Refering to Cuban African Religion (Espiritismo) what is the meaning of (7 potencias africanas)?

Question

(7 potencias africanas) related to what a persons spiritual guides works with, this is also know in santeria, palo, and espiritismo, a cuban african religion.

Answer 1

1. The roots of the Afro-Cuban religion of Santería lie in the animist beliefs of the Yoruba people of present day Nigeria. In Santería, there are seven orishas that are worshipped (orisha is just the Yoruba word for god). Note that potencia (power) is just another term for orisha. Here are the seven:
Eleggua
Obatala
Oloddumare
Oshun
Oya
Yemalla
Shango
http://www.afrikaworld.net/afrel/sevenorishas.htm

2. On the internet, you will see inconsistencies from one website to another. For example, the website above shows the Nigerian spelling of Shango, whereas in Hispanoamerica he is referred to as Changó (because the "sh" sound does not exist in Spanish). Similarly Oshun is Ochún. This next site lists ten Orishas, but omits some of the above. It contains useful illustrations but does contain "howlers" e.g. "Santeria ... originated on the shores of the Nile River in present-day Nigeria".
http://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~scintech/mercury/SanteriaExplanation.htm

3. In order to retain their African beliefs whilst avoiding repression from their Catholic masters, slaves linked each orisha with a Christian saint. That way the Spanish were duped into believing that their slaves were worshipping saints (santos in Spanish, and hence the name: santería). For example the male god Changó is linked with St. Barbara.

4. Santería has a stronger influence on popular Hispanoamerican culture than you might think. There are many songs about Changó, including "Santa Barbara Bendita" by the Cuban artiste Celina González (and covered by many others). The chorus to that song goes "Que viva Changó" (long live Changó). In New York there is a band playing "alternative Latin" music called King Changó. The two late, great, US-based Latin musicians Tito Puente and Celia Cruz are believed to have been adherents of Santería, and so on

5. The best website on Santería was www.santeria.com. It had all you would need to know. Unfortunately it no longer exists. Probably the next best thing, from a knowledge point of view, is wikipedia (if you like that kind of thing).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santeria

6. If you wish to learn more because you are interested in joining the religion, then this site might be useful, but be careful with the navigation at the foot of the page.
http://www.geocities.com/athens/sparta/1332/greeting.html

7. This webpage has links to various sites, which you may find useful, but I'll leave it to you to explore.
http://www.iaswww.com/ODP/Society/Religion_and_Spirituality/African/Diasporic/Lucumi,_Ocha,_Santeria

I hope this is useful.

Answer 2

I suppose a few men and women consult with faith as "brainwashing" for the reason that they in my opinion think they have got been encouraged by means of loved ones and society (predominately from an early age) to think in a faith they'll now not wholly think in. Therefore, those men and women are left with a way of being wrongly encouraged by means of the very equal men and women they believe. The time period "brainwashing" is definitely an excessively bad time period to throw round, and perhaps relatively of an over-exaggeration, however men and women on this case are generally describing the time period from a individual degree.