Have you noticed that the word Santeria has the effects of a false passwords that quickly closes all doors when it is uttered? According to the proven Pharisee manner, Santeria and the works associated with Santeria are readily delegated to that area of human experience sealed off by unshakable prejudices. This then spares us – at least apparently – the conflict with all the phenomena readily associated with Santeria: black magic, Satanism, black masses; everything vile, wicked, indecent, scandalous, repulsive; evil personified.

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How is it possible that becoming aware of something one can attain enlighten? How is it possible to become free from the unconscious by just being “aware”?

This questions is significant, and this question is likely to have occurred to you, so many things have to be understood. First, it is thought that spirituality is a difficult attainment. It is neither: that is it is neither difficult nor an attainment. Whatsoever you are, you are already spiritual. Nothing new is to be discarded from your being; you are as perfect as possible. It is not that you are going to be perfect sometime in the future, it is not that you have to do something arduous to be yourself. It is not a journey to some other point somewhere else; you are not going somewhere else. You are already there. That which is to be attained is already attained. This idea must go deep, only then will you be able to understand why such simple techniques can help.

If spirituality is some attainment, then of course it is going to be difficult – not only difficult, but really impossible. If you are not already spiritual, you cannot be, you never can be, because how can one who is not spiritual be spiritual? If you are not divine already then there is no possibility, there is no way. And no matter what effort you will make, effort made by one who is not already divine cannot create divinity. If you are not divine, your effort cannot create divinity. Then it is impossible. Read the rest of this entry

Differences.

How simple a word, yet how much it has divided our humanity.

Is it in our nature to judge a person by the color of their skin and not their character?

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This is a beautiful and comprehensive work covering the Worship and Care of Orisha, as well as Divination types, steps & methods. It presents instructions on articles of sacrifice and the different initiations and Chieftancy titles.

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For life to begin, Ifá says there are sequences of events which Olódùmarè has put in place.

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For any religion to be universally accepted, it must among other things, explain, GOD, HIS creation of Earth (or universe) including how humans, plants and animals came to be, life and death, justice, either terrestrially, celestially or a system of defining a code of living especially as a means of achieving spiritual or material improvement for the collective gain of the society, life after death and Heaven. All must be interpreted in relation to the primary GOD they believe created them. And this volume does just that!”… (click here to view Table of Content)

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Many people define Odú as the physical symbols used to mark the signs received during the divination process. Oth­ers equate Odú with the verses associated with each symbol that form part of the body of the Ifa divinatory corpus. While both elements reveal a small part of Odú, the greater mys­tery lies far below the surface.

The Odú are the sacred symbols that hold the ase (power/life force) of everything in existence. They are holistic maps that chart the dynamic movement of energy and iden­tify the most primal forces of the natural world. The Odú are transcendental mandalas that mark the active and inactive energies of a given situation with startling accuracy. Read the rest of this entry

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Fate and free will do not form a dichotomy in my view. Both are a part of life. However, I subscribe to a greater level of free will than many Babalawos. In my opinion, very little is absolutely “set” in our lives, in the sense of being “fated” and immutable.

I think the rock-bottom basics include such things as the physical laws of our universe (e.g., gravity, the necessity of breathing, eating and sleeping), but even these have been transcended, at certain times by some individuals. I prefer to operate under the assumption that I am not positive about what, if anything, is fated. This always gives me the option of change and improved circumstances. Read the rest of this entry