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This photo essay is an adaptation of the evocative power of Nsibidi, a classical Nigerian and Cameroonian symbol system

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An Nsibidi Philosophy and Mysticism A Template for Developing the Philosophical and Mystical Potential of a Classical African Symbol System

Oluwatoyin Vincent Adepoju Compcros Comparative Cognitive Processes and Systems "Exploring Every Corner of the Cosmos in Search of Knowledge"
Entry into the Forest Cosmogonic
Encountering the Panoply Configuratio
Penetrating the Arches Mysterious
At the Intersection of Being and Becoming
In the Presence of Dynamic Forms
Within a Shower of Stars
Image Sources Photos 1, 2, 4, 6 from "Negotiation of the Secret Society Cloth: An Exploration of Ukara" by the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts on Flickr : https://www.flickr.com/photos/turchincenter/sets/72157633200312931 Photo 3 "Igbo people, Nigeria Small ukara with very fine design and Omu Aro symbol Circa mid-1980s Cotton, indigo dye Collection of Eli Bentor" Hood Museum of Art exhibition " U K A R A Ritual Cloth of the Ekpe Secret Society April 18-August 2, 2015" http://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/exhibitions/2015ukara/omuaroukara.html Online sources accessed 10/07/2015 Photo 5 from Elliott Leib and Renee Romano's essay "Reign of the Leopard: Ngbe Ritual" inAfrican Arts, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Nov., 1984), pp. 48-57+94-96.

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