Yoruba philosophical concept denoting the divine energy, vital force, or power that permeates all things — both natural phenomena and human persons — and is cultivated through ritual, ethical conduct, and communal life.
Provides a non-dualist ontological framework: the divine is not separate from the world but a power running through it; spiritual practice is not petition to a transcendent deity but cultivation of immanent vital force.
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