Divination

Diviners treat illnesses primarily through facilitating the direct intervention of the spiritual world (Obinna 2012:142). 

If an illness is believed to be caused by inappropriate behaviour on the part of the patient, a remedy or cure for the illness can only come through spiritual intervention. 

Whilst herbal healers use plants to treat diseases, diviners seek input from the spiritual world to understand the cause of the illness and prescribe a cure (Asamoah-Gyadu 2014:83; Cheetham & Griffiths 1982:957). 

They also play an intermediary role between the spirit and the physical world. In the light of this understanding, in some cultures they are called ‘the eyes of the spirits’. 

Depending on the one using the term, they are also known as traditional healers, African traditional priests, and herbalists (Sarpong 2002:103–104).

They are believed to be the custodian of the theories of healing, and the hope of society. They learn the cause, cure, and prevention of disease, misfortune, barenness, poor crop yield, magic, witchcraft, sorcery, and how to combat or even use them to treat his people. 

They also find the cause of illnesses as well as the perpetrator who sent it, diagnose the nature of the illness, apply the proper treatment, and prevent misfortune from happening again (Sundermeier 1998:203–204).

In summary, the role of a traditional healer is broader in some respects than that of a contemporary medical doctor. 

The traditional healer advises their clients in all aspects of life, including physical, psychological, spiritual, moral, and sometimes legal matters. They also understand the significance of ancestral spirits and the concept of witches.

As some medicine men attach the practice of their medicine to a tutelary spirit and magic, they are sometimes shunned by Christians. 

The fact is that many of the types of medicine prescribed by African traditional healers, especially the herbal practitioners, have nothing to do with mystical powers.
 
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