Status
Available
Call number
Collections
Publication
Weiser Books (1994), Edition: First Printing, 144 pages
Description
"Most of the Africans who were enslaved and brought to the Americas were from the Yoruba nation of West Africa, an ancient and vast civilization. In the diaspora caused by the slave trade, the guiding concepts of the Yoruba spiritual tradition took root in Haiti, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Brazil, and the United States. In this introduction to the practice, the author provides an overview of the Yoruba tradition and its influence in the West. He describes the 16 Orisha, or spirit gods, and shows us how to work with divination, how to use the energy centers of the body to internalize the teachings of Yoruba, and describes how to create a sacred place of worship"--
User reviews
LibraryThing member nandithebull
Right after John Mason comes Baba Ifa Karade. This book takes the inclusive energy of Ifa to a new level by offering simple, comparative excerpts from religious texts from differing religions, even a list of chakras and their Yoruba counterparts. Interesting and mind/heart opening.
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
144 p.; 8.5 inches
ISBN
0877287899 / 9780877287896
Local notes
AP
Other editions
The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts by Baba Ifa Karade (Paperback)
The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts by Baba Ifa Karade (Paperback)
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