First and foremost, Chivanhu is the folkloric, culture and conduct of Shona people in Zimbabwe (i.e. tsika nemagariro) and furthermore, Chivanhu encompasses operative magick and divining magick as a means of ancestor worship (or the veneration of the dead).
Therefore in the aforementioned context, it is a religion to people who worship Musikavanhu via appeasing ancestral spirits to take into account their needs, wishes, and desires.
First and foremost, Chivanhu is the folkloric, culture and conduct of Shona people in Dzimbabwe (i.e. tsika nemagariro) and furthermore, Chivanhu encompasses operative magick and divining magick as a means of ancestor worship (or the veneration of the dead).
Therefore in the aforementioned context, it is a religion to people who worship Musikavanhu via appeasing ancestral spirits to take into account their needs, wishes, and desires.
Were are the elements of divining and operative magick in Chivanhu?
Any minor similarities between Chivanhu and Kabbalah?
Any minor similarities between Chivanhu and Kabbalah?
Probably how the adepts in Kabbalah can create a golem and in Chivanhu people can create their own chikwambo.
So a golem is just the same thing as a chikwambo?
If Chivanhu involves both operative magick and divining magick why do some people say that Chivanhu is compatible with Christianity?
So can Zimbabwe's African Traditional Religion really be compatible with the Bible?
So a golem is just the same thing as a chikwambo?
The Traditional African Religion side of Chivanhu is the one that is NOT compatible with Christianity. I am talking about things like:
Anything else is okay because Chivanhu also instructs people to observe good manners and ubuntu. There is nothing wrong with that. Even Christianity clearly encourages people to live in peace and harmony.
- Necromancy
- Witchcraft
- Theurgy
- Oneirocritics
- etc.
What is "oneirocritics?"
Oneirocritics is part of divining magick. It's basically the process of foretelling the future via dreams.
It can, for example, be used to interpret whether someone has mashavi, mudzimu (ancestral spirit) or not.
So can oneirocriticism be used to tell if someone has shavi renjuzu?
Does Chivanhu accept and support the LGBT rights movement in Dzimbabwe?