We are well aware that many are repulsed and disillusioned by religion because of the violence and death that surround it.But many have also abandoned their faith because of the unfulfilled promises found in sacred literature, many of which are...
The assault against minorities in Muslim regions has made news almost daily with little tangible response to stem the bloodletting.Christians from Nigeria, Libya, Iraq, and Egypt have been slain at the hands of the Islamic State, Boko Haram, and Al-...
Dr Josef Ben-Jochanan was eulogised a few weeks ago as a trailblazer and influential figure in African history. His celebrated body of work includes African Origins of the Major Western Religions, and...
The sun is a great heart whose tremors run through our smallest veins. The moon is a great nerve centre from which we quiver forever. Who knows the power that Saturn has over us, or Venus? But it is a vital...
There is a famous dictum in occult literature that reads: "When the student is ready the master will appear. "Of the significance of these words, I thought long...
The eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is clear, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness. (Luke 11:34) Is the Evil Eye nothing but a superstitious creation, driven by malicious people...
This is part two of a three-part interview with Dr Maria Eliza Hamilton Bispo de Jesus Abegunde.Does a group soul or racial archetype exist? Can it overpower the individual spirit? Please relate to the black experience. If one believes in...
This is part one of a three-part interview with Dr Maria Eliza Hamilton Bispo de Jesus Abegunde. Abegunde is an egungun (ancestral) priest in the Yoruba Orisa tradition. Her areas of research include memory and trauma; embodied memory; the...
"For there are eunuchs who have been so from birth, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let the one who is able to receive this...
Ignoring Deuteronomy, I battled through the icy wind to Bishop Donna Faria, a Spiritual Baptist and practitioner of Ifa, the Yoruba system of divination.
