Black Spirituality Religion : Ifa Symbol for Male/Female Principles

[river]

I know that the Egyptians have the Ankh and the Asians have Yin and Yang, but what is the symbol for the male/female principles in Ifa?

 

[Blackbird]

Ifa describes things in terms of contraction and expansion. As I understand what I have been taught the action of contraction is feminine and the action of expansion is masculine.

 

[river]

Hey Blackbird,

Thanks for the info. I'm wondering is there a specific symble in Ifa. Or to be more exact, I am interested in Candomblé. I will use this symbology in my second novel as a sequel to The Crossroads of Time. One of the major characters in this book is a Candomblé priestess. Don't worry, I will not disclose any esoteric information in this book

 

[Blackbird]

Hey Blackbird,

Thanks for the info. I'm wondering is there a specific symble in Ifa. Or to be more exact, I am interested in Candomblé. I will use this symbology in my second novel as a sequel to The Crossroads of Time. One of the major characters in this book is a Candomblé priestess. Don't worry, I will not disclose any esoteric information in this book

Sister River,

I wish you great success on your second novel. I will need to get the first when I have time. The title is very intriguing. What I would say, and take what I say with a grain of salt since I am neither an authority nor an initiated Ifa-Orisa priest, is as I understand it the symbol (I) represents contraction and the symbol of (II) represents expansion.

Thus I see it working like this: I = Contraction

II = Expansion​

Here is an image of the main 16 Ifa Odu:

 

[river]

Sister River,

I wish you great success on your second novel. I will need to get the first when I have time. The title is very intriguing. What I would say, and take what I say with a grain of salt since I am neither an authority nor an initiated Ifa-Orisa priest, is as I understand it the symbol (I) represents contraction and the symbol of (II) represents expansion.

Thus I see it working like this: I = Contraction

II = Expansion​

Here is an image of the main 16 Ifa Odu:

Oh Wow!

I like the way things are coming together here. This symbology is perfect because my characters will be conducting a jogo de buzios (divination). I will do more research in this direction.

Thanks