Apr 18, 2012 · Go to your ancestral Igbo community: this is based on the assumption that one is of Igbo descent and has access to their ancestral homes, elders and practitioners of Odinani …

Igbo Mbari Shrine “Their laws were laws of art, the obvious ones and the obscure ones, the known laws and the unkwown, the familiar laws and the arcane laws, the exoteric and the …

Apr 18, 2023 · Odinani (also called Odinala in some dialects) is the ancestral spiritual science of the Igbo people of Nigeria. Literally translated it means "It is in the Earth/land", referencing the …

Jan 25, 2024 · In Igbo mythology, the Ogbanje are spirits that cause a child to die, and reincarnate just to die again. The Ogbanje is a mischief maker in the spirit world that sneaks …

Mar 18, 2020 · The wizened Ogirishi trees and its ritual complementing tree known as Okwe Ụmụ Agwụ both stood as the primordial totemic Igbo trees of wisdom and knowledge respectively, …

Jul 30, 2020 · This cyber shrine has become the center of a digital village. One challenge I’ve faced over the years has been presenting practical information that would be relevant to …

Mar 29, 2012 · For the keen-eyed observer, a plethora of clues abound in Igbo life and culture to substantiate the mystic remnants of Igbo antiquity, in respect to nature and how ancient Igbo …

Jan 26, 2011 · Ndi Igbo have never worshiped their ancestors only venerated them, which is no different then what Catholics do to their saints or what every country does to its national …

May 20, 2020 · This blog was motivated in part by the developing Igbo Renaissance, and the growing need to reclaim the Omenala of the Igbo both in the Diaspora and the Motherland. …

May 18, 2011 · Amadioha is one of the most popular of the Igbo deities. In fact, right after water spirits, the gods of thunder and lightning like Shango , Siete Rayos , Nzaji , etc seem to be the …