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The Way of Orisa: Empowering Your Life Through the Ancient African Religion of Ifa
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Carried to the Americas by slaves, the 8,000-year-old philosophy of Ifa originated with the Yoruba peoples of West Africa. Ifa's enduring message of strength and inner peace, one that offers a way to harmonize our spiritual and worldly aims, is enjoying a resurgence of popularity in the West.
Written by an avid student and accomplished practitioner, The Way of the Orisa provides an exhilarating introduction to the orisa, the powerful messenger spirits who act as our personal guardians. Through fables, rituals, prayers and simple guidelines, Philip Neimark shows how we can further our personal and professional goals by cultivating the loving support of orisa energy.
Joyous, wise and eminently practical, The Way of the Orisa brings a vibrant ancient tradition to contemporary life.
DESCRIPTION:
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 299.68333
EAN: 9780062505576
ISBN: 0062505572
Label: HarperOne
Manufacturer: HarperOne
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: 1993-05-28
Publisher: HarperOne
Release Date: 1993-05-28
Studio: HarperOne
SIMILAR ITEMS:
• The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts
• Finding Soul on the Path of Orisa: A West African Spiritual Tradition
• Inner Peace: The Yoruba Concept of Ori
• The Sacred IFA Oracle
• Yoruba-English/English-Yoruba Modern Practical Dictionary
CUSTOMER REVIEWS:
Customer Rating:
Summary: Fraud
Comment: I reviewed this book earlier as a new initiate. As the years passed and I investigated Niemark, I have found him to be a fraud. Some of his descriptions of the Orisa, likes, dislikes are misleading and inaccurate. Also, he practices the religion like a priest/pimp. You cannot be initiated online although he does. He is like many Europeans/Caucasians who try to immerse themselves in Black/African culture in order to exploit it for their own benefit. Legitimate priests know him to be a fraud and have nothing to do with him or his institute. Don't waste your money. He is shunned by the Yoruba/Lukumi/Santeria community. Although it is well-written, this is not a reputable source of information.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent book!
Comment: This is an excellent and informative book that provides accurate and important information to anyone interested in studying Ifa. I highly recommend it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONEY!!!
Comment: If you are new to Orisa worship, the are much better places to start. I apologize for being so harsh, but I truly feel that this book is dangerous! It is just another token in the ongoing caucasian attempt to rewrite, revamp and europeanize everything African.
For the record, Baba Obatala has never been, and will never be, a caucasian man. He is the chief of white, meaning he is pure of essence and spirit. He is the embodiment of purity, healing, peace and calm.
For the sake of your spirit, keep your worship as pure as possible. This culture is not based on mail-order initiations and online godparents. Mr. Neimark is capitalizing on people's spiritual emptiness and lack of guidance. I pray for those who follow him.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Sorry, no cigar
Comment: How much you enjoy this book will hindge on how you view the efforts of White people to "de-africanize" Traditional African Religion. Many of us that have lived the Yoruba/Orisa'Ifa lifestyle are very uncomfortable with his blatant attempt to misled people into believing that any part of the Yoruba pantheon are white or european. In this way, I am speaking about his description of Obatala. This is beyond irresponsible, its malicious. But I suppose its no more malicious than trying to make outsiders believe he has the leader of a nonexisting "American Ifa" movement that seems to inch further and further away from tradition each day.
He also attempts to make a definitive statement about the relationship of Yemoja and Olokun, choosing to use Nigerian name dropping to purposefully deceive people into believing that these two Spiritual Entities are one in the same, when they are not and never have been. Why he does this, I am not sure. Why he makes the case that you cannot work with one without the other I have no idea. But misusing the names of others to validate he inaccurate information and continuing to publish it rather than make adjustments to future printings even now that the Orisa have asked for the language to be changed is disrespectful and amoral.
So, again how and if you enjoy this book will depend largely upon how important you believe it is that westerners stop exploiting, redesigning and strongarming indigenous people and their culture. This is nothing more than a continuation of the acts that escalated into the Transatlantic Slave Trade and later Jim Crow. Its oppressive.
This makes it easy to forget about the books brief moments of clarity and just beeline it to a more accurate book with no racist leanings.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Unfortunate
Comment: This book does contain much information. However, it does not go into the differences or the interdependence of Ifa and Ocha.
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