I am a student of IFa and will be iniatied into IFa soon and a priest of Obatala. I want to utilize this site to establish community in New England. If you study santeria, Lucumi, I reserve this to Tradional IFa more so than Ifa practiced in the diaspora

Okay, I am L.O.S.T. What is IFa?

i have no clue

I'm not sure the Original poster knows either!

"Bringing the wisdom of Ancient Africa to the Modern World" appears to be the slogan Still looking, but here's what I found so far.
"Welcome to IFA College
Before Entering Our Campus…
I would like to welcome you to the Ifa College, a division of the Ifa Foundation of North America, Inc. The Ifa College was established to address the very real issue of learning and growth AFTER initiation. Unlike the historical Yoruba paradigm of apprenticing prior to initiation, our Western experience has been to take a week from our lives and "poof" we are a Priest. Initiation is only the smallest of steps towards working knowledgably with the energies of the Universe. The Ifa College was established to bring together a large group of Ifa Scholars who would share, learn and teach from their years of experience and knowledge."

Sorry, very long, but not very informative came back and cut this one down.

Ifá, a system of divination that originated in West Africa - per wikipedia.

http://www.cultural-expressions.com/ifa/ifadef.htm


Well at least now I'm getting somewhere as to defining.

What the Yoruba Believe:

There is One Supreme God
There is no Devil
Except for the day you were born and the day you are supposed to die there is not a single event in ones life that cannot be forecast and if necessary, changed.
Your spirit lives on after death and can reincarnate through blood relatives.
You are born with a specific path. Divination serves as a road map to your path.
Our ancestors exist and must be honored, respected and consulted.
The Orisa (forces of nature) live within us and deal with the affairs of men.
You must never initiate harm to another human being or to the universe, which you are apart of.
Spiritual, physical, mental, and emotional realms of our existence must all work together and be balanced.
Sacrifice guarantees success.

What the Yoruba Reject:

We are born in sin
The European civilized the African
Jesus Christ is the only way to God

Okay, I'm done with the cut and paste.

What? Did you expect me to just simply remain ignorant of what he's talking about? Not when there's a pretty good chance I can find out.

I was just hoping to start a more than you thread

I guess I lost

ok, you win