Nkisi
Nkisi or Nkishi (plural varies: minkisi, zinkisi, or nkisi) are spirits, or an object that a spirit inhabits. It is frequently applied to a variety of objects used throughout the Congo Basin in Central Africa that are believed to contain spiritual powers or spirits. The term and its concept have passed with the Atlantic slave trade to the Americas.
Meaning
The current meaning of the term derives from the root, *-kitį- referring to a spiritual entity, or material objects in which it is manifested or inhabits in Proto-Njila, an ancient subdivision of the Bantu language family.
In its earliest attestations in Kikongo dialects in the early seventeenth century it was transliterated as "mokissie" (in Dutch), as the mu- prefix in this noun class were still pronounced. It was reported by Dutch visitors to Loango in the 1668 book Description of Africa as referring both to a material item and the spiritual entity that inhabits it. In the sixteenth century, when the Kingdom of Kongo was converted to Christianity, ukisi (a substance having characteristics of nkisi) was used to translate "holy" in the Kikongo Catechism of 1624.
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I See Stars
by: KnuxI need, I need your love like the flowers need the sun
To grow and reach the sky, let us try to be as one
I need to feel your love, I need you deep inside
Put me on your rocket ship and take me out of sight
I see stars. Can you see them, too?
I see stars. Can you see them, too?
I see stars. Can you see them, too?
I see stars. Can you see them, too?
I need, I need your love like the flowers need the sun
To grow and reach the sky, let us try to be as one
I need to feel your love, I need you deep inside
Put me on your rocket ship and take me out of sight
I see stars. Can you see them, too?
I see stars. Can you see them, too?
I see stars. Can you see them, too?
I see stars. Can you see them, too?
Yeah, visions break is the man that froze them solid
Getting my hands up in your pocket
Before the rocket ship that's rockin' (Rockin', rockin')
You're the Venus with the fly trap
Legs up, your eyes fat
You can chew on this like Trident
You can try this, then try that
Spectrals
It's the Haley's Comet in the bedroom
You pour sugar on this entity
As he promised you'll be blessed soon
Freedom
He gives you the energy of the gods
With the ménage-a-trois mossad
Till the applause
I see stars. Can you see them, too?
I see stars. Can you see them, too?
I see stars. Can you see them, too?