Divinities as Reservoiurs of Supernatural Resources: African Perspective

Abstract

This paper focuses on divinities as reserviour of Supernatural resources African perspective. In African religious thoughts the divinities are believed to be imbued with inherent supernatural benefits often described as supernatural resources such s rain, bountiful harvest, fertility of soil and reproduction, wealth, etc. This, however, for the Africans described the divinities as reservoirs of supernatural resources. Therefore, for the Africans, these supernatural l benefits are often sought for in every aspect of life (before planting, for fruit of womb and success in commercial activities). For the Africans, not everybody is qualified to approach the divinities to tap these benefits rather there are specialists (priests, diviners, medicine men) who are professionally trained or set aside to approach the divinities with rituals, sacrifices, offerings, prayers to access these resources in such places as shrines, grooves, caves often believed to be sacred. The study adopted methodology adopted was phenomenological approach to interpret and describe the roles of divinities as reserviours of supernatural resources.

Keywords: Divinities, Supernatural Resources and Reserviours.