Articles
Dance: Healing, Sexual Energy & Creativity
Dance: Healing, Sexual Energy & Creativity by Verona Spence-Adofo Publish Date: Sun 10th Mar 2024 I’ve been meaning to write this piece for some time, as this message came to me clearly throughout January as I received insight during [...]
Message from the Maternal Lands
Message from the Maternal Lands by Verona Spence-Adofo Publish Date: Fri 9th Feb 2024 2 min Read I’m a firm believer that whatever I need to know spirit will find a way to show it to me… My most [...]
Fascinating Forms of Divination
Fascinating Forms of Divination by Verona Spence-Adofo Publish Date: Mon 22nd Jan 2024 Exploring African cosmologies has been a passion of mine for some time now, but one thing that has always stood out and continues to captivate me, [...]
Lula & the African Gods
The entire world was captivated on the 8th of January as we all watched anarchy descend on the Brazilian capital city of Brasilia, in scenes reminiscent of the United States capital riots of January 2021, two years before. One of [...]
Embodying our creative potential
Publish Date: Wed 22nd Nov 2023 Our ability to create is the expression of the Divine essence that lives within us all. Through this innate gift, we can bring forth our talents, skills and use them to make profound [...]
Embracing Transformation: Navigating Eclipse Season
Embracing Transformation: Navigating Eclipse Season Date: 24th Oct 2023 The current eclipse season has thrown numerous challenges, pushing limits and demanding profound introspection. However, amidst the turmoil, it has also provided ample opportunities for growth and self-improvement. As we [...]
Birth of a Healer
Published: Mon 17th July 2023 Birth of a Healer by Verona Spence-Adofo It’s taken years of frustration, internal reflection and healing to reach the level of clarity and insight that I'm about to share. My 13-year journey with Ancestral [...]
Primordial Waters: Resurgence of the Divine Feminine
Published: Sun 4th June 2023 For the past few weeks, I have been working on a presentation exploring the significance of water across African and Diasporic Cosmologies. Just as water flows, it feels like the floodgates of my mind [...]
The Breath of Creation
Published: Sun 2nd April 2023 The Breath of Creation by Dalian Adofo ‘God’ is Breath, the air we take in every second! This firm conclusion was finalised in my mind whilst being cooled by a tropical breeze at 4am in [...]
Time to bring forth our own unique medicine
WATCH VIDEO REPLAY Excerpt from the Keynote Speech by Verona Spence-Adofo at the Embodying Decolonial Freedoms virtual event & panel discussion on the intersections of decolonized healing, African Spirituality and Ancestral Ways of Knowing. (Jan 2023) You are here! [...]
Esu By The Cuban Door
ESU BY THE CUBAN DOOR by Dalian AdofoThere he was, right at the doorway, visible to all who walked by. Seated comfortably in his clay pot with cowries for eyes that shone bright in the dark alleyway of central Havana. Mesmerised [...]
Primal force used by traditional healers of Southern Africa
The exploration of African spiritual philosophies provides the opportunity to gain greater understanding of the interconnectedness between various global spiritual concepts and practices. Through this vital learning experience, we can connect the missing pieces of the historical & cultural jigsaw [...]
The Reluctant Healer
The Reluctant Healer . This article is inspired by an experience I had recently where I was inundated with spiritual messages regarding what it means to be a healer. I was hit with ultimate clarity as the information flowed [...]
Cleansing Your Ancestors
By PNS Buthelezi In Southern African indigenous spirituality it is believed that humans are on a journey the objective of which is union with God. Spirits burdened by their past deeds on earth cannot be punished indefinitely. Ideally all spirits [...]
Spiritual Parasites
Spiritual Parasites . I've wanted to write this article for a while, but now time permits I’m called to share this experience. The message of spiritual parasites started to gradually increase during the period of 2020-2021 as it was [...]
Ogun Lakaye: 11 Year Journey To Initiation
Initiation into spiritual systems has always held a fascinating space in my imagination since my reading of Malidoma’s seminal account of his in the book ‘Of Water and Spirit’. This interest was piqued even more so by Carlos Castaneda’s [...]
George Washington Carver (2 min read)
The ability to communicate with nature and understand the properties of plants is one of the key gifts possessed by African traditional healers in aiding them to understand their curative elements so as to use them for healing. Often [...]
Decolonising Faith
The summer of 2020 gripped the entire world with the fervour of social justice change. The killing of unarmed Black man, George Floyd, in the United States, transformed the ‘Black Lives Matter’ into a global movement seeking alternate socio-economic-political [...]
There’s No Shortcuts On The Road Of Spirituality
There’s No Shortcuts On The Road Of Spirituality . We live in the digital age where information is available at the touch of our finger tips. This level of accessibly has created an expectation in people of receiving things [...]
African Conceptions Of The Creator/’God’
African Conceptions Of The Creator/’God' By Dalian Adofo – Spirit is Eternal (book excerpt) The anthropomorphic conceptions of the Creator/’God’ amongst Africans have never been solely confined to the human form, hence it is quite common to have more [...]
We Give Thanks To The Ancestors
We Give Thanks To The Ancestors By Keketso Motale- Sangoma (Healer & Diviner), iNyanga (Herbalist) We give thanks for the gifts that keep on giving in exchange for healing. We give thanks to the Ancestors. The grandmothers and grandfather’s [...]
Why I Chose My Ancestors Over Religion
The summer of 1996 will always remain a poignant one for me, because of a range of communicational phenomena that would start to occur that continues to illuminate my life to date. It would be the period I would [...]
Whitewashing African Spirituality
By Dalian Adofo (Ancestral Voices Co-director) In the not too distant past, Africans were faced with a grave decision under the threat of death. In bondage and servitude, both continentally and in the Diaspora, they were to either relinquish [...]
Vodou, Nsibidi and Freemasonry
By Omisefun Fagbenro Amusan (Guest Writer) The African origins of various areas of society are often overlooked and one noticeable area that is not thoroughly explored is the African origins of Freemasonry. This piece is inspired by the article below [...]