The Vital Force: A Study of Àṣẹ in the Traditional and Neo-traditional Culture of the Yoruba PeopleDepartment of History of Religions, University of Lund, 1995 - 112 páginas The concept of ase is a life force held by the Yorubas of south-west Nigeria. This concept has developed in written sources and literature through the last 40 years. An extensive historico-critical investigation has resulted in the advantage of demystifying ase and vital forces in general as vivid pictures of a language game. The French scholar Pierre Verger and the Nigerian scholar Wande Abimbola are found to be the principal forerunners of the literary process leading to an ase orthodoxy. This study also postulates different traditions of the development context; A popular tradition, a philosophic esoteric tradition, and an academic tradition. |
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Chapter | 11 |
Chapter Three | 26 |
Chapter Four | 85 |
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Abeokuta Afonja agbara ancient Araba aṣẹ àshe attitudes Awolalu babalawo belief Benin blood called chapter Christian command concept of àṣẹ contemporary context creative cult curse Dahomey deities Drewals essence Èṣù ethnic Yoruba fertility forces of authority Frobenius Gelede give gods Hallgren Holy human Ibadan idea Idowu Ifá divination Ifè importance interpretation investigation ìwà King kingship Lawal Leo Frobenius lexical definition life-force Lucas Lund means mystical force neo-traditional process Nigeria Obafemi Awolowo University objects odù Oduyoye Olodumare Olorun Olupona opinion orenda orí orisa orthodoxy Orunmila Ossenj Parrinder Pemberton person philosophical Pierre Verger position potent speech power of words prayer priest Radin religious ritual words sacred sacrifice says scholars seems similar speaks spirit symbol term thesis things Thompson translates Ulli Beier understanding universe Urhobo uttered vital force vital power wakanda West African Wittgenstein writes Yoruba culture Yoruba language Yoruba religion Yoruba traditional Yorubaland