Curious Physical Markings

[pain]

Sometimes I don't know where to put certain topics in here so I apologize in advanced if this isn't in the proper area of this site.

I was speaking to a lady the other day who told me about certain markings she has on her ears. If I remember correctly she said they were at the top of her ears. She's about 53 years old. She told me that her mother has always told her that it was because she was born with a veil meaning that she could see spirits/ visions of the future and so on. Indeed, she proceeded to tell me about her spiritual experiences as well about having visions that would come true.

I was reading a book the other day called African Spirituality on Becoming Ancestors. The focus was on the Akan people. I was reading a part dealing with reincarnation when I came to a passage that stated:

"Secondly, the most compelling evidence of identifying reincarnated children is the markings or cuts left on babies when they die. Cuts are deliberately inflicted on babies so that they can be identified upon their return from the spiritual world. Many parents have shown me such markings on their children as evidence of their once deceased children. They point to what appears to be sealed or closed holes on the ears of their male children as evidence that these boys in their previous existence were girls whose ears were pierced soon after birth."

I have asked countless doctors about the markings on the back of my earlobes that look like "sealed or closed holes" and none were able to tell me what they were. My father told me that my grandfather had them as well.

What I'm wondering is if this is really the case as is explained in the book or if this is just a genetic/ hereditary thing passed down that is explained by Akan people in this way.

Is there anyone else out there who has any kind of "mysterious" markings anywhere on their body that maybe they've wondered about and/ or asked about and have never gotten an answer satisfactory or not?

[GoddessofLight]

I am so new here that I too have trouble figuring out where to put posts or if they are even appropriate...

In both Ghana and Nigeria children who are born to die, (abiku in Yoruba, I can't remember the Twi word right now.), that is children who are born and die, born and die, born and die are marked, so when they come back, they will be recognized and the proper rituals to make them stay can be done. *In Osogbo Nigeria, the little toe is cut off on the right foot. *I have met three people there who were born without a little toe and are quite advanced in age because the rituals were done for them to tie them to this world. *In Ghana, I saw a 10 day old child bought to the god Asubonten who was given Asasa gyme tata (a charm for each ankle to make them stand strong on the earth) and then was pulled towards the god and tied to it. *This child is now 11 years old and quite well. *

Although, I cannot say with certainty without divination, your markings sound like hereditary birth marks...not abiku markings. However in Yoruba cultures strange birth marks are sometimes associated with children of Obatala.

Being born in a veil, caul or sac is a sign for someone who can "see" and will be talented in divination. In many cultures, it is THE sign of a diviner. *It is becoming more and more rare in the U.S. Cause these damn doctors insist on breaking a woman's water (tearing a whole in the sac) to speed up her labor. *Many children that might have been born in a caul never are because of this interference they push and tear their way through. Where if the mothers water hadn't been broken, they would have brought this sign of their destiny with them so their parents could do the proper rituals for them.