemba, Exu Maraba, Exu Curado, Exu Nove Luzes, Exu 7 Montanhas, Exu Tata Caveira, Exu Gira Mundo and Exu 7 Poeiras. Exu Dos Infernos, Exu Dos Cabares , Exu Sete Liras, Exu Cigano, Exu Ze Pelintra, Exu Pagao, Exu Da Ganga, Exu Male and Exu Chama Dinheiro. Exu Dos
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Rios, Exu Das Cachoeiras, Exu Da Pedra Preta, Exu Marinheiro, Exu Do Lodo, Exu Mare, Exu Bahiano, Exu Dos Ventos and Exu Do Coco. IN THE NAME OF MARIA PADILLA REINA, I INVOKE THE POWER AND DO SUMMON THE LEGION OF THE NINE GUARDIANS OF EXU OF THY SACRED AND HOLY SEVEN LESSER QUIMBANDA KINGDOMS; Pomba Gira Tranca Ruas, Pomba Gira Sete Encruzilhadas, Pomba Gira Das Almas, Pomba Gira Marabo, Pomba Gira Tiriri, Pomba Gira Veludo, Pomba Gira Morcego, Pomba Gira Sete Gargalhadas and Pomba Gira Mirim. Pomba Gira Tranca Tudo, Pomba Gira Kirombo, Pomba Gira Sete Cruzeiros, Pomba Gira Mangueira, Pomba Gira Kaminaloa, Pomba Gira Sete Cruzes, Pomba Gira 7 Portas, Pomba Gira Meia Noite and Pomba Gira Kalunga. Pomba Gira Quebra Galho, Pomba Gira Das Sombras, Pomba Gira Das Matas, Pomba Gira Das Campinas, Pomba Gira Da Serra Negra, Pomba Gira Sete Pedras, Pomba Gira Sete Cobras, Pomba Gira Do Cheiro and Pomba Gira Arranca Toco. Pomba Gira Porteira, Pomba Gira Sete Tumbas, Pomba Gira Sete Catacumbas, Pomba Gira Da Brasa, Pomba Gira Caveira, Pomba Gira Kalunga Pequena, Pomba Gira Corcunda, Pomba Gira Sete Cova and Pomba Gira Capa Preta. Pomba Gira Sete Lombas, Pomba Gira Pemba, Pomba Gira Maraba, Pomba Gira Curado, Pomba Gira Nove Luzes, Pomba Gira 7 Montanhas, Pomba Gira Yaya Caveira, Pomba Gira Gira Mundo and Pomba Gira 7 Poeiras. Pomba Gira Dos Infernos, Pomba Gira Dos Cabares , Pomba Gira Sete Liras, Pomba Gira Cigano, Pomba Gira Ze Pelintra, Pomba Gira Pagao, Pomba Gira Da Ganga, Pomba Gira Male and Pomba Gira Chama Dinheiro. Pomba Gira Dos Rios, Pomba Gira Das Cachoeiras, Pomba Gira Da Pedra Preta, Pomba Gira Marinheiro, Pomba Gira Do Lodo, Pomba Gira Mare, Pomba Gira Bahiano, Pomba Gira Dos Ventos and Pomba Gira Do Coco. PART X "THE DIVINE GNOSTIC RITE OF ANCESTRAL RECONCILIATION" On this most sacred and glorious of all days, I, N.N. a humble servant of Nzambi invoke the sacred divine mystreries of the Ancestors.Sarava On this most sacred and glorious of all days, I, N.N. a humble servant of Nzambi by the divine right of kings unlock and open the celestial doors of the Temple of Solomon to thy nine glorious mysteries of Death, Ressurection and reconciliation of the world of the living and the dead .. On this most sacred and glorious of all days, I, N.N. a humble servant of Nzambi do
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cause this sacred ritual of "The Divine Ritual of Ancestral Reconciliation" into being. Sarava As it is Above, So May it be Below. HIGH PRIEST: The Priest will then move and stand directly in front of the Ancestral spirit altar and then recite the following while lighting from left to right the nine white candles in the Quimbanda holder; On this most sacred and glorious of all days, I, N.N. a humble servant of Nzambi invoke the sacred nine divine mysteries of death, resurrection and reconciliation of the world of the living and the dead of thy Holy Kingdom of the Ancestors.Sarava On this most sacred and glorious of all days, I, N.N. a humble servant of Nzambi do summon the Holy Spirit of the Ancestors to descend upon this sacred ritual of The Divine Rite of Ancestral Reconciliation" and cause it into being and into perfect spiritual balance and harmony among the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda KingdomsSarava HIGH PRIEST: The Priest using a brass bell will then start ringing it as he beginnings reciting the list of known ancestors. After he has finished, then each individual will then recite out loud a known list of ancestors using the following conjuration. I, N.N. humble servant of Nzambi summon all of my ancestors, known and unknown who are kneeling at the feet of Nzambi in glory and light to come forth and to be present here at this sacred ceremony for all that is good and for all that is light, The Divine Rite of Ancestral Reconciliation" HIGH PRIEST: As each individual of religious clergy names each of the known ancestors from their bloodline out loud, the priest says the following words; IN GLORY IN LIGHT-SARAVA HIGH PRIEST: The religious clergy will then recite the following conjuration invocation prayer to together as a congregation. I offer light, and libation with respect and honor to all my ancestors, who's names I know and all the ones I don't know to uplift and liberate their souls, in the name and light of almighty God, Nzambi. For it is through the Love, the will, and power of Nzambi that all souls are saved. I offer prayer and protection by way of the divine creator for those ancestral souls that are in darkness, forgotten, or lost. Let the light I offer fade out the shadows of fear and guide them towards the arms of almighty God, Nzambi. I offer guidance to my ancestors by was of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity and protective spirits, who by the power and order of Nzambi, will assist them in their greater act of evolution. Let the light I offer be a beacon of hope, and serve
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"BELIEVE IN WHO YOU ARE" - SEVEN DEGREE PROGRAM OF THE UNIVERSAL MYSTERIES OF ENLIGHTENMENT - AMERICAN CANDOMBLE CHURCH, ORTHODOX GNOSTIC RITE...... Good Morning... This is Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Galdiano Montenegro, with a holiday message for my friends on Facebook..... "Don't ever allow anyone the opportunity to define what and who they think you should be," just believe in yourself and become the wonderful, amazing and unique human being that God wants you to be.".... "Believe in yourself and discover a brand new world beyond the limits of physical and spiritual definition." ...It's time to make a positive transformation in your life.....

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THE GRAND RITUAL OF EXU MEIA NOITE . The following magical ritual is from one of my new books that was recently published by the American Candomble Church. I am including it here for any and all of those interested or inidviduals who have been initiated into the Quimbanda magical mysteries. The ritual can be modified depending on if you have been initiated or are just practicing the Quimbanda religious tradition spiritually. SARAVA THE GRAND RITUAL OF EXU MEIA NOITE Limited Edition Ritual Book Collection by.CARLOS ANTONIO DE BOURBON-GALDIANO-MONTENEGRO The following Quimbanda ceremonial ritual is how to invoke the powers of the dead through the intercession of the Spirit, Exu Meia Noite. The Grand Ritual of Exu Meia Noite To Invoke The Powers Of The Dead, is used to summon the intranquil spirits to do your bidding for any spiritual request. The ritual must be performed at 12 Midnight on a Full Moon when the spiritual energies are at their most powerful and the spiritual portal is open from the Earth directly into the World of the Spirits. This magical spiritual portal is only open between 12 Midnight until 3 A.M. This magical ritual can be done directly in front of the altar of the Quimbanda Trinity or for the best results in the cemetery in front of a grave stone in the form or shape of a cross. If you will be doing this ritual at the cemetery, then use the grave stone in the form or shape of a cross as your focus altar point.
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All grave stones in the form or shape of a cross are the primary magical location in the cemetery to manifest the powerful Quimbanda spirits. RITUAL ITEMS NECESSARY Blessed Olive Oil from a Catholic Church Human Bone Powder Magnetic Sand Crushed Quartz Crystals Black Pillar Altar Candle Two Black Household Candles One White Household Candle One Red Household Candle White Pemba (Chalk) Incense Charcoal Metal Incense Burner Carnation Fragrance Oil Rose Fragrance Oil Cinnamon Fragrance Oil Brass Bell

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STEP ONE The Grand Ritual of Exu Meia Noite To Invoke The Powers Of The Dead, uses a ritually prepared black pillar altar candle which must be prepared with the following ingredients in order to summon and invoke the Spirit, Exu Meia Noite and the intranquil spirits. The ritual black candle must be blessed and dressed and then consecrated before ritual use. After the black altar pillar candle has been dressed and consecrated, set it into a candle holder and then place it into and onto the spirit signature of Exu Meia Noite. The black altar pillar candle should be ritually consecrated and dressed by preparing a sacred oil mixture consisting of the following magical items; Blessed Olive Oil from a Catholic Church Human Bone Powder Magnetic Sand Crushed Quartz Crystals AFTER THE CANDLE HAS BEEN CONSECRATED THEN PLACE IT INTO RITUAL POSITION BEFORE YOU BEGIN THE GRAND RITUAL OF EXU MEIA NOITE TO INVOKE THE POWERS OF THE DEAD.

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STEP TWO Draw the spirit signature of Exu Meia Noite using pemba in front of the grave stone in the form or shape of a cross at the foot of it. Draw a circle around the spirit signature of Exu Meia Noite in a clockwise position.

STEP THREE Draw a large magic circle using white pemba (chalk) (7 feet round in diameter) in a clockwise position directly in front of the grave stone in the form or shape of a cross. Draw the spirit signature of the Quimbanda Cross inside of the magic circle. The spirit signature of the Quimbanda Cross should be made large enough so as the six points of the Quimbanda Cross touch the edges of the magic circle.

STEP FOUR Place the Household candles on the cardinal points of the grave stone in the form or shape of a cross by melting the bottoms of each candle and carefully attaching them so that they stick to the grave stone.

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STEP FIVE Place the dressed black altar candle into a candle holder and then place it directly into the center of the spirit signature of Exu Meia Noite. STEP SIX Light the incense charcoal and then place it into the metal incense burner.

STEP SEVEN Pour the following fragranced oils directly on top of the burning incense charcoal; Carnation Fragrance Oil, Rose Fragrance Oil and Cinnamon Fragrance Oil. -THESE FRAGRANCES ATTRACT THE SPIRITS -

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STEP EIGHT Light the candles on the grave stone in the form or shape of a cross.

STEP NINE Light the black altar candle. Say the following as you begin lighting the black altar candle; Ago Exu Meia Noite - Sarava Ago Exu Meia Noite - Sarava Ago Exu Meia Noite - Sarava

STEP TEN Perform the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Quimbanda Cross using your index finger of the right hand. If you have been initiated into the Quimbanda mysteries and have the spirit nganga of Exu Rei, then use the ceremonial sword from his nganga for performing this ritual. The ceremonial sword of Exu Rei is used as a powerful magical tool to command the spirits.

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THE LESSER BANISHING RITUAL OF THE QUIMBANDA CROSS Facing East, with the Divine Sword of Exu Rei or using the index finger from your right hand do the following: In silence, trace the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Quimbanda Cross before you in the air using the Divine Sword of Exu Rei. Turn towards the South with the Divine Sword of Exu Rei or using the index finger from your right hand do the following: In silence, trace the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Quimbanda Cross before you in the air using the Divine Sword of Exu Rei. Turn towards the West with the Divine Sword of Exu Rei or using the index finger from your right hand do the following: In silence, trace the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Quimbanda Cross before you in the air using the Divine Sword of Exu Rei. Turn towards the North with the Divine Sword of Exu Rei or using the index finger from your right hand do the following: In silence, trace the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Quimbanda Cross before you in the air using the Divine Sword of Exu Rei. Turn towards the East facing the altar of the Quimbanda Trinity, with the Divine Sword of Exu Rei in your right hand pointed towards the Heavens, say the following: In the name of Nzambi, The God of the Heavens and the Earth - Sarava In the name of Exu Maioral - Sarava In the name of Exu Rei - Sarava
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In the name of Maria Padilla Reina - Sarava In the name of the Quimbanda Trinity - Sarava In the name of the Seven Quimbanda Kingdoms - Sarava In the name of my ancestors who are kneeling at your feet in light, NzambiSarava By the Divine power of the Quimbanda Trinity, I do summon your Spirit, O Mighty Nzambi to come forth to give life to this sacred ritual and cause it into being. Sarava

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STEP ELEVEN Perform the Greater Invoking Ritual of the Quimbanda Cross using your index finger of the right hand or the ceremonial sword of the spirit Exu Rei.

