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These are selected essays written on my facebook page January 2015: "Mami Wata's Origins Have Nothing To Do With The Mythological Greek and Roman Sybils"; "Diaspora "Cookie Cutter" Spiritual Initiations: The Damaging Effect"; "Vodun And... more
Essay written on my Facebook page, 8/25/2018, discussing the true source of spiritual power.
African Ancient History, Ancient Egpyt, Kamit, Kemet, Hebrews in Egypt, West African History, Pre-colonial Togo, Ewe People, Mount Agou.
Essay written on my facebook page, 12/13/2015 (11:40 pm), discussing the absolute need for authentic African divination before initiation and to determine initiation.
Le rapport entre société et environnement en Afrique définie par une vision du monde bidimensionnelle, encadrée par une pensée magico-religieuse qui promeut la cohabitation de l’invisible avec le visible. Ce cadre permet d’envisager... more
This publication is a draft of a Research work that will be published very soon as a book. It deals in depth and thouroughly with the scientific questions about the Concept of Wicthcraft and its place in the Worldview and in the mystical... more
Essay written on my facebook page, 2/27/2016, discussing how one receives spiritual powers in African spirituality.
This paper engages the idea of critical thinking from an African-centered perspective centralizing the role of African and African Diasporic culture in knowledge construction in Africana Studies. “Putting some soul into critical thinking”... more
Jalons pour une Historiographie objective d'Agu Kebo-Toé (Togo) et Contribution à l'Histoire des Àguàwó au sein des Eʋèawó.
This is an annotation composed as footnotes upon the: Sawq’l-Umma Ila Ittiba` as-Sunna of my spiritual master, my doctrine of belief, my lamp, my support, my spiritual path, my guide and proof, the reviver of the Sunna, the knower of... more
This concise but superb bibliographical study by Shaykh Abd’l-Qaadir ibn al-Mustafa ibn Muhammad at-Turuudi called Salwat’l-Ahzaan (The Easing of Sorrow by Mentioning Some of the Spiritually Elite from the People of this Age) is a timely... more
This is a draft of a public Talk given in Paris (France) on March 12th, 2012 on the Invitation of the Panafrican Organisation "Maison des Kemites Marcus Mosiah Garvey". It gives some fundamental insights in the African Origin of some core... more
IZAALAT DHAMEEM KHISAAL AL-QIRD BI IKTISHAAF ANWAAR KITAAB AL-WIRD (The Removal of the Obnoxious Traits of the Rogue Monkey by Disclosing the Illuminations of the Book of the Litany) A Commentary Upon the Kitaab Wird Sayf al-Haqq of... more
The main concern in this paper is to go beyond the trivial perception propagated through the judeo-christian missionarism about some fondamental spiritual and theological concepts like that of the Guardian Angel and to deal deeply and... more
An essay written on my Facebook page, 12/9/2015, discussing money, its relationship to vodun and what those who are of humble means can do to help in acquiring those funds needed to complete their spiritual work.
This seminal paper gives torough and systematic insights in the ontological and anthropological Foundations of Magic ("Dzòkà" for practical Magic and "Kagbó" for high Magic) and Witchcraft ("Àdzé") in the perspective of the West African... more
Preface The Tafriqa of Shehu Uthman ibn Fuduye` is an early text on the science of Sufism, written during the beginning of the reform movement that resulted in the establishment of the SOKOTO CALIPHATE, the largest most successful Islamic... more
This text is a compilation of three important supplications against enemies, the envious, the unjust and evil doers: composed by Shaykh Abdullahi Dan Fodio, Shaykh Muhammad Tukur and Shaykh Abd’l-Qaadir al-Jaylani. The supplication... more
This concise but spiritually rich text the Training of Humanity Against the Traits of Satan was composed in 1827 after Shaykh Abdullahi had retired from active rule of the Gwandu Province of the western Sokoto Caliphate. Shaykh Abdullahi... more
This litany of twenty prayers upon the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace was composed by the Shehu during the beginning of his reform movement, between the period of 1774 and 1784. The late Shaykh Bashir ibn Ahmad ibn Qadi... more
While the contemporary world has been heralded as being “post-racial”, we can look all-around to see evidence that this assertion is not only flawed but false. Religion is generally blamed as the key culprit for the escalating conflicts... more
I actually translated this work back in 1993-94 whie working as a Muslim Chaplain for the California Department of Corrections. I translated the work becuase I wanted the Muslim inmates to have access to the kind of noble and virtuous... more
This paper tackles the interference of Witchcraft or Sorcery (Adzé) with Politics in the West African context, especially in TOGO. It shows how an organization shown as a "political party" is rather a congregation of Witches and Sorcerers... more
This is one of the key litanies of Shehu Uthman ibn Fuduye` which he transmitted to his disciples regarding the prayer upon the Prophet.
Although it has been acknowledged that the early European Christian missionaries to Africa have contributed significantly to the emergence and growth of Christianity on the continent, it is also obvious that the ethnocentric tendencies... more
Through an anti-colonial, critical development and Indigenous discursive framework, this paper attempts to deconstruct the Euro-Western epistemological dominance of development in Africa by exploring the epistemology and axiology of the... more
I sell EBooks mainly on the subject of Practical Spirituality and also various types of Notebooks on Amazon. This is a free sample. ponderedinfinity@gmail.com
This article tackles two core and fundamental Concepts in the perspective of the African ancient Mystic, Cosmogony and Spirituality: - the fundamental Concept of Cosmic and Original Fire ("SO"); - the fundamental Concept of Original and... more
It can be helpful, for Westerners, to consider ancestral spirits to be a pre-literacy version of books. Many Westerners read a lot. Others receive information from people who have read a lot. Not-Western cultures also need guidance on how... more
This litany was the final litany which Shaykh Abdullahi ibn Fuduye` adhered to during his final years. It can be recited after the asr or the maghrib prayers, but its best time is immediately after the subh prayer. If an aspirant recites... more
This small litany by the Sultan of the Awliyya, Muhy'd-Deen Abd'l-Qaadir al-Jaylaani is the weapon of the oppressed Muslim. It is like a spiritual drone missile which reaches its targets without any collateral damage. Rather than Muslims... more
The paper highlights the historical development of African Zionism, with special reference to the four major messianic churches. Socio-political conditions and other factors contributed to the formation of African Zionism. Israel's... more
Esoteric Story about ShÀNGÓ, ÒGE and ÒRÚNMÌLÀ, how ShÀNGÓ became King of Kings. Teaching given by the Spirit Tata G, spiritual Emissary of Baba Oduduwa.
This is the the daily wird of the Qaadiriyya litany as transmitted from the Shehu to his disciples.
Essay written on my Facebook page, 3/8/2021, discussing the sacredness of certain hours in African Vodun.
Essay written on my facebook page, 3/1/2016, discussing how greed, envy and jealousy makes it almost impossible to grow spiritually.
Cross-cultural spiritual direction is particularly complex and difficult when we take into consideration ethnic, religious, regional and other subcultures within a larger shared culture. This need is and can be fulfilled by the work of... more
The study intends to add to practical knowledge about the use and implementation of leadership programmes, but also to challenge theoretical understanding of Inspirational Leadership in Africa. The theoretical foundation related to the... more
Despite its rituals of rupture and discourse of discontinuity, Pentecostalism does not always succeed in dislodging church participants from their pre-existing religious worlds. This paper connects the eclectic, everyday engagements of... more