[{"id":290688827449,"handle":"expeditions-busted-in-mozambique-accused-of-sabotage","title":"Accused of Sabotage","updated_at":"2024-10-01T16:55:30+02:00","body_html":"\u003ch1\u003eOrgonite team lingers in prison\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eShattered hopes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInstead of TV cameras and officials with smiling faces, happy to end this embarrassing episode, we found ourselves in an unspeakable holding cell under the broad formal staircase of the High Court and Provincial State Prosecution Building in Tete. That after having waited in a hallway in front of the prosecutor's office for 2 hours for some paper work to be processed. Only briefly did we get to see Nhantumbo before being locked away and he told us we would go to the \"Civil Prison\" in Tete (Cadeia Civil) and he was still optimistic, saying \"This is your way out!\"Little did we know..\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOh my God about 20 people on 20 m2, one of them with a fresh untreated gunshot wound to his knee, whimpering in pain. No toilet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe prisoners had designated an area for that. Oh the stink! It was really hard to breathe. After hours under these painful conditions where some prisoners were called out and the heavy steel door slammed shut again, we were led out as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe were brought to a truck where the load area was converted to a steel cage with primitive benches. It was driven by a prisoner. We later got to know him better. Paulo was the first guy that really looked like a hard core criminal, tattoos all over and all the bells and whistles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe did not feel too good at this stage. The diary that I kept in these ensuing days has been lost, so I will rather report on these days in Tete as it comes to mind. Caravan-Serai bizarre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pity that we could not take photos. Now I have to try and recreate the bizarre scenery that awaited us at \"La Cadeia Civil do Tete\". On the outside a quite nice looking white washed building with a large double winged wooden gate, inside the prison was a dirty square yard surrounded by cell buildings. Surrounded by 6 meter high walls the square looked vaguely like a market place in some Suaheli town in Tanzania. Densely populated by about 800 prisoners, the place looked like some market place, only with no goods to sell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere was a raised podium with a corrugated iron roof that looked like people could sell fish or meat there, but it was referred to as \"the church\". While most of the square was just plain dusty trampled and eroded soil with remnants of erstwhile paving still visible to the \"archeologically trained eye\", the wardens had managed to fence in a little square of green grass where 3 trees including a palm tree were projecting a somewhat tropical image. This was in front of the admin block and strictly guarded. Nobody was allowed to trample on the grass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA \"Hotel Tropicana\" with limited leisure options...After we had already somewhat accommodated ourselves to the prison in Songo with its much smaller population, this was of course first frightening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mass of prisoners alone. We were cowering in a corner under armed guard and were here finally stripped of our remaining personal belongings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe last orgone pendants and zappers that had still managed to keep in Songo were taken away. Bad luck as our health was slowly going down of course. Just after we had been delivered to the prison, the Mozambican TV team that had already interviewed us in Songo arrived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur incarceration was restaged for the camera again. That's how news is made, in case you didn't know. After being processed in this way (they wanted to shave off Prophet's formidable dread locks, an idea they only gave up after an intervention of Nhantumbo) we were introduced to our cell bosses. (chefe do cela)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis was a pleasant surprise. They had quite an organised system in this prison. Apart from the \"chefe do cela\", with general responsibility for the cell, there was a \"chefe do segurança\", responsible for self policing of the inmates under his jurisdiction and a \"chefe do higiene\" who was responsible for keeping the cell, especially the ablutions, clean. The relation between prisoners and wardens was very different here than in Songo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost of the time the 5 or 6 wardens on duty would sit on the small porch of the admin block, overlooking the prison yard. Rarely would they be found mingling with the prisoners. An economy of power and control. They were much more defensive, outnumbered as they were by the mass of prisoners and always carried guns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy cell boss, Aurelio Rato turned out to be a very decent man. He was a school teacher in Songo before he got thrown in this slammer, for beating up his girlfriend under the influence of alcohol. Apart from this one time lapse with fatal consequences he had been a \"valuable member of society\" for most of his life, having - amongst other merits - founded and chaired a charity that looked after the sick and destitute.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis subjects were art and mathematics and he was even in prison still teaching classes in these subjects. They had a programme of alphabetization going were prisoners with little education could at least learn basic literacy on grade 4 level. He still had 2 years to go but was adamant that he would try and continue his studies at university after getting out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenerally our relation to fellow inmates was quite good and after getting to know the main players of this weird society behind walls we never felt threatened by other prisoners that despite the fact that due to our status as \"terrorism suspects\" we were crowded in with \"Rape, Murder and Armed Robbery\" suspects and convicted alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSurely our fellow inmates were not all angels, but we never witnessed open violence of any sorts. The cell where Prophet and I were brought was about 5 x 7 metres (for nominally 92 prisoners!) and hat a small chamber of 3 x 1 metres that served as a \"casa do bagno\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRests of tiling and old plumbing outlets showed that it must once have had something like modern sanitary installations. Maybe there once was a functioning toilet and certainly a wash hand basin. Not so any more. The toilet part was reduced to squatting over the end of the sewage pipe and trying to hit it without soiling the floor too much.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLater the \"chefe do higiene\" had a low brick wall buit around that with a somewhat bowl shaped cement screed that made it easier. The flushing was done by bucket same for showering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmazingly about 70% of the prisoners were keeping themselves very clean even under these conditions. The other 30% were the ones that had given themselves up. Those are the ones that die of \"AIDS\" or rather malnutrition and a lacking desire to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bathroom was always busy and this Muzungu (yours truly) needed to let all his relations play in order to book a slot for some private hygiene during the day. The overcrowding was enormous of course.