Ochosi is the Spirit of the Tracker in the West African religious tradition called Ifá. The power of Ochosi is described by Ifá as one of many Spiritual Forces in Nature which are called "Orisha". There are a large number of Orisha, and each Orisha has its own awo (Mysteries of Nature).
The unique function of Ochosi within the realm of Orisha Awo is to find those pathways of inspiration that will lead to spiritual evolution. Ochosi both guides the development of personal spiritual growth and protects the needs of the environment. In order to understand this relationship. Ochosi must be in direct contact with those Spiritual Forces who guides good character and those Spiritual Forces who maintain fertility and abundance in Nature.
This title is part of a series of eight booklets about the Orisha by Awo Fá Lokun Fátunmbi. Please feel free to write us and tell us which of the Orisha you would like to know more about.
Awo Baba Falokun Fatunmbi is a white North American, who at the age of 38 visited Nigeria with the purpose of studying the Yoruba traditions Ifa Orisa. Baba got the initiation in Ifa in Ode Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria in Ile Ogunti Ode Remo. For 25 years Baba has been traveling around Nigeria, collecting little by little the Ifa knowledge. His main teacher became Adebolu Fatunmise, who was initiated at the age of 7 in Ifa (Kekere Awo a young Babalawo). During the initiation of Adebolu Fatunmise at the moment of reading it was foretold that he would teach a white Babalawo in practice and that Babalawo turned out to be Awo Falokun Fatunmbi, the author of a number of books about the Ifa Orisa tradition.
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