The spiritual leader of the Igbo nation, Ogilisi Igbo, has proclaimed that human existence is anchored upon the visible trinity of the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth, together with the biological trinity of father, mother, and self. He affirmed that he is Ogilisi Igbo mara mma na Igbo—the Ogilisi Igbo whose purpose is to uplift and edify Ndi Igbo.
He called for a renaissance of the Igbo people across the globe, exhorting them to rediscover and embrace the ancient pathway to transcendence. According to Ogilisi Igbo, the Igbo are the true sons and daughters of the Most High, and their ancestors had long apprehended the eternal mysteries of existence before the advent of foreign creeds.
The True Trinity: Anyanwu, Onwa na Uwa (Ana)
The Spiritual Leader explained that the ancestors of Ndi Igbo venerated the Sun (Anyanwu), the Moon (Onwa), and the Earth (Uwa/Ana) as the abiding and everlasting trinity.
– The Sun is the fount of vitality and radiance.
– The Moon governs fertility, childbirth, and the rhythm of creation.
– The Earth furnishes the human body, sustenance, and habitation.
This trinity—visible, tangible, and experienced daily—is described as an immutable truth. In Latin, it is expressed as Sol, Luna, Terra. Ogilisi Igbo insisted that anything beyond this trinity is deceptive and misleading.
Challenging Imported Beliefs
He strongly criticised the doctrine of “Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,” characterising it as an abstraction devoid of visible or experiential reality. He likened faith in such a doctrine to “selling one’s own house in order to dwell as a tenant in another’s abode.”
Instead, he implored Ndi Igbo to return to the truths lived and bequeathed by their ancestors—truths grounded in nature and in direct communion with the cosmos.
In addition to the cosmic trinity, Ogilisi Igbo articulated the Biological Trinity: the Father, the Mother, and the Self (Chi).
He urged Igbo families to honour their lineage by placing the photographs and names of their parents and themselves in a sacred space within the home, rather than venerating foreign saints. True supplication, he asserted, should be offered “in the name of the Father, the Mother, and the Myself, Amen.” He further stated that if one desires confirmation of its efficacy, one should invoke the names Sol–Luna–Terra and Anyanwu–Onwa–na–Uwa seven times and await the miracle destined for one’s life.
Ogilisi Igbo’s philosophy is not merely spiritual; it is cultural and identity-defining. He urged Ndi Igbo both at home and in the diaspora to recognise that the truth of their divine heritage has always been within their grasp. By embracing the visible trinity—the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth—and the biological trinity of lineage, Ndi Igbo, he said, will reclaim the ancestral power and wisdom that once guided them.
In conclusion, he pronounced this teaching to be the Gospel of Truth. He admonished his listeners not to heed pastors or clergy but to trust the message he conveys. “You must journey from the known to the unknown,” he said. “You know that without your father and mother you would not exist. You know that without the Sun, Moon, and Earth you cannot subsist. Why then not work with what is perceivable and certain in order to apprehend the mystery of what is unseen, instead of embracing a notorious falsehood imposed by foreigners?”
He exhorted: “Believe in your father and mother; believe in the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth—nothing more. Obey the laws of creation. Offer adoration to your parents, then to the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth. Outside this, you wander aimlessly. Our forefathers obeyed these elements. That is why Catholic rites align with the Sun, for without the Sun there would be no Catholicism. Islam, likewise, is oriented toward the Moon, for before Ramadan the Moon must be observed. Though these channels have been disrupted, their original foundations were one. Any religion severed from the Sun, the Moon, or the Earth is fictitious.”
He concluded by insisting that Ndi Igbo must revert to the traditional religion that venerates the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth, and honours the trinity of Father, Mother, and Self. After all, at burial we return through the Earth, with the body oriented toward the Sun, so that the face receives its rays—the pathway back to the source.
“This sermon is for the select few. Only a few will comprehend this mystery, and blessed are they. Whoever reads this should share it. Any doubting Thomas is unfortunate—one of the ndi efulefu, who tragically are the majority,” he declared.
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