{"product_id":"the-ifza-genesis-tilo-plziger-de-zjzagznnza-9798259084292","title":"The Ifá Genesis: The Creation of the Universe, the Òrì\u0026#7779;à, and Human Destiny in Yorùbá Sacred Mythology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat did Ifá teach before the world had a name?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ifá Genesis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a major \u003cb\u003etheological and mythopoetic work \u003c\/b\u003eon the \u003cb\u003ecreation of the universe, the Òrìṣà, and human destiny in Yorùbá sacred tradition.\u003c\/b\u003e Written in the voice of a practicing Babalawo and rooted in years of study, divination, transmission, and spiritual reflection, this book gathers the scattered creation teachings of Ifá into one coherent sacred landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike religions built around one fixed canonical Genesis, Ifá preserves its beginnings across Odù Ifá, ancient verses, oral revelations, sacred myths, ritual memories, praise names, and the living traditions of \u003cb\u003eYorùbá religion, Candomblé, Lucumí, Santería, and the wider Afro-Atlantic world.\u003c\/b\u003e This book does not invent a Genesis for Ifá. It listens deeply to the one already hidden in thousands of myths, Odù revelations, and ancestral teachings, bringing them into a powerful narrative order without reducing their mystery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere the reader enters the unseen before the seen: \u003cb\u003eOlódùmarè\u003c\/b\u003e as first cause, \u003cb\u003eOdù\u003c\/b\u003e as the hidden architecture of existence, \u003cb\u003eỌbàtálá\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eOdùduwà\u003c\/b\u003e in the making of earth, \u003cb\u003eÒrìṣà\u003c\/b\u003e as cosmic powers, \u003cb\u003eOrí\u003c\/b\u003e as the personal destiny chosen before birth, \u003cb\u003eÈṣù\u003c\/b\u003e as the principle of movement and consequence, \u003cb\u003eẸbọ\u003c\/b\u003e as sacred exchange, and death not as punishment but as return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a ritual manual and not a simplified mythology. It is a \u003cb\u003etheological, literary, and spiritual reconstruction of Ifá's vision of creation.\u003c\/b\u003e It asks what kind of world Ifá reveals: a world not fallen, but unfinished; not cursed, but relational; not abandoned by the divine, but alive with Àṣẹ, responsibility, ancestry, destiny, sacrifice, and return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor \u003cb\u003edevotees of Ifá and the Òrìṣà\u003c\/b\u003e, for \u003cb\u003eBabaláwos\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eÌyánífás\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eOlorishas\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eSanteros\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eBabalorixás\u003c\/b\u003e, scholars, initiates, and serious \u003cb\u003estudents of African and Afro-diasporic spirituality\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Ifá Genesis\u003c\/i\u003e offers a rare and profound exploration of the beginning of existence through \u003cb\u003ethe sacred intelligence of Ifá.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA book for those who know that myth is not fiction, Odù is not symbol alone, and creation is still speaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tilo Plöger de Àjàgùnnà\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798259084292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.17d","brand":"Tilo Plöger de Àjàgùnnà","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801515045119,"sku":"9798259084292","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ifza-genesis-tilo-plziger-de-zjzagznnza-9798259084292","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}