My late dad was an Nze n'Ozor, so he used to appear in my dream, and he answers my prayers whenever I pray to him. He's now onye Ichie. In Igbo land, you can actually pray to your late father and the prayer will manifest if your late dad was once an Nze na Ozo, Ichie etc...before he past away. This reminds me of the book I red years back titled "the dead never gone". Thanks for your great teachings, use Igbo language next time.
Thanks for the lecture. WE THE UMU OWUWA ANYWU SOLICIT YOU TO WRITE A BOOK ABOUT THIS TO BE LECTURED IN SCHOOL SO THAT UP GENERATION WILL RECEIVE THE ENLIGHTENMENT AND NOT BE DECEIVED ANY MORE LIKE OUR GENERATION. UDO DIRI GI.
I´m not a christian but this concept of ancestors reminded me of a bible: But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage. 36In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God. 37Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’…
Thanks Good brother,, our ancestors will be very happy for you and those who understand and believe. We forget our pass that y things are going wrong know self defense always fall in hands of our enemies, our forefathers are not like this, they are strong in all round.
Eze Ikolo Mmuo, once again your intellectual approach to matters of Odinala is mind blowing and mentally stimulating. Personally I've been working on a short piece on spirits for my page for close to a week now and I have some interesting insights I wish to share. Permit me to take a different approach to this discussion as I see these concepts from a slightly different point of view. Alas you're right, there is an error in translation and that's the reason for this divergence of perspectives based on the subject matter. This is going to be quite long by the way but I promise it's worth your time. First of fall, I don't believe Odinala is polytheistic because I don't even believe we as Igbos have gods. The have Chukwu, we have Chi (which is the piece of Chukwu that dwells within us) and we have Mmuo which is the spiritual essence of Chuwku's creations. The use of the word gods is erroneous and I'll explain why. Odinala, according to my school of thought, is a type of spirituality I call monotheistic animism. I say so because we recognize and acknowledge Chukwu and His presence in everything that exists. In other words there is Chukwu and every other being created by Chukwu is or has mmuo. That's why we can directly connect with the mmuo that dwells within a tree or a rock or a stream or an animal. Even we as mmadu nwe kwa mmuo, and that's what would be venerated as ndi iche after we are long gone because our bodies would wither and decay, but our mmuo lives on. So as ndi Igbo, we don't necessarily have that distinction between God and gods. We have God which is Chukwu and we have spirits which is mmuo. And all spirits share in the divinity of Chukwu because every spirit also has a Chi. And this brings me to my second point. Now, some spirits have been identified and acknowledged as being worthy of one form of devotion or another. This is what we erroneously refer to as the gods. But you have to remember that Ogwugwu abulo alusi, ya na Agwu, na Ngene and the rest of them. Ha bu mmuo... that's what our ancestors knew them as. Any mmuo could attain this status if we see reasons why they should be acknowledged as such. That's where the different types of spirits come into play and this determines their deific status as well as manner and level of devotion. I'll continue as a comment to this comment because I dont believe I have enough word count per comment to carry on
...cont. Now my third point is this. As you have rightly said, alusi in itself is not a god or deity or whatever. Alusi is merely an energy point or a means or "device" used in channeling the energy and essence of of an mmuo or groups of mmuo as the case may be. NB, I use the word deity(ies) for the sake of relational convenience as I try to distinguish between one form of spirit from the other, hancha niile bucha mmuo. Of course you know we have different types of deities like the agbalas which are primordial entities and are in most cases custodians of different aspects and domains of creation like Amadioha, the Lord of the Sky, Ala, the earth Mother and ruler of the land etc. These are non human spirits and have existed since the beginning of creation. We have the deified ancestors or ndi iche, which are human spirits that have attained the level of great and mostly communal devotion like your dearly beloved Edo Nnewi, and we have other forms of mmuo which are neither here nor there. They could be high vibration or low vibration entities but would need to be specifically channeled through their respective "alusis". As a dibia you know what I mean. Notice how I never used the word worship, let's talk about it as my fourth point. I strongly believe that as ndi Igbo we DO NOT worship these beings. We have deep devotion to them and a transactional kinda relationship with them. Worship entails total "non negotiable" surrender and submission of ones will, wellbeing and devotion to a divinity. We don't kneel down or bow down to any spirit. rather we sit and converse with them, almost as equals, bearing in mind their divine nature and according them their due reverence. Yes we offer sacrifices, but not because it would necessarily make them happy, but because we (us and the mmuo) would mutually benefit from that sacrifice. We expect something in return, either directly or indirectly. Let me stop here for now. I was preparing to use these points on my own video on a similar topic for my page, but I'm happy to share my ideas for the sake of the collective effort towards taking Odinala to greater heights. Remember, these are my points of view based on my school of thought. I'm not negating your views, I'm only offering a different perspective on the same matter. Thanks for this video and the others like it, I actually learnt somethings tonight by watching this video, I am grateful.
