Glossary

Terms defined above are cross-referenced by section; tier in brackets.

Abia — knowledge & wisdom [T1] · Abiama — God the self-revealing Knowledge §2.2 · Abia Nkita — Round Basket of Knowledge; also a Dibia/Agwu class §5.3 [T1] · Agu Mu — spiritual double §3.2 [T1] · Agwu — the Holy Spirit §4 [T1] · Aja — sacrifice §6.2; also "sand" · Ajo Ogwu — evil ogwu [T1] · Akala aka — palm-inscribed record/destiny marks [T1] · Akaraka — destiny §3.4 · Ako bu Ije — "wisdom is the way"; intuition-led state [T2] · Ako Nne na Ako Nna — intuition & intellect [T2] · Akpa Agwu — sacred bag §12.1 · Aku na Uba — abundance [T2] · Ala/Ana/Ani — Earth; Earth goddess §7 · Ala Mmuo — spirit world (also subterranean corpse-land; context decides) [T1 p.32-33] · Alusi/Arusi — deities §7 · Amuma — prophecy [T2→T1] · Anwansi — magic [T1] · Anyanwu — the Sun, Eye of the God of Light [T1] · Awele — good luck [T1] · Be Chukwu / Be Mmuo / Be Mmadu — God's home / spirit home / human world [T1] · Chi — personal share of God §3.1 · Chi na Eke — see §3.1; T2: potential/kinetic energy · Chukwu — §2 · Dibia — §5 · Dike — hero §5.8 · Ebo Agwu — lineage Agwu §5.3 · Egbo — mystical barrier §8.2 · Ekili — light-rod travel §5.6 · Etu — the How; first principle §10.1 · Eze Onwekodo — God the total owner §2.2 · Ezi naano — crossroads §8.1(4) · Ichi ichi — the four formal warnings before retaliation §8.3 · Ifite/Ishite — the original Dibia people; "small light" villages §2.3, 5.3 · Ifu uzo — clairvoyance §5.2 · Igbu ichi — scarification §3.3, 12.2 · Ikelekwum Mmuo — bottomless spirit abyss §1.1 · Ikenga — right-hand power/self-image §12.1 · Ikpu alu — abomination-removal §12.2 · Ilo Uwa / Ilo Chi — reincarnation / first emanation §3.3 [T2] · Ita Atu — the Dibia's theophagy §5.5 · Izu — 4-day week §11 · Kalma Kalma — karma §5.7 · Komosu — God's wife §1.1 · Kpakpando — star (< kpakpankpa ndu) §1.3 · Mbe — tortoise §4.2 · Mmadu — human; the enlightened human ("energy and water") §3.2 · Mmuo — spirit(s); the spirit component of the person · Nchet a (Ncheta) — remembrance [T2] · Ndi Mbu — the First Ones §1.3 · Nkwu (judgement) — the mute open-palmed stance before God §3.3 · Nne Agwu — Mother Holy Spirit §4.1 · Nro — dream §3.5 · Nsi — poison; properly toned: primer/prime-mover §4.1 · Nso — sacred prohibition/holiness [T2] · Nwadibia — apprentice §5.2 · Nzu — white chalk §12.1 · Obi — heart; sacred central house; movement-principle; T2 word-family: ntachi obi (endurance), nkasi obi (comfort), mkpuru obi (soul), tukwasi obi (trust) · Odachi — catastrophe/death-event §1.1 · Odinani/Odinala — the tradition/way [both] · Odo — yellow peace powder §12.1 · Ofeke — the uninitiated §5.1 · Ofo — staff of truth §8.3 · Ofo na Ogu — justice + clean hands §8.3 · Ogodo — cloth; the material body §3.2 · Ogu — forbearance-credit §8.3; also "twenty" §8.1(10) · Ogwu — the ultimate solution §6.1 · Ogwugwu — fertility goddess §7 · Oke — share/portion [T1] · Okpara — first son, duty-bearer [T2] · Okwu Agwu — Agwu's altar/grove §5.4 · Okwu Mbu — the First Word §8.3 · Olisa — God as Tide of the Universe §2.2 · Om / Om̀ — primal greetings §1.2 · Oma — first woman, mother of humanity §2.3 · Onatalu Chi — unalterable fate-share §3.4 · Onu Atu — the potent mouth §5.2 · Onyeuwa — reincarnating personality element [T2] · Ose Oji — alligator pepper §12.1 · Otunsi — Nri teardrop implement §12.1 · Ozu — corpse §3.2 · Uchu — negative energy/pollution [T2] · Ufo — ancestral sky-vessel §1.3 · Uga Aka/Chi/Anwu/Azi — the four cosmic ages §1.5 · Ume Ndu — breath of life §12.2 · Uwa — world/universe (onomatopoeic) §1.2 · Uwa Mbu — the First World §1.1 · Uzo Iyi — water-passage festivals §1.3

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