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese cells had been originally designated for maximum 15 prisoners. Of the 92 prisoners assigned to our cell, about 20 were allowed to sleep outside, either because they had the coveted \"sick card\" (tuberculosis was rife of course, we had 5 or 6 cases of open tuberculosis in our cell alone) or because they were somewhat trusted by the wardens, convicted long term prisoners who did not want to ruin their chances of early release by futile attempts at escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow, please, don't expect this to be anything like the prisons you know from American movies, ok? No beds, no blankets, no prison clothes. You just sleep on the floor with whatever you have. with 70-something inmates on 35 square metres that gives you half a square as your personal snoozing ground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot much privacy there. Life on the slave ships must have been similar if you want to call that life. Only the slaves were kept in the dark as well and in their own excrement, so that half of them were normally dead on arrival. Here the death rate was a bit slower as we still got to see the sky every day, so we witnessed \"only\" about 4 or 5 prisoners passing away from malnutrition and disease during our stay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrivate property was allowed in the cells and it was even possible to buy bamboo mats, some of which were manufactured by prisoners inside, some brought in from outside. Some prisoners even had thin foam matreses and blankets. After a while I was allowed to share a mattress with Daniel who later became \"chefe do higiene\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy customary sleeping place was close to the cell door but also close to the toilet (the smell!) Sometimes I felt a rat crawling over me at night and once I woke up at such an occasion and -still half asleep- tossed that nasty rodent into the heap of slumbering cell mates, crying or rather shrieking aloud \"um rato - um rato!\" I earned a lot of lasting mockery with that one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere were of course 1000s of the little buggers crawling all over the place always in search of some remnants of food. They were equally at home in the decrepit sewage system and surely not exactly purveyors of good health. People who received visitors from outside had private food of course, which they kept in bags, suspended from the floor. In fact without that extra food, one would have died from malnutrition in no time, as the prison only provided maize porridge (Nshima), rice and beans. Whatever other supplies were delivered to the prison and paid for by the state, were immediately parcelled out amongst the wardens. As a result, prisoners without outside connections saw meat or vegetables maybe once a year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiving like kings (relatively spoken) We still had access to money. The money, that had been confiscated from us was deposited in the office and could be withdrawn in small amounts of maximum 500 meticais per day. This allowed us to live in relative luxury. There was a little tuck shop, run by prisoners (under corrupt license of one particular warden) that sold some essentials. Cigarettes, (I smoked like a chimney while in prison) matches, small sachets of \"Omo\" washing powder for the flourishing laundry industry, razor blades (!), sweets, little manuscript books, sweets, toothpaste and toothbrushes (that lost their bristles after 3 days) and a few more small items also tea and sodas. But the real nice thing was their breakfast. Every morning we would go and collect a thermos of sweet tea, (sugar is comforting under these circumstances) \"Zama-Zama biscuits with artificial almond aroma and (most delicious of all) a bread roll with a fried egg inside. Wow, what a start for another day in the slammer! But lunch was beating it all! Dr. Nhanthumbo was feeding us real delicacies. Every day his wife or their maid would come and bring us a basket with rice (nicely cooked with saffron and curry), chicken or fish and sometimes meat. Also always 4 cans of ice cold soda. I'm sure we were the envy of the whole prison.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOur daily routine\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cells were opened at sunrise. Then we were allowed to go outside and start the day by shaking out the stiff limbs and having our breakfast. By about 7:30 we had to be back in the cells to be counted in a roll call. (Chamada) The names were called up by the \"chefe de seguranca\" in presence of a warden and one had to confirm one's continued presence by saying \"pronto!\" or \"sto!\" (I'm here) in a loud and clear voice. I later learned to enlarge that to \"Sto contra vontad\" just for the record. (It means: \"I'm here against my will\")\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn some days (no recognisable pattern there) we had to line up in the yard and sing the national anthem (\"Mozambique e nossa terra gloriosa...\" - Mozambique is our glorious country...)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the morning chamada we were essentially left alone for the rest of the day until about 6 pm when we had to re-enter the cells for another roll call. We were trying to stay together as a group even though this was not always easy. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tension of our uncertain future was gnawing away at us and one or the other, we sometimes lost our nerves a bit. (I guess that's natural under the circumstances) After a while we had our own bamboo mat and a somewhat respected space for it near our cell which would now be our social centre and convening place. What really helped wiling the time away was the fact that we got access to a chess board. I never played as much chess as in Tete in my life and we all improved our game considerably. Prophet had only started learning it in Songo and became quite good at it. Tino was our strongest player, with Carlos and me being roughly equal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere were quite few champions amongst the fellow inmates, so at times we had really interesting tournaments going. Naturally, because of our limited knowledge of Portuguese we hung out a lot with English speaking prisoners, mostly from Zimbabwe or Malawi. But we also befriended some of the Mozambican inmates. After the evening chamada we were supposed to stay in the cells, on normal days with open cell doors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat was the worst part of the day always. Even with the open cell doors the sweat was running in rivers and the overcrowded situation made any relaxation or even playing chess impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom time to time sadistic wardens even took away that little cooling and locked the door.We later learned that they did tha to extract money from prisoners. For 15 meticais you could buy the right to stay outside until final roll call. Not for us though, the terrorism suspects. On other evenings, with friendlier wardens on duty, we were allowed to sit in front of the cell as long as we did not move away.