THE GREATER INVOKING RITUAL OF THE QUIMBANDA CROSS Facing East with the Divine Sword of Exu Rei or using the index finger from your right hand do the following: In silence, trace the Greater Invoking Ritual of the Quimbanda Cross before you in the air using the Divine Sword of Exu Rei. Turn towards the South with the Divine Sword of Exu Rei or using the index finger from your right hand do the following: In silence, trace the Greater Invoking Ritual of the Quimbanda Cross before you in the air using the Divine Sword of Exu Rei. Turn towards the West with the Divine Sword of Exu Rei or using the index finger from your right hand do the following: In silence, trace the Greater Invoking Ritual of the Quimbanda Cross before you in the air using the Divine Sword of Exu Rei. Turn towards the North with the Divine Sword of Exu Rei or using the index finger from your right hand do the following: In silence, trace the Greater Invoking Ritual of the Quimbanda Cross before you in the air using the Divine Sword of Exu Rei. Turn towards the East facing the altar of the Quimbanda Trinity, with the Divine Sword of Exu Rei in your right hand pointed towards the Heavens, say the following:
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In the name of Nzambi, The God of the Heavens and the Earth - Sarava In the name of Exu Maioral - Sarava In the name of Exu Rei - Sarava In the name of Maria Padilla Reina - Sarava In the name of the Quimbanda Trinity - Sarava In the name of the Seven Quimbanda Kingdoms - Sarava In the name of my ancestors who are kneeling at your feet in light, NzambiSarava By the Divine power of the Quimbanda Trinity, I do summon your Spirit, O Mighty Nzambi to come forth to give life to this sacred ritual and cause it into being. Sarava

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STEP TWELVE After successfully performing the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Quimbanda Cross and the Greater Invoking Ritual of the Quimbanda Cross then face the front of the grave stone in the form or shape of a cross with the candles burning on it and say and do the following; Using your right hand, make the sign of the Quimbanda Trinity Cross over your body. The Quimbanda Trinity sign of the Cross is made by touching the hand sequentially to the forehead, lower chest or navel area, and right shoulder, then left shoulder and then placing your hands together in a praying position and then kissing your hands three times. This is how to say and do this: at the forehead, IN THE NAME OF NZAMBI; at the naval, IN THE NAME OF EXU MAIORAL; across to the right shoulder, IN THE NAME OF EXU REI; across to the right left shoulder, IN THE NAME OF MARIA PADILLA REINA; and finally to the center of your heart while placing your hands together in a praying position, SARAVA; afterwards kiss your hands three times.

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STEP THIRTEEN Using your right hand, tap the foot of the grave stone seven times.

STEP FOURTEEN Kneel down in front of the grave stone and begin to ring the brass bell. While ringing the brass bell say the following invocation; Ago Exu Meia Noite - Sarava Ago Exu Meia Noite - Sarava Ago Exu Meia Noite - Sarava On this most sacred of all nights I do summon you here and invoke your sacred mysteries to command the intranquil spirits by my desire and by my command. By the power of Nzambi and the Quimbanda Trinity, I command this sacred ritual into being Sarava. Behold the great Spirit Exu Meia Noite Da Kalunga who rules over and commands the intranquil spirits of the cemetery at 12 Midnight - Sarava Behold the great Spirit Exu Meia Noite Das Almas who rules over and commands the intranquil spirits of the lost souls at 12 Midnight - Sarava Behold the great Spirit Exu Meia Noite Da Praia who rules over and commands the intranquil spirits of the beach at 12 Midnight - Sarava Behold the great Spirit Exu Meia Noite Do Mar who rules over and commands the intranquil spirits of the sea at 12 Midnight - Sarava
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Behold the great Spirit Exu Meia Noite Do Oriente who rules over and commands the intranquil spirits of the East at 12 Midnight - Sarava Behold the great Spirit Exu Meia Noite Das Sete Encruzilhadas who rules over and commands the intranquil spirits of the seven crossroads at 12 Midnight - Sarava Behold the great Spirit Exu Meia Noite Da Capa Capela who rules over and commands the intranquil spirits of the church at 12 Midnight - Sarava Behold the great Spirit Exu Meia Noite Do Cruzeiro who rules over and commands the intranquil spirits of the crossings at 12 Midnight - Sarava Behold the great Spirit Exu Meia Noite Da Mata who rules over and commands the intranquil spirits of the forest at 12 Midnight - Sarava O most glorious and powerful Spirit, Exu Meia Noite, I do summon and do invoke the powers of the legion of seven to command this ritual into being. I do call, summon and invoke the spirit Exu Mirim - Sarava I do call, summon and invoke the spirit Exu Pimenta - Sarava I do call, summon and invoke the spirit Exu Male - Sarava I do call, summon and invoke the spirit Exu Das Montanhas- Sarava I do call, summon and invoke the spirit Exu Ganga - Sarava I do call, summon and invoke the spirit Exu Kaminaloa - Sarava I do call, summon and invoke the spirit Exu Quirombo - Sarava By the power of the spirit, Exu Rei Da Kalunga, I do summon and command the intranquil spirits to, (state your request here) - Sarava
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By the power of the spirit, Pomba Gira Reina Da Kalunga, I do summon and command the intranquil spirits to, (state your request here) - Sarava

STEP FIFTEEN Stand up and blow smoke from a tobacco cigar directly on to the grave stone, three times.

STEP SIXTEEN Using your mouth, blow Cachaca liquor or whiskey directly on to the grave stone, three times.

STEP SEVENTEEN Ring the brass bell and begin to state your spiritual request to Exu Meia Noite.

STEP EIGHTEEN After you have completed saying out loud your spiritual request to the spirits then do the License To Departure Conjuration Ritual;

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THE LICENSE TO DEPARTURE CONJURATION RITUAL A License to Depart is a simple banishing ritual that you will perform to rid the area of any astral entities and spirits that might have been attracted to you from the energies you are creating during these rituals. The License to Departure Conjuration Ritual can be done in the following ritual by reciting the following: O Mighty God Nzambi, you are the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth. O Mighty God Nzambi you are the great force of all that is seen and unseen. O Mighty God Nzambi, by the power invested in me through thy most sacred and Holy of Holies, the Divine Sword of Exu, I do banish from this sacred ritual area any and all spirits, beings and astral entities of any kind whom have been summoned and gathered here today to assist me in this hloy ritual of Divine Justice. O Mighty God Nzambi, by the mighty Sword of Exu, the Divine Sword of the King of Kings, I grant you the license to depart, so now return to the realm of God and be on your way. In the name of Nzambi, the Lord of Heaven, in the name of the Quimbanada Trinity, Exu Maioral, Exu Rei, Maria Padilla Reina and the spirits of the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the spirits of the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms, I will this to be done. O Mighty God Nzambi, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on Earth as it is in the great Heavens. SARAVA

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STEP NINETEEN After you have completed the License To Departure Ritual then perform the Greater Banishing Ritual of the Quimbanda Cross.

THE GREATER BANISHING RITUAL OF THE QUIMBANDA CROSS The Greater Banishing Ritual of the Quimbanda Cross is done in a counter clockwise rotation position. Facing East with the Divine Sword of Exu Rei or using the index finger from your right hand do the following: In silence, trace the Greater Banishing Ritual of the Quimbanda Cross before you in the air using the Divine Sword of Exu Rei. Turn towards the North with the Divine Sword of Exu Rei or using the index finger from your right hand do the following: In silence, trace the Greater Banishing Ritual of the Quimbanda Cross before you in the air using the Divine Sword of Exu Rei. Turn towards the West with the Divine Sword of Exu Rei or using the index finger from your right hand do the following: In silence, trace the Greater Banishing Ritual of the Quimbanda Cross before you in the air using the Divine Sword of Exu Rei. Turn towards the South with the Divine Sword of Exu Rei or using the index finger from your right hand do the following:

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In silence, trace the Greater Banishing Ritual of the Quimbanda Cross before you in the air using the Divine Sword of Exu Rei. Turn towards the East with the Divine Sword of Exu Rei in your right hand and say the following: In the name of Nzambi, the Lord of Heaven - SARAVA In the name of the Quimbanda Trinity, who govern the Heavens and the Earth - SARAVA Exu by the Divine Sword of the King of Kings I lay down my enemies at your feet - SARAVA Exu by the Divine Sword of the King of Kings I do bind my enemies in thy most sacred and Holy name - SARAVA Exu by the Divine Sword of the King of Kings I do blind my enemies in thy most sacred and Holy name - SARAVA Exu by the Divine Sword of the King of Kings I do destroy my enemies in thy most sacred and Holy name - SARAVA Exu by the Divine Sword of the King of Kings Give me victory to triumph over my enemies - SARAVA Exu by the Divine Sword of the King of Kings Give me victory to defeat my enemies - SARAVA Exu by the Divine Sword of the King of Kings
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I wash my hands clean like Pontius Pilate - SARAVA

STEP TWENTY After you have completed performing the Greater Banishing Ritual of the Quimbanda Cross then leave seven pennies at the foot of the grave stone altar.

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A QUIMBANDA GOETIA OCCULT SPIRITUAL EXPERIMENT FOR THE ASTRAL SPIRIT, EXU VOLAC...... Good Morning..... This is Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Galdiano Montenegro with some very powerful information about performing occult spiritual experiments and rituals of the Quimbanda Goetia magical tradition. I want you to know that the mysteries of the 72 Solomonic Quimbanda Goetia Spirits are for everyone and they can be easily petitioned for just about any request even by the beginner of the magical occult arts. I have found in my journey of spiritual exploration of occult spiritual experiments of the Quimbanda Goetia magical occult arts that when working with the Astral Exu Spirits it is always better to ask the spirits for your spiritual requests in the same order every time you recite the prayer and at the same time of the day when performing a ritual for a particular Astral Exu Spirit.......... SARAVA..... A SPIRITUAL INVOCATION TO EXU VOLAC Used in spells, rituals and invocations of discovery of treasure, discovery of hidden enemies. "RITUAL INSTRUCTIONS" I. Draw the spirit signature which represents the Quimbanda Cross on the floor using white chalk in front of the altar of the Quimbanda Trinity. Draw the spirit signature of the Spirit, Exu Volac in the center of the Quimbanda Cross.

