Sacred Songs

Divine communication

Central to many indigenous cultures is the use of sacred songs and chants to awaken and invoke universal aspects of the divine to preform certain tasks. Human beings have used song and dance for millennia to access higher states of consciousness and deepen their innate felt sense of divinity. 

There is great creative potential held in using the power of the voice and the use of sacred rhythms to heal and benefit individuals and communities. In the Ifá Tradition, the use of sacred sounds is intrinsic to devotion and harnessing the creative nature of these spirit energies (Ìmàle and Òrìṣà). 

In this section we will examine some of these songs and chants and their deeper meanings, so as to be able to access the felt sense of Spirit within ourselves and around us through this traditional practice.