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               Dogon people of Mali, here       to control and direct us as     of the cosmic cycles which

               in Africa, who migrated          humans. This should not be      offset the extremes and
               from Kemet (ancient Egypt)       surprising because humans,      maximums of the larger
               in ancient times, were the       actually come from the star     more ponderous cycles

               first on earth to discover the   Sirius.  That’s why ‘Bu’        which in their turn do not
               star Sirius A, in their ancient   stands for our outer material   permit the quick and shorter
               quest to know who they           side and ‘Ntu’ stands for       ones to run away with
               are, but more importantly,       our inner spiritual side.  The   themselves in influencing
               to know how are they were        Kemets (ancient Egyptians)      the general climate and daily

               connected to cosmic order.       never made a mistake of         weather.
               Their creation myth, for         separating the ‘ka’ and the
               example, reflects the nuances    ‘ba’, i.e. the body and spirit,   The planets of our solar

               of cutting-edge scientific       which translates to ‘Kaba’.     system accentuate these
               cosmology, and finally this      In our case, unfortunately,     conditions produced by the
               scientific knowledge is being    we separate ‘ntu’ from ‘bu’.    Sun and Moon. The Earth
               recognized universally.          Each one of us is equipped      herself cycles through
                                                with an infinitely powerful     changes in the tilt of her

               Thirdly, all human beings        cosmic antenna in the centre    axis, the inclination, and
               have the Third Eye or Pineal     of our brain. This Eye allows   the eccentricity of her orbit.
               gland that is situated on the    us to directly connect to       Above all these cycles and

               forehead, between the two        the spirits in the sky. It has   conditions is the revolution
               eyes. Some Kemets (ancient       the ability to sense light in   and rotation of our own
               Egyptians) used to refer to      complete darkness, manifest     Milky Way galaxy.
               this eye as the Eye of Ra.       full colour imagined,           Humans live on planet
               This gland is connected also     and speak to you through        Earth, and therefore, they

               to some celestial bodies,        emotion or feelings.            are affected, and what makes
               including Sirius A star.                                         them to be more affected
                                                Connection between 7            is that they are connected

               Spiritual and Material           Chakras Centres and the         to both planet Earth and
               Connection                       Milky Way Galaxy                the cosmic order.  It was
                                                                                goddess Amma who created
               This energy connection           The seven (7) chakras           planet Earth through the PO
               between humans and some          centres in our bodies are       egg of creation, according to

               of the stars provide a           connected to the Milky Way      the Dogon Science.
               channel through which the        Galaxy, which means they        Infinite wisdom and
               spirit of our Creator god        get their energies from there.    knowledge is locked inside

               enters into our inner selves.    Looking up at the heavens,      every human being, but to
               This is how ‘Ntu’ gets into      the Kemets perceived order      really experience our ‘third
               our inner bodies, with an aim    and balance in the harmony      eye’ potential we must begin



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