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Ifa as a means of guidance and counseling

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Ifa can simply be defined as the esoteric word of Olodumare which was used to create the universe and its fullness in the beginning and which hitherto still remain binding.   The esoteric word consists of sacred element which is forever constant and eternal.    That sacred element is no other thing but the “Truth” which must be upheld by all men and regarded as sacrosanct in order to live according to the Will of Olodumare.   This sacred word of the beginning also became a body of knowledge and databank into which all the knowledge of life is encoded for humans to make use of.   Guidance and counseling deals with the process of helping individuals discover and develop their educational, vocational, and psychological potentialities and thereby achieving an optimal level of personal happiness and social usefulness. It helps an individual to mould his destiny in a way that will not only serve his own interests but also the interest of the whole society. The main purpose of guidance in

The purpose of Ilé Orí - Akoda Fakunle Oyesanya

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My attention was drawn to a post on Facebook asking about the purpose of Ile Ori when you have other Orisa icons.   The writer went further to state that the only house of  Ori that is legit is the body.  My response to the post is based on the misunderstanding of Isese spiritual concepts and the malapropic use of words to define, explain, or translate isese spiritual concepts.   In the course of defining and translating Ifa words/ohun Ife, there is a need for a good comprehension of the subject matter.  Otherwise, it will create a wide communication gap that will make nonsense of the subject.   During cross-cultural communication, translators need to be mindful of the nuances of the language and the creative use of words to convey the message and ensure that the original meaning and tone are not lost in the translated texts.   The focus should be more on the meaning than the words, as this helps avoid communication gap issues individually and globally.  A good translator m

HOW TO KNOW THE TYPE OF EGBE YOU BELONG

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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.   This