Abstract
Spiritual power is a dynamic concept; its significance for CS ordinary members consulted elders specifically for prayers and techniques to augment their own spiritual strength. Second, these senior men and women felt themselves equipped to offer this advice through their own understanding of the multifaceted qualities of the Spirit. They recognized that power operates according to certain principles, for there must be predictable regularities in the way power “works” in order to put it to practical use. These meanings were constantly communicated through C&S discourse, partly in a systematic fashion in sermon or Sunday School, but chiefly through the Yoruba idiom of image and allusion in the texts of prayer and revelation. An exploration of the metaphors used to represent spiritual power, and the traditions upon which they draw, is the subject of this chapter.
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