Exposing “Kahunas” in Christendom – Cherry Arize Nwobu
Among all the existing religions in the world, Christianity is distinguished as the only heavenly religion and Jesus Christ is the Chief Cornerstone upon which the faith was founded.
Jesus Christ is supernatural and He was born by Immaculate conception and lived and worked as a Theanthropic Man in a Hypostatic Union.
He died, was buried, resurrected and ascended into Heaven. In Him dwells the full stature of the Godhead.
And His name is highly lifted above every other name and bears the supreme authority of His Father, Jehovah the almighty God. Because of the peculiar and special attributes of Christianity, it has become the most infiltrated and adulterated religion by charlatans including Kahunas, who in their subterfuge and mendacity use the name of Jesus to ply their corrupt practices and deceive their unsuspecting followers.
Kahuna is also known as Shaman is a Hawaiian word for sorcerers and magicians who practice spiritism. A Kahuna is an intermediary between the natural and supernatural, who navigate the spiritual realm and call on animating spirits, which is a very dangerous thing to do.
Kahunas often use totemic items such as rocks or bones and other such items which are believed to hold special powers. A lot of them like going to the rocks to pray and galvanise the spirit of the rock.
There are different types of Kahunas.
“Kahuna Ana ana” is the one who practices sorcery by means of prayers, “Kahuna Ho Okomokomo” is the one who can send an evil spirit to possess its victim, “Kahuna Po’ I Uhane” is the one who can catch a spirit and force it to do its bidding, “Kahuna Oneoneihonua” is the one who performs the human sacrifice and “Kahuna Kilokilo” is the one who divines and predict future events.
In Africa, many politicians, businessmen, soccer stars and musicians are among the major patrons of Kahunas.
The Kahunas use extreme fasting and hallucinogenic drugs to alter their consciousness, induce alterations in perception mood, cognition or behaviour for the purposes of engendering spiritual development or otherwise in sacred contexts.
Some of the drugs they use include entheogens, a psychoactive substance, cannabis, keykeon, Iboga, mushroom, Ayahuasca, LSD, Peyote(cactus) etc. Kahunas can be powerful and dangerous. They have the power of astral vision, supernatural detection, clairvoyance, death sense, aura reading etc.
They are often consulted in times of sickness, injury, natural disasters, enemy attacks etc. They are feared and wield great influence within their tribes and locality. Some Kahunas combine their practice with Christianity, which is counterfeit, anathema, dangerous and abominable. Christianity abhors their practice. The Christian faith trust strictly only in the word of God and the power of the Holy Spirit.
In the Bible, Jesus referred to such dangerous impostors as “wolves in sheep clothing.” Some of the Kahunas who combine their corrupt practices with Christianity use acts of charity to endear themselves to their unsuspecting members. But that does not take away the fact that they are Kahunas who are polluting the Christian faith.
In Revelation 2: 14, 15 and 20, there are some Churches that combined the spirits of Balaam, Nicolaitan and Jezebel with the name of Jesus. But Jesus warned them to desist or else He would visit them strongly. In verse 23, Jesus said: “And I will kill her children with death; and all the Churches shall know that I am he who searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.”
There are records of Kahunas and cultists who combined their corrupt and evil practices with Christianity such as Jim Jones of Jonestown, Guyana. Jim Jones was an American “cult leader”, “faith healer”, “preacher” and “mass murderer” who was said to have murdered over 900 of his members with “Kool-Aid” drink.
In Anambra State, Nigeria, there was Eddy Nawgu who boasted that he was “Alushi na eje Uka”, which means “idol or deity that goes to Church”. But at the fullness of time, he fell under the severe and merciless matchet cuts of the then “Bakassi Boys.”
In Lagos, there was a Kahuna who allegedly burnt a female member of his Church to death. He was tried in court and sentenced to death, but he is still doing time in prison.
Also in Lagos, there was a suspected Kahuna who operated a big and international Church. He was prominent, international, powerful, “dangerous” and was also reputed to be charitable. Many loved him, others feared him and some including Pastors disliked his ministry and dissociated themselves from him.
Kahunas who combine their practice of shamanism and occultism with Christianity use subterfuge to deceive their unsuspecting members.
But it is pollution, corruption and an abomination to Christianity. Jesus hates it and will deal with them at the fullness of time just as He said in Revelation 2:23.
The name of Jesus is holy and great and must not be polluted.
Jesus is Lord forever and ever. Amen.