Your contribution is really long. Thanks for taking out time to add a divergent angle. However, there is no argument about Odinani being polytheistic. Polytheism is simply admitting the existence of other Gods. In Monotheism, there is no admittance. Ndi Igbo believe in plurality of Gods. This is an undisputed fact.
Very insightful teaching and very educative. Could you through more light on some Alusi that still ask for sacrifices from family members even when they are not interested anymore and how can such people free themselves. For instance, ife nwele ike gbaa na afa, na nna nna fibelu alusi ego mana onweghi onye n'atulu ya aja na nya ka ife ji Adaa aga n'ilu.
Great one, the white man has the same concept. The elementals. You forgot to mention deities; half man, half god. Plus Jesus is just a name, not a title. Thank you for sharing your knowledge still. More light to your lamp, Ikolo mmuo the great one.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAZI,YOU ARE A BLESSING TO OUR GENERATION....PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS EITHER DOING A PROGRAM OR ANSWER HERE.....I WAS INFORMED IN THE PAST THAT ALUSI ARE ACTUALLY CREATED IN THE PAST BY HUMANS AGREEING TO SACRIFICE THEIR LIFES FOR THEIR COMMUNITY WHICH GAVE ME THIS MINDSET OF CHRIST DOING SAME FOR HIS PEOPLE BUT LATER OVER EXAGERATED TO DIE FOR THE WORLD....I WANT TO KNOW IF ITS TRUE ALUSI ARE HUMANS SACRIFICED THEIR LIFE FOR THE COMMUNITIES AND THEIR SPIRITS EXIST AS ENERGY AS THE ALUSI?
It's not all Alusi that were created through people willingly sacrificing themselves. Some created with people kidnapped and used without their consent. Some were created with animals/roots. There are many ways to the river. What is used in creating an Alusi is at the discretion of the instituting human party.
Sorry dear but Igbo tradition and spirituality is for the igbos... u can't practice other ppl tradition. It simply won't work. His teachings are all about knowing ur root.
My teachings are not for Igbos alone. They are for any open minded person anywhere who wants to know about Ndi Igbo. You see, I cannot really teach with Igbo. However, I have some teachings I have done with Igbo language. Dalu.
Hi great teacher, I love the way you reveal the ancestral truth. May I know if you do consultations as in readings? Alternatively, can you point me to someone you recommend? Please let me know and if it’s possible may I get your WhatsApp/contact details to proceed. Many thanks Tobe Osigwe
My late dad was an Nze n'Ozor, so he used to appear in my dream, and he answers my prayers whenever I pray to him. He's now onye Ichie.
In Igbo land, you can actually pray to your late father and the prayer will manifest if your late dad was once an Nze na Ozo, Ichie etc...before he past away. This reminds me of the book I red years back titled "the dead never gone". Thanks for your great teachings, use Igbo language next time.
Yagazielugi!
Greetings Great one. I honestly needed this teaching. Thank from cameroon
Dalu. Thanks for watching
Thanks for the lecture. WE THE UMU OWUWA ANYWU SOLICIT YOU TO WRITE A BOOK ABOUT THIS TO BE LECTURED IN SCHOOL SO THAT UP GENERATION WILL RECEIVE THE ENLIGHTENMENT AND NOT BE DECEIVED ANY MORE LIKE OUR GENERATION. UDO DIRI GI.
