Showing posts with label Ifa Theology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ifa Theology. Show all posts
Thursday, January 17, 2013

Heretical treatise on the creation of Odu Ifa

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The question of the expansion of the corpus of Ese Ifa is one that often comes up, and with unusual extremism and indigna...
Saturday, December 29, 2012

Heretical treatise on divination using dinlogun vs. Ikin

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In a recent conversation, I was asked about the difference between a Dinlogun (caracoles) reading and an Ikin reading.  The question was act...
Saturday, August 18, 2012

Faith, enlightenment, Ifa and Eji Ogbe

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Ifa can only help those seeking enlightenment If you seek to gain anything but wisdom You will be like the man who seeks to capture the s...
Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Contemplation on the essence of D'afa - Osa Irosun

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One of the great secrets of Ifa is D'afa is only a Momentary snapshot of one outcome In an endless string of Possibilities Ifa only shin...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Contemplations on the Odu Iwori Ogunda ( Iwori Aweda ) part III

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Tired of being shunned for Speaking the truth There is an inevitable retreat to the Desolate mountains Of the inner mind Where truth Settles...
Friday, July 30, 2010

YTR Ifa does NOT believe in "reinitiations", thoughts on Oba accord of miami ...

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Aboru aboye aboshishe, First I will state, the people involved in the initiations that cause all this ruckus do NOT represent all of the ...
Monday, December 28, 2009

Is Pinaldo (cuchillo) necessary?? A question of lucumi theology...

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Aboru Aboye Aboshishe, I recently entered into a conversation about the much talked about and controversial "Pinaldo" or "...
Friday, May 15, 2009

Contemplations on Ifa ritual, Ofun Meji and Oriki to Yemonja

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Aboru Aboye Aboshishe, Sorry for the long pause, moving between continents can be time consuming... Enjoy... Contemplation on Ifa ritual: Ri...
Monday, February 9, 2009

Heretical treatise on hierarchy within the Orisa priesthood

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Aboru Aboye Aboshishe, This week I was in Rome, and while sitting at a Papal audience, I began to contemplate what it means to be a priest, ...
Thursday, January 1, 2009

Letra del Año / Odun Ifa what and why?

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Aboru, Aboye, Aboshishe It's the time of year when we see much of the Lucumi world alight with the question, "Do you know what the ...
Thursday, December 18, 2008

Contemplation, meditation and the Ifa in our everyday lives...

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Aboru aboye aboshishe, I was recently approached by a reader and asked to speak about how Orisa/Ifa fit in our everyday lives, as opposed to...
Monday, October 13, 2008

Does d'afa (Ifa divination) lie?

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Aboru Aboye Aboshishe, I've been asked many times if Ifa "lies" or is incorrect. So many times, that I decided to post my thou...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008

The path of initiation in Ifa: Lucumi and Traditional Yoruba

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Aboru aboye aboshishe, After a few conversations including a longer one with my Oluwo in Nigeria, I thought that it would be quite useful to...
Sunday, July 20, 2008

Esu, guerreros and the nature of "caminos" of the Orisa

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Aboru, Aboye Aboshishe, I was recently asked a question regarding the differences between Esu and Elegba, why one might receive more then on...