A comprehensive study of Yoruba, including a survey of the major Orishas, the deified spirits of ancestors and other spirits, the minor Orishas, details of priesthood and worship, the Yoruba conception of human beings, magic in Yorubaland, and the survival of hieroglyphics, emblems and other symbols. A scholarly work.
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Be careful,
By Fagunwa (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Religion of the Yorubas (Paperback)
Mr Lucas is influenced by Christianity and has mixed it into his views of Ifa. Good info when sifted well. Eat the meat toss the bones away.
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Supreme Spiritual Awakening for all "Africans"-in America,
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This important spiritual awakening is necessity for the souls of blacks, in America. Is has a vast amount of history as to how God's power affects nature, man, and spirituality. It sufficiently explains the relationship between Ancient Egypt and the religion of Southern Nigeria, in addition to providing detailed steps, measures, practices, and initiation into the religion. I highly recommend this book to those who seek to grow into a mature relationship with Ifa and their ancesters, etc.
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THE question has often been asked as to whether the religions of primitive peoples owe their character to arrested development or to degeneration. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
word khu, major ori, heliolithic culture, second individuality, luminous spirit, deified spirits, elemental deities, lowly plant, other ori, incarnate soul, new syllable Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ancient Egypt, West African, Dawn of Civilization, Supreme Deity, Book of the Dead, Ile Ifç, Gold Coast, Flinders Petrie, Colonel Ellis, Professor Maspero, Amaury Talbot, Ile Ifg, Leo Froebenius, North Africa, Qpa Qranyan, Wallis Budge, Benin City, Professor Froebenius, Sierra Leone, Nigerian Chronicle, Nigerian Studies, River Niger, British Government, Gulf of Guinea, History of Nigeria New!
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THE question has often been asked as to whether the religions of primitive peoples owe their character to arrested development or to degeneration. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
word khu, major ori, heliolithic culture, second individuality, luminous spirit, deified spirits, elemental deities, lowly plant, other ori, incarnate soul, new syllable Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ancient Egypt, West African, Dawn of Civilization, Supreme Deity, Book of the Dead, Ile Ifç, Gold Coast, Flinders Petrie, Colonel Ellis, Professor Maspero, Amaury Talbot, Ile Ifg, Leo Froebenius, North Africa, Qpa Qranyan, Wallis Budge, Benin City, Professor Froebenius, Sierra Leone, Nigerian Chronicle, Nigerian Studies, River Niger, British Government, Gulf of Guinea, History of Nigeria New!
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- Tradition and Transformation (Classical Writings on the Ifa/Yoruba Traditional Religion) by Baba Akinkugbe Karade on page 29, page 36, and Back Matter
- Lost Discoveries : The Ancient Roots of Modern Science--from the Babylonians to the Maya by Dick Teresi in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The African Origin of Greek Philosophy:: An Exercise in Afrocentrism by Innocent C. Onyewuenyi on page 86, and Back Matter
- Ancestors: Hidden Hands, Healing Spirits for Your Use and Empowerment by Ra Ifagbemi Babalawo in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Greatest Killer: Smallpox in History by Donald R. Hopkins in Back Matter
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