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBattle by media – the top guns get involved\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile this was all unfolding around us, the media storm that had already started during our last days in Songo was gaining Momentum. President Armand Guebuza had gone on record, cautioning the media not to jump to foregone conclusions, but soon made clear that he was going to maintain a neutral position. \"let the proper authorities deal with the case\" was the mantra. The Mozambican Prime Minister, Mrs. Luísa Dias Diogo, was much more outspoken in stating publicly that we were obviously innocent. O\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ebviously the results of new tests that had now been conducted in Maputo had been leaked to the press. Soon thereafter a TV talk show on prime time National TV dealt with our case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sociologist was most probably Carlos Serra, who has taken quite an interest in our story. If you can read Portuguese, I recommend you check out his blog. Since we did not have access to TV (some privileged prisoners did) we got it only from hearsay. A member of parliament, a sociologist and a chemist were discussing our case and somehow all agreeing that is was ridiculous to have us locked up and that the country was opening itself up for all kind of compensation claims apart from the potential diplomatic fallout with Germany and Portugal. This is an understandable reaction for normal, intelligent people with a heart who are not yet woken up to the fact that of course al governments are in this together behind the scenes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReferences to our incarceration appeared in the press all over the world, most of them of course denouncing us as some kind of \"New Age Cult\" (brings up associations of Charles Manson or the CIA fabricated mass murder made to look as a mass suicide at Jonestown). One Mozambican newspaper, the weekly independent \"Savana\" was making a big difference. Their reporters really took the pains of investigating the story deeply. So we made frontpage News there with the title: \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/www.orgoniseafrica.com\/images\/100118SavanaArticle.jpg\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ridiculous - like in a bad movie\" If you can read Portuguese check out Savana here. My hat is off in reverence to these courageous and uninhibited journalists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere is a broad but incomplete selection of further news clippings in reaction to our story: \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/africa\/8039775.stm\"\u003eBBC\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200905080951.html\"\u003eallafrica.com\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.legalbrief.co.za\/article.php?story=20090518161737331\"\u003eLegalbrief\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.highbeam.com\/doc\/1G1-199500729.html\"\u003ehighbeam.com\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.capetimes.co.za\/?fArticleId=4969773\"\u003eCape Times\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/architectafrica.com\/node\/1355\"\u003earchitectafrica.com\u003c\/a\u003e You can get a picture of the spectrum of reactions if you just type the words \"sabotage cahora bassa\" or the Portuguese version \"sabotagem cahora bassa\" in your favourite search engine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/Screenshot_2024-07-11_at_10.57.29.png?v=1720688288\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBetrayal or business as usual - Love your lawyer but never trust him\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr. Nhantumbo had been the focus of all our hopes and we initially loved him to bits. He is a good looking, intelligent, well articulated and lively African man.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe felt that he had true sympathy with our case and there was a bond of friendship developing. After we had been transferred to Tete, he visited us more often and, as stated before, he fed us well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut then things started taking a strange direction: In the first days he gave us the impression that it could only be a matter of days until the prosecution would drop the nonsensical allegation and set us free. Of course his daddy already having been a judge i tete he's a well connected man in the legal scene of Tete province. His sister is prosecutor in Songo where we were first arrested and held for more than 3 weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThings were dragging on and on and we were now told that \"things had to cool off a bit\" first, because Mozambique had to do a face saving operation, couldn't be seen to cave in to foreign pressure or public opinion too easily. The more we were surprised when the formal accusation was handed to us by a clerk of the court.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIt contained 4 accusations:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. The crime of \"altering goods destined for public consumption\" (read water contamination)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. The crime of Sabotage (punishable with 8-16 years imprisonment)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. The crime of smuggling (the orgonite)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. The crime of conducting unauthorised environmental activities\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt turned out that the tests conducted in Maputo, while confirming that the orgonite was essentially what we said it was, still came to hair-raising conclusions about the alleged potential toxicity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRidiculous when one considers that most of the boats on Cahora Bassa are made of very similar resin in the form of fibreglass and together represent 100s of tons of such resin.Polyester resin bound fibreglass is actually used for drinking water tanks. It was clear that the sparse and scant laboratory results had been garnished with politically inspired drivel that was presented as part of the report.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe laboratory tests that were allegedly conducted in South Africa were not presented as part of the evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile we were pondering these accusations and trying to gather evidence to counter them point by point, we would have expected our dear Dr. Nhantumbo to engage in a flurry of activities, visiting us at least daily (we had 5 days to come up with a counter motion)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut Nhantumbo did not come once in this critical period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur tension was rising to frantic state. On a sunday in that period a great surprise happened:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe were visited by my friend Fungai who had come to bring additional evidence and liaise with Nhantumbo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough him I learnt that Nhantumbo, instead of working on our case, had been hectically haggling with Friederike over a fee demand of 35,000 US Dollar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWow! We knew nothing about that and had been cut off from communication by Nhantumbos absence, because he was able to receive messages and forward them to us and also to fax our letters to Friederike who would distribute them to the others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe also learnt from Fungai that there was nothing in writing that could be called a \"counter motion\" on Nhantumbo's desk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn fact he told us that Nhantumbo was barely in his office but rather running around to do all kinds of other things. Certainly we never saw a draft or a copy of any written submission that Nhantumbo may have made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWas it all a racket?