Most of the correspondence I’ve received at Ile Awo Orisa is from visitors to the web site who have experienced my Journey to the Root. It was not obvious to me at the time that my journal would have such a profound affect on so many people. I think each person who takes The Journey with me finds something that speaks to them in some special way. It is wonderful to feel that as I took this journey, which was such a special experience for me, I was also taking the journey for you, for people that remain unknown to me but nonetheless have become connected to me because my Ori, Orisa, and Egun inspired me to share those eleven days with whomever would come seeking at our web site.
Each day of The Journey revealed another piece to a puzzle, another step towards a goal. For me the goal was to understand the spiritual worldview that our Ancestors developed when the world was still quiet. When they could hear, see, and feel things that are drowned out in our world or that we have forgotten how to recognize as real. The worldview of indigenous peoples is born out of the energy matrix of a natural environment. In today’s world we have to work much harder to see the world in its energetic forms. We have to uncover it layer-by-layer. We have to move towards it step-by-step. We have to Seek Ifa Bit-By-Bit. That is how SE (initials) put it in her email back in November 2007.
My name is SE. I am in Nashville, TN. I went to your website to look for an iriki and prayer to Obatala. As I worship and grow in Ifa, Orisha and Egun, I am open to the wisdom of them and their many manifestations. I am also observing worldwide, the practice of this spiritual tradition. I am/was impressed with the iwori and information that you have about the Orisha, Egun and Ifa on your site.
I have been and am on a quest for Ifa, Orisha & Egun. The bits that I gather along the way are inspiring and informative. Bit by bit.
The world has changed since I returned home in August 2001. The events of September 11, 2001 and the choices that followed have opened the Door of Misfortune on the world and international travel may be less appealing to many who would love to take their own Journey to the Root. We pray that Olodumare, Orisa, and Egun will inspire humans with the wisdom to heal our world so that we can travel and grow in Peaceful Space. In the meantime, we can continue to share with each other and learn from each other and to seek Ifa bit-by-bit.
It is the process of seeking Ifa, of being aware of the spiritual presence in your everyday life and environment that provides you with the onde (things of power) that you will accumulate on your altars to Orisa. It is through constant engagement with the energetic qualities and characteristics of this reality that you come to understand the unbreakable bond between you, your Ori, your Egun, your Orisa, Olofi-dumare, Olodumare, and the Ase.
Remember, we recommended some valuable resources in the Library section of our web site. We recently added a list of items appropriate for making ebo (sacrifices) to the various Orisa. I invite you again to share your comments to my Post with everyone online or contact me by email and maybe yours will be the email we discuss in one of our Post.
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Ki Olodumare, Orisa, ati Egun fifun e ni Itona, Imoye, ati Opo Ire!
My Olodumare, Orisa, and Ancestors bestow on you Guidance, Wisdom, and Abundant Blessings!
