In this introductory volume, Baba Ifa Karade provides an easily understandable overview of the Yoruba religion. He describes 16 orisha and shows us how to work with divination, to use the chakras to internalize the teachings of Yoruba, and describes howto create a sacred place of worship. Includes prayers, dances, songs, offerings, and sacrifices to honor the orisha and egun. Illustrations, charts, glossary, bibliography, and index.

The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts

Religion & Spirituality

Karade, Baba Ifa

New Age & Spirituality

Weiser Books

Ojise: Messenger of the Yoruba Tradition is a journal of the daytoday activities and rituals that Karade encountered in his quest for priesthood in the Yoruba religion. Embedded in this journal are the very emotions, ideas and changes in his psyche and the healing of soul that occurred on this journey. Karade explains the significance of the spiritual pilgrimage for people of all faiths.

Ojise: Messenger of the Yoruba Tradition

Biographies & Memoirs

An introduction to the spiritual source of the beliefs and practices that have so profoundly shaped African American religious traditions. 
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 accessible introduction, Baba Ifa Karade provides an overview of the Yoruba tradition and its influence in the West. He describes the sixteen Orisha, or spirit gods, and shows us how to work with divination, use the energy centers of the body to internalize the teachings of Yoruba, and create a sacred place of worship. The book also includes prayers, dances, songs, offerings, and sacrifices to honor the Orisha.

The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts (Weiser Classics Series)

Clearly and methodically, Baba Ifa Karade renders an outstanding depth of insight into the Ifa tradition. Beginning with its "Genesis" and progressing to the religious traditions and practices, Mr. Karade states "It is important for the devotees of the yoruba faith to explore the origins of the Yoruba in both historical and cultural dimensions in addition to studying the structure of the Ifa philosophy and religious culture. By studying and contemplating upon the vast richness of the tradition, devotees are also less likely to rest upon the "Occult-like" levels and rise to the plateau of realizing Ifa as a path to inner enlightment and divine reflection. This literary work represents a courageous step in broadening and elaborating on previously held concepts by some devotees and non-devotees alike that rested upon cultural imitations, while gaining no understanding of the ultimate purpose and directives of the deepness of the African ancestral thought, behavior and concepts of the world at large and divine realms. This book clearly places Baba Ifa Karade among the uninhibited, who would elevate the philosophy and directives of the Ifa tradition.

Imoye: A Definition of the Ifa Tradition

Athelia Henrietta Pr

Esta obra nos ofrece una visión general de la religión Yoruba fácilmente comprensible. También se dan explicaciones sobre las oraciones, las danzas, los cantos, las ofrendas y los sacrificios. Nos muestra cómo hemos de obrar con la adivinación, cómo utilizar los chakras para interiorizar las enseñanzas de Yoruba.

Manual de Conceptos Religiosos Yoruba

R.C.R. Ediciones