Branch, House, and Lineage You can open almost any corner of the internet and find someone teaching spiritual work with total confidence. The voice is steady. The claims are large. The followers are many. Ask that person simple questions and the confidence falls apart. Who taught you? What house do you belong to? What lineage
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Palo Mayombe
Let us preface this article with the disclaimer that the things written below are how they were taught to me, if you already have an elder please go ask them about this subject and do not take the teachings you find online by someone who is not your elder as the gospel. If you do
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Palo Mayombe
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 forget that children are themselves, still figuring out this life
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Espiritismo, Palo Mayombe
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 convincing these people to believe in all sorts of things
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Palo Mayombe
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 modern practice that only really began it’s journey somewhere about
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Palo Mayombe
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 Traditional Religions. These ceremonies in and of themselves are life
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Palo Mayombe
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 a click, there is still so much confusion as to
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 herein is meant to offend or disrespect anyone, just educate
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Palo Mayombe
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 terrible situations as elders and as god children of elders
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Palo Mayombe