Module 10: The Initiate’s Path

What separates studying from belonging: the house, ritual kinship, the Hand of Orunmila, the cautions of the path — and the study that continues after. Five lessons.

1. 1.Studying is not initiating — and that is fineThe difference between knowing the tradition and belonging to it, and why each has a dignity of its own.
2. 2.The house and ritual kinshipIlé, godparent, godchildren, ramas: the family structure that sustains the Cuban tradition.
3. 3.The Hand of Orunmila: the doorwayAwofakan and Ikofá: what the rite means, what the itá is — and why the ceremony’s interior is not on this page.
4. 4.Cautions on the path: how a house is foundThe time before commitment, and the warning signs the tradition itself teaches one to recognize.
5. 5.Beyond the door: study within the traditionWhat changes when one belongs to a house — and the close of the whole course.

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