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ONYEKPEZE AND IKACULTURAL MATTERS In Ika community, the word priest, oheren-iyi (priests, iheren iyi) is popularly used for an official servant of a god, and he normally ministers at a temple or a shrine. A few of such priests, ihieren-iye, are found in the quarters where there are shrines where offerings are made. Examples of…
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IKA CULTURAL CUM TRADITIONAL RELIGION Diviners (Witch doctors) In Ika community culture, the diviner is an important figure. He is consulted on many occasions in life. He is a ‘medicine-man’ and often a ‘witch doctor’. He deals in drugs, most of which, however, have a magical rather than pharmaceutical value. He diagnoses the spiritual causes…
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ONYEKPEZE AND IKA CULTURAL MATTERS BELIEF IN MAGIC AND MEDICINE IN IKA CULTURE The basis of medicine is religion inasmuch as it came from the Supreme Deity and operates through a tutelary deity or spirit. Magic certainly finds a place in the practice of medicine. In fact, the two can become so interlinked as to…
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IKA CULTURAL CUM TRADITIONAL RELIGION From the discussion on Ika Traditional Religion so far, it is clear that since the dawn of consciousness, Ika people like others, have been confronted with the need to cope with powers greater than their own. The competitions and riddles of life have been such that urge them to look…
