tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204823105728102989.post7600920111529679753..comments2023-05-31T02:30:31.552-07:00Comments on Ifa yesterday, Ifa today, Ifa tomorrow: Heretical treatise on divination using dinlogun vs. IkinThe Chosen Ravenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06195434841421756490noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204823105728102989.post-92015320348454334532014-07-24T09:20:28.215-07:002014-07-24T09:20:28.215-07:00Opele is only considered a secondary form of divin...Opele is only considered a secondary form of divination, and even Odu Ifa say that Opele is imperfect. Ikin is the only form of divination you would want to compare to dinlogun (cowrie).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204823105728102989.post-8110162701245488742014-07-21T05:28:57.462-07:002014-07-21T05:28:57.462-07:00Aboru Aboye,
Thank you for this informative ar...Aboru Aboye, <br /><br /><br /><br />Thank you for this informative article. I notice that you mention just the ikin in regards to Ifa divination. How does opele fit into this? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795532333611944589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204823105728102989.post-85368922216772502592012-12-31T08:49:13.151-08:002012-12-31T08:49:13.151-08:00Oloriwaa,
Personally I have not met any lucumi ori...Oloriwaa,<br />Personally I have not met any lucumi orisa who pass to Ifa in Nigeria and still use cowrie, I don't believe this is common amongst us (being one of those people myself), nor any kind of standard practice that I've seen. Women don't see Odu, my understanding of why is, first, that seeing Odu as a woman is ewoo, but secondly, as a woman, you are already born with the capacity for birth and female energy, so have no need to see her. That said, divining by Iyanifa in Nigeria is not standard across the board (ie, not all Ifa houses accept this practice, and some view the Iyanifa title simply as an honorific title). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9204823105728102989.post-57768799007164810752012-12-31T06:25:38.629-08:002012-12-31T06:25:38.629-08:00This is quite an informative article. Thank you.
...This is quite an informative article. Thank you. <br />As a person who has from the onset of this "new" practice, questioned why Lukumi Olorisa who passed to Ifa in Nigeria, continue to cast dilogun, it makes me wonder all the more. I also have a question re the various Odu initiations. If women do not receive these initiations, how do Iyanifa cast and pull Odu? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01841682750654137523noreply@blogger.com