Overview
The Challenge: Growing Within The Orisa Community is written for those who wish to follow Ifa. The Challenge: Growing Within The Orisa Community focuses on the manner of irregularities practiced within the religion. This distortion of religious ethics is often spoken about, but never before written about. The Challenge: Growing Within The Orisa Community is the first book of guidelines which identify and discuss these anomalies experienced behind closed doors. Iyanifa Ileana affords us a way to perceive the distortion of sacred custom and ritual and how it affects us and those around us. At the same time, she cautions us to maintain an open mind. These assertions may appear blatant, but they are based on her personal experiences which she shares with us. Iyanifa Ileana points out, since many people become devastated by life's everyday problems ... why do we further allow people to complicate our lives by allowing them to control and manipulate us?This book is written for those who wish to follow Ifa. It discusses the importance of how to follow the Ifa religion with respect and value to its ancestry, and how to respect those who allow us to participate in this knowledge and wisdom without conflicting with its natural origins. The author received initiation ceremonies according to the Yoruba tradition and continues to study Ifa with Oluwo Dr. Afolabi A. Epega from Nigeria.
Synopsis
The Challenge: Growing Within The Orisa Community is written for those who wish to follow Ifa. The Challenge: Growing Within The Orisa Community focuses on the manner of irregularities practiced within the religion. This distortion of religious ethics is often spoken about, but never before written about. The Challenge: Growing Within The Orisa Community is the first book of guidelines which identify and discuss these anomalies experienced behind closed doors. Iyanifa Ileana affords us a way to perceive the distortion of sacred custom and ritual and how it affects us and those around us. At the same time, she cautions us to maintain an open mind. These assertions may appear blatant, but they are based on her personal experiences which she shares with us. Iyanifa Ileana points out, since many people become devastated by life's everyday problems ... why do we further allow people to complicate our lives by allowing them to control and manipulate us?