TODAY IS A BREATH OF POETIC AIR AS IRECITE A FEW OF WORKS AND THOSE OF NIGERIAN PRIESTESS, EWA ORISA.AS YOU LISTEN PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO BREATHE IN THE ESSENCE OF THE THOUGHTS, WORDS, AND INTENTIONS OF EACH SELECTION. NOTE HOW EACH RESONATES AND HOW YOU ARE NOURISHED. ALSO, BEGIN TO WRITE MORE ABOUT YOUR YOURSELF AND HOW YOU SEE LIFE AND NATURE.PEACE. 

TODAY IS A BREATH OF POETIC AIR AS IRECITE A FEW OF WORKS AND THOSE OF NIGERIAN PRIESTESS, EWA ORISA.

AS YOU LISTEN PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO BREATHE IN THE ESSENCE OF THE THOUGHTS, WORDS, AND INTENTIONS OF EACH SELECTION. NOTE HOW EACH RESONATES AND HOW YOU ARE NOURISHED. ALSO, BEGIN TO WRITE MORE ABOUT YOUR YOURSELF AND HOW YOU SEE LIFE AND NATURE.

PEACE. 

TODAY, THE FOCUS IS ON ONE OF THE "SEVEN POWERS" TAKEN FROM THE TEXT BY MONAG DEMBLA. I DECIDED TO, AT VARIOUS TIMES, REFERENCE ONE OF THE "POWERS" IN APPLIED COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS TO IFA/ISESE PRAGMATISM. THE RESULTS HAVE THUS FAR BEEN FRUITFUL. RESILIENCE IS A NECESSARY SKILL SET IN IFA/ISESE AND BEYOND. THE FACT REMAINS: TO BECOME STRONGER SPIRITUALLY WE MUST CONFRONT OUR WEAKNESSES WITH BRAVERY. WE MUST ALSO TEST OUR RESOLVE AND MEASURE THE DEGREE OF INNER STRENGTH WE'RE ABLE TO MUSTER UP.  THEN THERE'S ENDURANCE AND RELATEDLY LEVELS OF TOLERANCE. PATIENCE AND STOIC RESILIENCE MUST ALSO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. I ENCOURAGE US TO WEIGH HEAVILY EACH OF THE SUBCATEGORIES OF RESILIENCE AND EXERCISE THEM.

TODAY IS A CONTINUATION OF THE SPIRIT OF SHARING THE WORKS AND INSIGHTS OF OTHERS. AS I HAVE, AND WILL STATE OVER-AND-OVER AGAIN, THE IMPORTANCE OF YOUR INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION. THAT SAID, I'LL PRESENT THE WORKS AND INSIGHTS OF OTHERS CONSISTENTLY. SISTER MODUPETOLA POSTED AN WONDERFUL DELIVERY ON FACEBOOK. SHE GAVE HOMAGE TO ME AS AN ELDER AND SHE REFERENCED THE HANDBOOK OF YORUBA RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS. IT WAS WONDERFUL.SHE WENT ON TO SHARE THE PRAYER TO YEMAYA WHICH CAME STRAIGHT FROM THE BOOK.  I READ HER POST AND THE PRAYER ON TODAY'S PODCAST.YEMAYA OLODOOLODO YEMAYA

IN THE SPIRIT OF SHARING THE WORKS OF OTHERS ON AWAKE WITH IFA I'M OPENING THE DOORS AND INVITING CREATIVE, THOUGHTFUL PEOPLE IN. AND IT'S HAPPENING.I'M OVERJOYED. TODAY WE HEAR FROM SISTER NYNE, THE ADMIN OF HER BAOBAWHISPERS BLOG CHAPTER 1 FROM SISTER NYNE.. WHEN I FIRST VISITED THE SITE I SAW ITS HEADING: CHAPTER 1. I HAD NO IDEA  WHAT WOULD FOLLOW BUT I WAS EXCITED TO SEE. AND TO MY SURPRISE IT WAS CHAPTER 1 OF THE HANDBOOK. I WAS EAGER TO READ WHAT SISTER NYNE HAD WRITTEN. SHE DID NOT DISAPPOINT.SHE SUMMED UP NEATLY NOT ONLY WHAT SHE'D READ (WHICH SHE HIGHLIGHTED ) BUT ALSO WHAT SHE GAINED FROM THE CHAPTER. HOW WONDERFUL IS THAT? I INVITE EVERYONE TO DO THE SAME. HIGHLIGHT, MAKE SIDE NOTES, KEEP A NOTEBOOK, JOIN OUR CLASSES, FACILITATE YOUR OWN CLASSES, ETC.  IN GIST, DON'T JUST READ OVER THE BOOK FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ACTUALLY LEARN. IT WILL TAKE TIME (I'M STILL LEARNING). WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S MEDICINE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IFA FROM A PRAGMATIC & PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH JOIN OUR COMMUNITY  https://beacons.ai/sacred.waters.healing.temple  HERE ARE MANY BOOKS TO START YOUR JOURNEYThe Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts https://a.co/d/iXSH5m9ELDER REFLECTIONS BOOK I https://a.co/d/a9wGF53A Place of Nights: War and Resurrection https://a.co/d/e4OypR7imole https://a.co/d/h5jPsWCSouls of Myrrh: Orisha Urban Stories Book 1 https://a.co/d/6ZLBdYY
Ojise: Messenger of the Yoruba Tradition https://a.co/d/3mVy91MThe Ifa/Orisha Religious Tradition: A New Global Perspective https://a.co/d/7DUg2Br
Ogbon: A Pragmatic Approach to Ifa Philosophy https://a.co/d/iCj1dVjOgbon Inu https://www.amazon.com.br/OGBON-INU-COMPANION-ISESE-PRAGMATISM/dp/B0GH8DV2LB

