Munanzo Kota Lima Temple of Nkisi Malongo

Spirituality and Children

Children are the future of the world. They are the ones who will carry the story of who we were and what we stood for to the next generations well beyond our departure from this world. This is what most people focus on but they …

Being A Student And Spiritual Learning

In recent times we have seen a big rise in people walking away from Abrahamic Religions and becoming more involved in spirituality. Unfortunately this has lead to many falling victim to the predators that exist in spiritual spaces. These predators are motivated and experienced in …

Spirituality Does Not Replace Medicine

Spirituality has existed for thousands of years, possibly since the beginning of humanity. In our African Traditional Religion of Palo Mayombe or as it’s proper name, Nkisi Malongo, it has existed as a set of religious beliefs for thousands of years. Medicine is a more …

Divination and Readings, The Hidden Dangers

There is so much depth to secrets and mysteries hidden from the plain eye in the world of the living. The living only have to live and they complicate even that. Its no surprise that divination and readings are such a staple in most African …

What Is An Elder?

There is so much emphasis on our blog about elders and our priests speak of elders so commonly but very rarely is the term actually defined. In this growing environment of the internet and all the resources available to the public at the end of …

Initiation into Palo Mayombe

First, we want to give a disclaimer that not everything I will mention is exactly the same for all houses and some do things somewhat different but all the core concepts and steps are still taken. We also would like to add that nothing said …

Understanding Spiritual Lineage

Lineage is one of the most important things in all of spirituality, not just this tradition. The subject of lineage is often discussed but in passing, its not properly emphasized or understood. It is due to this issue that so many people find themselves in …

The Importance of Learning From Elders

There are so many reasons to not want to learn spirituality from random people or from books with unknown sources, some of them are quite obvious and others are only known if you go deeper into thought about the concept. In almost every circumstance this …

The Necessity of Having Elders

Elders are pillars of traditions, they embody the principles and are custodians of wisdom and history of traditions. They are undeniably a necessary and critical part of these traditions. Tradition without history is not tradition, it is simply something that will be. See, every living …