01:014:103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Cowry, Olokun, Systematic Chaos
20 Oct 2016
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Susceptible to conversion to different religions: belief in a supreme being, conversion from own belief systems to christianity. Identify oldest ancestor as coming from the east. Power numbers: 16, 8, 4: 16 city states. Core belief system / ethics: balance expressed through good character. Values: honesty, fairness, etc: good character = walk with a cool head . Understanding of nature of the universe: energy is in constant motion (the one = olokun) Spark of divinity = ashe: so be it: is in everything and everyone, saw everything as connected, energy expressions in the world are moving between expansion and contraction. Thursday, october 6, 2016: judicial society, ancestral society: agungun. Reincarnation: children are ancestors come again: babatunde. Divination: searching for answers through a higher being. searching to solve the mystery: tools. Cowry shells: front = expansion, back = contraction. Palm nuts from sacred palm tree (16): remove 16 palm nuts between hands and you say prayers.
