From the Suitcase--Oliha Yiwama

Oliha is having a little holiday this week, but he'll be back next week!

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From the Suitcase--Oliha Yiwama

What’s the Word

Alafia!!! Alafia means peace in the Yoruba language. Alafia is also a greeting. Similar to a|
namaste in Hindu, or a shalom in Hebrew, or a assalam alikum in Arabic, etc. Although these greetings are from many different ethnic groups from around the world, they all convey a single meaning, a word of power: Peace! In traditional African societies, words of power are used most efficiently by native doctors or what the West refers to as shamans.

What is a word of power? Words of power help one convey, imagine, manifest, control or manipulate transformative energy. Words of power can turn the unseen into the seen, the obscure into the secure, the imaginary into the real. Words of power sometimes can be a part of everyday language, such as the words conveying peace, reassuring hearers that all is well, envisioning a dove with a fig branch in its mouth and all the soothing symbolism that goes along with the concept. Words of power can also be restricted to mystical ritual practitioners that through the millennia discovered the secrets of transformative energies.

Some words of power that are used to make things manifest from a ritualistic view are ashe/ase of the Yoruba, ise of the Edo, and om of the Hindu. Roughly, the meaning is let these things that I ask for come true or may it manifest. Mystical practitioners take the use of words of power further than the layman. A mystical practitioner uses the words of power to make his/her desires manifest as well as those of their clients and community. From transforming the ingredients in a herbal potion to cure a disease, to transforming the human body into a four-legged animal, or flying to an undisclosed destination. Transformation is what the alchemist searches for--but the African mystic knows where to find it.

The African mystic uses incantations as one of the methods of transforming substances. Incantations consist of words of power. A good example is the phrase Yoruba word Eji Ogbe. Eji Ogbe is an Ifa Odu. An Odu is a word of power that conveys messages through the Ifa oracle. Eji Ogbe symbolizes spiritual awakening, peace and prosperity, victory over enemies, and long life. Once Eji Ogbe comes out in divination, the mystical ritual practitioner can utter these words to make this word of power manifest for the client or himself.

Words of power are also used to control nature, such as water, wind, fire, and earth. According to the world's oral literature, the creator uttered a word of power and everything came into existence. May you use a word of power to transform the world!

FROM THE SUITCASE--Oliha Yiwama

Jammin' with Spirit

Wow! Saminaka had a great African festival last week--masquerades, music, drums, dance, cultural attire and talks. We had a record participation from our guests as well. I want to congratulate the new members of the African Mystics for embarking on their spiritual journey. Last but certainly not least, I'd like to congratulate and thank Tamsin for allowing all of this to take place. Go Tamsin! I gave a talk on African music and spirituality during the festival and launched the African Mystics group. The wonders and complexity of Nigeria are evident. Each one of the above activities has a major role in African mysticism.

In African mysticism, especially in Nigeria, inter-connectivity between various components of personal and communal expression is quite common. Some of the masquerade performers in the festival represented ancestral spirits and concepts that involve music, dance, and symbolic representation of moral codes. Others involved music, dance, and festivities.

The music and dance take the visual and audible realms to such an ecstatic level that the spiritual realm merges with the physical. As the masquerades danced and moved about Saminaka to the tunes of African music--traditional to modern--the energy vibes rose and corresponded with the vibrational level of participation of our guests. In short, it took us to a realm that was a mix of physical excitement and spiritual joy.

After the talk on African music, there was an impromptu drum jam. There were several drummers, and dancers took part as well. Many were dressed in African attire, but all were jamming to the sounds of Africa. We had djembe, xylophone, conga, horns, and other drums that played the beats specific to those instruments. The dancers floated freely on the dance floor, adding to the ephemeral experience. The dancers attenuated the drum beats, wiggling and jiggling to the melodic polyrhythms. The rhythms were often hypnotic, placing the drummer and dancer in a euphoric state and bond. There was no standing around or just watching the other avatars there--that kind of experience requires direct participation.

Later that night, DJs took over the course of the music. The DJs that spinned the jams at the festival were awesome! They played a mix of music that also brought out the spirit that resides in us. The dance area was full; the music, as well as the vibes, lifted everyone’s spirit. All the avatars looked like kings and queens in their traditional African attire. But it was also more than the attire that brought out the beauty. It was the spirit from the festival experience. The spirit evolved from the combination of drum, dance, masquerade, music and cultural attire. A communal spiritual participation. The spirit moves us to commune with the divine when all the ingredients are there!

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FROM THE SUITCASE--Oliha Yiwama

Oliha is on vacation this week.

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FROM THE SUITCASE--Oliha Yiwama

“Come to me, my love...”

African medicine is a really in-depth practice that includes not only the physical, but the spiritual, psychological, emotional, and mental aspects of the individual and community. Each aspect also includes use of herbal and ritual methods of medicine. I have touched upon traditional African medicine in earlier columns, but the realm of African medicine is vast.

One of the categories of traditional African medicine I like to approach is Compelling Medicine. In general, in traditional African thought, a native doctor, through understanding the physical application of medicines, believes that a person can be controlled, or compelled to perform or restrained from doing a number of activities. Probably the most famous of the compelling medicines are the ones that will make a lover or potential lover fall head-over-heels with the person using the medicine. Those that draw money are equally popular.

Africans have been using advanced forms of science for many generations, before Western medicines attained similar concepts. For instance, in many love medicines or potions, some part of the potential lover's DNA material is required, whether bodily fluids, hair, or a piece of one of their garments. Although not used for love medicines, Western science now recognizes the concept and value of DNA's unique combination in one particular person, and its ability to identify that person.

Well, Africans were aware of that general scientific concept for centuries! Personal DNA, mixed with herbal, mineral and animal ingredients, usually along with an incantation used to spark or enhance the potency is the method employed to attract love and money.

Probably the most famous place where compelling medicines have made their mark is in Nigeria. Ads by native doctors who possess compelling medicine are frequent, and the clients who use compelling medicine are more frequent than the ads.

Although Nigeria may be well known for its compelling medicines, love and money are the preoccupation of the world. People go to soothsayers, seers, prophets, priests, clergy, and their mothers to find ways to bring love and money--which are often related!

Love and money-compelling medicines also made their way to the Americas via West Africans. Here they go by a variety of names: gris-gris, hand, mojo hand, jomo, root bag, luck hand, conjure bag, toby, savon patchuoli soap, money drawing candles, etc. For the love of money!

Compelling medicines have been tried and tested for centuries, and still find their place during this modern era. Well, you be the judge. Love and money drawing medicines will soon be sold at the Iyawo store on Saminaka. See ya there!