Returning Families
"We would have that you hear the unfinished story of our time and its sequel in yours.”
— Akhnaton, clairaudient message, 7 April 1996
Amarnaens and Pretorians
Among the numerous karmic revelations presented by Transpersonal Lives is a message that recalls Nelson Mandela's remarkable leadership in Egypt during the 18th dynasty c.1330 BCE. These revelations draw several parallels between the Amarna Period and the Apartheid Era. The clairaudient dictation came via one who identifies himself as Akhnaton and transcribed by Laurence Oliver in 1996. The entire transmission has been published in The Book of El Aurenx (2001) and incorporated into a conference paper on Ancestral Voices (2019). We highlight the Amarna-Apartheid parallels below:
“I, Akhnaton, would have you know that Horemheb is none other than your Nelson Mandela. Fourteen centuries before your present age, Horemheb was my military commander-in-chief and had warned me of the weakening political situation in my empire. Regrettably, I ignored his advice and forbade any military action. Withdrawn and out of touch with the populace, I concerned myself only with issues of religious revolution — the monotheist religion of Aton. For his worship I built a new capital, Akhetaten, ‘citadel of Aton’, and moved my court out of Thebes.” Akhnaton goes on to explain that Horemheb feared the continuing emigration of Egypt’s slave population — initiated by the Keeper of the Ark, Osiraes, also known as Moses — and that their exodus would set off a Hebrew rebellion or invasion: “Still, I refused to listen, preoccupied by my grandiose vision of a utopian church-state. Had it not been for the diplomatic initiatives of my minister of foreign affairs, Tutu, the eastern provinces may have seceded their independence. However, my political indifference was counterbalanced by Tutu’s tactful foreign policy, for he saved Egypt when I, alas, failed my people. It should be easy to guess that Tutu is the gracious and illustrious former archbishop, Desmond Tutu. Coincidently, my minister of art and culture was then Bek, the same as your Thabo Mbeki. He orchestrated under my direction a renaissance in art and architecture to express the religious revolution with which I was obsessed.” Akhnaton adds that the celebrated Eighteenth dynasty came to an end after 27 years under the rule of its military usurper Horemheb (1319 –1292 BCE) and, as a karmic consequence, Mandela would endure imprisonment for a similar period of twenty-seven years (1962 – 1990).
Mandela’s given name is Rolihlahla, which literally means “tree shaker” or “trouble maker”. Both Horemheb and Mandela shook their nations and seized power via popular uprisings. Both set about transforming internal power structures and curbing abuses by the state. Both appointed new judges, re-established order and ruled a divided people (Horemheb over Upper and Lower Egypt, Mandela over White and Black South Africans). Both initiated a culture of reconciliation. Curiously, each had two tombs prepared for them. Horemheb chose the necropolis of Saqqara, Memphis, but was instead buried in the Valley of the Kings on the opposite bank of the Nile. Mandela, as per request, was buried in his rural village of Qunu, 20kms from where a second family tomb had been prepared for him.
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“You are wondering in your mind about the women? Were none worthy? Then, as now, men regrettably overshadowed women. But there was one woman who could have ruled Egypt better than any man, had she been given the chance. She was my dear and revered mother, Queen Ti, who returned as Helen Suzman.” Approaching the end of his message, Akhnaton explains that his ministers and court officials, some ever loyal to him, returned as the black leadership of South Africa while, on the other hand, the priests of Amen-Ra became the leaders of the old white regime. Here are some examples: Sebekhotep, high priest of the Amenite crocodile-god, became state president PW Botha during the Apartheid era. Mahu, chief-of-police, returned as Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, leader of the Zulu Inkatha Freedom Party. Akhnaton’s court secretary, Hani, was none other than Chris Hani, chief-of-staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the ANC’s former military wing. Maya, Akhnaton’s chief administrator, returned as Roelf Meyer, chief government negotiator who, together with Cyril Ramaphosa of the ANC, paved the way for the country’s first democratic elections in 1994. Ramaphosa is today president of South Africa (2019– ). “Karma,” the message adds, “has a way of turning events around to maintain a balance in the world.”
As for Akhnaton’s chief wife and consort, Nefertiti: “My queen-wife, a foreign princess from the kingdom of Mitanni in the Tigris Valley, was called Nefertiti on account of her beauty. Her name means ‘beautiful woman’ and she had been chosen as a new wife for my father [Amenhotep III], but their marriage was never consummated due to his ill-health. She is known today as Winifred, or simply Winnie, the former wife of Nelson Mandela.” “Unbeknown to official history,” says Akhnaton, “I had a son by a beloved mistress Hareth, who was also my court singer. The child was called Tutankhaton, destined to rule as Tutankhamun. Nefertiti was exceedingly jealous, fearing she would be deposed as queen-wife in favour of the child’s mother. She became disloyal and treacherous, abducting Tutankhaton and taking him to Thebes. Here he was raised as a royal priest of Amen-Ra, like Osiraes [Moses] before him, so when the time came he would be presented as my successor, reclaiming their position as the state religion. Hence I am called the Heretic Pharaoh.” Akhnaton again: “Tutankhaton’s mother was heartbroken by the loss of our son and drowned herself in the Nile. My own heart broke and I never smiled again. As the years passed my health began to fail slowly, then rapidly, so that I knew I was dying from grief and disillusionment. Shortly after this I, Akhnaton, died in despair.” Akhnaton’s death triggered widespread rioting in due time followed by a reign of terror. During the ensuing chaos Horemheb kept a watchful eye over the devious and unrepentant Nefertiti but — as would happen again with Winnie — she was left to go unpunished. He loathed her with a vengeance and, finally, had her executed. Karmically speaking, Horemheb’s hatred of Nefertiti had to be expiated in his troubled marriage to her during their last life: “For the law of karma requires hatred to be met again — as tragic love.”
