What is an Ikenga? - Igbo Mythology (masculine energy, drive, success, motivation, God force)

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  • Опубликовано: 3 дек 2024

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  • @TheMedicineShell
    @TheMedicineShell  2 года назад +3

    I've launched www.kedu.me! If you want to learn how to speak Igbo by the end of this year. If you have children, nieces and nephews! there are also classes for them! Asụsụ Igbo ga-adi!

    • @francisarinze6928
      @francisarinze6928 2 года назад +1

      This is beautiful, our people should learn our language no matter where they're born or raised. Igbo is the language of the First men, Ndi Ushi, Ndị Mbụ, Ndigbó (ancient people).

  • @Cocogottaknow
    @Cocogottaknow 4 года назад +21

    Thank you so much for teaching Igbo spirituality. Our culture will never die 👏🏾👏🏾

  • @ComptonWar
    @ComptonWar 4 года назад +26

    Thank you for this video. I appreciate you to the core for relaying this message , and especially in English. May your Ikenga continue to drive you to get whatever you need out of this matrix.

    • @TheMedicineShell
      @TheMedicineShell  4 года назад +5

      ofo! I was watching your channel earlier, keep up your good work as well

  • @kevinwindley7872
    @kevinwindley7872 Год назад +4

    YES , YES, YES FINALLY I FOUND A DEITY OR ARCHETYPES ,OR ENERGY THATS REPRESENT SELF MASTERY 💯💯💯

  • @sonofnok2153
    @sonofnok2153 3 года назад +7

    Igbo spirituality and Mythology is soooo deep, it scary, Lol!

  • @kireinosukinahito
    @kireinosukinahito 4 года назад +16

    Thank you for the info! I just found out that I am Ibo🤗 I am excited to learn all I can about the history and culture that was stolen from me, especially since I had never really heard Ibo peoples before. You are doing a service to those of us that are only just now stepping into the light and learning about our ancestral heritage.

  • @ogeo.8966
    @ogeo.8966 Год назад +1

    9:22 "Things you want done in the world must be done by you. Your desire to see them done are a clue for what your purpose on earth is...you are the divine intervention that you seek" - D.O. (paraphrased)

  • @paperlanes07
    @paperlanes07 3 года назад +4

    Came across this video almost a year ago and it explained alot to me, very thorough.
    Since then I've gone on to explore Igbo spirituality in depth, read king warrior magician lover, the Bhagavad-Gita...lots of literature
    Now I watch this video again and it's different. It resonates with me. I've felt exactly what he describes. The power of a connectedness to one's 'higher self', a focus and 'devine strength'
    I see more and more the devastation caused due to lack of rites of passage for men in today's society and the emptiness as many keep living unfulfilled lives...
    I don't know. Has this been done intentionally or are we genuinely loosing a valuable piece of ourselves over time?

  • @00788
    @00788 8 месяцев назад

    Wow! This is so on point brother love the way you teach it’s really good!

  • @UGOEBENAJA
    @UGOEBENAJA 4 года назад +16

    Love Your Channel. JI-SIE-->IKE

    • @Om-bo2oe
      @Om-bo2oe 4 года назад +4

      Afrikan Intelligence. I love your channel to. I love how incorporate Mrs Helen acholonus work. Unu wu Ndi Ichie ka Unu Jisike.

  • @charmer5060
    @charmer5060 Год назад

    The first time hearing of Ikenga, thx brother. It strikes a chord in my journey of knowing myself…

  • @lawrence1678
    @lawrence1678 4 года назад +9

    Great videos. I would love for you to do a video on the dibia's force and inner workings. Thanks again for the great content.

  • @littlelittlefingers
    @littlelittlefingers 3 года назад +2

    This philosophy might have just change my life

  • @vwirorogiwewhegbe9079
    @vwirorogiwewhegbe9079 Год назад

    Loved this video, very informative. I’d like to see a video on ivri, the urhobo version of ikenga

  • @blackmomba2916
    @blackmomba2916 2 года назад

    Love the presentation bro. Igbo kwenu.

  • @spacenewthought2851
    @spacenewthought2851 4 года назад +2

    Am studying the ikenga and ofo. I want more information on the use of ofo. Thanks for the illuminating thoughts from you my brother.

    • @TheMedicineShell
      @TheMedicineShell  4 года назад

      That video should be coming soon, and it will be brought up on my next video. There are details on the Ofo in this video as well. ruclips.net/video/4uscivz7Qyk/видео.html

  • @ladiluck88
    @ladiluck88 4 года назад +1

    This was great!! I love these videos.

  • @tobeobia
    @tobeobia 4 года назад +4

    daalu so! your channel has been enlightening. could you do a video on the agreements made in ala mmuo that determine how spirit inhabits human form? (how it's decided who reincarnates in a particular body/life, decisions around the number of spirits to a body, etc.)

    • @TheMedicineShell
      @TheMedicineShell  4 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/mY6dfG7DreM/видео.html In my Reincarnation video, I answer your question. Have you seen it?