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III. Place a cup with fresh water directly on top of the spirit signature of the Spirit, Exu Volac in the center of the Quimbanda Cross. IV. Standing in front of the Quimbanda Cross facing the East do and say the following: Using your right hand, make the sign of the Quimbanda Trinity Cross over your body. The Quimbanda Trinity sign of the Cross is made by touching the hand sequentially to the
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forehead, lower chest or navel area, and right shoulder, then left shoulder and then placing your hands together in a praying position and then kissing your hands three times. This is how to say and do this: at the forehead, IN THE NAME OF NZAMBI; at the naval, IN THE NAME OF EXU MAIORAL; across to the right shoulder, IN THE NAME OF EXU REI; across to the right left shoulder, IN THE NAME OF MARIA PADILLA REINA; and finally to the center of your heart while placing your hands together in a praying position, SARAVA; afterwards kiss your hands three times. V. While ringing the bell and focusing on the spirit signature of Exu Volac in the center of the Quimbanda Cross say the following prayer while visualizing a brillant bright white light around your body protecting it: - PRAYER OF EXU VOLAC - I, (Say your Name), a servant of Nzambi, call upon Exu Volac, and conjure thee by the power of the Divine Sword of Exu Maioral, the Fire of the Archangel Metatron, the Seven Holy Archangels and the Most Holy Quimbanda Trinity to manifest here to me and take my command. By the Supreme Power of the Great Guardians of the Seven Quimbanda Kingdoms who govern over the celestial mysteries of the divine universe and govern over the Heavens. I, (Say your Name), a servant of Nzambi do summon you and command you to come forth and hear my request. I, (Say your Name), a servant of Nzambi do summon you and command you to come forth and grant my request. By the power of the Divine Sword of Exu Maioral ye shall be commanded to come forth and grant my request - SARAVA STATE YOUR REQUEST HERE After saying the ritual prayer then pour the water over the spirit signature of Exu Volac in the center of the Quimbanda Cross. Repeat this ritual for 7 consecutive days.

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GNOSTIC SAINTS OF THE AMERICAN QUIMBANDA RELIGION ST. MARIA PADILLA REINA DAS SETE LIRAS & ST. EXU REI DAS SETE LIRAS- THE SIXTH LESSER QUIMBANDA KINGDOM..... In the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, the Sixth Lesser Quimbanda Kingdom of the Lyres is governed over by the female Gnostic Saint, Santa Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Liras (St. Maria, Queen of the Seven Lyres) and the male Gnostic Saint, Saint Exu Rei Das Sete Liras (St. Exu, King of the Seven Lyres). Together this King and Queen rule over nine lesser male Gnostic Saints and over nine female Gnostic Saints known as Chief Guardian Spirits. In the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, the female Gnostic Saint, Santa Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Liras is syncretized with the Gnostic Saint, Our Lady of Montecalvario / Mother of Sorrows. In the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, the male Gnostic Saint Exu Rei Das Sete Liras is syncretized with the Gnostic Saint Santiago. The Kingdom of Lyres is associated with lust, seduction, love, passion, desire, wealth, gambling, games of chance & fotune and material wealth. LESSER GNOSTIC SAINTS (Exu) OF THE KINGDOM OF LYRES Saint Exu Dos Infernos - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Dos Cabares - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Sete Liras - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Cigano - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Ze Pelintra - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Pagao - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Da Ganga - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Male- Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Chama Dinheiro - Chief Guardian Spirit

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- LESSER GNOSTIC SAINTS (Pomba Gira) OF THE KINGDOM OF LYRES Saint Pomba Gira Dos Infernos - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Dos Cabares - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Sete Liras - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Cigano - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Ze Pelintra - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Pagao - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Da Ganga - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Male- Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Chama Dinheiro - Chief Guardian Spirit

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AMERICAN QUIMBANDA, GNOSTIC ORTHODOX RITE RITUAL LITURGICAL CALENDAR & FEAST DAYS OF THE GNOSTIC SAINTS The liturgical year begins on January 1 for the Spiritual Practitioners of the American Gnostic Quimbanda religious tradition. The following is a ritual 365 day calendar for the practice of the Quimbanda Goetia and spiritual experiments of the occult sciences. Each of the days of the year has been historically assigned with the guardian Astral Exu Spirits & Gnostic Saints which correspond to that particular day. This Gnostic Quimbanda liturgical calendar is fixed and does not change. When performing advanced spiritual experiments of Gnostic Quimbanda Goetia it is important to know the ruling Astral Exu Spirits & Gnostic Saints of the particular day that you desire to perform your rituals of ceremonial high magic. The following ritual Gnostic Quimbanda liturgical calendar can also be used to determine the guardian Astral Exu Spirits of your date of birth. The following Calendar is incomplete, meaning that it does not contain the entire pantheon of American Quimbanda Spirits and Gnostic Saints. The Complete Calendar will be available at the end of the 2013 Liturgical Year of the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite. There are two Ritual Liturgical Calendars of the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite. The following is the AMERICAN CANDOMBLE CHURCH, GNOSTIC ORTHODOX LITURGICAL FEASTS ORDER PROPER of ORDINARY TIME. This calendar is the less formal religious calendar used by Spiritual Practitioners (lay persons) of our Church. The second Calendar used is "formal ritual" and is called, AMERICAN CANDOMBLE CHURCH, GNOSTIC ORTHODOX LITURGICAL FEASTS ORDER PROPER OF THE DIVINE OFFICE and is a collection and compilation of formal
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religious rituals used by the initiated religious clergy of our Church and contains Order Proper of the Hour of Ritual Prayers of Holy Obligation, Order Proper of the Hour of the Dead", Order Proper of the Hour & Holy Days of the Gnostic Saints" and the Ritual Liturgical Instructions of Performing Devotional Prayers & Religious Rites of the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite.

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RITUAL CEREMONY TO INVOKE THE POWERS OF THE SPIRIT EXU MEIA NOITE Here is the ceremonial formula that was used on my show about how to do a ritual for the Quimbanda Spirit, Exu Meia Noite. I am providing it here for those individuals who were not able to write it down or who were not able to listen to my BlogTalkRadio show on 8/12/2011. The following information comes from my new book, "Spiritual Warfare, Brazilian Quimbanda Spells & Rituals to defeat your enemies and to win everytime." The powerful Quimbanda Spirit, Exu Meia Noite is the patron spirit of black magicians. This powerful spirit knows the secrets and rituals of how to cast powerful black magic spells. Exu Meia Noite is also a powerful healer. He can be petitioned in both matters of good and evil. This Quimbanda entity is capable of destroying a person in less than 24 hours, if summoned by someone who is experienced with doing this type of black magic spiritual work. Exu Meia Noite should only be summoned and petitioned in cases of injustice, otherwise the affects can turn on the sender double that which was sent. Exu Meia Noite likes red and black candles, steak cooked in olive oil, popcorn, rum, cigars and his sacred hour is 12 (either Midday or Midnight). All of the above ingredients can be offered to him at the gateway to a cemetery. The spirit, Exu Meia Noite has nine spiritual paths. These are: - EXU MEIA NOITE DA KALUNGA - Rules over the spirits of the Cemetery at 12 Midnight - EXU MEIA NOITE DAS ALMAS - Rules over the spirits of the Souls at 12 Midnight - EXU MEIA NOITE DA PRAIA - Rules over the spirits of the Beach at 12 Midnight

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- EXU MEIA NOITE DO MAR - Rules over the spirits of the Sea at 12 Midnight - EXU MEIA NOITE DO ORIENTE - Rules over the spirits of the East at 12 Midnight - EXU MEIA NOITE DAS 7 ENCRUZILHADAS - Rules over the spirits of the 7 Crossroads at 12 Midnight - EXU MEIA NOITE DA CAPELA - Rules over the spirits found at the Church at 12 Midnight -EXU MEIA NOITE DO CRUZEIRO - Rules over the spirits of the Crossings at 12 Midnight -EXU MEIA NOITE DA MATA - Rules over the spirits of the Forest at 12 Midnight The spirit, Exu Meia Noite also commands a legion of seven other Exus who can also be summoned via his call. These are: - EXU MIRIM - works with issues relating to women, children and marriage. - EXU PIMENTA - works with issues relating to love. - EXU MALE - This is the Exu of Magic and witchcraft. - EXU DAS MONTANHAS - Rules over the mountains and the waters. - EXU GANGA - Works with issues concerning justice, vengeance. He can kill as well as save. - EXU KAMINALOA - Said to be one of the most powerful Exus, can cause madness in a person in less than 24 hours.
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- EXU QUIROMBO - Works with issues concerning women, particularly women who have fallen on to a 'bad path'. A RITUAL TO SUMMON THE SPIRIT EXU MEIA NOITE FOR ANY REQUEST If you have been initiated into the Quimbanda religion and have the actual mysteries of Exu Meia Noite then the ritual should be done directly in front of the nganga containing his spiritual mysteries. If you are not initiated into the Quimbanda mysteries then you can perform this ritual in front of your spiritual altar to the Quimbanda Trinity. Burn Quimbanda Ritual Incense in the magical ritual area where you will be doing the ceremony. Draw the Quimbanda spirit signature that represents the Spirit, Exu Meia Noite on the floor using pemba (ritual chalk) directly in front of the altar of the Quimbanda Trinity deities. White Pemba can be used for any type of spell or ritual. Red Pemba is used in domination or control spells and rituals. Black Pemba is used in black magic spells and rituals of harm. Place a black candle on top of the spirit signature that represents Exu Meia Noite. Place a spiritual offering on a white plate next to the spirit signature. The spiritual offering will consists of nine balls of cooked corn meal flour, red peppers, palm oil and honey. Begin the Quimbanda ritual by lighting the black candle first, and then using your hand, tap the ground in front of the altar three times. While lighting the candles recite the following ritual prayers: IN THE NAME OF NZAMBI, THE GOD OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH - SARAVA IN THE NAME OF EXU MAIORAL - SARAVA IN THE NAME OF EXU REI - SARAVA IN THE NAME OF MARIA PADILLA REINA SARAVA
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IN THE NAME OF THE QUIMBANDA TRINITY - SARAVA I, say your complete birth name, INVOKE AND DO SUMMON THE GUARDIAN OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS, EXU MEIA NOITE. I DO SUMMON YOUR SPIRIT HERE FROM THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH AND FROM ABOVE AND FROM BELOW. O POWERFUL SPIRIT, EXU MEIA NOITE, GUARDIAN OF THE SECRETS OF THE LIVING AND THE DEAD, I KNOCK UPON YOUR SACRED DOOR TO OPEN THE GATES OF THE SEVEN QUIMBANDA KINGDOMS TO GRANT MY REQUEST- SARAVA BY THE POWER OF YOUR SACRED DIVINE NAMES, EXU MEIA NOITE DA KALUNGA, EXU MEIA NOITE DAS ALMAS, EXU MEIA NOITE DA PRAIA, EXU MEIA NOITE DO MAR, EXU MEIA NOITE DO ORIENTE, EXU MEIA NOITE DAS 7 ENCRUZILHADAS, EXU MEIA NOITE DA CAPELA, EXU MEIA NOITE DO CRUZEIRO & EXU MEIA NOITE DA MATA, I DO SUMMON YOU HERE TO GIVE LIGHT IN DARKNESS. - SARAVA BY THE POWER OF YOUR DIVINE HOLY LEGION OF THE SACRED SEVEN UNDER YOUR COMMAND, I DO SUMMON: EXU MIRIM, EXU PIMENTA, EXU MALE, EXU DAS MONTANHAS, EXU GANGA, EXU KAMINALOA, EXU QUIROMBO. - SARAVA O POWERFUL SPIRIT, EXU MEIA NOITE, YOU ARE THE GUARDIAN OF THE MYSTERIES OF THE BOOK OF THE DEAD SARAVA. O POWERFUL SPIRIT, EXU MEIA NOITE, AS THE DAY TURNS TO NIGHT AND AS THE NIGHT TURNS TO DAY, SO SHALL MY REQUEST BE GRANTED IN THE NAME OF THE HOLY QUIMBANDA TRINITY. SARAVA

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O POWERFUL SPIRIT, EXU MEIA NOITE, IT IS YOU WHO TURNS THE WORLD AT 12 MIDNIGHT - SARAVA O POWERFUL SPIRIT, EXU MEIA NOITE, IT IS YOU WHO GUARDS THE DOOR TO THE DEAD-SARAVA O POWERFUL SPIRIT, EXU MEIA NOITE, IT IS YOU WHO LIGHTS THE FIRE OF THE INFERNO-SARAVA O POWERFUL SPIRIT, EXU MEIA NOITE, IT IS YOU WHO TURNS THE DAY INTO NIGHT-SARAVA O POWERFUL SPIRIT, EXU MEIA NOITE, IT IS YOU WHO STANDS AT THE DOOR OF THE LIVING AND THE DEAD - SARAVA O POWERFUL SPIRIT, EXU MEIA NOITE, IT IS YOU WHO HOLDS THE KEY TO THE WORLD OF THE FORBIDDEN MYSTERIES.SARAVA O POWERFUL SPIRIT, EXU MEIA NOITE, IT IS YOU WHO WINS THE BATTLE AT 12 MIDNIGHT - SARAVA O POWERFUL SPIRIT, EXU MEIA NOITE, IT IS YOU WHO CONQUERS AND TRIUMPHS OVER OUR ENEMIES - SARAVA. O POWERFUL SPIRIT, EXU MEIA NOITE, GRANT MY REQUEST ON THIS SACRED NIGHT - SARAVA IN THE NAME OF NZAMBI, THE GOD OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH - SARAVA IN THE NAME OF EXU MAIORAL - SARAVA IN THE NAME OF EXU REI - SARAVA IN THE NAME OF MARIA PADILLA REINA SARAVA
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IN THE NAME OF THE QUIMBANDA TRINITY - SARAVA STATE YOUR REQUEST HERE. After the ritual, take the spiritual offering on the white plate and leave it at the gate of a cemetery along with an open bottle of whiskey, nine pennies and nine lighted cigars. Along with the spiritual offering leave a lighted black candle next to the spiritual offering. .

