In traditional Yoruba culture, Ifá refers to a system of divination and the verses of the literary corpus known as the Odú Ifá presented in the course of divination. Orunmila is the deity associated with Ifa diviniation. In some instances, the name Orunmila is used interchangeably with the word Ifa. Orunmila brought Ifa diviniation to [...]
Archive for September, 2007
Today I feel immensely happy!
Today is Monday, September 24th. Happy Obbatala Day to everyone who reads this!
I was just reflecting about how I finally got to do my Ebbo Meta. I am six months into my iyaworaje and was three months behind on my ebbo. I had to pay for my son’s as well and [...]
A Message to MySanteria.com Members
Alafia all, bendicion mayores, santo menores,
Wow – you don’t log in for two days and what one misses around here LOL.
First I would like to thank Ruben. He has created a wonderful site that is a resource for us all – no matter if we are initiates in different systems or [...]
I’ve recently had the opportunity to witness a number of different umbanda sessions, in 3 different terreiros and I’ll give a brief account of them below:
The first (just outside Rio, we were taken there by one of our nieces who is a medium there) was very caboclo (indio) based, with the lead medium’s entity being [...]
Maferefun Yemaya,
HAPPY YEMAYA DAY TO ALL.
May the mother of the world bless all of you on this beautiful day.
Long life and happiness to all I am sure the mother of the world will be showering it down on all of us especially all of her beautiful children.
A special bendicion to my godmother Omizara who is [...]
Since there is an old saying that the way to the Orisha is through the egun, I have been trying to learn as much about the egun and the orisha associated with them as possible. I thought I would share what I have learned and post it here for anyone who might be interested or [...]
