Osogbo · Speaking to the Spirits of Misfortune by Lele, Ócha'ni -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Dedication Epigraph Table of Contents Acknowledgments Lucumí Spelling and Lucumí Cosmology Preface Introduction Chapter 1: The Philosophy of Orisha Worship

ASHÉ AND OLÓDUMARE, THE ULTIMATE DEITY OLORÚN AND THE CONCEPT OF ASHÉ OLÓFIN OLODU AND ODU, CONTAINERS OF POSSIBILITIES THE ORISHAS, RIVERS OF CONSCIOUSNESS THE METAPHYSICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RIVER

Chapter 2: The Concept of Osogbo

THE SIXTEEN OSOGBOS HOW CAN WE GIVE LIFE MEANING?

Chapter 3: The Concept of Orí and Destiny

THE CROSSROADS OF HEAVEN AND EARTH THE ORÍ, THE HEAD THE ENERGY CENTERS OF THE HEAD THE ORÍ-INU, THE COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS HUMAN DESTINY

Chapter 4: Osogbo, Orí, and Elegguá

MISFORTUNE AS PART OF THE HUMAN JOURNEY ELEGGUÁ’S ROLE AS ESHU AT THE CROSSROADS MISERY AND NECESSITY

Chapter 5: Ikú, the Spirit of Death

THE BIRTH OF IKÚ THE MARRIAGE OF IKÚ AND EJIOKO OYÁ BRINGS DEATH TO THE WORLD HOW IKÚ OVERCAME THE FLIES THAT PLAGUED HER IKÚ AND THE SERPENT THAT WAS NO MORE WHY THE IDÉ OF ORÚNMILA WARDS OFF DEATH THE DEATH OF HIS LOVE

Chapter 6: Arayé, the Spirit of Wickedness

THE WAR OF ARAYÉ AND THE OSOGBOS HOW ELEGGUÁ SAVED WISDOM FROM ARAYÉ OSÍA’S AFFLICTION: ARAYÉ THE DANCE OF ARAYÉ OBATALÁ’S INSANITY: HOW ARAYÉ DESTROYED HIM

Chapter 7: Other Stories about the Osogbos

OCHOSI’S CONFUSION THE TAMING OF OGÚN THE GOOD BROTHER AND THE BAD BROTHER UNLE BUILDS A HOME IÑÁ IN THE KINGDOM OF UNLE THE BIRTH OF CHOLERA IKÚ, ANO, AND A MOTHER’S CHILD

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