  • @jibrilobodoeze6095
    @jibrilobodoeze6095 2 года назад

    I really appreciate you my brother 💯
    You help me reach my destiny.
    I will see you soon.

  • @tesiallure1998
    @tesiallure1998 4 года назад

    What more can I say, than to tell you that you are great!!! Thankd so much. I pray to Chiukwu mmuo & Okike to continue to strengthen, protect and provide you all you need to do His work in joy, in happiness & in more blessings.

  • @bcinnamonclark8301
    @bcinnamonclark8301 2 года назад

    Ty very much for the helpful information

  • @janeibeh7651
    @janeibeh7651 3 года назад

    Your videos have been a tremendous Help to me.thank you.

  • @chukwudiokoro3672
    @chukwudiokoro3672 3 года назад

    Brother you are wonderful, I thank Chukwuokike for you.

  • @konafama
    @konafama Год назад

    Thank you!

  • @meremstudiostories
    @meremstudiostories 3 года назад

    Good job man 👍 ... More videos like this .

  • @uzoghelushedrach4620
    @uzoghelushedrach4620 4 года назад +1

    Love this, thanx.

  • @laela6289
    @laela6289 4 года назад +5

    In the West Ikenga is recognized as "the flow state"

  • @Grosefrmchrchst
    @Grosefrmchrchst 3 года назад

    Great Video

  • @crystalanokam
    @crystalanokam 4 года назад +5

    Another great video. From my understanding Ikenga has to do with your destiny/purpose and comes from your chi. I guess in my right hand, would probably be a camera or a artist brush since I am an artist. Question though, I know many of your examples often are in regards to men.. are there any distinctions in cosmology for men and women?

    • @TheMedicineShell
      @TheMedicineShell  4 года назад +3

      I noticed it leaned male after and I regret it a bit. I'll be better about it. There are distinctions but everything has a male and female energy, version, or mirror. There is also an entire cosmological world exclusive to women that who's features I'll be covering aspects of. There are female Ikenga for example, but they are rare. Typically their horns are smaller and the seated figure is a woman. One of the nicest ones i've seen is smoking a pipe which I found interesting because she held it with both hands.

    • @crystalanokam
      @crystalanokam 4 года назад +1

      @@TheMedicineShell Interesting, thanks for sharing, looking forward to the other videos!

    • @ijeomaejem
      @ijeomaejem 4 года назад +1

      @@TheMedicineShell do a video about female ones please.

    • @TheMedicineShell
      @TheMedicineShell  4 года назад +3

      @@ijeomaejem That one is coming

  • @epalpha8892
    @epalpha8892 3 года назад +1

    In igbo proverbs there is a say that goes,(if my ikenga is not performing or is not real i will use it as Fairwood)💪💪

  • @augustinearinzechi1284
    @augustinearinzechi1284 3 года назад

    Thanks for the videos and teaching's more wisdom and knowledge to you.
    But please clear me on this because I have been Believing that the left hand is the Aka Ikenga while the right hand is Aka Mmadu.

  • @jemts5586
    @jemts5586 4 года назад

    Thanks for the video! I've been very curious about ikenga for a few years now, and am glad to have more info. I've read that ikenga is mostly dealt with by men and not usually by women. Could you speak more on the traditional views on that?

    • @TheMedicineShell
      @TheMedicineShell  4 года назад +1

      Thanks for asking; my next video will actually go into that (Omumu Explained) so keep an eye out for it. Ikenga is more vital for male social roles than female (war, competition, athleticism, travel etc) and comes from the male aspect of the self for both men and women. Some women have Ikengas fashioned for them and venerated but they're consistently considered 'man-like' or have done something great that's traditional male in society (great female wrestlers for example).

    • @brendamax1110
      @brendamax1110 3 года назад

      @@TheMedicineShell Thank you for such a beautifully explanatory and illuminating video. I came across your video in my search to know more about the Ikenga and have wondered if there is a feminine equivalent.
      I'm glad to learn that it depicts the masculine self of man.

  • @florencedegen2777
    @florencedegen2777 10 месяцев назад

    Good Morning Sir, can a woman have , also an Ikenga?
    B/c today on Trance I saw an Ikenga standing at our Compand at my Right hand
    Between two houses. .. ..
    Also I have been giving a magical long Staff / Ofo in my dreams also on Trance these While .
    It filled amazing each time I received It ..

  • @michaelprime6105
    @michaelprime6105 3 года назад

    Thanks alot

  • @mr._sharpe
    @mr._sharpe 3 года назад

    yes sir!

  • @carlaiken7527
    @carlaiken7527 4 года назад +1

    Peace ☮️✌🏾🖖🏾 to you and all. This video resonated with me. What led me to this video is my search for the (many) transliterations of my last name, Aiken, to my knowledge thus far seems to be a unique one. It is mostly attributed to those of Irish heritage. I myself a descendant of Moors of Aiken,South Carolina. My question, are there any references you’re privy of linking Aiken to Ikenga transliterations. Thanx. Also if the term Ouse is of any significance in Igbo culture. Thx again.