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWas Nhantumbo playing both sides?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWas he the mediator for a corrupt settlement with the equally corrupt represantatives of state power?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the day of the deadline I suddenly received a very wellcome visit from Mr. von Chamier, an official of the German consulate in Mozambique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe came with Nhantumbo who pretended all was in order between us. Since we had the advantage of speaking in German, and von Chamier was fully briefed by Friederike, we could talk openly about our concerns about the non-action regarding the deadline and a mounting suspicion of our dear lawyer being up to something fishy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe must have sensed this or maybe he understands more German than he wanted to let us know.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuddenly Nhantumbo was in a great hurry to submit the counter motion in time (whatever it may have been that he submitted there, because we have never seen it) We confronted him on the story after we had the information and told him to do business WITH US, not behind our backs. Intuitively I told him we would go for 20,000 since we were all grown ups and capable to enter agreements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI didn't have near that money but we were able to pay some 8000 then. The Rest was promised as a success premium after our release.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy vehicle and boat were pledged as security. Now suddenly it all went very quickly and a few days later we were free! Of course we were happy but the situation was still awkward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur release was accompanied by the TV Cameras of Mozambican national TV again and a lot of Newspapers wanted interviews. We wanted nothing of it. For a few days we were personal guests of Nhantumbo in his apartment (I had expected a lavish house from a lawyer who deems himself worth 150 U$ an hour. That's a lot of money in Mozambique. 20K also is a lot of money)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy final verdict on the man is still out. I'm not judgemental.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFriederike thinks he's Belzebub impersonated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe felt his genuine hospitality and desire to communicate with us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn fact I think he spoke from his heart when he told us he's going to miss us as he has nobody in Tete to whom he could talk to in a broader view of things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe met many of his friends and had barbecues with him at the construction site of his new house. We played with his lovely daughter and had dinner at home with him and his wife. Maybe a corrupt deal was the only way for us to end that episode and we should not bicker about the money of course. A deal is a deal. Nhantumbo really liked the orgonite (I'm sure he will eventually get hold of our confiscated stash and put it o good use in Mozambique) His prosecutor sister is wearing one of our zappers while she was also the one who proudly invented the phrasing \"Alteration of goods destined for public consumption\" that were used in the legalisation of our continued incarceration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI was growing increasingly depressed as I was feeling that I was ending up paying the bill alone. Something I was not ready to accept at that point. I also did not know if I was ever going to see my Landrover and boat again. I also felt very strongly that suddenly every one of our group was overwhelmed by their own concerns and I was going to sit with that problem pretty much alone. (Except for Tino who pledged his part and had also contributed to other activities that were undertaken outside to facilitate our speedier release) As it became clear that nobody was going to come up with the rest of the 20K in time, we left per plane, leaving the landy and the boat in the custody of an acquaintance of Nhantumbo in the yard of a mechanic workshop, behind closed gates. I was later to retrieve the items (a test of courage for me to go back to Mozambique for that purpose, but no problem) by flying in with Fungai. (After full payment was done. As a little aside, this friend of Nhantumbo's charged me 3000 Meticais (then 100$) per day for parking the car. I had clearly understood 300. That's more expensive parking than in Manhattan where real estate is probably 100x as expensive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTIA (This is Africa)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo, the whole experience was more confusing in the end than anything else. Was this orchestrated from higher up in order to discourage us from further such expeditions deeper into Africa? I guess it was at some level. I would imagine that someone in the dirty hierarchy of the secret services got us to be watched and got the whole \"sabotage\" and \"terrorism\" dimension thrown in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the rest they only had to let Mozambique’s corrupt and inefficient system take its course in order to effect enough \"punishment without crime\". Having no documet that really says charges against us were dropped, we have no legal recourse, no chance to sue for compensation or whatever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fact that the ending of it was without clear legal conclusion leaves us wondering as to what our legal status is now in Mozambique. Both I and Tino have visited Mozambique after this and nothing bad happened. So maybe we should assume it's all over. Sort of...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI guess it's a tacit understanding that we're not going to talk about it anymore and they not either.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI guess what it taught us again is that in Africa you're traditionally expected to ask the chief for permission if you want to do anything on the land over which he is lord.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is still difficult for us to accept as we're used to the relative impersonality of relations between a government and it's underlings in the European tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne would think, what we're doing is not really government business, but in a police state like Mozambique, everything is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt took a while for me to comprehend this, but in Mozambique people are really afraid of \"the authorities\" like I haven't encountered it in any other African country. Already in 2005 when we gave a Cloud Buster to the traditional healer Alexander in Vilanculos, his greatest concern and fear was what the \"authorities\" would say about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe villagers near Cahora Bassa that Prophet and Carlos were showing the orgonite to, reacted the same way: \"What would the authorities say to this?