Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Acknowledgments
Lucumí Spelling and Lucumí Cosmology
Preface: Life Is Messy Like That
Introduction: Like Iré, I Was Sleeping
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 P ART 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
Afterword
Glossary
Footnotes
Endnotes
Bibliography
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