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 →
Bright Mother
who flashes fire
reflecting yellow sun
Owner
of countless riches below
shell pearl river stone throne
you are seated
like a crown
diamond-filled and flowing
you spread your ribbons
cross land
to kiss sweet with salt sea tang.… Read More →
Wake Up Your Life with Prayer
‘Fake Ifa priests are taking over America’
The Passage
Praises to the River Goddess
THE ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE
Eledumare, Ori, Orisa: The Puzzle of Ifa in Western Society
The Odd Pairing of Esu and Joan Rivers
Odu Ifa
THE DEATH OF DIGNITY – The Humanity of Ifa in the Midst of the Inhumane
Of Negative Thinking and the Leopard’s Spots