Download or read book The Power of the Coconut and the Yoruba Religion written by family and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-09-16 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HISTORY OF THE COCONUT Olodumare saw in Obi (coconut), a just and humble person, therefore he placed him high in a coconut tree, and made him white inside, and out. He also gave him an immortal soul. Elegba who was always a true and trusted servant of Olodumare is also at the service of Obi. That is why Elegba knows all the friends of Obi, and Obi knows all the friends for Elegba, the poor, the rich, the clean, the dirty, the straight and the crooked. One day, Obi had feast for his birthday, and entrusted Elegba to invite all his friends. Elegba seeing how pretentious and arrogant Obi had become invited all the beggars, and dirty people of the town. When Obi arrived and saw in his house all the beggars and dirty people in his house, he became very angry, and asked the beggars who had invited them there. They replied Elegba who had invited them. At that Obi shouted, Ah, so it was Elegba who invited you was it, but dirty, and with those rags for clothes! Get out of here! He shouted, and with that all the embarrassed guest left, and with them went Elegba, Obi soon realized his error, and called Elegba, but Elegba did not listen, and kept walking. One day Olodumare asked Elegba to go to the house of Obi. However, Elegba refused and told him to send him anywhere else, and we would go right away beside the house of Obi he would not, and should not go. Olodumare pretending that he knew nothing of what had transpired, asked Elegba what he had against Obi. After hearing Elegba the details of the incident at Obis house, Olodumare transformed himself into the disguise of a beggar, and went calling at the door of Obi. When Obi saw that who was calling was a beggar, he indignantly said, Take a bath and get dressed before calling at my door, can you not see that you are dirty, do you want to dirty my furniture too? and with that, he slammed the door in the face of Olodumare. Olodumare took a few steps from Obis house, and then with a strong voice called Obi; Obi Meye Emi Ofe which means, Obi see who I am. When Obi was seen aware that it was Olodumare who had come calling at his door, he tried to excuse himself, and beg forgiveness but Oloduma said to him Obi it is too late, I thought you were natural and unpretentious, that is why I placed you high in the coconut tree, making you white inside and out. But having placed so high, you have to become vain, and have thrown the beggar from your house. Obi, those are my children too. I am going to leave you in the coconut tree, so that you may realize that no matter how high you are placed, you can never be higher than myself, Oloduma the creator God, or my divine laws. Therefore for as long as the earth exists, you will roll on the ground, and be transformed to green and black on the outside, but to remain white on the inside for your immortal soul. The black to remind you of the offense you made to the beggars and the green for the hope that someday you will be forgiven when you come to understand that all persons are my children. Meanwhile, you will predict the good and bad, and the death that will occur on earth. And with that began the tradition of reading the Obi at the feet of Elegba, and the other Orishas.
Download or read book Ob Agb n written by Miguel Willie Ramos and published by Miguel "Willie" Ramos. This book was released on 2012 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English-Language Book. This book is an in-depth and analytical study of Lukumí Obí Divination. In addition, it is intended to serve as a practical guide for the young olorisha.
Download or read book El Poder del Coco En La Religion Yoruba written by Anthony Canty Efuntade and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Osun across the Waters written by Joseph M. Murphy and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2001-10-09 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ã’sun is a brilliant deity whose imagery and worldwide devotion demand broad and deep scholarly reflection. Contributors to the ground-breaking Africa's Ogun, edited by Sandra Barnes (Indiana University Press, 1997), explored the complex nature of Ogun, the orisa who transforms life through iron and technology. Ã’sun across the Waters continues this exploration of Yoruba religion by documenting Ã’sun religion. Ã’sun presents a dynamic example of the resilience and renewed importance of traditional Yoruba images in negotiating spiritual experience, social identity, and political power in contemporary Africa and the African diaspora. The 17 contributors to Ã’sun across the Waters delineate the special dimensions of Ã’sun religion as it appears through multiple disciplines in multiple cultural contexts. Tracing the extent of Ã’sun traditions takes us across the waters and back again. Ã’sun traditions continue to grow and change as they flow and return from their sources in Africa and the Americas.
