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A Spirit Science Out of the Shadows

In a recent WPFW radio show, Ellen explained why African medicine is called a “spirit science”:
  • First, life in Africa is viewed on multiple levels—biophysical, mental and spiritual. All three levels are acknowledged and addressed when dealing with health and disease.
  • Second, anyone who practices medicine in Africa is also a priest. You don’t have physicians—you have physician-priests. The spiritual and physical are intertwined.
  • Third, the spirit world actively participates in healing through possession, dreams, communication, divination, offerings and direct conversation with those intuitive enough to listen.
But it’s also a science because it’s exact.
It involves precise knowledge of herbs and natural remedies. The spiritual and scientific elements don’t oppose each other—they complement each other perfectly.
This knowledge is emerging “out of the shadows“ because for too long, people thought Egypt (Kemet) was separate from the rest of Africa.
Nobody believed serious medicine existed anywhere else on the continent.
They were dead wrong.
Charles learned this first hand during his years working with traditional healers in Senegal, particularly with Mama Fatu Seck, who lived to over 100 years and was one of Senegal’s most prominent healers. Through her, he discovered that healing requires connection to spiritual forces.

Ancient Wisdom, Modern Application

Charles and Ellen have been married for 53 years, and what strikes me most about their work is how it bridges worlds.
Charles created his own version of the Hippocratic Oath—called the “Oath of Swnw” after the ancient Kemetic word for physician:

12 Testaments of the Physician: Life, Strength, Health

  1. I will not do harm
  2. I will not spare myself to alleviate pain
  3. I will not defraud the sufferer
  4. I will not suffer myself uncleanliness of body or person or spirit, excuse me, of the body or spirit
  5. I will not mock the blind
  6. I will not injure the lame
  7. I will not sneer at the helpless of mind
  8. I will not profane the knowledge of The House of Life*
  9. I will not defile the healing balm
  10. I will not cease to make light the burden of the dying
  11. I will not refuse ministrations to the poor
  12. I will not stir up strife between myself and my fellow physicians.
*The House of Life was the temple where physicians were trained in ancient Kemet—but this training included spiritual preparation because physicians were priests. People came from Africa, Greece, Rome, Syria, and beyond to study at these centers.

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