The country is Kenya but lets not fool ourselves. Although there is probably more superstition within the African continent than elsewhere, cat related superstition could happen anywhere, even middle America or the West End of London, UK. Some Chinese people still believe that eating a tiger’s penis gives them a better erection 😉 It’s a mad, mad world and I want to get off.
Yes, God forbid, it is still with us in the world; superstition attached to the domestic cat. I find it amazing that people can still believe that people can change into cats due to dark forces. This idea is a direct descendant of the witches familiar from the European dark ages. Today, a significant number of people still believe as people believed 600 and more years ago. Why was the cat targeted so maliciously in this way by superstitious people?
If something is worth believing and it is based on sensible fact and experience then it should be believed for ever but if there is no sensible basis for the belief and it is dangerous to people and in this instance cats, people should move on and get it out of their system as quickly as possible. Sadly, the terrible weaknesses and deficiencies in the mentality of humankind shows up when it comes to superstitions.
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In this story we have a little kitten whose head got stuck in a jerrycan. The can had probably been used to carry food or a drink, perhaps water. He was thirsty and got his head stuck as the opening to the can was narrow.
Local people saw this innocuous event as a person who had been possessed by evil forces and turned into a cat and therefore they refused to touch the kitten or get involved. It would have taken 10 seconds to remove the can from the cat yet this poor creature was stuck for 4 days until someone, who was more enlightened, removed the bloody thing.
A doctor (perhaps he was a vet, I don’t know) who through education has become more enlightened declares to the media that there have been no examples of cats connected with spiritualism. He chooses his words carefully possibly to avoid offending someone.
There you have it. Superstitions about the devil walking around as a cat are still firmly with us. Witchcraft is alive and well in Africa – and elsewhere. When will humankind move on and grow up?
Even modern intelligent man is taken to being superstitious…
Why? Why can’t we be more sensible or is superstition sensible?
They come up on my facebook page Carol, from like minded contacts, I try to avoid looking at awful things as I already know they happen but sometimes they come through the post too, wanting more donations, I wish they would targret the people who turn thier backs on suffering, not those of us who already do all we can to stop it 🙁
Right off don’t go look at those pictures! That’s torturing you! Why would you wish to do that? We know it happens and what we can do is stand together and protest. Viewing those sort of pictures only enrages us and that is not good for us or productive… it’s almost self sadistic as though we wish to punish ourselves over something we did not do. Please don’t do that Ruth it just hurts you. What we can do is be active against animal cruelty and keep a level head. That is what is best for them and their survival is our protesting, signing petitions and bringing it to the forefront of those who can do something about it.
Hugs darlin’
Thanks Carol, I try to believe in Karma but it doesn’t seem to happen, although I have a Spiritualist friend who says it will, no matter how long it takes.
It’s when I hear of yet another animal abused or see another horrific picture, like I saw one the other day of a pile of cats after they had been experimented on and died, it’s another one etched on my brain, I feel I can’t bear another moment on the same planet where people can do such cruel things. yet here I am stuck and feel I am never doing enough but feel helpless to know what else to do!
->Ruth… no worries if you ever wish to know more contact me 🙂
Those that are cruel in this world get it in the end, cruelty is cruelty whether to mankind or helpless animals… unfortunately it is part of balance as awful as it seems to be… I cannot stomach cruel people, I am a gentle soul, HOWEVER I would probably end up jailed if I ever saw a human being (if you wish to call them that) ever be cruel to an animal as I would go ballistic! If you haven’t read my post called Mighty Quinn yet (it’s about my Quentin) I would become the Bobcat you better believe it!
Hugs darlin’ understand completely about feeling the suffering for animals… all of us here are what are known as Empaths, we feel and go through what they do because we are all very special in ourselves…
Love and Light
I really hope there is not reincarnation, not while there are so many cruel people in the world anyway, because sometimes I wonder how those of us who care can go on living while feeling to be in the wrong place and helpless to stop all the abuse. Sometimes my heart feels too full of the pain and sorrow of animals suffering.