Following the recent concluded general elections in Nigeria, it is obvious that both INEC and APC have no surviving souls respectively. The soul, yes, I mean the soul. No one in the world of matter, energy, space and time can plunge deeply into the realm of the soul without wise guides. Years of lone wolf exploration of philosophy, mythology, religion, poetry, literature, art and music went into the creation of so many volumes on the soul. Yes to fathom the unfathomable soul we immediately plunge into mysteries. According to the Gree...
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The Reformer with PROF. PROTUS NATHAN UZORMA
There is something about truth that makes it more interesting than fiction. Truth is undying and very axiomatic that the only way to destroy it is to define it. If one defines truth, he limits it. This article is but an attempt to re-examine the cosmic cycle associated with the spiritual indaba of Christ in this era. I must confess hitherto that the Christian concept of ‘Immaculate Conception’ has been a controversial issue in every aspects of human history. In the history of Religion, it has taken different dimension to the extent that thos...
Read MoreAnthony de Mello in one of his witty reflections on ‘Imprisonment’ once said: “you are so proud of your intelligence,’ said the Master to a disciple. ‘You are like the condemned man who is proud of the vastness of his prison cell.” Whenever I reflect on this saying, my mind these days go around the concept of political corruption in Nigeria in general, the dogged efforts and determinations of the present Head of State in tackling the malaise. An old French friend I met decades back in the Philippines would say ‘pourquoi pas?’- Why not? Why w
Read MoreAccording to Plato in his metaphoric and poetic way of expressing higher reality, he told a story about Er, a warrior who came back to life on the funeral pyre, after having been believed dead. Er according to Plato, was said to have seen many things in the afterlife, but he was told that he must return to physical life to tell others what death is like. The story continues that just before he returned, he saw souls which were being prepared to be born into the physical life. They all journeyed to the Plain of Oblivion, through terrible and
Read MoreWhen the Duke of African music Bright Chimezie sang a song with the title “LIFE NA TEACHER,” the music did not make too much sense to me until this time around. Oh truly this life na teacher! Life is a stage centre where inner written script are acted; some people act it in reality while few watch and act same in a way that it reflects actual reality to the on-lookers. This life is a great teacher! The great German Philosopher Emmanuel Kant says, “One can know nothing except from his personal experience…” This axiomatic cum irresistible asse...
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