Follows the Yoruba tribe of Nigeria and offers information about their fortune-telling abilities.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Trash-- has nothing to do with Real Merindilogun Divination,
By A Customer
This review is from: African Oracles in 10 Minutes (Paperback)
The author is not an initiate of any of the religions that use cowerie shell divination. The significances and meanings he gives each of the Odu/patterns in his book were made up by him. They have no resemblence at all to the traditional meanings used by Santeros or Yoruba. If you are a serious student of Santeria or African religion, skip this book and look up any of the books by William Bascom, instead. In short, this book is disrespectful to the Afro-Cuban religion and cowerie tradition it alledges to describe. If you were to use the interpretations given in this book in front of a real Santero you would be scolded at worst, and laughed at, at best. Look, you are connected to Amazon.com, after reading this, do a search for Bascom's 16 Coweries. THAT is a much better book that this one.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Worth Nothing....Disrespectful of the tradition,
By ekun@email.com (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: African Oracles in 10 Minutes (Paperback)
This book is worthless. The descriptions of the Odu/Divination patterns it gives have nothing to do with either Cuban or Nigerian traditional interpretations. The book is disrespectful of the tradition from which it misappropriates.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Caveat Emptor!,
By A Customer
This review is from: African Oracles in 10 Minutes (Paperback)
This book is clueless and exploitative, and has absolutely no basis in the reality and tradition of cowrie shell divination. Clearly nothing more than a bid for bucks, by an author who is counting on the ignorance of his audience.
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