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AMERICAN CANDOMBLE CHURCH, GNOSTIC ORTHODOX RITE ORDER PROPER OF THE DIVINE OFFICE HOLY LITURGY TO THE HOLY DIVINE MOTHER, MARIA PADILLA REINA -RITUAL INSTRUCTIONS OF THE MORNING PRAYER TO THE HOLY MOTHERThe Altar of the Holy Quimbanda Trinty is adorned with Red Roses and a special Holy Water made from Rose water I. CONJURATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT The High Priest begins THE HOLY LITURGY OF THE HOLY DIVINE MOTHER, MARIA PADILLA REINA, by reciting the Conjuration of the Divine Light in front of the altar of the Quimbanda Trinity. After reciting the Conjuration of the Divine Light, the High Priest will then begin the Holy Ritual of the Holy Divine Mother, Maria Padilla Reina by lighting the sacred ritual candle of the color silver placed upon the Holy Quimbanda Trinity Altar in the center. HIGH PRIEST: Children of Nzambi, by the power of the Sacred Celestial Light of the Holy Divine Mother, Maria Padilla Reina, I, N.N. a humble servant of Nzambi, do cause this sacred ritual into being. As the flame of this candle burns bright in glory and gives light in darkness, so may the Sacred Celestial Light of the Holy Divine Mother, Maria Padilla Reina give me light in darkness on this most sacred and holy of all days. SARAVA THE OPENING RITUAL INVOCATION HIGH PRIEST: Facing the East, the High Priest will kneel down on his left knee towards the altar and then stands up. Standing towards the East, the High Priest will then do and say the following: Using your right hand, make the sign of the Quimbanda Trinity Cross over your body. The Quimbanda Trinity sign of the Cross is made by touching the hand sequentially to the forehead, lower chest or navel area, and right shoulder, then left shoulder and then placing your hands together in a praying position and then kissing your right hand three times.
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This is how to say and do this: at the forehead, IN THE NAME OF NZAMBI; at the naval, IN THE NAME OF EXU MAIORAL; across to the right shoulder, IN THE NAME OF EXU REI; across to the right left shoulder, IN THE NAME OF MARIA PADILLA REINA; and finally to the center of your heart while placing your hands together in a praying position, SARAVA; afterwards kiss your hands three times. HIGH PRIEST: With both hands in an open position held out in front of him recites the following. Children of Nzambi, we gather here this morning on this most sacred and holy of all days to celebrate in glory and light, THE HOLY LITURGY OF THE HOLY DIVINE MOTHER, MARIA PADILLA REINA from the great cosmos to the Earth. Let all on Earth proclaim and rejoice from the darkest corners of the Great Abyss to the celestial light of the Great Heavens and the cosmos; Nzambi is the Lord of the Heavens and the Earth.Sarava HIGH PRIEST: Children of Nzambi, together let us proclaim and pray the profession of the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite. III. THE AMERICAN QUIMBANDA CREED PRAYER HIGH PRIEST: We believe in Nzambi, the one true God, the Father, the Almighty, the maker of the great Heavens and the Earth, of all that is seen and unseen. We believe in Nzambi Ntoto, the God who touched and walked the Earth and became man. We believe in the Holy Quimbanda Trinity and the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms who are the sacred light of Nzambi and give light to us. We believe that only through Nzambi all things were made and only through Nzambi all souls are saved. For all of us and for our salvation Nzambi came down from the great Heavens: by the power of the Holy Spirit, He was born and became man. For our sake, He was crucified under Pontius Pilate; He suffered, died, and was buried and his spirit descended into the Great Abyss and conquered darkness. On the third day He rose again in fulfillment of the Sacred and Holy Quimbanda Scriptures: He ascended into Heaven and is seated over the mysteries of the Universe. We believe that Nzambi will come
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again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his Quimbanda Kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit of Nzambi, the Quimbanda Trinity, the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms, the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms and the ancestors who are kneeling at his feet in glory and light. We believe in the communion of our ancestors and the Divine intercession of the Holy Ones from the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms. We believe that we were chosen by Nzambi to deliver the Divine Word to His children here on Earth and that His Kingdom will have no end. We believe that all men were created equal. We believe that we are a Holy Temple of Nzambi and that the Holy Spirit of Nzambi resides within each and every one of us. We believe that Nzambi bestowed upon mankind the gift of "free will" and "freedom of choice" to choose the direction of our sacred journey here on Earth. We believe that the Kingdom of Nzambi on Earth will have no end. We believe that through the Divine intercession of the Holy Ones of the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms, Nzambi is worshiped and glorified. We believe that Nzambi has spoken through the Prophets of the American Quimbanda religious tradition. We believe in one, Gnostic Holy Temple of Nzambi. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of our failings. We believe that only through the Divine Sacrament of Baptism that we can reconnect and reconcile to the Holy Spirit of Nzambi through divine restoration. We believe in the resurrection of the living and the resurrection of the dead through the Divine Sacrament of Baptism. We believe in the sacred universal order of man and God through the restoration of the seven degrees of universal enloightenment which connect the spirit and soul of man to the divine universe. We believe that the mysteries of Nzambi are Universal and his sacred mysteries found throughout the great cosmos. We believe in the sacred principles of brotherhood, love and universal harmony and balance. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. SARAVA HIGH PRIEST: Holy Divine Mother, Maria Padilla Reina, we summon the invisible powers that be to protect your children here on Earth this morning by placing a ring of celestial light around this
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circle so that our enemies known and unknown will not be able to see or hear this sacred ritualSarava IV. THE CONJURATION OF THE DIVINE SWORD OF EXU The High Priest will then approach the altar of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity and pick up the Divine Sword of Exu using both of your hands and kiss it three times. The High Priest will then kneel down on his left knee in front of the altar of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity altar and hold the Divine Sword of Exu in both of your hands pointed towards the Heavens saying the following invocation prayer: HIGH PRIEST: Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which commands the Seven Quimbanda Kingdoms. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which illuminates the Heavens. Behold the Divine Sword of the Exu which commands and turns the Universe. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which unlocks and opens the doors of Heaven and Earth. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which reveals the secrets and the mysteries of the Universe. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which Knights the heads of Kings with the Divine Crown of Glory. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which gives light in darkness. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which turns the day into night. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which turns the night into day. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which has the power to blind our enemies. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which has the power to bind our enemies. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which has the power to conquer our enemies. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which has the power to triumph over our enemies. Behold the Divine Sword of Exu which has the power to destroy and deliver us from our enemies. I, N.N., a humble servant of Nzambi do invoke the powers of the Divine Sword of Exu to deliver me from all tragedy and from all of my enemies. O Mighty and powerful Divine Sword of Exu, my enemies are your enemies. O Mighty and powerful Divine Sword of Exu, your enemies are my enemies. Holy, Holy, Holy God of power and might, Heaven and Earth are full of your glory, Hosanna in the Highest. Holy, Holy, Holy God of power and might,
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Heaven and Earth shall pass away, but your word will remain forever in the eternal light of the Quimbanda Trinity. By the power of the Lord of Heaven and the Divine Sword of Exu, I command this ritual into being.Sarava IV. HIGH PRIEST & RELIGIOUS CLERGY: The High Priest then stands up and places the Divine Sword of Exu on the altar of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity. The sword will Stand up in front of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity altar and then approach the altar of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity and set the Divine Sword of Exu on it with the pointed end of the sword facing towards the High Priest and the Religious Clergy who are there present at the ritual. After placing the Divine Sword of Exu on the altar of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity, he will then holds out his hands towards the altar and recite the following conjuration: Before me stands the Archangel Raphael. Behind me stands the Archangel Gabriel. On my right hand, the Archangel Michael and on my left hand, the Archangel Uriel for around my body protected by the Divine Light of the Violet Flames of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity - Sarava. In the name of Nzambi, the Holy Father, the Almighty God of the Great Celestial Mysteries and the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth. In the name of Nzambi Ntoto, the Holy Son who touched and walked the Earth. Sarava.. I, N.N. do invoke the Seven Celestial Mysteries of thy Holy Divine Mother, Maria Padilla Reina and bring light into darkenss. Sarava.... V. HIGH PRIEST & RELIGIOUS CLERGY: Let us pray: Remember, O Most Glorious Mother, Maria Padilla Reina, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help or sought your intercession, was left unaided in times of need or in troubled times. Inspired with this confidence and inspired by this prayer,I invoke thee, O Queen of the Seven, my Mother; to you do I come, before you I stand seeking protection in the Divine Light of the Quimbanda Trinity. O Mother of the Seven Quimbanda Kingdoms and Divine Mother of the World. O Mother of the Seven
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Stars, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy hear and answer my prayer. In the name of The Most Glorious Mother, Maria Padilla Reina, I invoke your sacred celestial mysteries of the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupitar and Saturn. I, N.N. a humble servant of Nzambi, knock upon your door, open thy Holy Gates to the Heavens above. Sarava.. In the name of the Holy Divine Mother, Maria Padilla Reina, I, N.N. a humble servant of Nzambi invoke thy most Holy Queens of the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms. Sarava.. I, N.N. a humble servant of Nzambi invoke the sacred mysteries of your Holy Queens, Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Encruzilhadas, Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Cruzeiros, Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Matas, Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Kalungas, Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Almas, Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Liras and Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Praias. - Sarava.... O Divine and Most Glorious Maria Padilla Reina, Empress of the Seven, Hear our prayers. Sarava. O Divine and Most Glorious Maria Padilla Reina, Queen of the Crossroads, Hear our prayers. Sarava. O Divine and Most Glorious Maria Padilla Reina, Queen of the Pleasures of Life, Hear our prayers. Sarava. O Divine and Most Glorious Maria Padilla Reina, Mother of Earth, Fire, water & Air, Hear our prayers. Sarava. O Divine and Most Glorious Maria Padilla Reina, Mother of the Mysteries of Life, Hear our prayers. Sarava. O Divine and Most Glorious Maria Padilla Reina, under the protection of your Seven Pointed Star, We invoke your sacred and divine celestial mysteries of the East, the South, the West and the North. Hail Holy Queen of Heaven, Divine Mother of Grace, Hear our prayers. Sarava.. Hear me, O Divine and Most Glorious Mother, Maria Padilla Reina, for you are the Queen of Queens and the Glory and the Power shall be Yours Forever.....Sarava.. AS IT IS ABOVE - SO MAY IT BE BELOW ON THIS MOST SACRED OF ALL DAYS...SARAVA......

