Political Utilization of the Occult: Embracing the Occult

While it is rare, a few politicians sometimes identify with the occult in public, despite widespread anti-occult rhetoric due to the occult’s positive characteristics of being a neutral and trusted space for adjudication, a truth and lie detector, and the deliverer of instant justice. But such politicians also demonstrate their identity as true and proud Ghanaians and leverage the power of the occult by touting themselves as the ones with supernatural occult power backing them. Others seek to gain trust among the electorate as the ones who are honest to come clean of their occult use and generate news to ensure their names and profiles constantly stay in the media. This chapter will look at the political strategy of embracing the occult to gain political capital.