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The Kapuhenasa is the majority religion in Takatta Loa, with around 70% of the population professing it to be their only religion. However, around 87% of the population says that they engage in Kapuhenasa practices, with around half of all Muslims engaging with the Kapuhenasa in a religious sense. It developed throughout the late 1700s and 1800s, and came to be called Kapuhenasa first in 1866. It originated from the teachings of Saȳd Kamáv Istiklav, a [[Kiravia|Kiravian]] Sufi mystic. His followers consisted largely of indigenous philosophers and shamans, and so they adapted Sufi ideas to their native religion and philosophical tradition, creating the syncretic and highly eclectic Kapuhenasa. | The Kapuhenasa is the majority religion in Takatta Loa, with around 70% of the population professing it to be their only religion. However, around 87% of the population says that they engage in Kapuhenasa practices, with around half of all Muslims engaging with the Kapuhenasa in a religious sense. It developed throughout the late 1700s and 1800s, and came to be called Kapuhenasa first in 1866. It originated from the teachings of Saȳd Kamáv Istiklav, a [[Kiravia|Kiravian]] Sufi mystic. His followers consisted largely of indigenous philosophers and shamans, and so they adapted Sufi ideas to their native religion and philosophical tradition, creating the syncretic and highly eclectic Kapuhenasa. | ||
It is a | <s>It is a monistic and transtheistic, pseudo-polytheistic religion although followers of the Kapuhenasa view it as monotheistic and the state of Takatta Loa recognizes it as monotheistic. It views creation as being a cycle of reincarnation into a mundane world of illusions and deceit. Only through the practices of the religion can one break the cycle and achieve eternity as a divine spirit, which is often referred to as "dwelling in the splendors of Mystery’s End". The aforementioned 'Mystery' is the mundane world, while the One God (‘’Iasa-Lennauaka’’) is the state of eternity that the Loa aspire towards. However, the Loa seldom worship ‘’Iasa-Lennauaka’’ itself, instead choosing to worship the Eternal Spirits, those who have achieved unity with divinity and return to the earthly world to assist the faithful. These spirits, called Lualoa, are the predominant element of the Kapuhenasa, with spirit possession being a very common practice to achieve clarity, banish spiritual disease and promote health.</s> | ||
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Religious practices are largely communal, with the Loa meeting in boat roofed buildings to sing hymns in praise of divinity and be communally possessed by the spirit of the shrine to receive spiritual peace and sanctity. There are also home shrines, usually of a particularly devout ancestor, which receives prayer and worship. Finally, there are the medicine spirits, which are prescribed by diviners and shamans to assist believers who are plagued by some spiritual ailment. However, these are the practices largely associated with laity. The clergy, consisting of diviners, shamans and truth seekers all tend to practice a form of worship that more closely follows the liturgy of the Kapuhenasa. Lay followers also recite from and strive to embody the precepts, but to a less rigorous and contemplative degree. | Religious practices are largely communal, with the Loa meeting in boat roofed buildings to sing hymns in praise of divinity and be communally possessed by the spirit of the shrine to receive spiritual peace and sanctity. There are also home shrines, usually of a particularly devout ancestor, which receives prayer and worship. Finally, there are the medicine spirits, which are prescribed by diviners and shamans to assist believers who are plagued by some spiritual ailment. However, these are the practices largely associated with laity. The clergy, consisting of diviners, shamans and truth seekers all tend to practice a form of worship that more closely follows the liturgy of the Kapuhenasa. Lay followers also recite from and strive to embody the precepts, but to a less rigorous and contemplative degree. | ||