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SAINT MARIA PADILLA REINA of THE SEVEN STARS QUIMBANDA PROTECTION RITUAL & PROSPERITY BATH -INSTRUCTIONSPrepare the Quimbanda Ritual Protection & Prosperity Bath using the following sacred items: - Rose scented soap - PROCEDURE Draw the spirit signature which represents the Quimbanda Cross on the floor using white chalk in front of the altar of the Quimbanda Trinity. Draw the spirit signature of the Spirit, Maria Padilla Reina in the center of the Quimbanda Cross. Place a cup with fresh water directly on top of the spirit signature of the Spirit, Maria Padilla Reina in the center of the Quimbanda Cross. Standing in front of the Quimbanda Cross facing the East do and say the following: Using your right hand, make the sign of the Quimbanda Trinity Cross over your body. The Quimbanda Trinity sign of the Cross is made by touching the hand sequentially to the forehead, lower chest or navel area, and right shoulder, then left shoulder and then placing your hands together in a praying position and then kissing your hands three times. This is how to say and do this: at the forehead, IN THE NAME OF NZAMBI; at the naval, IN THE NAME OF EXU MAIORAL; across to the right shoulder, IN THE NAME OF EXU REI; across to the right left shoulder, IN THE NAME OF MARIA PADILLA REINA; and finally to the center of your heart while placing your hands together in a praying position, SARAVA; afterwards kiss your hands three times. While ringing the bell and focusing on the spirit signature of Maria Padilla Reina in the center of the Quimbanda Cross say the following prayer while visualizing a brillant bright white light around your body protecting it: - PRAYER - Remember, O Most Glorious Maria Padilla Reina, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help or sought your intercession, was left unaided in times of need or in troubled times......SARAVA

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RITUAL TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF THE EAST.... THE SACRED CONJURATION OF THE CORNER STONE OF THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON.....HOW TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF WORSHIP OF THE EAST TO A NEW DIRECTION...... Today I received an interesting question. The question was..If I am not able to place my Holy Quimbanda Trinity Altar up in the direction of the East, what do I do? The answer is, change it... That means what ever direction that your altar is set up you must make that direction the East. In the AMERICAN QUIMBANDA, GNOSTIC ORTHODOX RITE, the altar facing the East is mandatory for worship. So here is how to do it..... Face your altar in the direction that it is and recite the following Conjuration standing in front of it... This is just one method of how to do this, but there are many others... On this most sacred and holy of all days, I, N.N. humble servant of Nzambi, invoke the celestial mysteries and sacred divine powers of the Divine Universe and the Greater and Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms to celebrate in glory and light, the King of Kings, the Lord of Heavenly Hosts and cast this sacred, divine and holy corner stone of the East of the Temple of Solomon in the direction of the . By the Divine Power of the Glory of the Seven Holy Archangels who guard over the Heavens and the Earth and the Elements of Earth, Fire, Water & Air, I, N.N. humble servant of Nzambi and the Divine Right of Kings do cause this sacred ritual into being.. As it is above So May it be below. Sarava.....

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GNOSTIC SAINTS OF THE AMERICAN QUIMBANDA RELIGION.... ST. MARIA PADILLA REINA DAS SETE MATAS (7 FOREST) & ST. EXU REI DAS SETE MATAS (7 FOREST) - THE THIRD LESSER QUIMBANDA KINGDOM (7 FOREST)..... In the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, the Third Lesser Quimbanda Kingdom of the Forest & Mountains is governed over by the female Gnostic Saint, Santa Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Matas (St. Maria, Queen of the Seven Forest) and the male Gnostic Saint, Saint Exu Rei Das Sete Matas (St. Exu, King of the Seven Forest).Together this King and Queen rule over nine lesser male Gnostic Saints and over nine female Gnostic Saints known as Chief Guardian Spirits. In the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, the female Gnostic Saint, Santa Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Matas is syncretized with the Gnostic Saint, Saint Mary Magdalene. In the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, the male Gnostic Saint Exu Rei Das Sete Matas is syncretized with the Gnostic Saint Expedito. The Kingdom of the Forest & Mountains is associated with the transformation, sacred herbs, sorcery, necromancy, secrets of elemental magic, earth magic, spirit guides and ceremonial high magic. LESSER GNOSTIC SAINTS (Exu) OF THE KINGDOM OF THE FOREST.......... Saint Exu Quebra Galho - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Das Sombras - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Das Matas - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Das Campinas - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Da Serra Negra - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Sete Pedras - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Sete Cobras - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Do Cheiro - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Arranca Toco - Chief Guardian Spirit

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LESSER GNOSTIC SAINTS (Pomba Gira) OF THE KINGDOM OF THE FOREST.......... Saint Pomba Gira Quebra Galho - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Das Sombras - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Das Matas - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Das Campinas - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Da Serra Negra - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Sete Pedras - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Sete Cobras - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Do Cheiro - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Arranca Toco - Chief Guardian Spirit.

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GNOSTIC SAINTS OF THE AMERICAN QUIMBANDA RELIGION.... ST. MARIA PADILLA REINA DAS SETE CRUZEIROS (7 CROSSINGS) & ST. EXU REI DAS SETE CRUZEIROS (7 CROSSINGS) - THE SECOND LESSER QUIMBANDA KINGDOM (7 CROSSINGS)..... In the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, the Second Lesser Quimbanda Kingdom of the Crossings is governed over by the female Gnostic Saint, Santa Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Cruzeiros (St. Maria, Queen of the Seven Crossings) and the male Gnostic Saint, Saint Exu Rei Das Sete Cruzeiros (St. Exu, King of the Seven Crossings). Together this King and Queen rule over nine lesser male Gnostic Saints and over nine female Gnostic Saints known as Chief Guardian Spirits. In the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, the female Gnostic Saint, Santa Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Cruzeiros is syncretized with the Gnostic Saint, Saint Our Lady of Mount Carmel. In the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, the male Gnostic Saint Exu Rei Das Sete Cruzeiros is syncretized with the Gnostic Saint Peter. The Kingdom of the Seven Crossroads is associated with the travel, opening doors and closing doors, opportunity, career advancement, new relationships of love and romance, Gnostic knowledge, important decisions and material wealth. LESSER GNOSTIC SAINTS (Exu) OF THE KINGDOM OF THE CROSSINGS.......... Saint Exu Tranca Tudo - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Kirombo - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Sete Cruzeiros - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Mangueira - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Kaminaloa - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Sete Cruzes - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu 7 Portas - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Meia Noite - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Kalunga - Chief Guardian Spirit
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LESSER GNOSTIC SAINTS (Pomba Gira) OF THE KINGDOM OF THE CROSSINGS.......... Saint Pomba Gira Tranca Tudo - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Kirombo - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Sete Cruzeiros - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Mangueira - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Kaminaloa - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Sete Cruzes - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira 7 Portas - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Meia Noite - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Kalunga - Chief Guardian Spirit

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GNOSTIC SAINTS OF THE AMERICAN QUIMBANDA RELIGION.... ST. MARIA PADILLA REINA DAS SETE ALMAS (7 SOULS) & ST. EXU REI DAS SETE ALMAS (SOULS) - THE FIFTH LESSER QUIMBANDA KINGDOM (SOULS)..... In the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, the Fifth Lesser Quimbanda Kingdom of the Souls is governed over by the female Gnostic Saint, Santa Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Almas (St. Maria, Queen of the Seven Souls) and the male Gnostic Saint, Saint Exu Rei Das Sete Almas (St. Exu, King of the Seven Souls). Together this King and Queen rule over nine lesser male Gnostic Saints and over nine female Gnostic Saints known as Chief Guardian Spirits. In the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, the female Gnostic Saint, Santa Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Almas is syncretized with the Gnostic Saint, Saint Martha. In the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, the male Gnostic Saint Exu Rei Das Sete Almas is syncretized with the Gnostic Saint Charles Borromeo. The Kingdom of the Souls is associated with the spirit communication, spiritism, mediums, spirit guides, spiritual masses, occult black arts, sances, purgatory, healing, divine justice, the dead and material wealth. LESSER GNOSTIC SAINTS (Exu) OF THE KINGDOM OF THE SOULS.......... Saint Exu Sete Lombas - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Pemba - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Maraba - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Curado - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Nove Luzes - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu 7 Montanhas - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Tata Caveira - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Gira Mundo - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu 7 Poeiras - Chief Guardian Spirit
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LESSER GNOSTIC SAINTS (Pomba Gira) OF THE KINGDOM OF THE SOULS.......... Saint Pomba Gira Sete Lombas - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Pemba - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Maraba - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Curado - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Nove Luzes - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira 7 Montanhas - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Tata Caveira - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Gira Mundo - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira 7 Poeiras - Chief Guardian Spirit

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GNOSTIC SAINTS OF THE AMERICAN QUIMBANDA RELIGION ST. MARIA PADILLA REINA DAS SETE ENCRUZILHADAS & ST. EXU REI DAS SETE ENCRUZILHADAS - THE FIRST LESSER QUIMBANDA KINGDOM OF THE SEVEN CROSSROADS.. In the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, the First Lesser Quimbanda Kingdom of the Crossroads is governed over by the female Gnostic Saint, Santa Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Encruzilhadas (St. Maria, Queen of the Seven Seven Crossroads) and the male Gnostic Saint, Saint Exu Rei Das Sete Encruzilhadas (St. Exu, King of the Seven Crossroads). Together this King and Queen rule over nine lesser male Gnostic Saints and over nine female Gnostic Saints known as Chief Guardian Spirits. In the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, the female Gnostic Saint, Santa Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Encruzilhadas is syncretized with the Gnostic Saint, Saint Anne. In the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, the male Gnostic Saint Exu Rei, Das Sete Encruzilhadas is syncretized with the Gnostic Saint Anthony De Padua. The Kingdom of the Seven Crossroads is associated with an individuals spiritual journey, decisions, career advancement, marriage, love attraction, soul mates, open roads & closing roads, abundance, good fortune, and material wealth. LESSER GNOSTIC SAINTS (Exu) OF THE KINGDOM OF THE CROSSROADS Saint Exu Tranca Ruas - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Sete Encruzilhadas - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Das Almas - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Marabo - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Tiriri - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Veludo - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Morcego - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Sete Gargalhadas - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Mirim - Chief Guardian Spirit
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LESSER GNOSTIC SAINTS (Pomba Gira) OF THE KINGDOM OF THE CROSSROADS Saint Pomba Gira Tranca Ruas - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Sete Encruzilhadas - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Das Almas - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Marabo - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Tiriri - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Veludo - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Morcego - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Sete Gargalhadas - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Mirim - Chief Guardian Spirit

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AMERICAN QUIMBANDA, GNOSTIC ORTHODOX RITE CARLOS MONTENEGRO REVEALS THE SECRETS OF HOW TO BRING DOWN THE QUIMBANDA SPIRIT MYSTERIES (NGANGAS).... Good Afternoon.. Tomorrow I have a special treat for everybody..I will be posting on my Facebook page for the initiated clergy members of the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, How to Prepare The Spirit Mysteries of the Gnostic Saint, Exu Meia Noite. Later this year, I will be publishing a series of Limited Edition Books which give the complete Quimbanda Spirit formulas of how to make, prepare and give life to over 300 rare American Quimbanda, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, Spirit Mysteries and the initiation ceremonies & rituals that accompany each of them in full ritual detail. ... SARAVA THE MYSTERIES OF THE ANCIENT QUIMBANDA KINGDOM OF NZAMBI The Spirit Mysteries (Vessel/Nganga) of Nzambi

