MS01.01.03.B01.F06.019

The Gods have their own special area
of competency. Priests attended the
medical, etc, needs of the people -
Man was a compound of material and
unmaterial substance. The spiritual
dominated. The fundamental unity of
the human personality was an assumed
function in West African sociey. Man's
journey through life was expressed in the following
manner: birth, puberty, marriage, death
and regeneration.
(Akan) Young children are born from the spirit
of the dead ancestor = Life continues.
A tooth for a tooth leaves everyone toothless
in the community; so there is no dictum of "an
eye for an eye" - May he come to respect our world
Child Ritual: Kicking with left foot = be moral
Kicking with right foot = become like me
Kicking = I am kicking you with my left foot
Kicking = I am kicking you with my right foot
The child going through the cycle of life
goes through certain rights which symbolize
his involvement in the new world.
Death = Ceremony of death
Nature was imbued with emminent
vitality - something of which man
has a part - not separate from
Behind every visable object lies
an [ essence Underlined] .
Vital substance and security are
a part of this essence.