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Life Path & Guardian Orisha Divination

“Dedicated to the spreading and sharing information and knowledge Hidden for centuries. Ifa is a nature religion that helps to develop realistic relationships with the natural forces that govern the universe.” Ifa is not strictly religion, history, philosophy, or science, but Ifa contains Religion, History, Philosophy, and Science within itself by which wonderful things are performed. Ifa is not any one thing, but it contains everything within it, in it totality. Ifa Often Speaks In Parables..

Remembering Baba Yagbe

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The Divining Powder (Iyerosun)

Iyerosun is a powder used in the Yoruba Ifa tradition mainly by Diviners in Ifa divination practices to mark Odu Ifa. It is termite dust from the Irosun tree, the Irosun tree is a special tree that is said to have a connection to the spirit realm.

Dogon Cults

In Dogon thought, Male and Females are born with both sexual components. The clitoris is considered Male, while the foreskin is considered Female. – Originally, for the Dogon, man was endowed with a dual soul, and circumcision eliminates the superfluous one. Rites of circumcision thus allow each sex to assume its proper physical identity. Most men, however, have only one wife, and it is rare for a man to have more than two wives. Formally, wives join their husband’s household only after the birth of their first child. After having children, divorce is a rare and serious matter, and it requires the participation of the whole village.

Purifying & Burning Away Our Impurities

When The Fire Is Fed… Its Character Is Remodeled = Its Glory Rises & Shines. The fuse is a fundamental element in life, with a strong symbolic meaning on several occasions. Used in Ancestral rituals, the fuse flame illuminates the path of the Ancestors to the present, maintaining the connection between the living and the dead. In addition, the fuse is used in energy cleansing rituals, transmitting negative energies, and purifying the environment for religious practice. It is also present at festive events, symbolizing the light that illuminates the path of the couple or the newborn.

Bells = Supernatural Enchantment

This may have come from their use in real life, to be rung for good or bad times. Bells were used in celebrations such as weddings or to call people to pray. From Celtic times, they were thought to contain magic.

Egungun – Life After Death

***The concept of Life and Death transcends physical notions of Noise or Silence. It has a metaphysical dimension that is reflected in these words: Those who are Dead are never gone – They are in the brightening Shadow and in the thickening Gloom – The Dead are beneath the Earth – They are in the quivering Tree – They are in the groaning Wood – They are in the flowing Water – They are in the flowing and still Water – They are in the Hut; they are in the Crowd – The Dead are not Dead.