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While there are five important festschriften on Toyin Falola and
his work, this book fulfills the need for a single-authored volume
that can be useful as a textbook. I develop clearly articulated
rubrics and overarching concepts as the foundational basis for
analyzing Falola's work.
This book is written to create awareness and see if adequate
interpretation would be given to certain phenomena and calamities
created by the vagaries of nature and induced by spirits, Agwu
inclusive, and suggest how they can be resolved. To do this, Agwu
has examined the concept in all its tendencies and
ramifications.
It tries to explain the relationship between Agwu and other
creatures from the sources of life-Supreme Being-to the least
inanimate object. The moral standard set by Agwu to its worshippers
has been a masterpiece incentive and also a source of inspiration
to ordinary mortals who watch with admiration the special Agwu
elect.
Few thorough ethnographic studies on Central Indian tribal
communities exist, and the elaborate discussion on the cultural
meanings of Indian food systems ignores these societies altogether.
Food epitomizes the social for the Gadaba of Odisha. Feeding,
sharing, and devouring refer to locally distinguished ritual
domains, to different types of social relationships and alimentary
ritual processes. In investigating the complex paths of ritual
practices, this study aims to understand the interrelated fields of
cosmology, social order, and economy of an Indian highland
community.
Contents: About Skergard, In Memory of Lorenz Frolich, Haakon Jarl
of Norway, Teaching Children Our Heathen Faith, The Dead In The
Mountains, The Nine Affirmations (9a), How To Make A Viking Shield,
Community (Prose), The Way of The Warrior, Ancestors (Prose), Path
of Northern Shadows. The name "Skertru Now" is symbolic, because
after Nine Years of "The Silence" it is the realization of Skertru,
the commonality of our belief system as written in "Old Norse
Religion, A Family Tradition, The Skergard Handbook." We have
survived the Nine Year Silence as an organization and now our words
will be shared with everyone. We chose a Raven holding three keys
as our logo because the first two ravens answer to Odin, the
third... we believe, answers to Holde.
The name "Skertru Now" is symbolic, because after Nine Years of
"The Silence" it is the realization of Skertru, the commonality of
our belief system as written in "Old Norse Religion, A Family
Tradition, The Skergard Handbook." We have survived The Silence and
now our words will be shared with everyone. We chose a Raven
holding three keys as our logo because the first two ravens answer
to Odin, the third... we believe, answers to Holde.
Spirit possession involves the displacement of a human's conscious
self by a powerful other who temporarily occupies the human's body.
Here, Seligman shows that spirit possession represents a site for
understanding fundamental aspects of human experience, especially
those involved with interactions among meaning, embodiment, and
subjectivity.
African cults and religions enrich all aspects of Cuba's social,
cultural and everyday life, and encompass all ethnic and social
groups. Politics, art, and civil events such as weddings, funerals,
festivals and carnivals all possess distinctly Afro-Cuban
characteristics. Miguel Barnet provides a concise guide to the
various traditions and branches of Afro-Cuban religions. He
distinguishes between the two most important cult forms - the Regla
de Ocha (Santeria), which promotes worship of the Oshira (gods),
and the traditional oracles that originated in the old Yoruba city
of lle-lfe', which promote a more animistic worldview. Africans who
were brought to Cuba as slaves had to recreate their old traditions
in their new Caribbean context. As their African heritage collided
with Catholicism and with Native American and European traditions,
certain African gods and traditions became more prominent while
others lost their significance in the new Afro-Cuban culture. This
book, the first systematic overview of the syncretization of the
gods of African origin with Catholic saints, introduces the reader
to a little-known side of Cuban culture.
Throughout West African societies, at times of social crises,
postmenopausal women-the Mothers-make a ritual appeal to their
innate moral authority. The seat of this power is the female
genitalia. Wielding branches or pestles, they strip naked and slap
their genitals and bare breasts to curse and expel the forces of
evil. In An Intimate Rebuke Laura S. Grillo draws on fieldwork in
Cote d'Ivoire that spans three decades to illustrate how these
rituals of Female Genital Power (FGP) constitute religious and
political responses to abuses of power. When deployed in secret,
FGP operates as spiritual warfare against witchcraft; in public, it
serves as a political activism. During Cote d'Ivoire's civil wars
FGP challenged the immoral forces of both rebels and the state.
