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Title: The Challenge by Iyanifa Ileana S. Alcamo, Rudolph Francis, Roger Francis ISBN: 1-890157-31-7 Publisher: Athelia Henrietta Press Pub. Date: June, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great reference for everyone
Comment: This book is truly ground breaking.
The author discusses the true role of women in the Yoruba Religion and affiliated religions(Santeria, Lucumi, Vodou,etc.) as well as the control and manipulation within the practices of the priesthood.
She discusses the Ifa religion from a fresh prespective for those who wish to find spiritual development and fulfillment within the Orisa community and explores questions of ethical and moral conflicts within the religion today.
She shares her depth of experience on this very urgent and important subject.
I think this book is great and a must for people to read especially those who practice in the religion.
She explains how people can overcome being victimized behind closed doors. I felt very comfortable with the subject matter .
Rating: 5
Summary: GROUND BREAKING
Comment: This book is an exposition and a serious study on the trials that a woman ordained to Ifá may encounter.Unfortunately, this book may offend a number of practitioners in this religion. ..., it can be said that if the shoe fits, the people will make a lot noise about their own persona. This book by no means can be classified as new age and it is not the typical recipe book on how to make spells. It is a book of Iyanifa Alcamo true experience within the Ifa practice and the anomalies she had experienced. For the most part, it is prevalent in the religion than one wants to acknowledge .This book is much needed for the community and especially those who are new to the religion in order to open their minds to the Charlatan priest who tend to ..., control and manipulate so many into believing that their lives are in danger and must satisfy the Charlatan pocketbook in the name of the religion. This book is a tremendous and valuable contribution to the community and the religion.
I too applaud Iyanifa Alcamo on her vision and her courage to expose the frauds and their behavior. The subject of ethical and moral conflicts is well described in this book and I suggest that these people who like to have the control reread it over and over again until they finally get the point....this book is for all the Orisha devotees who are searching to find Spiritual fulfillment and development within the Orisha community. Thank you and Ase to you Iyanifa Alcamo so much for this beautiful exposition...
Rating: 3
Summary: Well-written, Concise, Yet Dangerously Biased
Comment: I am an African-American woman, Aborisha, not yet initiated, but on my way in the path of initiation.
Overall, I enjoyed the book. It is a refreshing change of pace from the personal biographies and overly academic texts that I have read so far on the religion. Although I find it no more informative than other books on Orisa worship, I appreciate the way the information is presented by Iyanifa Alcamo.
The thing that bothers me most about this book is how the author seems to demonize of all forms of discipline that occur in the religion. There is even an itemized list of phrases characterized as "you know you're being abused if your mentor says..." [paraphrased] I understand the intent of the list and agree with it wholeheartedly, but I find this a potentially dangerous message for neophytes. I have known peers interested in the religion who are impatient, shallow, stubborn, self-centered, and looking for entertainment (hocus-pocus). They get frustrated when a mentor wants them to slow down to slowly soak in the depth of information. If any of these students were to read Iyanifa Alcamo's book, they might come away justified in their beligerence and mistakenly coin their mentor as "abusive."
The book could have used a more in-depth discussion about how certain forms of discipline could be either nurturing (positive/ encouraging growth) or abusive (negative/ hampering growth) depending upon context, vs. those forms of discipline that are just plain abusive. The lack of discussion on this topic left me with the impression that the author was venting frustration of personal past experiences.
In spite of this shortcoming, I applaud Iyanifa Alcamo for bringing the difficult issue of egocentric and abusive mentors to the forefront and contrasting this with the positive side of the religion.
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