Tag Archive | "Ethics"
Araba Agbaye: A Message to Ifa Practitioners
Araba Aworeni of Ile Ife, Nigeria issues statement regarding unscrupulousness individuals pretending to speak on his behalf to gain money and/or prestige.
Continue reading...Who’s the Master?
Friday, September 19, 2008
A “Master” is a person who possesses the ability to instantly, instinctively and flawlessly match energy and intention to the task at hand. In other words, a master can instantly access the skills best-suited to flawlessly perform a specific task.
Continue reading...Exercise Spiritual Discipline New Priest
Thursday, September 11, 2008
a priestly initiate that possesses poor spiritual discipline becomes a poor student and a worst elder that has little Ase (spiritual power) on tap for healing and teaching others. It is the duty of priestly initiates to fight emotional wavering and the Ajogun that plague and hold back the progress of humanity. Self-Mastery among priests results in eventual self-mastery among the masses.
Continue reading...Spirituality and Applied Ethics: An African Perspective, Pg 2
Thursday, June 5, 2008
WEST AFRICA REVIEW (2001) ISSN: 1525-4488 SPIRITUALITY AND APPLIED ETHICS: AN AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE Kölá Abíðbölá Page 2 In addition to Àrùn (Disease) as an evil supernatural force, the word “àrùn” also means illness or disease. Àrùn as a biological defect in a human being can be caused by natural causes, or by Àrùn (the malevolent [...]
Continue reading...Spirituality and Applied Ethics: An African Perspective
Thursday, June 5, 2008
This paper provides a philosophical assessment of two institutions and their practices: the institution of traditional medicine and the ethical issues generated by its practice; and, the institution of contemporary African philosophy and the relevance of its practice to African societies.
Continue reading...How Does Corpus of Ifa Identify and Removed the Effects of Racism, Colonialism?
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Recently, the question of, "How does the Corpus of Ifa identify and remove the effects of Racism, colonialism etc", have been the subject of discussion amongst Ifa Priest here in the United States and Nigeria because of problems with the US Embassy in Lagos.
Continue reading...Effectively Communicating with the Egun Part 1
Thursday, May 8, 2008
With the exception of our Ori, no Orisa approachs the level of closeness that we have with our Egun (Ancestors). It is no wonder that we are taught to take the majority of our problems to them first.
Continue reading...While We Danced, Our Egun Sized Each Other Up!
Thursday, May 8, 2008
There is a dialogue that goes on between the Egun (Ancestors) of two or more people when they meet for the first time. Devotees of traditional religions should explore this dynamic interaction between Egun.
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- Interview with Awo Owolabi, Son of the Araba
- Ifa Reading of the Year, Oke Itase, Ile-Ife Nigeria on June 5, 2010
- Orisa Priestess helps expand West African faith’s reach
- A Response to the Accord of the Oba Oriate
- How Should We Answer the Oba Oriates on Their Manifesto Statement and Accord?
- Founders of Various Traditional African Spiritual Lineages in U.S.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
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