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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There are many predatory words, phrases and buzzwords being used in the spiritual landscape and social media today, most of which go unchecked because the people who really know are largely being dismissed in favor of those who know nothing but speak with confidence. It has been an ongoing trend for years now, the elders
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There is so much buzz on spiritual social media, which is already something that should not exist. Keep in mind that spirituality is something that should not be taught or learned from random strangers online because there is no way to verify validity. There are an alarming amount of people who are just making things
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Somewhere along the way, a stranger decided for you what Palo Mayombe is, and they decided it in a language of fear: curses, darkness, and a door you were told never to open. I am the head of a house in this tradition, with a written record that begins in 1815, and I am here
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When speaking on the subject of Spiritual Privacy there are many factors that have to be discussed and taken into account. This one broad subject can lead into several narrow but deep subjects that are crucial to the collective that is your spiritual state and progression of it. We have to start with the origins
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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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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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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