Terms

Ebo: Sacrifices
Adimu: Offerings
Dafa: Divination
Alaase: living in accordance with ancestral spirits, codes of conduct
Eniyan gidi: divine state of human being, enlightenment
Aiye: earth, dirt
Aba: the act of directing primal energy (chant)
Asuwada: communal harmony and progression
Adura: prayer
Alafia: peace
Ara: body
Arun: sickness
Ase: essence of primal power and creative potential
Awo: Priestly Order
Ayanmo: destiny
Baba: Father
Da ma: quieting of the senses (chant)
Dide: arise
Dojude: darkness
Egungun: society of priests who possess the spirits of the dead
Emi: spiritual essence of breath or breathing
Ese: verses
Gelede: society that reconciles differences between humans and witches
Iku: death
Idake-roro: the discipline of silence (chant)
Ikoso: Self-control (possible chang for enhancement)
Ibi: curses
Itan: mythological, historical, social
Iponri: heavenly consciousness
Iya: mother
Iwa-pele: Balanced character
Irin ajo: spirit journey
Jinle: deep thought
Nekhebet: Cool electromagnetic force of the earth that grants psychic power.
Oba: chief, king
Ojubo: place of worship
Odu: 16 wives of God/Vassals
Obe: knife
Omi: water
Ota: stones as a symbol of immortality
Olojo oni, mojuba re: to the owner of the day, I give reverence
Suuru: Patience
Tutu: cool
Titete: alignment
Uachet: Warm electromagnetic force of the earth that grants psychic power.
Vodun: Gods

Dance/Chant Energy:
Obatala is slow and concentrated
Ogun is strong and rooted
Yemoja is the tides of the ocean
Osun is graceful and expressed beauty
Sango is drawing lightning down from the sky
Oya is the whirlwind or hurricane
Elegba is balancing and flexible