Africanists and Afrikaners
On hearing about Niël Barnard's passing (13 January 2025) the question of his identity arose: was he with De Klerk and Mandela in Egypt during the time of Akhnaton and, if so, what kind of re-enactment did we witness in South Africa? According to El Ochre, Barnard had once been the son-in-law of Ai (Ay) and a military general under Horemheb. His name then was Nakhtmin. Following Tutankhamen's untimely death, Ai became pharaoh and designated Nakhtmin as his heir, effectively making him crown prince of Egypt. Caught between Ai and Horemheb, Nakhtmin found himself in a conflict of loyalties until he stood down and let Horemheb take the throne — thereby avoiding potential civil war in Egypt. He would steer South Africa out of a similar fate. Here’s the full transcript: "Nakhtmin was a military general serving under Horemheb during the reign of Tutankhamen. He was also the son-in-law of Ai (Ay) the godfather and successor of Tutankhamen. When Ai took the throne after the assassination of Tutankhamen, he was supported by Horemheb who held overall command of the army and who was only concerned with preserving the political, economic and military stability of Egypt. It should be noted that Horemheb (then named Paatonemheb) had already become commander-in-chief of the army under Akhnaton and not, as scholars wrongly conclude, only under Tutankhamen. Paatonemheb changed his name to Horemheb when he promoted the reforms undoing the legacy of the Atonist cult of Akhnaton which he deemed a political disaster for Egypt, just as Tutankhamen's name had changed from the original Tutankhaton. Horemheb, contrary to the scholars' conclusions, was not the designated heir-apparent to Tutankhamen, and at first had no designs on the throne. However, his relationship with Ai as Tutankhamen's successor was always tenuous. Ai adopted his son-in-law Nakhtmin, Horemheb's subordinate in the army, as his designated heir and Crown Prince. Nakhtmin was reluctantly caught up in the ensuing personal animosity that grew between Ai and Horemheb, and in a conflict of loyalties. When Ai was murdered by the same faction that had plotted Tutankhamen's assassination, Horemheb seized the throne in a military coup. Nakhtmin stood down in the succession and acknowledged Horemheb's accession. Horemheb subsequently assumed Nakhtmin's titles as Crown Prince, claiming to have been so designated by Tutankhamen, in order to give legitimacy to his reign, notwithstanding that he had no familial connection to the royal line. Nakhtmin remained a trusted and loyal officer of Horemheb's administration for a time but was assassinated by a faction hostile to Horemheb's rule. His body was never recovered. The subsequent attempted effacing of his name and memory from the monuments of that time was not the work of Horemheb but of renegade zealots. If events had unfolded differently, Nakhtmin could even have lived to succeed Horemheb instead of Paramose (Ramses I). You are wondering in your mind as to why Nakhtmin was never previously mentioned and identified with Niël Barnard in the Message of Akhnaton or any subsequent communication from us. Bear in mind that, apart from the fact that we cannot deal with every character in any particular historic era, we have a discretion to maintain confidentiality where an individual is entitled to privacy. If a person is a prominent public figure or a celebrity, we may disclose their past life details. Niël Barnard while he was alive, living as a private individual, was entitled to confidentiality, which nevertheless can be waived now that he has passed on. Hence we now make this disclosure for your information."— disclosed by El Ochre and transcribed by Laurence Oliver (14 January 2025) So let's remember Niël Barnard at his best, and for doing what he'd done before, notably his behind-the-scenes efforts to bring De Klerk and Mandela together and so avoid another civil war in South Africa. That is the real re-enactment of history.
Thirty years separate the revelations about Horemheb and Nakhtmin and still the words of Akhnaton remain pertinent today: “It matters not who was who, who did what, or who was right and who wrong. What matters are the lessons to be learnt from one another. In the politics of your day, there is no one who is right and all others wrong. There are but those who seek to serve their own self-interest and those who consider the good of all. You judge which way is best. Be wise and broad-minded in your judgements; gentle and generous in all your doings. To my former ministers I say: may you remember who you are and heed the lessons taught by my life as Akhnaton. May you fulfil the best of my ideals and triumph over the worst of my tragedies. There is no cause whatsoever that justifies enmity against one another, no ideal worth the exaction of another, for you must live up to your ideals with inner fortitude and not, no, not with outer hostility. This is the lesson South Africans must learn and teach the world: that ideals cannot be divorced from the people they serve but must grow in their hearts and minds, not through imposition, but through nurture. Let my people grow. I am Akhnaton.”
