Proper sources for African spirituality

[GloriaSantiana]

Hello, I wanted to ask here what you personally do/sources you use to study African religions and customs like the Yoruba for example that isn’t filled with enemy influence. Like Santeria, ifa, isese, etc. it’s disheartening to say the least, but I am also still learning. Also, concerning a different but related issue, is babalawos requiring money for spiritual advancement proper? I struggle to see how advancing spiritually should depend on your finances and someone else, since spirituality is an individual journey for everyone, right?

Thank you for any of your time. I would love to hear your thoughts and experiences throughly. If I’m incorrect about my hesitancy concerning money and African faiths, then please let me know but it is something that makes me suspicious when people who claim to be spiritual or enlightened ask for it so frequently (a specific service is one thing, and there should be respect for that. But having it REQUIRE money is where I start to worry about potential scammers everywhere). And when asking about this topic before, I received very negative pushback from the community, as it’s long accepted and expected to spend money to advance your soul.

 

[Warlock666]

Welcome, have you studied our website?

JoS Africa - Joy of Satan / Blacks for Satan

Shannon did great research on traditional African spirituality. Read this https://josafrica.com/black_spirituality.html

You should also study https://www.templeofzeus.org/

Our main site. All of the spiritual information on there is free. No need to pay for anything. You’re not wrong being skeptical of money and African faiths. Outside of the ToZ no where will you find true occult knowledge and most of it is free.

We do have a donor platform where you can get higher occult knowledge for a price at https://hallofosiris.org/

 

[AFODO]

I'm sure @Shannon will able to help you, and also if your profile picture is you, please change it, it is not allowed to upload personal pictures here.

 

[Edward Lonsa]

Greetings, Family!

I am sorry for late answer and if non-Black answer is unwanted here. I just wish to share that I find movie Green Mile very accurate in describing spirituality at all and I suppose Black spirituality in particular. I mean John Koffey personage, of course, very powerful Black shaman.

Blacks have their own very specific type of shamanism (it is not called shamanism there, shaman is not African word originally, yet the ethnographic books on their old Pagan traditions might be called using this word), investigate into it. All serious ethnography (academic research into their traditional spirituality) will go, not just some jew age charlatanism.

Such books as those of Mircea Eliade concentrate more on actual mongoloid shamanism (shamanism is mongoloid thing in origin, Africa have inherently different type of spirituality and inherently different type of "shamanism" so to say, own types of divination and magic) but they might slightly touch African traditions too.

african shamanism pdf at DuckDuckGo

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https://selfdefinition.org/shaman/Mircea-Eliade-Shamanism-Archaic-Techniques-of-Ecstasy.pdf

 

[Brandonn]

Hello, I wanted to ask here what you personally do/sources you use to study African religions and customs like the Yoruba for example that isn’t filled with enemy influence. Like Santeria, ifa, isese, etc. it’s disheartening to say the least, but I am also still learning. Also, concerning a different but related issue, is babalawos requiring money for spiritual advancement proper? I struggle to see how advancing spiritually should depend on your finances and someone else, since spirituality is an individual journey for everyone, right?

Thank you for any of your time. I would love to hear your thoughts and experiences throughly. If I’m incorrect about my hesitancy concerning money and African faiths, then please let me know but it is something that makes me suspicious when people who claim to be spiritual or enlightened ask for it so frequently (a specific service is one thing, and there should be respect for that. But having it REQUIRE money is where I start to worry about potential scammers everywhere). And when asking about this topic before, I received very negative pushback from the community, as it’s long accepted and expected to spend money to advance your soul.

I would suggest you start with the Khoisan not religion but cultural aspects. All religions have been influenced or affected in some way.

So you won't really find a clear cut way, but there are people who speak of lost stories , especially tribal members. There's alot to go through and it various from cultural aspects. If you fully don't understand African culture it might be harder to discern religious beliefs that make sense for Africa and those been tempered with.
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I am not entirely certain about this requiring money for advancement, but I know if it as a service due to various reasons. Some people just take things to the extreme

I'd say that you don't need money for any kind of advancement. You can completely advance with the help of your GD, if your consistent and work diligently. They will take you through a different and specifically designed program to help you get where you need too, you will have to make alot of commitment and dedication of time in order to achieve it. So everything costs something. But there's never a needed reason to pay for anything.

Like said, donations are the to support the community that have alot of people working on it for free. And as a thank you for donating you get extra/specific rituals and workings.

Not to say you wouldn't ever get them with your GD but your free to choose. Its not a " send your money otherwise you'll stay weak" but if you donate there's things you'll also get that's worth your donation so it doesn't feel like your getting nothing in return..