The meaning of the 16 Odu Ifa of the Ifa is based on 16 symbolic or allegorical parables contained in the 16 Core Chapters or Principles that form the basis of the Ifá, a system of divination of the Yoruba ...

Ifá não nos proporciona uma mudança provisória, e sim a mudança de um destino absoluto através de ações que possa somar ao bem estar da família, da sociedade e de uma renovação interna através de um bom carácter. Podemos mudar ...

Òpá òsùn is a deity, when ifa initiation wants to be performed, the Babaláwo must obtain it to perform the procedures of ifa, òpá òsùn is to call all the deities for what is being processed. Òpá òsùn is very ...

in whatever we say, in everything we say, be mindful,be honest, be truthful, and be conscious in order not to harm ourselves or our loved ones with our utterances. We should not be our own worst enemy!In Irosun Ega (Irosun ...

ÈNÌYÀN—We Have the Power to Choose Ènìyàn in Yoruba means a person. Ènìyàn is from the verb yàn (to choose). Ènìyàn means ẹni tí ó yàn—the one who chose. Before each one of us came from Òde Ọ̀run (Outer Source) ...

Yesterday we met again to see if they had hot pepper soup at the local African joint. Logically, when these simple folks enter a pepper soup joint, it is like Ṣẹ̀lẹ́ enter spirit: matters get philosophically historical like a magical ...

Ijapa (Mr. Tortoise) went and bought Aja (the Dog) in the market. Ijapa took Aja home. The following day, Ijapa put Aja on a leash, and told Aja, “Let’s go out.” Aja was surprised that he was put on a ...

ÀṢẸ in Ede Oodua (Yoruba) ASHE in North America (United States, Europe, Afro-Caribbean, Canada) AXE in Brazil. ACHE in Cuba. ÀṢẸ, ASHE, AXE, ACHE emanated from the Yoruba Àṣẹ. There are now attempts to equate the word Ase with the ...

Agongo sígo sígo The Ifa diviner called Agongo sígo sígo Agongo sìgo sìgo Another Ifa diviner called Agongo sìgo sìgo A dífá fún Ògúndá They were the diviners for Ògúndá Èyí tí ó tẹ̀hìn wá The one who came from ...

As the Sun rise On this Monday May the Source of all things grand me the energy and the force of my Ancestors and Oko… To gain nourishment and growth from the lands, focus my efforts and grant me prosperity ...