Submitted By: Zirt Shasha Ma’at        

I along with twenty other pilgrims left Maanu (the Americas) to embark upon what we knew would be a healing experience for all of us in one way or another. I was confident of this after speaking with others who had taken the pilgrimage before us. We were all expecting to be healed from our Illnesses. 

Personally, I had spiritual issues, which manifested in the physical world. Even as an initiate, it was hard for me to understand that having spiritual issues could cause you to suffer physically. But I knew it to be true from my example.

As a child and even into adulthood, I have always been able to see faces and things that other people could not see. I had always attributed it to what I called “an artistic ability”. I didn’t understand that by looking at these faces for long periods of time, I was doing spiritual, and physical harm to myself. I did not understand that I was looking into the spiritual world which is forbidden. Having no knowledge of this has caused me to have problems with my vision. I was also told that I have a vision that I was not taking care of. This type of information is very vital to our well being as people. If I had grown up in Meritah (Africa) I would have known of this cultural information, because it is common knowledge there.    

As a result of my ignorance, my vision is waning. I have been told by the elders that this is why I am losing my eyesight. This story does not end there. The ancestors gave me the reason for the loss of my sight, but they also gave the solution for regaining it.  The priests were given the herbs that would bring my sight back. While I was in Merith the priest worked diligently to restore what vision they could. I was told that it took my eyes a long time to get this way and it will take some time for them to heal. I have regained some of the color which I had lost. Now it is just a matter of time and patience. I am confident that the treatments will give the desired results. 

As a people we have been lost in this place, Maanu (the Americas) for so long that all avenues of our culture and what is vital for our survival was lost to us. I say it was lost until the Ancestors through Master Naba brought it back, and humbly placed it in our hands. It will be up to us to reach as many people as we can, so that they can come to know some of what I have recently come to understand in my visit to Meritah.