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
Before we begin getting into the concept of promises, we have to address the context. This article will feature a perspective based on an African Traditional Religion known as Palo Mayombe informally or Nkisi Malongo formally. Even if you are an initiated member of said traditional religion, there is no guarantee that your initiation is
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Palo Mayombe
When people think about The Boogeyman they think of some mysterious bad figure that is out to get them, when I think of The Boogeyman I think of a fictional character that people use to manipulate others into all sorts of situations, usually resulting in some sort of a profitable exchange. It is important to
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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Palo Mayombe
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
The Spiritual Roads Read More »
Palo Mayombe
Time isn’t real. It’s an illusion crafted by the living, a fleeting measurement that spirits transcend as they dance beyond the boundaries of seconds, centuries, and everything in between. To immortals, time is something that simply does not exist because it does not affect their reality. They can simply drift and exist as far and
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
