Friday, February 1, 2008

To Give . . .

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Aboru aboye aboshishe, A recent conversation claiming that only Africans and African descendants were allowed to practice Ifa left me a bit ...
Saturday, January 26, 2008

On being Awo Ifa

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I was asked what is means to be a Babalawo, to which I responded: Orunmi la was the only true Babala wo, we can only stand in light hoping t...
Friday, January 18, 2008

Further thoughts on Odu Ifa and cultural relativism

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Aboru aboye aboshishe, As I read one of my books this morning I had alot of really interesting revelations, one of which surrounded this ide...
Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Treatise on Ebori and Ori: Feeding your Soul

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In today's world of speed and complexity, we often hear people talking about how one should "feed one's soul." Even more o...
Sunday, December 9, 2007

The ever expanding corpus of wisdom we call Ifa

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The ever expanding corpus of wisdom we call Ifa. We should start this conversation with a well known mantra I've repeated many times: Wi...
Monday, December 3, 2007

Sacred Odu Ifa texts and rituals, what is our responsibility?

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Aboru aboye aboshishe, In a recent dialog, I was confronted with non-Ifa priests (though priests of other Orisa) who condoned the reading of...
Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Discourse on meaning and symbology in the Ifa Divination System

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I would like to start this discourse with a few simple questions: If one practices Ifa, does one have to believe in the creation stories and...