The Handbook Yoruba Religious Concepts

King Oduduwa, who settled somewhat peacefully in the already established Ile-Ife—the sacred city of the indigenous people

Oduduwa, the chief ancestor and first king of the Yoruba settled at Ile-Ife.

Oduduwa, the chief ancestor and first king of the Yoruba settled at Ile-Ife

the orisha) were created and sent by Oludumare to assist in the spiritual evolution of humankind.

the orisha as emanations of the One Source or Oludumare.

The Yoruba word for God is both Oludumare and Olorun.

Yoruba is a divine journey to the inner self and to God-Consciousness.

In the Old World it has not been forgotten that the aim of the mystic or priestly orders is not to dwell upon occult powers but to seek the divine essence.

The aim of man's mystical search is to acquire an imperishable consciousness through a progressive communion of his physical body (his temporal reality), with his spiritual being (his immortal reality), and his ‘kinship' with his divine cause.”