Our Defense Mechanisms – Iwori Ika
I find three concepts from clinical psychology helpful in looking at some of the ways we stop ourselves from becoming whole. “Flight from wholeness” is called repression. This refers to…
Inner Conflicts
Human beings, by their nature, experience conflict. That is, none of us (on this plane of existence) is so highly evolved as to have our whole act together. We are all learning and growing.
Do you “see” What You Believe or Believe What you “see”?
For all of us, our worlds are an interaction between our perceptions and physical “reality.” Our perceptions are molded and channeled by our interpretations, attitudes and assumptions about what is…
Understanding Ifa
What Ifá is not… Ifá is not an Association of “Religions” Ifá is not a “Traditional” or Cultural Association Ifá is not a Secret Society or Cult. Ifá is not…
Ifa Cosmology – Ifa Tells Us How The Universe Came Into Being
When the universe came into Being at the moment of Creation, it was Olodumare, who was given the task of sustaining all that is.
The Fundamental Meaning And Mission In Human Life
Nowhere is the profundity and beauty of African spirituality more apparent than in the Odu Ifa, the sacred text of the spiritual and ethical tradition of Ifa, which is one…
Why Ifa is Worshiped Every Five Days
OGBE OWORIN (Day of Weeping) This is the Odu that shares why Ifa is worshiped every five days. We Babalawos give respect by performing this ritual, here and in Nigeria,…
Ifa Religion – An African Spiritual Tradition
Ifa Religion is an indigenous, earth centered African spiritual tradition which was conceptualized by the Yoruba people of Nigeria, West Africa. According to oral literature, the practice of Ifa originated…
What is the first gift Olodumare gave to the first humans
Disclosure: What follows is my own highly opinionated, intensely felt, not necessarily correct, and perhaps at times alienating view of Odu, and what they mean. The first gift of the…
Oshe’Sa and Resentment – the poison you take
I wan to share a little bit about the odu Oshe’Sa. For the most part one of it’s most significant message says; “If you harbor resentment in your heart you…
Oshun’s Flight and her rise to Messenger of Olodumare
Olodumare announced that for all eternity Oshun would be the Messenger of the House of Olodumare.