Liber XXI · New Religions
Chapter VII
Syncretic Religions
8 min readCao Đài: Vietnam's Great Way, the Divine Eye and Tây NinhCao Đài explained: its founding by séance in 1920s Vietnam, the Divine Eye, the Five Branches, Victor Hugo and the saints, and the Holy See at Tây Ninh.8 min readKimbanguism: Simon Kimbangu and the Prophetic Church of CongoKimbanguism explained: the Congolese prophet Simon Kimbangu, his 1921 healing ministry and imprisonment, the Kimbanguist Church, Nkamba, beliefs and history.7 min readSyncretic New Religions: Cao Đài, Santo Daime and OthersSyncretic new religions explained: Cao Đài and Hòa Hảo in Vietnam, Chinese salvationist sects, Santo Daime in Brazil and African prophetic churches.