Very informative, love it
I´m not a christian but this concept of ancestors reminded me of a bible: But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage. 36In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God. 37Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’…
Eze ikolomuo ! Eze umuokolobia !!
Thanks Good brother,, our ancestors will be very happy for you and those who understand and believe.
We forget our pass that y things are going wrong know self defense always fall in hands of our enemies, our forefathers are not like this, they are strong in all round.
Yagazielugi!
Great teaching.
Where do Akwali-Omumu and Arobinagu fall under
Akwali is an adjunct of Ogwugwu. Arobinagu simply means strength. Arobinagu is a man made power point. It's made with a specific mandate.
Eze Ikolo Mmuo, once again your intellectual approach to matters of Odinala is mind blowing and mentally stimulating. Personally I've been working on a short piece on spirits for my page for close to a week now and I have some interesting insights I wish to share.
Permit me to take a different approach to this discussion as I see these concepts from a slightly different point of view. Alas you're right, there is an error in translation and that's the reason for this divergence of perspectives based on the subject matter. This is going to be quite long by the way but I promise it's worth your time.
First of fall, I don't believe Odinala is polytheistic because I don't even believe we as Igbos have gods. The have Chukwu, we have Chi (which is the piece of Chukwu that dwells within us) and we have Mmuo which is the spiritual essence of Chuwku's creations. The use of the word gods is erroneous and I'll explain why.
Odinala, according to my school of thought, is a type of spirituality I call monotheistic animism. I say so because we recognize and acknowledge Chukwu and His presence in everything that exists. In other words there is Chukwu and every other being created by Chukwu is or has mmuo. That's why we can directly connect with the mmuo that dwells within a tree or a rock or a stream or an animal. Even we as mmadu nwe kwa mmuo, and that's what would be venerated as ndi iche after we are long gone because our bodies would wither and decay, but our mmuo lives on. So as ndi Igbo, we don't necessarily have that distinction between God and gods. We have God which is Chukwu and we have spirits which is mmuo. And all spirits share in the divinity of Chukwu because every spirit also has a Chi. And this brings me to my second point.
Now, some spirits have been identified and acknowledged as being worthy of one form of devotion or another. This is what we erroneously refer to as the gods. But you have to remember that Ogwugwu abulo alusi, ya na Agwu, na Ngene and the rest of them. Ha bu mmuo... that's what our ancestors knew them as. Any mmuo could attain this status if we see reasons why they should be acknowledged as such. That's where the different types of spirits come into play and this determines their deific status as well as manner and level of devotion. I'll continue as a comment to this comment because I dont believe I have enough word count per comment to carry on
...cont.
Now my third point is this. As you have rightly said, alusi in itself is not a god or deity or whatever. Alusi is merely an energy point or a means or "device" used in channeling the energy and essence of of an mmuo or groups of mmuo as the case may be. NB, I use the word deity(ies) for the sake of relational convenience as I try to distinguish between one form of spirit from the other, hancha niile bucha mmuo.
Of course you know we have different types of deities like the agbalas which are primordial entities and are in most cases custodians of different aspects and domains of creation like Amadioha, the Lord of the Sky, Ala, the earth Mother and ruler of the land etc. These are non human spirits and have existed since the beginning of creation. We have the deified ancestors or ndi iche, which are human spirits that have attained the level of great and mostly communal devotion like your dearly beloved Edo Nnewi, and we have other forms of mmuo which are neither here nor there. They could be high vibration or low vibration entities but would need to be specifically channeled through their respective "alusis". As a dibia you know what I mean. Notice how I never used the word worship, let's talk about it as my fourth point.
I strongly believe that as ndi Igbo we DO NOT worship these beings. We have deep devotion to them and a transactional kinda relationship with them. Worship entails total "non negotiable" surrender and submission of ones will, wellbeing and devotion to a divinity. We don't kneel down or bow down to any spirit. rather we sit and converse with them, almost as equals, bearing in mind their divine nature and according them their due reverence. Yes we offer sacrifices, but not because it would necessarily make them happy, but because we (us and the mmuo) would mutually benefit from that sacrifice. We expect something in return, either directly or indirectly.