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince nobody in a country like Mozambique wants to take responsibility for a decision about something they don't know, it would mean you need to talk to the top, the president, the king over land and people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaybe that's what we need to do if we want to do more work in Mozambique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFinally free\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/090617StarArticle.jpg?v=1720687092\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-05-02T12:36:44+02:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Expeditions\/Busted in Mozambique\/Accused of Sabotage"}],"published_scope":"web"},{"id":290685091897,"handle":"buy-orgonite","title":"Buy Orgonite","updated_at":"2024-10-11T00:35:09+02:00","body_html":"\u003ch1\u003eBuy Orgonite Online\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eauthentic orgonite that works\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewidest most comprehensive choice of orgonite on the web\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eleading orgonite supplier since 2002\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehome of the orgone zapper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eworld wide free courier shipping for orders over 130 U$D\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","published_at":"2024-05-02T12:36:03+02:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":null,"disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Buy Orgonite"}],"published_scope":"web"},{"id":291009724473,"handle":"gold-lapis-orgonite","updated_at":"2024-10-11T00:00:14+02:00","published_at":"2024-05-10T13:53:32+02:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","published_scope":"global","title":"Gold \u0026 Lapis Orgonite","body_html":""},{"id":290688663609,"handle":"expeditions-water-gifting-hitting-the-high-waves","title":"Hitting the high waves","updated_at":"2024-10-09T16:40:21+02:00","body_html":"\u003ch1\u003e2nd orgonite ocean gifting expedition by boat in November 2007\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn November 2007 we decided to take the boat down to the South with the ambitious plan to orgonite gift the coast from Knysna in the Eastern Cape up to Cape Town in our continued pusuit of our \"orgonite necklace around Southern Africa\" project. This would have been some 800km to be done in 2 weeks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071111KarooOnTheWay.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn our way down there, the Karoo was still fairly dry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eParticipants: Wiebke, Friederike's sister on visit from Germany and Sam M. I had met Sam years ago when he was helping Credo Mutwa to build some of his great scrap iron sculptures. Wiebke is friendly but entirely sceptical of our funny \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.orgoniseafrica.com\/orgonite-cloudbuster-chembuster\"\u003eorgone adventures\u003c\/a\u003e but was happy to take our plan as a pretext for an adventure trip.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071122WiebkeOnBoat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWiebke\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071111SamInTent.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSam\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071122GeorgAtGariepDam.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMe (Georg)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071122KnysnaHeads.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Knysna Heads Unfortunately the NSRI (National Sea Rescue Institute) did not let us out through the Knysna Heads, even though we were already halfway through the surf when they came in their fast and powerful red boat. They say you must have 2 engines as you can easily get smashed on those rocks when you lose your single engine. Point taken, so we gifted the lagoon nicely and retired for the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071122InternetAccessEnRouteKnysna.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI'm always trying to stay online while on tour Next day we launched from nearby Buffels Bay in order to get to Mossel Bay harbour, our next stop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071122GeorgOnBoat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt looked nice in the beginning...The weather started fine but then the wind was freshening up considerably and we ended up driving against nasty waves and wind which made us completely cold and wet and was a lot more than what Wiebke would consider a \"fun\" adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071122RedTankerBeforeMosselBay.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBig gas tanker off Mossel bay\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071122Approaching-M-Bay-Harbour.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApproaching Mossel Bay\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071122MosselBayLighthouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMossel Bay lighthouse We arrived in Mossel Bay after some 5 hours of strenuous boating. To pitch our tents on the windswept campground below the lighthouse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071122LighthouseMosselByNight.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLighthouse by night The next day we meant to make it all the way to Witsand at Cape Infanta. But as soon as we came out the sheltered bay, the wind blew into our face so heftily that we had to turn around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071122WiebkeGettingWet.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWiebke getting a bit too wet for her taste\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo we had to change tactics. We had of course noticed that the main direction of the swell and the wind was coming from South, either SW or SE. So we decided to drive to Witsand, our next launching spot and try it with the wind in the back which worked much better.We still had a few more mishaps of course:The wheels came off the trailer and the whole axle got ruined. We had to find a replacement in Mossel Bay and that took us a whole afternoon. The gearbox of the Boat engine got ruined as well but we could use it, just in forward gear for the rest of the trip.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071122SamAndGeorgComingIntoMossel-WhaleInThe_Foreground.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLanding in Mossel Bay, coming from Witsand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071122AtTheEstuaryInWitsand.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEstuary in Witsand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071122Wreck.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the many wrecks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071113SurfAtWitsand.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSurf at Witsand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071114LaunchingAtWitsand.