- decisions,
understanding their destiny, and s****ing
spiritual guidance.
Babalawos are the
custodians of the Ifa
knowledge and play a
crucial role in performing...
- from Santería. Many
Cuban babalawos are also santeros, or male
initiates of Santería,
although it is not
uncommon for
babalawos to
perceive themselves as...
- Olodumare) and "Ẹlẹ́rìí ìpín" (witness of fate).
Priests of Ifá are
known as
babalawos and
Priestesses of Ifá are
known as iyanifas.
Orunmila is
considered a...
- by
Babalawos for Ifa divination; it is
believed to be an "****istant" or "slave" of Orunmila, who
communicates Orunmila's
desires to the
Babalawo and...
-
their capacity as diviners. Many
santeros are also
babalawos,
although it is not
uncommon for
babalawos to
perceive themselves as
being superior to most...
-
revealed oracular texts originally p****ed down
through oral
tradition among babalawos. It is
traditionally divided into 256 sections, or Odu,
which are divided...
- use oracles.
Among the
related Yoruba peoples of the same country, the
Babalawos (and
their female counterparts, the Iyanifas)
serve collectively as the...
-
predominantly in the
state of Kerala. In
Yoruba and Yoruba-inspired religions,
babalawos use
variations on a
common type of
cleromancy called Ifá divination. Ifá...
-
Akose Babalawo prepares spiritual medicines recipes received from
ancestral spirits for
healing and
removal of curses...
- she was
given the name
Chaka Adunne Aduffe Hodarhi Karifi by a
Yoruba Babalawo during a
naming ceremony. In 1969, she left the
Panthers and
dropped out...
