SPIRITUALISM IN AFRICAAND THE METAPHYSICAL OPERATION OF THE UNIVERSE

The content of this research is of the view that, the Spiritualism and the metaphysical operation of the universe in connection to African environment is not only a topic matter that needs more attention, but it's a reality faced by Africans in totality. Therefore, it posits that the idea of spiritualism and metaphysical operation of the universe in Africa is that which is phenomenal and is made up of both the dual aspect of coexistence among Africans i.e the spiritual and physical environment. The central idea of man and his environment is manifested through the African metaphysics and cultural understanding of personhood in an environment cohabited by other forces which is made up of natural phenomenon which shares the environment with man, such as spirits, animals and plants that all walk around the face of the earth. Due to the important components of a dialect language used in the quest of this studies, the work will arrive at this conclusion after critically analyzing the issues and hermeneutic methods used to clarify the views of some key African conception of land with respect to existence. In addition, this work will try to synthesize the notions of Spirituality and the metaphysical operation of the universe in an African worldview in order to reach at a better understanding of the relationship that thus existed between man and force. An analytic approach will be applied in our quest of this research.

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