Olódùmarè, Divinities, Spirits and the Becoming of Ìwà Pẹlẹ: The Third Category of Ìwà Metaphysics

The third category of Ìwà metaphysics is a combination of Olódùmarè, divinities, spirits, which I refer to as the God-head. This chapter reveals the role that they play in the preservation of the world from descending into chaos. Although they are beings of a higher grade, their ‘potentiality’ is that which affords them to be able to interact with the world as forces. In this chapter, the limited God thesis will be discussed and shown to be more coherent for explaining the reason why evil persists in the world but the God-head is not capable of stopping it. The relevance of persuasive power concerning how the God-head relates with the world is unearthed to reflect that panentheism is the most appropriate concept for this ‘theology.’