Let me stop here for now. I was preparing to use these points on my own video on a similar topic for my page, but I'm happy to share my ideas for the sake of the collective effort towards taking Odinala to greater heights. Remember, these are my points of view based on my school of thought. I'm not negating your views, I'm only offering a different perspective on the same matter.
Thanks for this video and the others like it, I actually learnt somethings tonight by watching this video, I am grateful.
Your contribution is really long. Thanks for taking out time to add a divergent angle. However, there is no argument about Odinani being polytheistic. Polytheism is simply admitting the existence of other Gods. In Monotheism, there is no admittance.
Ndi Igbo believe in plurality of Gods. This is an undisputed fact.
Great teaching, thank you very much
Very insightful teaching and very educative. Could you through more light on some Alusi that still ask for sacrifices from family members even when they are not interested anymore and how can such people free themselves. For instance, ife nwele ike gbaa na afa, na nna nna fibelu alusi ego mana onweghi onye n'atulu ya aja na nya ka ife ji Adaa aga n'ilu.
Go back to Afa and find out what to do.
Thank you sir
Great one, the white man has the same concept. The elementals. You forgot to mention deities; half man, half god. Plus Jesus is just a name, not a title.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge still. More light to your lamp, Ikolo mmuo the great one.
Please, why don't teach all this at schools in the southeast because our children are losing their culture and traditions.
The truth is not for the masses. Meanwhile, our schools were created with Western curriculum.
Those it mean that those people that created the Alusi are the one controlling it or it acts on his own ?
Every creator have serious level of control over its creation. Failure to do so, the creation can go rogue.
which means they can use it to do evil ,I taught that "Arusi anaghi egbu , onye aka ya di ocha."?
Is AGWU an Alusi?
No
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAZI,YOU ARE A BLESSING TO OUR GENERATION....PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS EITHER DOING A PROGRAM OR ANSWER HERE.....I WAS INFORMED IN THE PAST THAT ALUSI ARE ACTUALLY CREATED IN THE PAST BY HUMANS AGREEING TO SACRIFICE THEIR LIFES FOR THEIR COMMUNITY WHICH GAVE ME THIS MINDSET OF CHRIST DOING SAME FOR HIS PEOPLE BUT LATER OVER EXAGERATED TO DIE FOR THE WORLD....I WANT TO KNOW IF ITS TRUE ALUSI ARE HUMANS SACRIFICED THEIR LIFE FOR THE COMMUNITIES AND THEIR SPIRITS EXIST AS ENERGY AS THE ALUSI?
It's not all Alusi that were created through people willingly sacrificing themselves. Some created with people kidnapped and used without their consent. Some were created with animals/roots. There are many ways to the river. What is used in creating an Alusi is at the discretion of the instituting human party.
@@Ezeikolomuo thanks for the Enlightenment
in your page to learn how to leave my life as a traditional worshiper
May you find the illumination you seek. Yagazielugi!
Your teaching is very educating but will be more of help if said in igbo language
Why???? Many are not igbo what about US????
Sorry dear but Igbo tradition and spirituality is for the igbos... u can't practice other ppl tradition. It simply won't work. His teachings are all about knowing ur root.
My teachings are not for Igbos alone. They are for any open minded person anywhere who wants to know about Ndi Igbo. You see, I cannot really teach with Igbo. However, I have some teachings I have done with Igbo language. Dalu.
Hi great teacher, I love the way you reveal the ancestral truth. May I know if you do consultations as in readings? Alternatively, can you point me to someone you recommend? Please let me know and if it’s possible may I get your WhatsApp/contact details to proceed. Many thanks Tobe Osigwe
I do not do Afa divination. I only teach and explain Odinani Igbo. Unfortunately, people I can recommend to you will require physical presence.
@@EzeikolomuoPls Nze Tobe osigwe recommend me to them and location pls I'm interested 🙏