Grillo shows how the ritual potency of the Mothers' nudity and the
conjuration of their sex embodies a moral power that has been
foundational to West African civilization. Highlighting the
remarkable continuity of the practice across centuries while
foregrounding the timeliness of FGP in contemporary political
resistance, Grillo shifts perspectives on West African history,
ethnography, comparative religious studies, and postcolonial
studies.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1921 Edition.
The colonization and later conversion of the Faroe Islands to
Christianity as the ways of the Asa-faith (Asatru) and Christianity
collide...
The Vikings Bok, commonly known as the Poetic Edda, is the
spiritual foundation for the Heathen revival today. It is the
indigenous, historical remains of a once widespread Teutonic
spirituality that has been too long absent from the Western world.
This newly revised edition is based on the rare and highly
acclaimed Olive Bray translation. Together with a New Glossary of
modern Heathen terms and a concise introduction, this single source
book is a practical "must have" for those interested in following
the Northern Way
Within the West African cultural spirituality of the Yoruba, Ela is
known as the Spirit of Light and Manifestation meaning all things
came into existence here on Ikole Aye (Earth) by way of Ela. Ela
can also be summarized as the Holy Spirit of Ifa and
interchangeably used as another name for Orunmila Elerin Ipin
Ibikeji Olodumare (Orunmila, Withness of Creation, Second to the
Creator). It is by way of Ela that Ifa became acceptable throughout
the world and Orunmila accepted by followers, including followers
in secret. In "Ela, The Ifa Concept of Altered States," Awo Falokun
opens the dialogue once again on how devotees can continue to seat
Ifa in the West. His approach to the subject of Ela is not the way,
but a way to create and maintain Extended Family and Community.
Knowledge of Ela and the Orisa is not enough - through the
possession (spiritual access to the wisdom) of Ela, Ifa devotees
can begin to heal ourselves of the negative influences of the
Western World View, past and present, and heal the Ifa Community
and the world around us. In this book, Awo Falokun teaches that the
basis of Traditional Yoruba Spirituality is Good Character, which
is accessible through Ela, and how it is essential to go into
possession with the Spirit of Orunmila in order to maintain good
character and banish the negative forces that create ori buruku,
i.e., gossip, jealousy, lying, stealing, violence, etc.
What is the first thing a Rastafari does when he/she wakes up in
the morning? What is the correct way to grow dreadlocks as a Rasta?
What products do Rasta in the Caribbean use to wash their
dreadlocks and why? What are 10 Essentials of a Rastafari Home?
What can one do to Convert to the Rastafari Livity? What are some
Bible Chapters special to Rasta and why? "Rasta Way of Life" is a
book for the student of Rastafari Livity. Follow the way life of
Jah Rastafari, dictated to Rasta, to enter Holy Mount Zion.
This is the story of Grettir who encounters a Draugr named Glamr
that curses him to horrible bad luck Draugr are undead, and Glamr
is one of the strongest of all
After saving up and buying land to farm, Hen-Thorir was not a
favorite among his new neighbor's. The communication between them
reaches its peak when Hen-Thorir refuses to sell them hay for the
winter. When his neighbors take the hay anyway, he burns them alive
in their farmstead. A vendetta ensues in which Hen-Thorir is killed
and beheaded.This saga highlights aspects of Norse culture, such as
hospitality to guests and travellers, generosity to ones neighbors,
and the need to gather support of others in order to obtain
justice.
Throughout West African societies, at times of social crises,
postmenopausal women-the Mothers-make a ritual appeal to their
innate moral authority. The seat of this power is the female
genitalia. Wielding branches or pestles, they strip naked and slap
their genitals and bare breasts to curse and expel the forces of
evil. In An Intimate Rebuke Laura S. Grillo draws on fieldwork in
Cote d'Ivoire that spans three decades to illustrate how these
rituals of Female Genital Power (FGP) constitute religious and
political responses to abuses of power. When deployed in secret,
FGP operates as spiritual warfare against witchcraft; in public, it
serves as a political activism. During Cote d'Ivoire's civil wars
FGP challenged the immoral forces of both rebels and the state.
Grillo shows how the ritual potency of the Mothers' nudity and the
conjuration of their sex embodies a moral power that has been
foundational to West African civilization. Highlighting the
remarkable continuity of the practice across centuries while
foregrounding the timeliness of FGP in contemporary political
resistance, Grillo shifts perspectives on West African history,
ethnography, comparative religious studies, and postcolonial
studies.
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