Re: YOEL'S TONGUES
Rick Chapman (rchap@en.com)
Thu, 24 Apr 1997 02:56:38 -0400
yoel haalmoni wrote:
>
> >Yoel: that is really *rich*--Octopus' Garden in Hebrew!
> > When I was active in the Assemblies Of God (I was an AOG minister) I
> >noticed even then, as a believer, there were certain vocal patterns that
> >tended to reoccur in tongue messages, yet the "interpretations" were often
> >quite differ- ent. One of these patterns was "SHANDA A LA MAKOOREE".
> >"SHANDA" seemed to be a favorite "word", in various permutations and
> >combinations.
> > The interpretations, too, seemed to be somewhat general; mostly
> >exhortations to get closer to God. There never was any specific information
> >given in these messages that I can recall.
>
> yoel-
>
> Here is another nightmarish "tongues" experience.
>
> I remember an Australian missionary in Israel who had a "prayer meeting" at
> her home. It was weird. We were on the Mount of Olives at her house. It was
> a stormy night and the power kept coming on and off. There was a circle
> of praying Christians, seated in chairs, and one-by-one, they would become
> "posessed" by the Holy spirit and one after another would get up, come into
> the middle of the circle, and aggressively "pray" in "tongues". They would
> pace back and forth and around and around, babbling, back and forth,
> between English and "tongues" gibberish. The session took on a theme, and
> the theme was this: There was a deceiver in their midst. Someone in this
> circle had been seduced by a demon and was sent by Satan as a spy. The
> Lord's wrath was on that person and his punishment would be most
> horrendous. One Christian after another got up and did his thing, adding to
> the paranoia and prophecy. I was 19 or so and was terrified! The lights
> were going on and off and these maniacs were really spazing out. I stayed
> silent and swore that I would never set foot in the house again.
>
> Eventually Mildred (that was her name, I swear!), the lady of the house,
> got up, came into the circle and began to circle round and round. She began
> to whisper (and I am not kidding one bit): ummagumma ummagumma ummagumma
> ummagumma ummagummagummagumma.... and her chant got louder and louder and
> her face got so stern and angry and red. She was shooting spittle out of
> her mouth. Although I was scared of these strange people, I thought her
> chant was ridiculous, and all of a sudden, I thought of an old Pink Floyd
> album "Umma Gumma", and burst out laughing. The woman pounced upon me
> shrieking "UMMAGUMMAUMMAGUMMA", while those in the circle raised their
> hands, an exstatic look of joy on their faces, smiling to the ceiling and
> saying, "Yes, Lord, oh yes. Thy will be done." and similar stuff. The woman
> bellowed UMMAGUMMA... at me, 2 inches from my face, for perhaps 3 minutes
> more, then began to wind down. Her chant got lower and lower, now scarcely
> above a whisper. She went back to her chair and sat down. Everyone began
> to say "Thank you, Lord", and eventually everyone had their eyes opened and
> were looking at me. They all agreed that the Lord had indeed spoken, then
> proceeded to their Bible study, whose verse and topic I have forgotten.
> After the study, scones and jam and tea, and I got the hell out of there.
I think you're lucky. UMAGUMMA was the nightmare Pink Floyd album with
the scary "Careful with that axe, Eugene".
Rick