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLaunching in Witsand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071114DissolvingHAARP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDissolving HAARP cloud\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis worked quite well and so we continued the same tactics by also doing the Stretch from witsand to Struisbaai (the harbour near Cape Agulhas) in reverse, having the swell and the wind coming from behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071115AgulhasLighthouseWithStormBrewing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lighthouse on Cape Agulhas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071115SamAtAgulhasLighthouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"462\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSam at Cape Agulhas lighthouse\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071115SufAtAgulhas.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sea pounding Cape Agulhas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071120KnysnaToStruisbaai.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stretch from Knysna to Struisbaai - approx 320 km - gifted at 1 km intervals Once we were finished with that stretch and obviously running behind our expected schedule, we went to Cape Town to meet with Friederike and the Kids who had taken a flight down there to meet up with Wiebke.One Day Friederike and I hiked up Skeleton Gorge from Kistenbosch Botanical Gardens to the Cable Station on Table Mountain, leaving plenty of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.orgoniseafrica.com\/buy-orgonite\"\u003egifts\u003c\/a\u003e on the way. It's about 800m altitude difference and you go through very different climate and vegetation zones on the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071117SkeletonGorgeStream.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lush part of the gorge: Shadowy trees and a little stream\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071117FriederikeOnWayUpSkeletonGorge.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFriederike in Skeleton Gorge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071117ViewOverCapeFlats.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFantastic views opening up - The Cape Flats\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071117ViewOverCityBowl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCape Town Harbour\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071117Rocks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRock formations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071117FynbosIII.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe delicate vegetation only found on the Cape peninsula and surrounding areas is called Fynbos or fine bush\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071117FynbosII.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWell adapted to the special sea climate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071117Fynbos.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ewith storms and rain in winter and scorching heat in summer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071117ViewTowardsCapePoint.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eView over to Cape Point\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071117ApproachingColdFront.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCold front coming up\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNext Day we took the Boat out again in order to launch near our campground in Melkbosstrand, north of Cape Town.We were planning to cover the Table Bay and Harbour area and get out in Hout Bay. A distance of roughly 60km.It started very peacefully with a bunch of young dolphins playing around our boat almost as soon as we left.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071118DolphinYoungstersAndBaby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDolphins playing around the boat\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071118DolphinsUnderBoat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore and more\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071118DolphinJumpingUpUnderBoat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eand again and again\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071118DolphinAlongsideBoat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe couldn't get enough of their presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately as we approached the unsheltered part of Table Bay a strong and icy wind was howling over the Cape Flats that quickly converted the sea into something that looked like in the middle of a boiling pot, only it was ice cold.Damn! I must say I was a bit frightened but Kika who was my Companion on that outing was very brave and showed no fear, so we made it into the lee of Table Mountain after hours of slow trudging against the waves. There, off Sea Point, we could dry our wet clothes in the sun and have a little pick nick. The idea was still to continue to Hout Bay. But as we went on in that direction the wind freshened up again and it became the same icy wet story again, so we decided to go for Cape Town harbour, where we phoned our \"support team\" to pick us up.Next day I went with Sam, to try and finish at least the stretch to Hout Bay. We went to Hout Bay first, with the idea of doing it in reverse but the wind was so strong that they wouldn't let us into the water at all.After hanging on for a while and talking to some old fishermen, we decided to go back to Cape Town. As we drove along the coastal road, we found that the sea looked calm in the shadow of the mountains and launched the boat again near Cape Town Harbour, with the intention to eventually get to Hout Bay or at least as close as possible.The fast red boat of NSRI intercepted us again and warned us not to continue. I found they were overdoing it a bit, because this was nothing compared to what I'd been successfully doing with Kika in Table Bay, but you can't really argue much with those guys and after all they're the ones that will have to fish you out of the water if you're doing something reckless or stupid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071118SealsPlaying2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeals playing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071118Seapoint.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSea point\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071119TwelveApostles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 12 Apostles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071118MelkbosToCampsBay.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is what we got done around Cape Town this time - not what we thought we would but we are determined to come back in any case.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071122KiddosInRooftent.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe kids enjoying a lazy morning in the rooftent\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071118TheRapture300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"637\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Rapture - our dream ship for future ocean busting.She's a 100ft yacht of extremely sleek and elegant design. Unfortunately a beautiful thing like that costs some 8 million Euros or 12 million USD. Oh Lord, won't you buy me... (remember that old Janis Joplin song?)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071118EveningLight.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the other guys had left, Sam and I would go back to Witsand where we had met a competent mechanic who could fix my engine to have it ready for the next attempt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071119CampingByTheRoadsideSam.