{"product_id":"faith-in-odz-ifza-tilo-plziger-de-zjzagznnza-9798275561609","title":"Faith in Odù Ifá: A Journey Through the Sixteen Odù Ifá","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFaith in Òdù Ifá - Destiny, Doubt, and Grace Across the Sixteen Odù\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThemes Across Òdù Ifá - Volume 2\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does Ifá actually mean by \u003cb\u003efaith\u003c\/b\u003e-not blind belief, but the lived trust that survives loss, injustice, and disillusionment? This second volume of the Themes Across Òdù Ifá series takes one human theme-\u003cb\u003efaith\u003c\/b\u003e-and walks it through all Sixteen Major Òdù, from Òg̀bè's first \"yes\" in heaven to Òfún's white-cloth clarity at the edge of death. Each chapter opens with a brief invocation, then unfolds in clear, lyrical prose grounded in odù logic: harmonized Yorùbá orthography (Ifá, Òrìṣà, Òdù, Orí), and clean signals whenever the author shifts from citation to interpretation. The voice is that of a working Babaláwo-spiritual, exact, and unafraid of hard questions. Written like a long fireside teaching after divination, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFaith in Òdù Ifá\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e blends mythic storytelling with disciplined sourcing. Classic Ìtàn from the 256 Òdù are retold in fresh, intimate language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat this book gives you\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFaith in Ifá is not a slogan; it is a sequence.\u003c\/b\u003e You will watch trust change shape as it passes through each Òdù \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eÒg̀bè\u003c\/b\u003e, faith is your original Orí saying yes to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eÒyèkú\u003c\/b\u003e, it becomes the courage to sit with death, endings, and silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eÌrètè\u003c\/b\u003e, it is learning to wait without rotting when destiny is slow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eÒṣé\u003c\/b\u003e, it becomes the art of rising again after genuine failure and betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eÒfún\u003c\/b\u003e, it matures into clear seeing-accepting consequence and still choosing covenant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough carefully chosen myths and their commentaries, this book helps you read: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFaith and suffering: \u003c\/b\u003e Why good people hurt; how Òbàrà, Ògúndá, Òsá and Ìkà each hold a different facet of the \"problem of evil.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFaith, destiny, and freedom: \u003c\/b\u003e How Orí chooses, how Èsè (the legs) can cooperate or sabotage, and how Òfún reorders the story when greed or fear distort leadership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFaith after disillusionment: \u003c\/b\u003e What happens when people leave the Òrìṣà for respectability (Òṣé-Òbàrà), or only return when the body is failing (Òṣé Òfún, Òfún Òyèkú).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFaith in daily life: \u003c\/b\u003e Dust, debt, delay, small chores in Òtúrụ́pòn; dusty conflict in Ògúndá; the slow \"yes\" of repair in Òdù and Ìrètè.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe aim is simple: \u003cb\u003eteach modern readers how to keep faith intelligent, honest, and alive-through doubt, not despite it.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho this is for\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDevotees and students of Ifá\/Òrìṣà\u003c\/b\u003e across the diaspora (Lukumí\/Santería, Candomblé, Isese, ATR) who want a serious, accessible treatment of faith, destiny, and doubt inside the odù system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCounselors, chaplains, therapists, community leaders\u003c\/b\u003e who need African spiritual tools for walking people through crisis, loss, delayed destiny, and the edge of death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSerious practitioners of divination\u003c\/b\u003e who want to deepen their understanding of how each Major Òdù frames questions of trust, suffering, moral responsibility, and grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy this matters now\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe live in a time of \u003cb\u003espiritual noise and institutional collapse\u003c\/b\u003e. Many people are leaving churches, temples, and mosques-but they are not leaving the big questions. They still bury their dead. They still fall in love. They still lose jobs, get sick, experience injustice, and lie awake at night wondering if their lives mean anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIfá offers a different way to answer those questions: not by demanding blind belief, and not by dissolving everything into \"energy\" or vague positivity, but by giving us a \u003cb\u003egrammar of destiny\u003c\/b\u003e. The right act, in the right Òdù, in the right sequence, so blessings can arrive-and, just as import\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tilo Plöger de Àjàgùnnà\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798275561609\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 580\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.17d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tilo Plöger de Àjàgùnnà","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852680638719,"sku":"9798275561609","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/faith-in-odz-ifza-tilo-plziger-de-zjzagznnza-9798275561609","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}