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The Usefulness and types of Prayer (Iwure) - Ifa's view

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Prayers are the expression of desires we sincerely and seriously wish to manifest. To pray therefore means to communicate our desires to or commune with, the Deities to lend us a hand in ensuring that our desires come to pass as we intend.

Three perspectives of Honesty as a trait of Babalawo

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Honesty according to Oxford dictionary described it as the way of “always telling the truth and never stealing or cheating”. Wikipedia describes honest to a “ Facet of moral character and connotes positive and virtuous attributes such as integrity, truthfulness, straight forwardness along with the absence of lying and cheating, theft etc.

Happy New year: Fayemioye

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Gratitude! Gratitude!! Gratitude !!!. Firstly,  Happy new year to you all. Just like yesterday, it was 1st of 2016 and today, the 1st day in 2017.Wow, how time flies.

Court orders Osun CP to arrest Oluwo of Iwo

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A magistrate’s court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State has ordered the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Fimihan Adeoye, to arrest the Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed  Akanbi, and bring him to court on January 6, 2017.

Throw Away The Idols In Your Palaces Because God Will Not Bless Any Town Worshipping Idols Says Wanted Yoruba King Oluwo Of Iwo

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The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has urged monarchs in Yoruba land to offer their subjects various forms of assistance and words of encouragement to give them hope especially in the present economic situation in the country.

Why Esu is not Satan + who he really is + others

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It was 7 days ago from now (24- 12- 2016) when the Esu devotees or followers trooped out en- masse to give him (Esu) the walk he deserves all over the world by trying to correct the wrong perspective people view him from, saying the Yoruba Esu is the Bilical  Satan. 

Orisa Oko: What you need to know about the deity in a strict sense

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Orisa oko is a very influential. He is very generous and very lively and understanding. He is known to be a prolific swimmer, hunter and fisherman.

A nutshell about Olokun (Sea Divinity)

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Olokun is the divinity in charge of the sea. In fact, the world is surrounded by the ocean. Therefore, the ocean divinity cannot be ignored. It is said “gbogbo ola omi to nbe ni ile aye ko lee to t'olokun”

Why women cannot be forbidden to cast Ifa divination

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It is no news that some part of the American believed that women are forbidden to make an Ifa divination. They claimed to have their reason for such thing but in Yoruba religion, women also are allowed to make Ifa divination and even to perform the ebo also. Buttressing this topic, Araba Awodiran Agboola (Araba of Oworonsonki Land) plus a veteran Babalawo in his informative book, IFA:Ohun Enu Olodumare (God’s sacred message to mankind) stated why women cannot be forbidden to make Ifa divination. See below.

10 amazing facts about Aje (divinity of wealth)

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Who definitely won't need Aje (wealth) in his or her proximity? I definitely bet none! Aje happens to be one of the 401 deities saddle with the responsibility of providing wealth/financial success to whom it deem fits. In a nutshell, the below provides a summary of what Orisa Aje really is. 1: Aje is the Divinity that engenders enabling environment for one to be empowered monetarily, to be financially comfortable or have financial well- being. 2: Aje; is not the same as money but because of their inter-relatedness, people have used them interchangeably over a long period of time. 3: Wherever this divinity resides, the environment is always filled with financial success and wealth. 4: It brings smiles to the faces of the hopeless and the hapless. 5: Every man desires Aje; because of its empowering ability of financial wherewithal. 6: In the olden days, cowries (big and small) were used to symbolize Aje; divinity. Thereafter, this object was adopted as a me