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCamping by te roadside\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071119OA-NavyInTheDryDock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Orgonise Africa Navy in the dry dock\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071119PlantingACB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe had been wondering where to put our full size \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.orgoniseafrica.com\/orgonite-cloudbuster-chembuster\"\u003eCB\u003c\/a\u003e and Witsand seemed like a good spot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's close to Cape Agulhas and well spaced with the other \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.orgoniseafrica.com\/orgonite-cloudbuster-chembuster\"\u003eCBs\u003c\/a\u003e that are already working down at the Cape\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071119CB-Hidden.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWell hidden in the dune vegetation For our way back we chose a different route of course in order to get an ever tighter net of busted routes.This one led us through the Swartberg Mountains via Oudtshoorn, erstwhile ostrich capital of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071120OnWayToOudtshoorn-BeautifulCloudsAllTheWay.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the way back: beautiful clouds up to the N1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071119ScenicMountainDrive.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScenic drive through the Swartberg mountains\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071119TowersOnTheWayside.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe odd tower by the wayside got our proper attention of course\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071119GorgeNorthOfOudtshoorn2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis narrow gorge went on for some 30 km\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071119RiverInGorgeNorthOfOudtshoorn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe little river Ondulating through it got gifted whenever we crossed it or came close enough\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071119Potpourri.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeople in lonely places can have funny obsessions:Straw puppets populating this Karoo frontyard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071120HintOfChemtrailOverBritstown2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong time no see: Chemtrails over Britstown\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071120HintOfChemtrailOverBritstown.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe even saw them spraying For ages I haven't seen real chemtrails like we had them up to 2004\/2005. I am really convinced they have given up that programme over South Africa for good. Maybe they noticed that the stuff doesn't stick any more with all the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.orgoniseafrica.com\/orgone-history-wilhelm-reich-don-croft\"\u003eorgone\u003c\/a\u003e.Just by the side, that is perfect proof that chemtrails are in fact deliberate and not a byproduct of dense air traffic as some government debunkers still want to make us believe.One of the few exceptions was also nearby on our Karoo-Expedition Easter 2007. That was near Douglas and the confluence of the Vaal and Orange rivers.It must for some reason be important for the darksiders to maintain a DOR laden negative atmosphere in this part of the Karoo.This might be a hint at extensive secret \"One World Government\" or alien underground activity in this area. In fact as we progressed north from Britstown, things were looking increasingly worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071120PolarisedSunlightOverBritstown.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWind blown chemtrails, note the polarised sunlight\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071120ChemtrailedSky.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDense Chemtrail carpet towards Strydenburg We took this as a challenge to fight a classical \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.orgoniseafrica.com\/buy-orgonite\"\u003eorgone gifting\u003c\/a\u003e battle, the way it used to be 2-5 years ago: Carpet bombing an area with immediate dramatic results.That was really fun! You may have to go to a faraway country to see this happening nowadays if a lot of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.orgoniseafrica.com\/buy-orgonite\"\u003egifting\u003c\/a\u003e has already been done in your area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071120whiteOut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNasty and far away tower, probably co-responsible for this particularly \"flat\" looking HAARP whiteout\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071120ChasingTheElusiveTower.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe often have to travel for hours on such bumpy gravel roads to get close to our target\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071120HoursLater-WeVeSurroundedIt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst signs of cumulus seeds as we surrounded that big one in a wide arch\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071120BattleInTheSky.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA battle in the sky - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.orgoniseafrica.com\/orgone-history-wilhelm-reich-don-croft\"\u003eOrgone\u003c\/a\u003e slowly getting the upper hand\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071120AnotherMonsterArrayOnRemoteFarm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnother monster tower deep in the bush\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071120SamAfterTheFinalDeed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat one is done and you can virtually see the muck dissolving\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071120SlowlyGettingTheUpperHand.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter 6 hours of feverish busting we got it looking like this!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe most satisfying aspect of this is that at least according to my experience you can always get the results if you are persistent enough, cover a wide enough area and find the nasty spots (Towers or Underground bases) that cause the problem always. If you don't get the results, you simply haven't done enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071120AreaAroundStrydenburg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \"battlefield\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/080215DOR-HotspotKarooMap.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis seems to be a critical area, given the persistent chemtrail spraying even after it has ceased in the rest of the country. (See grey spot)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071120Until-BeholdTheLuminescence.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.orgoniseafrica.com\/orgone-history-wilhelm-reich-don-croft\"\u003eOrgone\u003c\/a\u003e rich sky north of Kimberley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the rest of the journey we were travelling in well busted territory and the sky looked accordingly alive and well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071122WholeTrip.