TODAY'S MEDICINE IS THAT OF HONORING MY FRIEND AND INITIATE, OBA KOLEOSO KARADE. THOUGH NOW AMONG THE ANCESTORS HIS LINEAGE AND LEGACY REMAINS STRONG IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THE PEOPLE. IN HIS REMEMBRANCE I OFFER EXCERPTS FROM HIS MANUSCRIPT WRITTEN FOR HIS FINAL STAGE OF IFA INITIATION (C)1999. LET'S BEGIN WITH A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS. 

1. COMING TO GRIPS WITH OUR POLITICAL STRUGGLE AND THAT OF OUR CULTURAL RECLAMATION.  THE EMPHASIS ON WHETHER POLITICAL FREEDOM BRINGS ABOUT OUR CULTURAL REVOLUTION IS A MATTER OF --A QUESTION OF GRAVE CONCERN. FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, THE EMPHASIS IS ON THE CULTURAL RECLAMATION OF OUR PEOPLE. THAT DOESN'T NEGATE THE NEED FOR POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT.

2. THE CALL TO PRIESTHOOD AS A RESULT OF CULTURAL RECLAMATION IS MENTIONED IN THIS TREATISE. HEREIN IS THE IMPORTANCE OF IFA/ISESE: THAT OF AWAKENING OUR GENETIC MEMORY VIA STORIES AND STUDIES REVOLVING AROUND AND CENTERING ON OUR AFRICAN SOURCE OF EXISTENCE. 

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S MEDICINE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IFA FROM A PRAGMATIC & PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH JOIN OUR COMMUNITY  https://beacons.ai/sacred.waters.healing.temple  HERE ARE MANY BOOKS TO START YOUR JOURNEYThe Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts https://a.co/d/iXSH5m9ELDER REFLECTIONS BOOK I https://a.co/d/a9wGF53A Place of Nights: War and Resurrection https://a.co/d/e4OypR7imole https://a.co/d/h5jPsWCSouls of Myrrh: Orisha Urban Stories Book 1 https://a.co/d/6ZLBdYY
Ojise: Messenger of the Yoruba Tradition https://a.co/d/3mVy91MThe Ifa/Orisha Religious Tradition: A New Global Perspective https://a.co/d/7DUg2Br
Ogbon: A Pragmatic Approach to Ifa Philosophy https://a.co/d/iCj1dVjOgbon Inu https://www.amazon.com.br/OGBON-INU-COMPANION-ISESE-PRAGMATISM/dp/B0GH8DV2LB

DESCRIPTION: THE RELEVANCE OF ANCESTRAL MEMORIES EMBRACES BOTH LINEAGE AND LEGACY AND ALSO INHERITANCE. EACH OF GREAT IMPORTANCE SEPARATELY BUT WHEN BRAIDED TOGETHER THE TOTAL OF THEM IS GREATER THAN WHEN COMBINED. THAT SAID, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HOLD ON TO THESE THREE STRANDS. WE ARE OFTEN MOVED AND/OR DIRECTED TO MAKE OFFERINGS TO OUR ANCESTORS SEEMINGLY MORE SO IN AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGIONS AND, OF COURSE, FOR GOOD REASONS. WE ARE NOW ADVISED TO GO BEYOND BEING INSTRUCTED TO DO SO AND SOLELY DEPEND ON WHAT IS TOLD TO US REGARDING OFFERINGS. THERE'S MORE TO IT --THERE'S YOU. IN THIS VIDEO I SHARE A POEM WRITTEN IN HONOR OF MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER, LILIAN MURRY DAVIS. SHE'S FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. THOSE WHO HAVE READ THE POEM HAVE STATED THAT THEY CONNECTED DEEPLY. THE TITLE IS "CHICKEN WINGS." (SEE:ELDER REFLECTIONS: PART 1" BY OLOYE KARADE)FIND LESSONS, LIVES TEACHINGS, BOOKS & EVENTS VIA LINK BELOW. https://beacons.ai/sacred.waters.healing.temple

SHORTS FROM OLOYE BABA IFA KARADE

Shorts from the PLACE OF NIGHTS by Oloye Karade

Ogbon: A Pragmatic Approach to Ifa Philosophy is not a ritual manual—it is a philosophical offering.In this work, Baba Karadé invites readers to engage Ifá as a living system of thought, emphasizing discernment, moral clarity, and personal responsibility. Ogbon serves as a bridge between classical Yoruba teachings and modern realities, offering tools for self-reflection, balance, and sovereignty rather than dependency.Baba Karadé is widely known for his commitment to demystifying African traditional religions, grounding them in philosophy, ethics, and lived experience rather than fear or blind obedience. With over four decades of study, teaching, and travel across Africa and the diaspora, his work continues to bridge ancestral wisdom with contemporary life.#Ogbon#Thehandbookofyorubareligiousconcepts#AfricanKnowledgeSystems#AncestralEducation#DiasporaWisdom#EldersTeachings#SacredStudy#AncestralPhilosophy#LivingWisdom#SpiritualEthics#PragmaticSpirituality#CriticalSpiritualThinking #Ogbon #AfricanKnowledgeSystems #AncestralEducation