- Dec 10, 2009
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Greetings Fam! I am asking this question because I need clarification on what are the expectations of the student teacher relationship? Let me give you a little story of what I have experienced with a former mentor.
As most of you know if you've read the thread Getting Started in Ifa I talk about going to an Akan priest and he divined that I will be initiated into Ifa. They gave me a number of a house in Philadelphia and I talked to the wife once and never heard from them again even when I left messages over and over. Well, my search had begun to find the right person who I could study under.
I frequently listen to blog talk radio and listened to this sister that was on one of the shows that I used to frequent. She also had podcasts which were very informative at the time. At first I didn't want to contact her because on one of the shows she talks about also being initiated into some kind of Celtic goddess thing. Well, eventually I had a change of heart while listening to her other interviews. Should have stuck with my first impression.
I decided to contact the sister and she told me that she was initiated into Ifa, Vodun, and of course this Celtic goddess thing. But, now she was a kemetic priestess. So I was like ok because she was initiated into Ifa and I imagined that I would be learning something about Ifa.
I bought two of her books which were disappointments. The first book I got focused on Egyptian Magic and the second book was a rehash of some of the information that was in the first book. And a lot of the information is common sense. I talked about the same stuff on a blog I had a few years ago. Her temple focuses on the Chakras and I have a crap load of books on the Chakras. I talked to her over the phone maybe 3 times. She only answered one of my emails but we text most of the time, which gets on the nerves eventually. I would call and she wouldn't pick up. I don't even know how she would know If I was ready for initiation.
Don't get me wrong she is a very nice lady and I send blessings to her and her family, but I felt in my spirit that I was not getting the teaching I was supposed to be getting. I decided to contact Asar Imhotep, who has been a big help, and he recommended some books and sent me some information. It was like a light went off. I finally got most of what I needed. I even learned more on this site in a week than I learned from her in 4 months. I remembered her saying on a podcast that once a student calls her with a question she doesn't expect to hear from them again for a while.
With all that being said, what should I expect from a teacher student relationship? Is it an apprentiship or are they someone you talk to every once in a while to ask questions? Also, when someone takes you on as a student are they supposed to do a divination? Modupe.
Aboru, Aboye, Abosise
As most of you know if you've read the thread Getting Started in Ifa I talk about going to an Akan priest and he divined that I will be initiated into Ifa. They gave me a number of a house in Philadelphia and I talked to the wife once and never heard from them again even when I left messages over and over. Well, my search had begun to find the right person who I could study under.
I frequently listen to blog talk radio and listened to this sister that was on one of the shows that I used to frequent. She also had podcasts which were very informative at the time. At first I didn't want to contact her because on one of the shows she talks about also being initiated into some kind of Celtic goddess thing. Well, eventually I had a change of heart while listening to her other interviews. Should have stuck with my first impression.
I decided to contact the sister and she told me that she was initiated into Ifa, Vodun, and of course this Celtic goddess thing. But, now she was a kemetic priestess. So I was like ok because she was initiated into Ifa and I imagined that I would be learning something about Ifa.
I bought two of her books which were disappointments. The first book I got focused on Egyptian Magic and the second book was a rehash of some of the information that was in the first book. And a lot of the information is common sense. I talked about the same stuff on a blog I had a few years ago. Her temple focuses on the Chakras and I have a crap load of books on the Chakras. I talked to her over the phone maybe 3 times. She only answered one of my emails but we text most of the time, which gets on the nerves eventually. I would call and she wouldn't pick up. I don't even know how she would know If I was ready for initiation.
Don't get me wrong she is a very nice lady and I send blessings to her and her family, but I felt in my spirit that I was not getting the teaching I was supposed to be getting. I decided to contact Asar Imhotep, who has been a big help, and he recommended some books and sent me some information. It was like a light went off. I finally got most of what I needed. I even learned more on this site in a week than I learned from her in 4 months. I remembered her saying on a podcast that once a student calls her with a question she doesn't expect to hear from them again for a while.
With all that being said, what should I expect from a teacher student relationship? Is it an apprentiship or are they someone you talk to every once in a while to ask questions? Also, when someone takes you on as a student are they supposed to do a divination? Modupe.
Aboru, Aboye, Abosise