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"636\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe results of this journey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/071122SouthernAfricaAfterWesternCapeCoastBusting.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"505\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStatus Quo in Southern Africa after the trip\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe did not have to wait long for some results. The coastal area along the strip we had done by boat was experiencing unprecedented rainfalls.We would come back to see that change soon on our next outing in January.This one was just another learning exercise for my budding seamanship. The Lesson: Don't underestimate the ocean at any time. Plan twice as much time for everything and then add a few days. This is a big project but the results are not bad either, so it's worth the effort.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorg Ritschl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFebruary 2008\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2024-05-02T12:36:42+02:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Expeditions\/Water Gifting\/Hitting the high waves"}],"published_scope":"web"},{"id":290687549497,"handle":"buy-orgonite-orgone-energy-pendants","title":"Orgone Energy Pendants","updated_at":"2024-10-11T00:00:14+02:00","body_html":"\u003ch1\u003eOrgone Energy Pendants\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWearing an Orgone energy pendant protects your personal bioenergetic field (Aura) from electromagnetic and psychic influences. The orgone energy pendants are ideally worn over your heart chakra or throat chakra with direct skin contact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur Orgonite energy pendants are an effective personal protection that is easy to wear throughout the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe use specific gemstone combinations in all of our pendants. These gemstones each have their own specific frequencies that are amplified by the Orgonite and thus give you the maximum benefit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHave a look at each of our orgone energy pendants to see which of them resonates with you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur orgone energy pendants will all protect you from ambient EMF radiation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","published_at":"2024-05-02T12:36:25+02:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Buy Orgonite\/Orgone Energy Pendants"}],"published_scope":"web"},{"id":292407967801,"handle":"quick-order","title":"Quick Order","updated_at":"2024-10-11T00:35:09+02:00","body_html":null,"published_at":"2024-06-15T12:09:32+02:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"quick","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"variant_price","relation":"greater_than","condition":"0"}],"published_scope":"web"},{"id":290689744953,"handle":"expeditions-kung-fu-orgonite-the-cube","title":"The Cube","updated_at":"2024-10-11T00:00:14+02:00","body_html":"\u003ch3\u003eOur new office, built 2013 -2014 \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI made the first sketches for this building while locked up in prison in Mozambique\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"float: none;\" alt=\"orgonise Africa new office garden side\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/140727Cube3_ab832f1a-2589-40d3-b4d2-f7bf4d585f9b.jpg?v=1718596208\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThe building is a perfect cube of 7.4m width, depth and height. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg title=\"Orgonise africa new office interior 1\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/140727Cube1_51bb1391-edb0-4040-9dee-eca0b695720d.jpg?v=1718596208\" alt=\"New Office Orgonise Africa interior 1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe new Orgonise Africa headquarters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg title=\"orgonise africa interior 2\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0660\/4419\/8969\/files\/140727Cube2_8bddc5f0-4849-4a7d-af20-62d7cc2e121d.jpg?v=1718596208\" alt=\"orgonise africa interior 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe happy colour scheme is cheering us up every day\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","published_at":"2024-05-02T12:36:59+02:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Expeditions\/Kung Fu Orgonite\/The Cube"}],"published_scope":"web"}]
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Lapis Lazuli - The Stone of Truth
This beautiful small Orgonite Pendant is an ideal communication enhancer.
All of our Orgonite Pendants strengthen your bioenergetic field (Aura), revitalise your body and protect you from harmful influences such as electromagnetic radiation (EMF) or negative energies.
Lapis Lazuli is also know as the ''Stone of Truth''.
It affects the Throat Chakra in particular and helps speak your mind and express repressed emotions.
Apart from the decorative flower motive, the silvered copper SBB coil and the Orgonite, this pendant contains several crystals and gemstones. It is beaded on waxed cotton with decorative glass beads.
Healing properties typically associated with the other gemstones contained in this pendant:
- Lapis Lazuli: Stimulates intellectual judgement, problem solving and creativity, opens the Throat Chakra, aids self-expression, enhances memory, encourages honesty and deep communication,
- Mica: EMF protection, enhances clarity and flexibility through seeing things as they are
- Silver plated copper SBB coil: Revitalising, especially when worn on the heart chakra
- Quartz: Mental clarity, always used in orgonite to amplify the orgone output
- Amethyst: Promotes sobriety and concentration, processing of experiences and perceptions
This pendant can be combined nicely with beadwork or integrated in some other piece of jewellery.
Dimensions: height - 10mm, diameter - 28mm (This product is handmade and the final product might differ slightly)
This beautiful small Orgonite Pendant is an ideal communication enhancer.
All of our Orgonite Pendants strengthen your bioenergetic field (Aura), revitalise your body and protect you from harmful influences such as electromagnetic radiation (EMF) or negative energies.
Lapis Lazuli is also know as the ''Stone of Truth''.
It affects the Throat Chakra in particular and helps speak your mind and express repressed emotions.
Apart from the decorative flower motive, the silvered copper SBB coil and the Orgonite, this pendant contains several crystals and gemstones. It is beaded on waxed cotton with decorative glass beads.
Healing properties typically associated with the other gemstones contained in this pendant:
- Lapis Lazuli: Stimulates intellectual judgement, problem solving and creativity, opens the Throat Chakra, aids self-expression, enhances memory, encourages honesty and deep communication,
- Mica: EMF protection, enhances clarity and flexibility through seeing things as they are
- Silver plated copper SBB coil: Revitalising, especially when worn on the heart chakra
- Quartz: Mental clarity, always used in orgonite to amplify the orgone output
- Amethyst: Promotes sobriety and concentration, processing of experiences and perceptions
This pendant can be combined nicely with beadwork or integrated in some other piece of jewellery.
Dimensions: height - 10mm, diameter - 28mm (This product is handmade and the final product might differ slightly)