Download or read book El Poder Del Coco Y La Religi n Yoruba written by Anthony Canty Efuntade and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-07-05 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En los ltimos aos, se ha producido un nuevo despertar en el deseo de la vida espiritual, y una alternativa a la confusin del mundo de hoy. Muchas personas han recurrido a la religin Yoruba; por lo tanto, ofrecemos este manual para dar un mayor conocimiento sobre el que apoyarse. La religin Yoruba se ha generalizado en todo el hemisferio occidental, as como en su nativa frica. La religin florece en el Caribe y Amrica del Sur, donde se ha trasladado junto con los pueblos que han seguido este camino religioso, de frica.
Download or read book The Yoruba Domino Oracle written by Carlos G. y Poenna and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2000-03-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clearly explains how to use dominos in divination for people who follow religious practices other than the various forms of Yoruba. The domino oracle is best known in Santeria, but is a universal oracle that may be consulted by anyone. Includes instructions for giving a reading and explains how to read combinations. For each reading y Poenna gives instructions for offerings or prayers to the Yoruba deities or Catholic saints. Glossary. Index.
Download or read book Church of Birds written by Ben H. Gagnon and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-31 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As humanity steadily decimates the global bird population, scientists and scholars are discovering that birds may have played a greater role in shaping human evolution than primates. Our distant ancestors imitated birdsong to develop language and followed bird migration flyways around the world, consistently settling in prime bird habitat. Church of Birds is an eco-history of human evolution that’s supported by recent scientific discoveries, ancient myth, and sacred texts. Across dozens of cultures, migratory birds were seen as divine agents of a benevolent sun, delivering seeds to the landscape in spring and guiding souls to a heavenly paradise in the fall. These mythic roles were ultimately incorporated into Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Download or read book Santeria written by Luis Manuel Núñez and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales of the gods, descriptions of oracles, spells, and ceremonies introduce a religion with many adherents in the Americas.
Download or read book Santeria written by Miguel A. De La Torre and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2004-08-23 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book by Miguel De La Torre offers a fascinating guide to the history, beliefs, rituals, and culture of Santería — a religious tradition that, despite persecution, suppression, and its own secretive nature, has close to a million adherents in the United States alone. Santería is a religion with Afro-Cuban roots, rising out of the cultural clash between the Yoruba people of West Africa and the Spanish Catholics who brought them to the Americas as slaves. As a faith of the marginalized and persecuted, it gave oppressed men and women strength and the will to survive. With the exile of thousands of Cubans in the wake of Castro's revolution in 1959, Santería came to the United States, where it is gradually coming to be recognized as a legitimate faith tradition. Apart from vague suspicions that Santería's rituals include animal sacrifice and notions that it is a “syncretistic” form of Catholicism, most people in America's cultural and religious mainstream know very little about this rich faith tradition — in fact, many have never heard of it at all. De La Torre, who was reared in Santería, sets out in this book to provide a basic understanding of its inner workings. He clearly explains the particular worldview, myths, rituals, and practices of Santería, and he discusses what role the religion typically plays in the life of its practitioners as well as the cultural influence it continues to exert in Latin American communities today. In offering a balanced, informed survey of Santería from his unique “insider-outsider” perspective, De La Torre also provides insight into how Christianity and Santería can enter into dialogue — a dialogue that will challenge Christians to consider what this emerging faith tradition can teach them about their own. Enhanced with illustrations, tables, and a glossary, De La Torre's Santería sheds light on a religion all too often shrouded in mystery and misunderstanding.
Download or read book The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts written by Baba Ifa Karade and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the spiritual source of the beliefs and practices that have so profoundly shaped African American religious traditions. Most of the Africans who were enslaved and brought to the Americas were from the Yoruba nation of West Africa, an ancient and vast civilization. In the diaspora caused by the slave trade, the guiding concepts of the Yoruba spiritual tradition took root in Haiti, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Brazil, and the United States. In this accessible introduction, Baba Ifa Karade provides an overview of the Yoruba tradition and its influence in the West. He describes the sixteen Orisha, or spirit gods, and shows us how to work with divination, use the energy centers of the body to internalize the teachings of Yoruba, and create a sacred place of worship. The book also includes prayers, dances, songs, offerings, and sacrifices to honor the Orisha.
