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African Traditional Religions

Textbook: Ifa
Dr. Will Coleman and Awo Fa'lokun Fatunmbi

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Dedication

I. Main Body

1. Chapter 1 - Orientation and Overview

2. Chapter 2 - What Did Our Ancestors Believe?

3. Chapter 3 - All of Creation is Inside of the Calabash

4. Chapter 4 - Olodumare is a Gracious Creator

5. Chapter 5 - Our Ancestors Are With Us Now

6. Chapter 6 - Your Ori (Mind) is Divine

 7. Chapter 7 - Esu is the Power of Communication and Reciprocity

8. Chapter 8 - Orunmila, the Spirit of Destiny: The Prophet and

Priest of Ifa, Other Orishas and Spiritual Powers

9. Chapter 9 - The Holy Odus: 256 Sacred Parables, Proverbs and

Prescriptions

Appendix A - Glossary of Yoruba Terms / The Language of Ifa

Appendix B - Categories of Spiritual Forces and Praise Names

Appendix C - Yoruba Language Pronunciation

Appendix D - The 256 Odu

Appendix E - Orishas and Holy Odus

Appendix F - Ancient Cosmologies

Appendix G - Images of Ifa: Hermeneutics / Divination

BOOK INFORMATION

AUTHORS
Dr. Will Coleman and Awo Fa'lokun Fatunmbi

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African Traditional Religions Textbook: Ifa Copyright © by Dr.

Will Coleman and Awo Fa'lokun Fatunmbi is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
License, except where otherwise noted.

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African Traditional Religions Textbook: Ifa

AUTHORS
Dr. Will Coleman and Awo Fa'lokun Fatunmbi

LICENSE

African Traditional Religions Textbook: Ifa Copyright © by Dr.

Will Coleman and Awo Fa'lokun Fatunmbi is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
License, except where otherwise noted.

INSTITUTION
Atlanta University Center
PUBLISHER
Atlanta University Center - Robert W. Woodruff Library

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