If you have not read any of my previous posts, my name is Iya Ekundayo. I was brought up in the Brazilian spiritual tradition of “Xango”, a diaspora offshoot of the Ifa tradition of the Yoruba people of Nigeria, and … Read More →
I am always fond of saying that I learn something new in orisa everyday and this week was no exception. For those of you not familiar with me, I work as a Iyanifa and Iyalorisa priestess, a cowrie shell diviner, … Read More →
Prayer is an often forgotten ally in our modern world, even for traditionalists who call themselves orisa worshipers or followers. Certainly we all pray when ebo is being made, when we are bowed standing or on our knees in a … Read More →
Beads fall
across your face
pearl water drops
hidden dark beauty
radiant beneath
Queen that holds the iruke
Owner of all mysteries deep
I thank you
for dressing me in your clothes
Mo dupe O Mamae
Your body moves
glistening … Read More →
Our Word is Our Character
Of Negative Thinking and the Leopard’s Spots
The Odd Pairing of Esu and Joan Rivers
Odu Ifa
Wake Up Your Life with Prayer
THE ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE
‘Fake Ifa priests are taking over America’
Dangerous Diaspora: Disinformation, Trinket Selling and Outright Lies
Eewo-Taboos and Living Life Within the Tradition of Ifa
‘Yoruba Mind Meld’: The Alignment of Mouth, Thought, Emotion and Ori