In Yoruba wisdom, Ori is the most intimate and most powerful of all the Orisha: not a distant deity, but your own divine head — the seat of consciousness, intuition, and destiny itself. Before you entered this world, your Ori knelt before the Creator and chose the path you would walk. Every Orisha you honor works through your Ori; without its alignment, no blessing can land. This is why the elders teach a truth the world has forgotten: worship your head first. No spirit outside you can save a head that is out of alignment with itself.
In Ori: The Personal Orisha, #1 bestselling author Ajarn Shaman Shu (Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola) opens the Yoruba science of the divine head — the ancient path to destiny, protection, and true spiritual self-mastery.
Inside you'll discover:
Discover your Ori — your spiritual identity and divine blueprint
Honor your head — the seat of consciousness, intuition, and divine connection
Align with destiny — activating purpose, protection, and prosperity
Spiritual protection — strengthening your Ori and walking in divine alignment
Ancient science — the Yoruba wisdom of self-mastery and spiritual power
Claim your divine power — reclaiming your sacred authority over your own path
Part of the acclaimed Spiritual Reparations Series, this is the teaching that turns every other teaching on: the sacred science of the head that chose your life — and how to bring it back into alignment.
Your divine head. Your destiny. Your Ori.
Ajarn Shaman Shu is a fully initiated Buddhist Ajarn in the Theravada tradition, a Vajra Master in the Padmasambhava lineage, and the foremost global expert on sacred plant medicine. He isthe author of Shurooms: The African Roots of Sacred Plant Medicine and over 50 published works on consciousness science, breathwork, meditation, and spiritual wealth. A direct student of Malidoma Patrice Somé, Ajarn Shaman Shu’s work bridges ancient African spiritual sciences with Eastern meditation traditions. His teachings on pranayama, hermetics, mental alchemy, and the “Billionaire Mind” framework have transformed thousands of students worldwide, teaching the ancient methods of gathering scattered power into singular focus. He is the Chancellor of Buddha University®, a religiously accredited degree-granting institution, where he oversees the transmission of indigenous wisdom traditions, Buddhist dharma, and plant medicine healing for the modern world. Note: Ajarn Shaman Shu is also known as Shri Suryanarayana Swamikal in the Tamil Siddhar tradition and as Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola in the Yoruba Ifá tradition. All works are published by Buddha University® Press.
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