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AMERICAN CANDOMBLE CHURCH, GNOSTIC ORTHODOX RITE Bom Dia!!!.....This is Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Galdiano Montenegro and its a beautiful Sunday morning in Los Angeles. Good Morning America.....I just celebrated the Holy Gnostic Mass of Nzambi of the American Candomble Church Traditionally after reciting the Holy Gnostic Mass of Nzambi, I recite the, HOLY LITURGY TO THE HOLY DIVINE MOTHER, MARIA PADILLA REINA. I want to invite everybody today for my morning prayers to the Holy Divine Mother, If you want to follow along, I will be posting up the "HOLY LITURGY TO THE HOLY DIVINE MOTHER, MARIA PADILLA REINA" prayer ritual in about 30 minutes, if you care to join me. Prayer is very good to recite before starting your day. The "HOLY LITURGY TO THE HOLY DIVINE MOTHER, MARIA PADILLA REINA" is recited every Sunday following the "Holy Gnostic Mass of Nzambi" between the hours of 6am and 7 am as stated in the ORDER PROPER OF THE DIVINE OFFICE . The following formal prayers comes from the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite of the ORDER PROPER OF THE DIVINE OFFICE that is used by the initiated religious clergy of our Church... - SARAVA-

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GNOSTIC SAINTS OF THE AMERICAN QUIMBANDA RELIGION.... ST. MARIA PADILLA REINA DAS SETE KALUNGAS (7 CEMETERIES) & ST. EXU REI DAS SETE KALUNGAS (7 CEMETERIES) - THE FOURTH LESSER QUIMBANDA KINGDOM (CEMETERY)..... In the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, the Fouth Lesser Quimbanda Kingdom of the Cemetery is governed over by the female Gnostic Saint, Santa Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Kalungas (St. Maria, Queen of the Seven Cemeteries) and the male Gnostic Saint, Saint Exu Rei Das Sete Kalungas (St. Exu, King of the Seven Cemeteries). Together this King and Queen rule over nine lesser male Gnostic Saints and over nine female Gnostic Saints known as Chief Guardian Spirits. In the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, the female Gnostic Saint, Santa Maria Padilla Reina Das Sete Kalungas is syncretized with the Gnostic Saint, Saint Teresa. In the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite, the male Gnostic Saint Exu Rei Das Sete Kalungas is syncretized with the Gnostic Saint Elias. The Kingdom of Kalunga (Cemetery) is associated with the occult black arts, sances, divine justice, the dead and material wealth. LESSER GNOSTIC SAINTS (Exu) OF THE KINGDOM OF THE CEMETERY.......... Saint Exu Porteira - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Sete Tumbas - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Sete Catacumbas - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Da Brasa - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Caveira - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Kalunga Pequena - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Corcunda - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Sete Covas - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Exu Capa Preta - Chief Guardian Spirit

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LESSER GNOSTIC SAINTS (Pomba Gira) OF THE KINGDOM OF THE CEMETERY.......... Saint Pomba Gira Porteira - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Sete Tumbas - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Sete Catacumbas - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Da Brasa - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Caveira - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Kalunga Pequena - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Corcunda - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Sete Covas - Chief Guardian Spirit Saint Pomba Gira Capa Preta - Chief Guardian Spirit

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AMERICAN QUIMBANDA CEREMONIAL RITUAL BATH

- A CLEANSING BATH FORMULA -

Before commencing on performing any sacred ritual of American Quimbanda you should always take a ritual bath to banish away any negative vibration from ones person. Although I could recommend many different types of spiritual cleansing baths, the following is perhaps one of my most favorites that I use on a regular basis. The Quimbanda Ceremonial Ritual Bath should be made from the fresh leaves of the sacred Ceiba Tree. The scientific name of the Ceiba Tree is Ceiba Pentandra. The Ceiba Tree is also known by religious practitioners of the Quimbanda tradition as the spirit tree. The Ceiba Tree is believed to have supernatural and spiritual powers and can fulfill wishes. The Ceiba Tree is venerated as being a powerful spiritual entity. It is also believed that the spirits of the ancestors rest beneath the shade of tree. In an ancient African myth, it is believed that the powerful Orixa Nkisi spirits used its large thorns which protrude on all sides of its trunk as a ladder to climb down from the Heavens to the Earth. The Ceiba Tree is also believed to have been the first tree created in the Garden of Eden. The Ceiba Tree is believed to be Nzambis most sacred and favorite of all trees. It is also reccomended that you use Quimbanda Ritual Soap or African Black Soap (Dudu Osun) while bathing in the sacred ritual liquid bath of the Ceiba leaves. If you are not able to find Ceiba Tree leafs then just use African Black Soap or Coconut Soap to spiritually cleanse yourself before and after performing this ritual. While bathing in the magical sacred ritual liquid bath of the Ceiba leafs or with the African Black Soap, recite the following conjuration;

O Most Holy Nzambi, you are the Lord of Lords and the King of the King of all Kings. I call upon thee, that this sacred bath may be salvation unto me, and that I may have my desire by thee. O Most Holy Nzambi who liveth and reigneth world without end. Sarava

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Good Morning Brothers & Sisters, its Friday and the weather is cold and rainy in Los Angeles......This is Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Galdiano Montenegro with a special holiday message of Peace, Hope and Freedom. As the World awaits in silence for the rebirth of the Christ energy (Nzambi Ntoto) to descend upon the Earth, Do you see what I see? A star, a star dancing in the night with a tail as big as a kite, with a tail as big as a kite. Do you hear what I hear? A song, a song, high above the tree with a voice as big as the sea, with a voice as big as the sea. Do you know what I know? A child, a child shivers in the cold, let us bring him silver and gold, let us bring him silver and gold. Brothers & Sisters as we prepare for the Christmas Season, Let Nzambi, the Lord of the Heavens and the Earth bring us goodness and light, let him bring us goodness and light... I have a very exciting day planned for all of you today. I have lots of special articles to share with you......Have a wonderful day and I look forward to seeing all of you later on today.....Enjoy the Christmas Music...........Sarava

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AMERICAN QUIMBANDA, GNOSTIC ORTHODOX RITE RITUAL LITURGICAL CALENDAR & FEAST DAYS OF THE GNOSTIC SAINTS

The liturgical year begins on January 1 for the Spiritual Practitioners of the American Gnostic Quimbanda religious tradition. The following is a ritual 365 day calendar for the practice of the Quimbanda Goetia and spiritual experiments of the occult sciences. Each of the days of the year has been historically assigned with the guardian Astral Exu Spirits & Gnostic Saints which correspond to that particular day. This Gnostic Quimbanda liturgical calendar is fixed and does not change. When performing advanced spiritual experiments of Gnostic Quimbanda Goetia it is important to know the ruling Astral Exu Spirits & Gnostic Saints of the particular day that you desire to perform your rituals of ceremonial high magic. The following ritual Gnostic Quimbanda liturgical calendar can also be used to determine the guardian Astral Exu Spirits of your date of birth. The following Calendar is incomplete, meaning that it does not contain the entire pantheon of American Quimbanda Spirits and Gnostic Saints. The Complete Calendar will be available at the end of the 2013 Liturgical Year of the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite.

There are two Ritual Liturgical Calendars of the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite. The following is the AMERICAN CANDOMBLE CHURCH, GNOSTIC ORTHODOX LITURGICAL FEASTS ORDER PROPER of ORDINARY TIME. This calendar is the less formal religious calendar used by Spiritual Practitioners (lay persons) of our Church. The second Calendar used is "formal ritual" and is called, AMERICAN CANDOMBLE CHURCH, GNOSTIC ORTHODOX LITURGICAL FEASTS ORDER PROPER OF THE DIVINE OFFICE and is a collection and compliation of formal religious rituals used by the initiated religious clergy of our Church and contains Order Proper of the Hour of Ritual Prayers of Holy Obligation, Order Proper of the Hour of the Dead", Order Proper of the Hour & Holy Days of the Gnostic Saints" and the Ritual Liturgical Instructions of Performing Devotional Prayers & Religious Rites of the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite.

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AMERICAN CANDOMBLE CHURCH GNOSTIC ORTHODOX LITURGICAL FEASTS OF JANUARY ORDER PROPER of ORDINARY TIME

January 1, Exu Ashtaroth St. Basil the Great January 2, January 3, January 4, January 5, January 6, Exu Amy St. Melanius January 7, January 8, January 9, January 10, January 11, Exu Orias St. Alexander January 12, January 13, January 14, January 15, January 16, Exu Vapula St. Anthony the Great January 17, January 18, January 19,
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January 20, Exu Zagan St. Fabian January 21, January 22, January 23, January 24, January 25, Exu Volac St. Amarinus January 26, January 27, January 28, January 29, January 30, Exu Andras -St. Felician January 31,

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February 1, February 2, February 3, February 4, Exu Haures - St. Aldate February 5, February 6, February 7, February 8, February 9, Exu Andrealphus St. Ansbert February 10, February 11, February 12, February 13, February 14, Exu Cimejes - St. Valentine February 15, February 16, February 17, February 18, February 19, Exu Amdusias - St. Valerius
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February 20, February 21, February 22, February 23, February 24, Exu Belial -St. Sergius February 25, February 26, February 27, February 28, February 29

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March 1, Exu Decarabia - St. Lupercus March 2, March 3, March 4, March 5, March 6, Exu Seere - St. Balther March 7, March 8, March 9, March 10, March 11, Exu Dantalian - St. Vigilius March 12 March 13, March 14, March 15, March 16 Exu Andromalius - St. Aninus March 17, March 18, March 19, March 20, March 21, Exu Baal -St. Birillus
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March 22, March 23, March 24, March 25, Exu Agares -St. Dismas March 26, March 27, March 28, March 29, March 30, Exu Vassago -St. Domninus March 31,

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April 1, April 2, April 3, April 4, Exu Samigina - St. Ageranus April 5, April 6, April 7, April 8, April 9, Exu Marbas - St. Demetrius April 10, April 11, April 12, April 13, April 14, April 15, Exu Valefor - St. Paternus April 16, April 17, April 18, April 19, April 20, Exu Amon - St. Marian April 21,
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April 22, April 23, April 24, April 25, Exu Barbatos - St. Macedonius April 26, April 27, April 28, April 29, April 30, Exu Paimon - St. Aphrodisius

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May 1, May 2, May 3, May 4, May 5, Exu Buer - St. Angelo May 6, May 7, May 8, May 9, May 10, Exu Gusion - St. Cataldus May 11, May 12, May 13, May 14, May 15, Exu Sitri - St. Cassius May 16, May 17, May 18, May 19, May 20, May 21, Exu Beleth - St. Valens
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May 22, May 23, May 24, May 25, May 26, Exu Leraje - St. Alphaeus May 27, May 28, May 29, May 30, May 31,

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June 1, Exu Eligos - St. Justin June 2, June 3, June 4, June 5, June 6, Exu Zepar - St. Norbert June 7, June 8, June 9, June 10, June 11, Exu Botis - St. Barnabas June 12, June 13, June 14, June 15, June 16, Exu Bathin - St. Aurelian June 17, June 18, June 19, June 20, June 21,
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June 22, Exu Sallos - St. Alban June 23, June 24, June 25, June 26, June 27, Exu Purson - St. Zoilus June 28, June 29, June 30,

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July 1, July 2, Exu Marax - St. Acestes July 3, July 4, July 5, July 6, July 7, July 8, Exu Ipos - St. Apollonius July 9, July 10, July 11, July 12, July 13, Exu Aim - St. Paternian July 14, July 15, July 16, July 17, July 18, Exu Naberius - St. Julian July 19, July 20, July 21,
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July 22, July 23, Exu Glasya-Labolas - St. Apollinaris July 24, July 25, July 26, July 27, July 28, Exu Bune - St. Innocent I July 29, July 30, July 31,