Download or read book Fundamentals of r s Lifestyle written by Obafemi Origunwa and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Obafemi Origunwa, founder of the Orisa Lifestyle Academy and creator of the Orisa Lifestyle Agreements, articulates an in-depth, yet simple blueprint of the world's fastest growing spiritual movement. In his insightful study, Origunwa surveys a full range of traditional and modern African thought expressed through religion, sacred poetry, philosophy, mythology, psychology and business. He demonstrates that Yoruba sacred culture is far from being doomed to destruction or irrelevance at the hands of Islamic and Christian incursion. Instead, Orisa Lifestyle is evolving into a world wide cultural empire that is capable of actually using foreign tools to propogate its basic values. The Fundamentals of Orisa Lifestyle presents an invaluable insight into the foundations of the unique and vital tapestry of Yoruba indigenous knowledge systems practiced by over seventy million Africans all over the world.
Download or read book Divination with Dilogg n written by Monique Joiner Siedlak and published by Oshun Publications, LLC. This book was released on 2021-07-09 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover Divination with Diloggún, one of the oldest known spiritual practice in the world. This book details the rich history of coconut and cowrie shell divination and introduces readers to its powerful technique that allows them to connect to the wisdom of ancestors, spirits, and deities. It invites readers to follow its origins with the West African Yoruba people to lands as far away as Brazil, Cuba, and Puerto Rico. Learn about the divination systems, the meaning behind the sixteen cowrie shell combinations, the powerful messages of the Orishas and the great mystical divination techniques of these sacred magical tools. Inside you’ll find: Where West African cowrie-shell divinations are found What Diloggun divination is The Obi divination And more! The history, hands-on instructions, and theories outlined in this book will teach you how to use the shells to answer your questions and ultimately achieve your true destiny if you so desire.
Download or read book Vessels of Power written by James Lorand Matory and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Women in Yoruba Religions written by Oyèrónké Oládémọ and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2022-07-19 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Women in Yorùbá Religions discusses the influence of Yoruba culture on women's religious lives and leadership in religions practiced by Yoruba people, covering themes like Yoruba women in Yoruba religion, Christianity, and Islam; women in African-derived religions in the diaspora; Yoruba religion and globalization; and LGBTQ adherents of Yoruba religion"--
Download or read book Orisa written by Toyin Falola and published by Africa Research and Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Great Treatise Congo Yoruba and Creole of Vegetation written by Armando Durán and published by Author House. This book was released on 2005-07-18 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of this book, rich and organized has gather plenty information and with his heart full of joy the fruits of the Cuban medical folklore, that reflects the richness of our traditional medicine, to rescue from the forgetfulness and present it to the new generations to come and the whole humanity. This study matter contained in this book is for the apprenticeship of those initiated in the Yoruba religion and those initiated in the religion of the Congo. Since they were initiated in both religious cultures they contract a compromise With the God of the religious cultures they belong, that consist in the intention to cure the physicals and spirituals illness of their godsons and others persons that seek for relief and cure for their illness. This book contains a treasure of knowledge about the kingdom of the plants, holder of an infinite source of energy, Increasing the field of power and work, by teaching them to exploit so valuable source for the good of the human race and the Universe.
Download or read book Making the Gods in New York written by Mary Cuthrell Curry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-12 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last 35 years, practice of Santeria and the Yoruba religion in the United States has grown as the result of African American search for identity and large scale Cuban migration. While the ritual and belief systems of Santeria and the Yoruba Religion are essentially the same, the practical religion of both differs. Both center around questions of group identity and the concerns of their practitioners. This book focuses on the changes in the Yoruba Practical Religion of the Converted in the African American community. Through insighful attention to rich ethnographic detail, the author explores the beliefs, practices, and rituals of this religious community.