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  • Roots of the “Divine Spark” in African Religious and Philosophical Traditions

    Roots of the “Divine Spark” in African Religious and Philosophical Traditions

    The “divine spark” refers to the inner divine principle that makes a being fully human and capable of ultimate spiritual realization. The claim made by certain European racist occultists (e.g., some 19th-20th century esoteric racists) that Black Africans or people of African descent lack the “divine spark” (the Logos, Atman, Nous, scintilla animae) is philosophically,…