Okeite is the modern-day version of “Ogwu Ego” which many Nigerian youths have taken into instituting because of the assumption that it is capable of attracting wealth without bloodshed. It is simply the mixture of herbs, animals, and sometimes human parts depending on the individual instituting it.
Okeite is a form of ogwu ike that operates outside of our natural principle “Chi na Ezumezu”; as such, it is not bounded to our ancestral norms and value, and simply operates on commands. Generally, Okeite doesn’t attract anything that is outside of your destiny, it simply looks into your future and manifests wealth that has already been predestined for you, cutting off the path that has been laid by your Chi na Ezumezu.
Just as it operates on commands, it can be reprogrammed to tap into the destines of your unborn children in order to materialize wealth and this is why Okieite is unnatural and dangerous.
We also need to know that during the early days, our ancestors instituted shrines or brought in some configuration with the intention of protecting, providing, and guiding them and their descendants. Some of these configurations include; a deity known as Akwali Omumu which is in charge of growth and fertility “Ezinauno iga n’ihu nya na Omumu”, they brought in Arobinagu or Ngwu for protection, etc.
During the institution of these forces, these ancestors went into an agreement which most times included the total abolition of any form of Ogwu for them and their generation. But because of the demonization of our spirituality, we destroyed these interfaces and replaced them with Ogwu. The problem is, these two expressions would begin to fight for sovereignty which its effect would materialize on you because there cannot be two captains in a boat.
Chi na Ezumezu as our natural principle, means that we do not need configurations outside of our natural forces. The Igbo way of life is to foster a relationship with these forces and allow our life to naturally flow according to how it has been predestined.
Okeite In Igbo Cosmology
