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Divining the self : a study in Yoruba myth and human consciousness / Velma E. Love.
LIBRA BL2532.S5 L68 2012
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Love, Velma E., 1949-
- Series:
- Signifying (on) Scriptures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Religious life.
- African Americans.
- Yoruba (African people)--Religion--Influence.
- Yoruba (African people).
- Ifa--United States.
- Ifa.
- Orishas.
- Ifa (Religion).
- Yoruba (African people)--Religion.
- Religious life.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 143 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- "Explores the dynamics of African American engagements with the Holy Odu, the unwritten sacred scriptures of the West African Ifa Orisha tradition. Examines the experiences of selected practitioners, focusing on the ways in which the divinatory narrative and associated mythology impact self-understanding and worldview"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Mythic origins and cultural practices
- Orisha archetypes, cultural memory, and the Odu
- Divining the self
- Symbols and signposts for the journey
- Powers of the mothers
- Oshun, Yemonja, and Oya.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [131]-134) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271054056
- 0271054050
- OCLC:
- 791492252
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