Contents

Notes on the Writing of This Book

Introduction

Chapter One: What Is Ifá?

Chapter Two: How Ifá Works

Chapter Three: Babalawo

Chapter Four: Ifá Comes to Cuba

Chapter Five: Lucumí

Chapter Six: Orichas and Powers

Chapter Seven: Initiations

Chapter Eight: Ebbó: Sacrifice’s and Offerings

Chapter Nine: Odduns

Chapter Ten: Ways of Power: Aché atí Ogbogba—Power and Balance

Chapter Eleven: Women and Feminine Power in Ifá

Chapter Twelve: Tata Gaitán

Epilogue: One Babalawo’s Story

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography