Teachings of the Santería Gods: The Spirit of the Odu

The first book to explore the sacred myths of Santería

* Includes more than 100 myths, stories, and histories about the odu and the orishas

* Reassembles the oral fragments from the African diaspora into coherent stories

* Demonstrates that the African peoples, specifically the Yoruba, were deeply spiritual

At the core of the diloggún--the sacred divination system of Santería--are the sacred stories known as the patakís, narratives whose themes are as powerful and relevant today as they...