Aboru aboye abosise!
Philip Ryan Deal is an Oṣun priest living in Western Massachusetts. Oṣun, spelled Oshun in the diaspora, is the Orisha of fresh water, love, motherhood, and the leader of the Aje Iyami, the primordial mothers. He was initiated in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria by the Iyadudu Temple and Compound. He was scratched in Palo Mayombe by Tata Peter Lugo of Miami, Florida. His Manbo in Haitian Vodou is Lalune Bwiye Bon Manbo and is a member of her order Lod Mayifado Sakre. He serves the diaspora by offering divination, spiritual mentorship, and initiations. His books on Puerto Rican Vodou, Herbal Astrology, and the IFA Orisha religion are available on Amazon. He is the founder of the Aje Funfun Temple.
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Wisdom Of The Orishas
The Orisha religion is a world religion just like Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Christianity. Archeologists have determined it has been practiced in West Africa since at least 500 BCE but is probably much older. During the transatlantic slave trade the Orisha religion spread to the Western Hemisphere. It was most heavily practiced in the Caribbean and Brazil. It is referred to as Isese (the tradition), Cuban Ifa, Lucumi, Santeria, Regla de Ocha, Brazilian candomblé, Umbanda or simply the Orisha religion. I have been studying comparative religion for over twenty years and the only religion I can compare Ifa to is Taoism. Both are indigenous wisdom traditions that existed before the rise of pantheon religions. Animism, ancestor veneration, and mediumship are the oldest religions and the Orisha faith contains all these elements. Over thousands of years a solid pantheon of Orishas developed into what we know today.
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