Jok (Spirit)

A Jok is a class of spirit within the traditional Acholi belief system that are viewed as the cause of illness.^[1] Traditional healers (known as ajakwa) first identify the Jok in question and then make an appropriate sacrifice and ceremony to counter them.^[1] ^[2] Alternatively if such an approach was unsuccessful the person possessed by the jok could go through a series of rituals to gain some level of control over the jok and then themselves become ajakwa.^[2] The range of Jok is extensive and includes a number that have been influenced by the experience of colonization.^[1]

Multiplicity of the main god

There is one main African god know as Jok. However, Jok has many duplicates of himself that involve themselves in people's affairs.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Green, Matthew (2008). The Wizard of the Nile: The Hunt for Africa's Most Wanted. Portobello Books. pp. 36–38. ISBN 9781846270314.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Behrend, Heike (1995). "The Holy Spirit Movement & the Forces of Nature in the North of Uganda 1985-1987". in Hansen, Holger Bernt; Twaddle, Michael. Religion and Politics in East Africa: The Period since Independence. London: James Currey Ltd. p. 67. ISBN 0-85255-384-6.

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[green-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Green, Matthew (2008). The Wizard of the Nile: The Hunt for Africa's Most Wanted. Portobello Books. pp. 36–38. ISBN 9781846270314.

[Behrend67-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Behrend, Heike (1995). "The Holy Spirit Movement & the Forces of Nature in the North of Uganda 1985-1987". in Hansen, Holger Bernt; Twaddle, Michael. Religion and Politics in East Africa: The Period since Independence. London: James Currey Ltd. p. 67. ISBN 0-85255-384-6.