    • @TheMedicineShell
      @TheMedicineShell  4 года назад +2

      Thanks for watching! The idea is new to me, I can look into it and if I find anything reliable I will circle back. Though I will tell you that there's no real relationship between the Ndigbo and the Moors.

  • @ronaldfair1145
    @ronaldfair1145 4 года назад +1

    wow.....I really appreciate.

  • @edunwoye3704
    @edunwoye3704 4 года назад +1

    Thank you for sharing your knowledge. My question, why do we need a dibia to be able to make the Ikenga?

    • @ComptonWar
      @ComptonWar 4 года назад +3

      Edu Nwoye that’s not what he said. But it is suggested because any craftsman in Igbo culture should be initiated in the arts therefore would be a Dibia in his field of knowledge. Everything is spiritually guided and art is an important expression especially as it pertains to the well being of ones destiny and the community. Serious business . But I am willing to bet Ala would have no problem with you making your own or commissioning a righteous carpenter after educating him and trusting him with your Ikenga. But it will be risky at the same time.

  • @NYChiphop67
    @NYChiphop67 4 года назад

    💥💥💥💥💥great videos

  • @MK-ww6zv
    @MK-ww6zv 2 года назад

    How does one crafts his Ikenga?

  • @damianwolf6958
    @damianwolf6958 6 месяцев назад

    Is Ikenga go to do in the sight of God? Please i need answers 🙏

  • @chiomaokeke8744
    @chiomaokeke8744 2 года назад

    Daalụ maka nkụzị a. Ọ pụtara na nwanyị anaghị enwe ikenga?

  • @ebusnneji5482
    @ebusnneji5482 3 года назад

    Is the Ikenga crafted based on what one has achieved or is it based what one has already achieved?
    Secondly, is there any feminine equivalent to the Ikenga or can certain women have Ikenga too?

    • @TheMedicineShell
      @TheMedicineShell  3 года назад +1

      Ikenga (as an award) is based on achievement, though you can have one simply to represent you. A woman's seat of power is Omumu, and I have a video on that topic if you're interested. Women can be awarded Ikenga but it's still in honor of her masculinity or masculine achievements.

  • @oluojulove6031
    @oluojulove6031 4 года назад +1

    Good evening my brother I would like to make contact with you

    • @kpimkpim349
      @kpimkpim349 4 года назад

      twitter.com/ShellMedicine let me know if this works for you

  • @nwikechidike2739
    @nwikechidike2739 3 года назад

    Who can I contact to help me unlock my chi

    • @TheMedicineShell
      @TheMedicineShell  3 года назад

      Why do you think it's locked? Anything concerning your Chi can only be done by you.

  • @jamesvzfighter
    @jamesvzfighter 2 года назад

    I will use my Ikenga for good. For our worlds sake.

  • @pelicancovebeach2873
    @pelicancovebeach2873 2 года назад

    Can you choose your tribe? I’m from the Caribbean, so my origin is not known, can I choose to be Igbo?

  • @chantellewhite7378
    @chantellewhite7378 4 года назад +1

    I live in Britain no way to get one or get one made here. All the west Africans/africans in Britain are Christian.
    Is their alternative, can i do it without it.

    • @TheMedicineShell
      @TheMedicineShell  4 года назад +6

      You can do without; understanding the concept and applying it towards your aspirations is the most important part. Jishike (stay strong)

  • @aaronvictor7077
    @aaronvictor7077 7 месяцев назад

    Hello, but people take IKenga as a name, is this ok?

  • @queenclifford5165
    @queenclifford5165 2 года назад

    Does women have ikenga

    • @TheMedicineShell
      @TheMedicineShell  2 года назад

      Everyone does, but its what makes a man a man so its his 'seat of power'. A woman's 'seat' is Omumu which i also have a video on

  • @annadimgba6772
    @annadimgba6772 4 года назад

    So can females have ikenga?

  • @obianujunwabuzo4949
    @obianujunwabuzo4949 Год назад

    I thought
    Ikenga is the god of war and strength and hunting similar to Ogun, Ares, Tyr and other war deities

    • @TheMedicineShell
      @TheMedicineShell  Год назад +1

      'God of' is a foreign way of describing our concepts. You can not say 'Ikenga bu Chukwu agha' in Igbo because it doesn't make sense. Ikenga is a force

  • @MrGabby-wi8og
    @MrGabby-wi8og 4 года назад +1

    I’ll like you to preach more on our WhatsApp groups

  • @slickvic5249
    @slickvic5249 4 года назад +1

    My surname is Ikenga..what could this mean??

    • @TheMedicineShell
      @TheMedicineShell  4 года назад +4

      It means have an ancestor named Ikenga. Maybe a grandparent or great grandparent.