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Sixteen Cowries
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 133
EAN: 9780253208477
ISBN: 0253208475
Label: Indiana University Press
Manufacturer: Indiana University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 800
Publication Date: November 01, 1993
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Studio: Indiana University Press
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Editorial Review:
Yoruba texts and English translations of a divination system that originated in Nigeria and is widely practiced today by male and female diviners in the diaspora. A landmark edition
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Great book
A really great book but a bit hard to read at times. It gives the reader a solid idea from where the Yoruba religion came from. This is not a book on how to learn to cast the cowries shells.
Rating:  - NOT WHAT I EXPECTED
THIS SIS A LOT OF MIXTURE AND CONFUSION OF PATHS AND FAITHS. RECOMMENDED ONLY FOR THOSE HEAVILY INTO THESE WAYS. OTHERWISE, IT IS A WASTE OF MONEY AND TIME. DON'T EVEN ATTEMPT TO READ IT. MAYBE FOR THOSE INITIATED INTO SOMETHING LIKE THIS IT WOULD BE USEFUL BUT I AM NOT SURE. THIS IS NOT WHERE YOU WOULD FIND INFORMATION TO LEARN. READ OTHERS FIRST.
Rating:  - Necesario
Creo que quien desee saber un poco sobre las raices del caracol aqui encontrara lo que busca.
Rating: - The best and most readily available resource on Yoruba cowry divination.
This is by far one of the greatest books on Yoruba traditional religion ever written and is THE best book on Cowry Divination i've ever gotten my hands on. As I understand it, some of the tonal markings in the Yoruba transcription are incorrect, but that can be easily reconciled by the diligent student. The premise is great; gather the complete knowledge of an elder and well respected cowry diviner, and translate his own words into English. This book succeeds in presenting a thorough window into ... Read More
Rating:  - Too many verses too few informtions
8/10 of this book are verses. However in despite Bascom had made a greate Job in Ifa Divination, here, I don't agree.
The meridilogun is based in Odu interpretation not only in verses. There is no information regard each Odu message, meaning, how to read the signm sub-signs.... If you want to understand how the meridilogun works, it is not here. I can believe people can use this system to use the Oracle, but, if is far from to be the only method. At least in case of this research it is failed. ... Read More
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