There is a Temple Complex with a Chamber Presence of God in Igboland. It is a rare and surprising find. This is because the Igboland of Nigeria is a place where every traditional village or town has sacred structures built and spaces domesticated for tutelary spirits and other divinities, but none for God--Chukwu (The Great Spirit). In fact, in Igbo ontology, the absence of any religious architecture specifically built for Chukwu is based upon the Igbo belief that the Great Spirit, in relation to the other divinities or supernatural entities, is so incomprehensibly huge in size and incredibly multidimensional that the Igbo people do not even begin to contemplate building a house for him. Hence, it was quite astonishing to me to arrive at the dark Chamber Presence to which Igbo people in the past went, and some still go to feel the awesome presence of God. Historical Background In pre-colonial times, oblation and propitiation rites were p...
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