Two Studies of Ifa Divination
- 1 October 1966
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Africa
- Vol. 36 (4) , 406-431
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1158049
Abstract
Opening Paragraph: To the Yoruba, divination is of great concern, as the means by which they discover and hope to influence the changes in their relationships with the gods and ancestors and other spirits in their complex cosmos, and so to gain their aid in their pursuit of health and good fortune. They employ a number of divinatory techniques. The one that yields the fullest information is the system of geomancy known as Ifa, for which there are three procedures of varying complexity, the two most complex being used by professional diviners (babalawo). The Ifa oracle is animated by a deity named Orunmila, but also often called Ifa.Keywords
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