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August 1, August 2, Exu Ronove - St. Eusebius of Vercelli August 3, August 4, August 5, August 6, August 7, August 8, Exu Berith - St. Dominic August 9, August 10, August 11, August 12, August 13, Exu Stolas - St. Hippolytus August 14, August 15, August 16, August 17, August 18, Exu Forneus - St. John Eudes August 19, August 20, August 21,
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August 22, Exu Foras - St. Andrew the Scot August 23, August 24, August 25, August 26, August 27, August 28, Exu Asmoday - St. Augustine of Hippo August 29, August 30, August 31,

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September 1, September 2, Exu Gaap - St. Giles, Abbot September 3, September 4, September 5, September 6, September 7, September 8, Exu Furfur - St. Cloud September 9, September 10, September 11, September 12, September 13, Exu Marchosias - St. John Chrysostom September 14, September 15, September 16, September 17, September 18, Exu Ose - St. Joseph of Cupertino September 19, September 20, September 21,
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September 22, September 23, September 24, Exu Phenex - St. Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) September 25, September 26, September 27, September 28, Exu Halpas - St. Lorenzo Ruiz September 29, September 30,

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October 1, October 2, October 3, Exu Malphas - St. Leger October 4, October 5, October 6, October 7, October 8, Exu Raum - St. Francis Borgia October 9, October 10, October 11, October 12, October 13, Exu Focalor - St. Wilfrid October 14, October 15, October 16, October 17, October 18, Exu Vepar -St. Callistus I October 19, October 20, October 21,
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October 22 October 23, October 24, Exu Sabnock - St. Hilarion October 25, October 26, October 27, October 28, Exu Shax - St. Narcissus October 29, October 30, October 31,

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November 1, November 2, Exu Vine - St. Benignus November 3, November 4, November 5, November 6, November 7, Exu Bifrons -St. Castorius November 8, November 9, November 10, November 11, November 12, November 13, Exu Vual -St. Achillas November 14, November 15, November 16, November 17, November 18, Exu Haagenti - St. Nerses the Great November 19, November 20, November 21,
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December 1, December 2, December 3, Exu Balam - St. Sabas December 4, December 5, December 6, December 7, December 8, Exu Alloces -St. Nicholas December 9, December 10, December 11, December 12, Exu Camio -St. Romaric December 13, December 14, December 15, December 16, December 17, Exu Murmur -St. Rufus December 18, December 19, December 20, December 21,
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Sarava.....This is Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Galdiano Montenegro.. Good Morning.....I wanted to invite everybody for morning prayer with me today. If you want to follow along, I will be posting up "The Divine Ritual of Nzambi" prayer in about 30 minutes, if you care to join me. Prayer is very good to recite before starting your day. The following formal prayer comes from the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite of the ORDER PROPER OF THE DIVINE OFFICE that is used by the initiated religious clergy of our Church..........

AMERICAN CANDOMBLE CHURCH, GNOSTIC ORTHODOX RITE

ORDER PROPER OF THE DIVINE OFFICE

THE DIVINE PRAYER OF NZAMBI

-RITUAL INSTRUCTIONS OF THE MORNING PRAYER TO NZAMBI-

I. CONJURATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT The High Priest begins THE DIVINE PRAYER OF NZAMBI by reciting the Conjuration of the Divine Light in front of the altar of the Quimbanda Trinity. After reciting the Conjuration of the Divine Light, the High Priest will then begin lighting the sacred ritual candles.

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HIGH PRIEST: Children of Nzambi, by the power of the Divine Light of Nzambi, I cause this sacred ritual into being. As the flame of this candle burns and gives light in darkness, so may the Divine Light of Nzambi, give me light in darkness on this most sacred and holy of all days. SARAVA

HIGH PRIEST: After the High Priest recites the Conjuration of the Divine Light, the sacred ritual candles should be lighted in the following order: Begin the ritual by first lighting the red altar pillar candle on the altar of the holy Quimbanda Trinity that represents Exu Maioral. Light the second candle of the color black on the altar of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity that represents Exu Rei. Lastly light the third candle of the color white on the altar of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity that represents Maria Padilla Reina.

II. THE OPENING RITUAL INVOCATION

HIGH PRIEST: Facing the East, the High Priest will kneel down on his left knee towards the altar and then stands up. Standing towards the East, the High Priest will then do and say the following: Using your right hand, make the sign of the Quimbanda Trinity Cross over your body. The Quimbanda Trinity sign of the Cross is made by touching the hand sequentially to the forehead, lower chest or navel area, and right shoulder, then left shoulder and then placing your hands together in a praying position and then kissing your right hand three times. This is how to say and do this: at the forehead, IN THE NAME OF NZAMBI; at the naval, IN THE NAME OF EXU MAIORAL; across to the right shoulder, IN THE NAME OF EXU REI; across to the right left shoulder, IN THE
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NAME OF MARIA PADILLA REINA; and finally to the center of your heart while placing your hands together in a praying position, SARAVA; afterwards kiss your hands three times.

HIGH PRIEST: With both hands in an open position held out in front of him recites the following. Children of Nzambi, we gather here this morning on this most sacred and holy of all days to celebrate in glory and light, THE DIVINE PRAYER OF NZAMBI from the great cosmos to the Earth. Let all on Earth proclaim and rejoice from the darkest corners of the Great Abyss to the celestial light of the Great Heavens and the cosmos; Nzambi is the Lord of the Heavens and the Earth.Sarava

HIGH PRIEST: Children of Nzambi, together let us proclaim and pray the profession of the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite.

HIGH PRIEST:

III. THE AMERICAN QUIMBANDA CREED PRAYER We believe in Nzambi, the one true God, the Father, the Almighty, the maker of the great Heavens and the Earth, of all that is seen and unseen. We believe in Nzambi Ntoto, the God who touched and walked the Earth and became man. We believe in the Holy Quimbanda Trinity and the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms who are the sacred light of Nzambi and give light to us. We believe that only through Nzambi all things were made and only through Nzambi all souls are saved. For all of us and for our salvation Nzambi came down from the great Heavens: by the power of the Holy Spirit, He was born and became man. For our sake, He was crucified under Pontius Pilate; He suffered, died, and was buried and his spirit
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descended into the Great Abyss and conquered darkness. On the third day He rose again in fulfillment of the Sacred and Holy Quimbanda Scriptures: He ascended into Heaven and is seated over the mysteries of the Universe. We believe that Nzambi will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his Quimbanda Kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit of Nzambi, the Quimbanda Trinity, the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms, the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms and the ancestors who are kneeling at his feet in glory and light. We believe in the communion of our ancestors and the Divine intercession of the Holy Ones from the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms. We believe that we were chosen by Nzambi to deliver the Divine Word to His children here on Earth and that His Kingdom will have no end. We believe that all men were created equal. We believe that we are a Holy Temple of Nzambi and that the Holy Spirit of Nzambi resides within each and every one of us. We believe that Nzambi bestowed upon mankind the gift of "free will" and "freedom of choice" to choose the direction of our sacred journey here on Earth. We believe that the Kingdom of Nzambi on Earth will have no end. We believe that through the Divine intercession of the Holy Ones of the Seven Greater Quimbanda Kingdoms and the Seven Lesser Quimbanda Kingdoms, Nzambi is worshiped and glorified. We believe that Nzambi has spoken through the Prophets of the American Quimbanda religious tradition. We believe in one, Gnostic Holy Temple of Nzambi. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of our failings. We believe that only through the Divine Sacrament of Baptism that we can reconnect and reconcile to the Holy Spirit of Nzambi through divine restoration. We believe in the resurrection of the living and the resurrection of the dead through the Divine Sacrament of Baptism. We believe in the sacred universal order of man and God through the restoration of the seven degrees of universal enloightenment which connect the spirit and soul of man to the divine universe. We believe that the mysteries of Nzambi are Universal and his sacred mysteries found throughout the great cosmos. We believe in the sacred principles of brotherhood, love and universal harmony and balance. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. SARAVA

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PART II OF THE RITUAL OF NZAMBI.........

HIGH PRIEST: Nzambi, we summon the invisible powers that be to protect your children here on Earth this morning by placing a ring of celestial light around this circle so that our enemies known and unknown will not be able to see or hear this sacred ritualSarava

IV. THE CONJURATION OF THE DIVINE SWORD OF EXU The High Priest will then approach the altar of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity and pick up the Divine Sword of Exu using both of your hands and kiss it three times. The High Priest will then kneel down on his left knee in front of the altar of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity altar and hold the Divine Sword of Exu in both of your hands pointed towards the Heavens saying the following invocation prayer:

HIGH PRIEST: Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which commands the Seven Quimbanda Kingdoms. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which illuminates the Heavens. Behold the Divine Sword of the Exu which commands and turns the Universe. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which unlocks and opens the doors of Heaven and Earth. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which reveals the secrets and the mysteries of the Universe. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which Knights the heads of Kings with the Divine Crown of Glory. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which gives light in darkness. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which turns the day into night. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which turns the night into day. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which has the power to blind our enemies. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which has the power to bind our enemies. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which has the power to conquer our enemies. Behold the great Divine Sword of Exu which has the power to triumph over our enemies. Behold the Divine Sword of Exu which has the power to destroy and deliver us from our enemies. I, N.N., a humble servant of Nzambi do invoke the powers of the Divine Sword of Exu to deliver me from all tragedy and from all of my enemies. O Mighty and powerful Divine Sword
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of Exu, my enemies are your enemies. O Mighty and powerful Divine Sword of Exu, your enemies are my enemies. Holy, Holy, Holy God of power and might, Heaven and Earth are full of your glory, Hosanna in the Highest. Holy, Holy, Holy God of power and might, Heaven and Earth shall pass away, but your word will remain forever in the eternal light of the Quimbanda Trinity. By the power of the Lord of Heaven and the Divine Sword of Exu, I command this ritual into being.Sarava

V. HIGH PRIEST & RELIGIOUS CLERGY:

The High Priest then stands up and places the Divine Sword of Exu on the altar of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity. The sword will Stand up in front of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity altar and then approach the altar of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity and set the Divine Sword of Exu on it with the pointed end of the sword facing towards the High Priest and the Religious Clergy who are there present at the ritual. After placing the Divine Sword of Exu on the altar of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity, he will then holds out his hands towards the altar and recite the following conjuration:

PART III OF THE RITUAL OF NZAMBI......

VI. HIGH PRIEST: O Lord God, Nzambi you are all powerful and all merciful, give and grant unto me thy grace, by blessing and consecrating this earth and this circle, which is here marked out with the most powerful and holy Cross of the Quimbanda Trinity. I conjure the most Holy Guardians of the Quimbanda Trinity, Exu Maioral, Exu Rei and Maria Padilla to bless and consecrate this holy circle. May Nzambi bless this place with all the virtues of Heaven, so that no obscene or unclean spirit may have the power to enter into this circle, or to annoy any person who is therein; though the Lord God Nzambi, who liveth eternally unto the ages of the ages. Sarava..

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O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto thee. O Lord God Almighty, who has reigned before the beginning of the Ages, and who by thy infinite wisdom, hast created the Heavens, the Earth, and the sea, and all that in them is, all that is visible, and all that is invisible by a single word; I praise thee, I bless thee, I adore thee, I glorify thee, and I pray thee now at the present time to be merciful unto me. O God, the Father, all powerful and all merciful, who hast created all things, who knowest and conceivest them universally, and to whom nothing is hidden, nothing is impossible; I entreat thy grace for me and for thy servants, because thou seest and knowest well that we perform not this work to tempt thy strength and thy power as if in doubt thereof, but rather that we may know and understand the truth of all the hidden, I beseech thee to have the kindness to be favorable unto me; by thy splendour, thy magnificence, and thy holiness, and by thy holy, terrible, and ineffable name, at which the whole world doth tremble, and by the fear with which all creatures obey thee. Grant, O Lord, that we may become responsive unto thy grace, so that through it we may have a full confidence in and knowledge of thee, and that the spirits may discover themselves here in our presence, and that those which are gentle and peaceable may come unto us, so that they may be obedient unto thy commands, through thee, O most Holy Nzambi, whose Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, and whose empire endureth unto the ages of the ages. Sarava

VII. THE SACRED CONJURATION OF THE NAMES OF GOD

The High Priest will then pick up the sacred ritual bell from the altar of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity in his right hand and then begin ringing it as he recites the Sacred Conjuration of the Names of God.

