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The new 3-Volume series, Yoruba Theology & Tradition, provides truly in-depth study of the culture that is the foundation of the spiritual systems of Ifa/Orisa, Lukumi, Vodun, Candomble, and others. IFA: A Complete Divination delivers great insight in to the divine oracle of Ifa, providing two verses of each of the 256 sacred Odu Ifa (in both Yoruba and English), the doctrine of Yoruba tradition. This book is sold through other resources, for as much as $89 plus shipping. Through Osebiile Lejuba Ifa, it is only $70 delivered ($60 + $10 s/h), or less when purchased in a set. The three-part publication of Save $9 on the complete set: $101 + $20 s/h Save $15 on all four books together: $155 + $25 s/h These books come from Nigeria. So, delivery may take 4 to 8 weeks, depending on US Customs expediting.
Don't miss this important spiritual family event! Sunday, December 21, 2008, 2:00pm to 4:00pm Eastern Time USA Location: Osebiile Temple of Ifa BlogTalkRadio broadcast is 2:30pm to 3:30pm, EST; Each meeting is broadcast on BlogTalkRadio, and begins with a brief prayer of thanks, and pouring libation to the earth and our ancestors. We share stories and experiences, and we eat together. We also discuss some ideas to help our Ifa community.
On May 4, 2008, a fellow BP member left a comment, stating that I had sold my soul to the devil. Sadly, this was from an African woman who abandoned her true culture and heritage. Below is my response to her comment, followed by her original posting. Posted 11-Nov-2008 by Awo Ojelola Ifasakin: I am just now seeing the comment (noted below) you left on 04-May-2008, regarding a photo of mine from my ite'Fa in Nigeria. While I can appreciate your efforts in sharing what you believe to be righteous, I must declare that I am appalled by the idea that you, and many other indigenous Africans have so willingly thrown away your true heritage for a system of belief that has been twisted and manipulated to destroy people around the world. My enslaved African ancestors were beaten, tortured, and even killed, for trying to hold on to their own culture. Christianity was literally beaten in to their skulls. Far beyond that, I witnessed, first-hand, how Christians continued to tear down my own family, throughout my childhood. I attended a Christian elementary school, and actively and willingly participated in the church, only to be rejected, tormented, and even beaten, BY CHRISTIANS, both White and Black, because of my ethnicity and skin tone. Through all of this, I prayed to God and to Jesus. I prayed to be saved from the horrors that my ancestors experienced, and the terrible things that I continued to experience in my own life, at the hands of Christians. While Jesus, himself, preached nothing wrong, an overwhelming number of Christians have twisted Christianity in to an abomination that is used to destroy cultures and control people. They have used, and continue to use, Christianity as a means of destroying the moral fiber upon which cultures have been successfully thriving for hundreds of millenniums. Christianity is used as the excuse for genocide and mass destruction. Even the unjust war in Iraq and Afghanistan is an effort based on twisted Christian practices and greed. In this nation, today, Muslims are attacked by Christians, just because they are Muslim. President Bush is largely responsible for this, as he claimed that God told him to go to war against the "Muslim terrorists". He used his Christian faith as the excuse to bring war to the Middle East, killing entire communities of people. Did you know that some Christians have already threatened the life of our new President-elect, Barack Obama? Yet, Barack Obama, himself, is a Christian. It reminds me of the many times when I was threatened and attacked by Christians, when I was a Christian, myself. Do you realize that the enslavement of Africans in America was a business run by Christians? Did you know that European and American Christians controlled the slave trade in Africa? Did you know they used Christianity to divide the peoples of Africa, and then conquer them? You say your family was involved in traditional African spiritual practices for over 500 years. Now, you are just "breaking free" from it. I wonder, if it was such a curse that would have doomed your family, how did they survive in it for more than half a millennium? Now, you throw away your true heritage, for something that is foreign to you. To put it in to the very words you used, "It is dangerous to embrace a culture you did not grow up in." Today, the Christian tactics may not be so blatantly brutal as they were a century ago, or even 30 or 40 years ago. But, the goal is still the same. It is to tear apart cultures, brainwashing entire ethnic groups, assimilating them in to a system of belief that is not their own, dividing and conquering them, controlling them, under the guise of peace and love. It is nothing other than treachery and manipulation, based on greed and justified through twisted Christian values. Jesus, himself, would be disgusted by it all. As I said before, I prayed to God and to Jesus, to save me from the torment that I experienced as a Christian. God led me to Ifa. Since finding my way to Ifa, I have inner strength and peace that no one can take away. Ire aiku, ire owo, ire alafia. ~ Awo Ojelola Ifasakin -------Nachuya's Original Comment-------- http://www.blackplanet.com/nachuya/ Dear brother, I am an African and I'd just like to let you know that you have basically sold your soul to the devil and they will be claiming you or your children in the future. You can only get out of it by seeking Christ. It is dangerous to embrace a culture you did not grow up in. The reason there is such a strong Christian movement in Nigeria and other parts of Africa is because of the deep rituals and occultic practices we were dipped into and are now fighting to get away from. My family has been under such practices for over 500 years and I am just now breaking away from it and ensuring that the curse does not follow my childrem It saddens me to see that you are running towards that. Your life may seem charmed for a while but when it comes time to cash in, they are gonna do it big time and wipe out all who are closest and dearest to you. Ask any Christian Nigerian about the rituals you went through and they'll tell you the truth. Be careful and seek Jesus as your Lord and saviour. The Lord directed me to write to you so please don't hate the messenger. You are duly warned and the rest is your choice. -------- End Original Comment--------
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Ire aiku, ire owo, ire alaafia!
Thursday, June 12 @ 5:00pm http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ScatteredSheep/2008/06/12/Tha-Way-of-life-that-inspired-many-religions-even-law-of-attraction
Tune in to BlogTalkRadio and call in to participate, as the Queen of Diamonds has a discussion about Ifa, the indigenous faith of our West Afrikan ancestors, with Awo Ojelola Ifasakin, founder and presiding awo of Osebiile 'Lejuba Ifa (Temple of Ifa). Discover the key to balance in spiritual and physical life. "Queen of Diamonds", Mercedes Hawkins, hosts Scattered Sheep on BlogTalkRadio, Thursdays at 5:00pm. She is a healer, health adviser, herbalist, and author. Awo Ojelola Ifasakin established Osebiile 'Lejuba Ifa, first as a web site in 2002, then as a temple in 2004. The temple came in to being as the need for services became increasingly evident, by the growing number of requests for spiritual assistance in Ifa tradition. Osebiile 'Lejuba Ifa is a center for healing, growing, and learning, in the Yoruba tradition of Ifa. Based in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Osebiile offers spiritual counseling (Ifa divination, ebo, general consultation), sacred ceremonial services (naming, hand of Ifa, marriage, cleansing, et cetera...), blessing of home, educational lectures, and Ifa/Orisa supplies, cleansing materials, and more. The methods and teachings, at Osebiile, are based upon authentic Yoruba tradition of Ifa, as it is maintained in West Afrika. Honor and thanks are given to Olorun (God), owner of all that exists. Respect and veneration are extended to his agents, the Orisa, who help us. We ackowledge and appreciate the other powers he has put in place to maintain balance in the world. We love and honor our ancestors, whom, through the grace of Olorun, have built the foundation upon which we stand today. Ire aiku, ire owo, ire alaafia! Blessings of long life, prosperity, and peace! ~ Awo j lol If sakin email: oje_Ifasakin@osebiile.org web: http://osebiile.org "Ibi ire ni'F n gbemi i lo." It is only to a place of blessings that If carries me. Yorub proverb, from the Odu-If of seb l
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