Go with your gut, sis. I'm not here to recruit. My main point is that African Spirituality has no central authority precisely because it’s a decentralized model based on attraction rather than promotion -- the exact opposite of the Abrahamic religions. This lack of centralized authority is easily mistaken by…
An important warning about Ancestor veneration, though I share your concern for reasons that have little to do with others hexing us.
In a society like ours -- very keen on denying our mortality, the most basic of all realities -- its dangerous to just waltz into Ancestor veneration. We…
You're speaking my language here sister. We need to rescue our African core, especially our spiritual technology, which suits our melanin-enhanced clarevoyance while connecting us to the Ancestors.
There's very little space in this society for anyone not living strictly by the 5 basic senses -- with an excessive focus…
Thanks Christopher. Though traditional Catholic rites don't incorporate Indiginous or African traditions, historically the practitioners of Catholicism in the western hemisphere have tended to do so. That's why I describe Catholicism -- as practiced on this side of the Atlantic -- as a cultural admixture.
For instance, it's not just…
Great question. My best guess is they try to fill it with an insatiable drive for material wealth and prestige, which they call "a thirst for knowledge."
Also, I must say, they’ve done a fine job of infecting us with their fear of “things that go bump in the night.”
Of course our discussion had perfect timing. In the morning, before replying to your question, I had completed my very first ritual for my very first Ancestor…