Ela: The Ifa Concept of Altered States AUTH-332545 With an eye on the

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protected from the violence that once harmed their mother

For the next few centuries the Monacans

--The New Yorker

Ela: The Ifa Concept of Altered States AUTH-332545 With an eye on theWithin the West African cultural spirituality of the Yoruba, Ela is known as the Spirit of Light and Manifestation meaning all things came into existence here on Ikole Aye (Earth) by way of Ela. Ela can also be summarized as the Holy Spirit of Ifa and interchangeably used as another name for Orunmila Elerin Ipin Ibikeji Olodumare (Orunmila, Withness of Creation, Second to the Creator). It is by way of Ela that Ifa became acceptable throughout the