The Japanese “new religions” (Shin Shūkyō) active in Kinshasa (DR Congo) nearly all perform healing through the channeling of invisible divine light. In the case of Sekai Kyūseikyō (Church of World Messianity), the light of Johrei cannot be visually apprehended, but is worn as an invisible aura on the practitioner’s body. This article discusses the trans-cultural resonances between Japan and Central Africa regarding the ontology of spiritual force, regimes of subjectivity, and the gradual embodiment of Johrei divine light as a protection against (suspicions of) witchcraft. Meanwhile, I argue that religious multiplicity in urban Africa encourages cultural reflexivity about concepts of health and healing, self-responsibility, and Pentecostal suspicion-mongering of occult sciences. Thus, Johrei divine light not only feeds into a longstanding local tradition of spiritual healing; within the religiously multiple city, it is also a discursive space for, and an experience and performance of, emic critique.

活跃在金沙萨（DR刚果）的日本“新宗教”（ShinShūkyō）几乎都通过隐形神光的传播来恢复健康。在世kai教会（SekaiKyūseikyō）的情况下，约雷（Johrei）的光辉不能从视觉上理解，而是作为隐形光环戴在医生的身上。本文讨论了日本与中非之间的跨文化共鸣，涉及精神力量的本体论，主观性体制以及Johrei神灯作为对（怀疑）巫术的保护的逐渐体现。同时，我认为非洲城市的宗教多样性鼓励人们对健康和治愈，自我责任以及五旬节怀疑科学的怀疑观念进行文化反思。因此，Johrei神的光不仅养育了当地长期以来的属灵治疗传统，而且还养育了人类的生命。在具有宗教信仰的多个城市中，它也是主位批评的话语空间以及经验和表演。