HIGH PRIEST: By the power of the Divine Sword of Exu, I do invoke the celestial mysteries of Heaven. O Mighty God, Nzambi who has created all things in the Heavens and the Earth, through your Divine power, By the divine celestial chain which binds the Heavens and the Earth, I invoke thee, O Mighty Nzambi. O Mighty God, Nzambi who has created all things in the Heavens and the Earth and has given unto me the wisdom of discernment to understand the good and the evil; through your Divine power, I do invoke the powers
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of the Divine Sword of Exu through thy sacred and Holy Names of praise. In the name of the Quimbanda Trinity and the Seven Holy Quimbanda Kingdoms. SaravaBy the supreme power of the Divine Right of Kings, I summon and invoke the sacred mysteries of the Great Divine Creator and the Divine Sword of Exu.

PART IV OF THE RITUAL OF NZAMBI......

HIGH PRIEST: Nzambi - Let us pray: In the name of Nzambi Mpungo, the God of the Heavens. In the name of Nzambi Ntoto, the God Who came down from the Heavens and was born man.

HIGH PRIEST: Nzambi Hear Our Prayers - Sarava

HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Ndala Karitanga, the God who created Himself.

HIGH PRIEST & RELIGIOUS CLERGY: Nzambi Hear Our Prayers - Sarava

HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Sa Kalunga, the Lord Endless, Infinite and Supreme God.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oluwa, the Lord of Lords.

HIGH PRIEST & RELIGIOUS CLERGY: Nzambi Hear Our Prayers - Sarava

HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oluwa wa, the God who is our Lord.

HIGH PRIEST & RELIGIOUS CLERGY: Nzambi Hear Our Prayers - Sarava

HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olorun, the God who lives in the great Heavens.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olorun wa, the God of Gods.

HIGH PRIEST & RELIGIOUS CLERGY: Nzambi Hear Our Prayers - Sarava

HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oluwa awon oluwa, the God who is the Lord of Lords.

HIGH PRIEST & RELIGIOUS CLERGY: Nzambi Hear Our Prayers - Sarava

HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olorun awon olorun Kabiyeesi, the God who is King.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oba awon Oba, the King of the King of Kings.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olodumare, the Almighty God.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Arugbo ojo, the ancient God of days.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olorun agbalagba, the God of the ancient days.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Adagba ma paaro oye, the unchanging God.
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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olorun ti o yipada, the unchangeable God.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olorun kan lailai, the only God.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Ikan lana, the same God as yesterday.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Ikan loni, the same God today.
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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Ikan lola, the same God tomorrow.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Okan titi aye ainipeku, the same God who is forever.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oba ti mbe nibi gbogbo nigba gbogbo, the ubiquitous God.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Metalokan, the Holy Trinity.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olorun Baba, the God the Father.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olorun Omo, God the son.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olorun Emi Mimo, God the Holy spirit.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olorun Abrahamu, the God of Abraham.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olorun Isaki, the God of Isaac.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olorun Jakobu, the God of Jacob.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olorun owu, the jealous God.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olorun ti kii senia ti yio paro, the God that no man can change.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Alewilese, the God that can Speak and Act.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Aleselewi, the God that can Act and Speak.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Owibee sebee, the God who that Speaks and Act.
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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Awimayehun, the God who speaks and does not change his words.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Asoromaye, the God who prophesize and comes to past.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Onimajemu, the Covenant keeping God.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olulana, the wonderful way maker.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olorun oro, the God of spoken word.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oba to ti o gbe oro Re ga ju Oruko Re lo, the God who exalts his word.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olutoju wa, the God who is our keeper.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Onibuore, the God whose barn is full of blessing.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Afunni ma siregun, the God who blesses without asking for reward.

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PART V OF THE RITUAL OF NZAMBI...... In the name of Nzambi Adunkepe, the God you can call on.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Apata ayeraye, the God who is the rock of ages.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Atobiju, the God who is the Almighty of the Almighty.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Atofarati bi oke, the God who supports and defends his children.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Apata wa, the God who is the rock of rocks of all ages.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Odi wa, the God who is our shield.
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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Alabarin aye wa, the God who is our companion.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olupese, the God who is our provider.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olugbega, the God who is the lifter of our head.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oluranlowo, the God who is our help.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Ireti wa, the God who is our hope.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olu aye, the God who is the Earth.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olu orun, the God who is the Heaven.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oba ti gbobo oba ntowo Re gbase, the God who is the King from whom Kings take directives.

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PART VI OF THE RITUAL OF NZAMBI.....

HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Adakedajo, the God who Judges silently.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Adajo ma fi tenikan se, the God who is the Just Judge.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oba ti kii sojusaju, the God who is a just God.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oba tenikan o le pe lejo, the God who is the King that can not be judged.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oba aseyiowu, the God who is the unquestionable God.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oba tii sagan dolomo, the God who opens the womb of the barren.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Abiyamo ode orun, the God who is the great Mother of Heaven.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Atorise, the God who can turn bad to good.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Asoloriburuku dolorire, the God who can remove the inadequacies from ones lie.

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PART VII OF THE RITUAL OF NZAMBI.....

HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Arinu rode, the God who sees the visible and the invisible.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olumoranokan eda, the God who sees the intent of the heart of man.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oludamoran, the God who is the great adviser.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Baba wa, the God who is Abba Father.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Ore wa, the God who is our friend.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Ibi isadi wa, the God who is our refugee.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Aabo wa, the God who is mans protector.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oluwosan, the God who is the healer.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Asoku dalaye, the God who brings the dead to life.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olorun alaaye, the God of the living.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oba ti n pojo iku da, the God who can change the appointment with death.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oba ti emi gbogbo enia wa lowo Re, the God who has the keys to our existence.

HIGH PRIEST & RELIGIOUS CLERGY: Nzambi Hear Our Prayers - Sarava

HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oba ti nti tenikan o lesi, the God who shuts doors and no one can open.

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PART VIII OF THE RITUAL OF NZAMBI.....

HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oba ti nsi tenikan o leti, the God who opens the doors and no one can close.

HIGH PRIEST & RELIGIOUS CLERGY: Nzambi Hear Our Prayers - Sarava

HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Awamaridi, the unsearchable God.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Eleruniyin, Abetilukara bi ajere, the God who is all ears.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Aiku, the living God who always remains faithful.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oba ti ki sun, ti ki togbe, the God who is the king that neither sleeps nor slumbers.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oba onise nla, the God who is the great worker of good.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Onigbonwo wa, the God who is our sponsor.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olorun pipe, the God who is the perfect God.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olorun rere, the good God.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Akiri sore, the God who goes about doing good.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Asore kiiri, the God who goes about doing good for the good.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Gbongbo idile Jesse, the God who is the root of the Tribe of Jesse.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oba to foro da ile aye, the God who created all things by his spoken word.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oba to ti wa kaye o towa, the God who was in existence before creation.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oba ti o ma wa nigba taye o ni si mo, the God who will remain at the end of all things.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oloruko nla, the God who is the greatest name.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Ologojulo, the God who is the glorious God.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Emi ni ti nje Emi ni, the God who is the I am of the I am.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oba toni gbogbo ope, the God who deserves all praise.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Olorun toni gbogbo iyin, the God who deserves all honor.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oba ti ko ni pin ogo Re pelenikankan, the God that does not share his glory with any man.

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PART IX OF THE RITUAL OF NZAMBI...

HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oba to ti wa, to si wa, ti o si ma wa lailai, the God that was, that is and that will remain forever.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Ibere ati opin, the God who is the Alpha and Omega.

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HIGH PRIEST: In the name of Nzambi Oba Akikitan, the God that eternity will not be enough to praise and honor you, O Lord.

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HIGH PRIEST: O Spirits of the Quimbanda Trinity, I, N.N., conjure this sacred ritual into being by the power, wisdom, and virtue of the Spirit of God, by the divine knowledge of God, by the infinite mercy of God, by the strength of God, by the greatness of God, by the unity of God and by all of the holy names of God which are the root, trunk, source, and origin of the Divine Seven Quimbanda Kingdoms, whence they all draw their life and their virtue, which Adam and Lilith having invoked, they acquired the knowledge of all created things. Sarava...Sarava...Sarava

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Sarava Brother & Sisters.... This is the morning prayer that I recite each and every day along with many others. In my religious tradition there are seven sacred times of prayers which are a part of the religious clergy of the AMERICAN CANDOMBLE CHURCH, GNOSTIC ORTHODOX RITE.... This is Carlos Antonio De Bourbon Galdiano Montenegro, thanking you for the opportunity this morning to share my religious tradition of the American Candomble Church, Gnostic Orthodox Rite with you... May Nzambi bless and protect you always and forever....Sarava

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A Handbook for American Quimbanda Spiritual Practitioners The Sacred Mysteries of the Gnostic Orthodox Rite Rituals of Self-Initiation & Spiritual Transformations The First Degree of American Quimbanda Vol. I Retail Price $65.00 American Quimbanda Spiritual Practitioners of the First Degree will discover and learn all of the following; 1. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of Baptism 2. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of the Ancestor Spirits (Egun) 3. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of the Spirit Guides (spiritual coronation) 4. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of the Seven Lesser Kingdoms of Quimbanda 5. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of the Holy Quimbanda Trinity

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A Handbook for American Quimbanda Spiritual Practitioners The Sacred Mysteries of the Gnostic Orthodox Rite Rituals of Self-Initiation & Spiritual Transformations The Fourth Degree of American Quimbanda Vol. IV Retail Price $65.00 American Quimbanda Spiritual Practitioners of the Fourth Degree will discover and learn all of the following; 2. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of the Congo Spirit Exu Gira Mundo & the Congo Spirits.

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A Handbook for American Quimbanda Spiritual Practitioners The Sacred Mysteries of the Gnostic Orthodox Rite Rituals of Self-Initiation & Spiritual Transformations The Fifth Degree of American Quimbanda Vol. V Retail Price $65.00 American Quimbanda Spiritual Practitioners of the Fifth Degree will discover and learn all of the following; 1. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of Orixa Olokun 2. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of Orixa, Candomble de Angola

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A Handbook for American Quimbanda Spiritual Practitioners The Sacred Mysteries of the Gnostic Orthodox Rite Rituals of Self-Initiation & Spiritual Transformations The Sixth Degree of American Quimbanda Vol. VI Retail Price $65.00 American Quimbanda Spiritual Practitioners of the Sixth Degree will discover and learn all of the following; 1. The Initiation Rite/ Gnostic Lesser Mysteries of the Crossroads 2. The Initiation Rite/ Gnostic Lesser Mysteries of the Crossings 3. The Initiation Rite/ Gnostic Lesser Mysteries of the Forest 4. The Initiation Rite/ Gnostic Lesser Mysteries of the Cemetery 5. The Initiation Rite/ Gnostic Lesser Mysteries of the Souls 6. The Initiation Rite/ Gnostic Lesser Mysteries of the Lyres 7. The Initiation Rite/ Gnostic Lesser Mysteries of the Beaches

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A Handbook for American Quimbanda Spiritual Practitioners The Sacred Mysteries of the Gnostic Orthodox Rite Rituals of Self-Initiation & Spiritual Transformations The Seventh Degree of American Quimbanda Vol. VII Retail Price $65.00 American Quimbanda Spiritual Practitioners of the Seventh Degree will discover and learn all of the following; 1. The Initiation Rite/Gnostic Mysteries of the Caboclos

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