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In Yoruba culture, AROKO is a non-verbal semiotic system of communication. For Example, Sending a broom to someone means - you no longer want to see them in your house.   PÁKÒ (chewing stick) When you receive a chewing stick from an opposite sex, hmmm... It means "I LOVE YOU" ỌSÀN (Orange) When you receive an orange from someone, maybe sent through somebody else, it means I am pleased with you. It could also mean I love you.   ÌYARUN/ÒÒYÀ (comb) A comb is used ordinarily for combing hair, I.e for separation of tangled hair. This phenomenon is transferred in coded Yoruba Àrokò. Sending a comb to someone far away means separation or ending Of friendship or love affair.   ẸNÍ (mat) The sending of a piece of mat raffia especially of ore type is an indication that someone is sick in the household of the receiver and such a person is very lean.   Ọ̀JÁ/GBÀJÁ Receiving some part of cloth used to tie Baby means the pregnant woman you left ho...

Knowing the type Egbe you belong to is an issue that begs for answer time in time out. I have in several times been messaged either by email or via WhatsApp by people begging to know the exact Egbe in which they belong. I must say that this question had made 90 percent of my Google search queries in the last 12 months whenever I receive via email my monthly site report by Google. In all honestly, I see nothing wrong in knowing your exact Egbe especially when you curious about things you are told probably by a spiritualist or your strange experiences as far as life is concerned. This short article is to respond to the question that solicits for dire answer! Hence, how to know the type of Egbe you belong.   To start with, you have to bear at the back of the mind that we have numerous classes ofEgbe in which are innumerable by listing. Even the Veterans and practitioners of Egbe are likely not to have a grasp of how many are in existence as far as spirituality is concerned. ...

These characteristics include the following: i)               IFA IS SYSTEMATIC In Ifa, there are 256 chapters.   In each chapter, there are at least 1,680 stanzas.   In all, there are at least 430,080 stanzas in Ifa.   This means that there are four hundred and thirty thousand and eighty messages, together with their concomitant ebo, rituals and taboos in Ifa.   All these had been compartmentalized into Oju-Odu or Olodu (Major Odu) and Afeka-leka or Amulu-mala (combinations) for easy storage of these vital information and body of knowledge.  There are 16 major Odu and 240 combinations. In each Odu, be it major or combination, all the information are divided into different sub-heads, such as longevity, wealth, health, spouse, children, professional choice, success, death, affliction, litigation, loss, trouble and so on.  Depending on what the client has come for, there is, ...

                                                                          My attention was drawn to the current debate on social media regarding whether gays, lesbians, etc., should be allowed in Ifá spirituality.  While some argued that homosexuality has no place in Ifá/Òrìṣà spirituality, others argued that homosexuality is not unnatural because certain hormones were identified to be responsible for sexual orientation.   The latter indicates a likelihood of some people being born homosexuals.  As much as it is a controversial issue, it is imperative for any right-thinking and knowledgeable stakeholders in Ifá and Òrìṣà practice to provide valid and objective information in order to not leave the followers to their own under...