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Friday, February 2, 2024

Important of Vulture in IFA

Important of Vulture in IFA

Important of vulture in IFA 





The vulture is a dirty bird and he feeds on remains of dead animals and birds. 






He also feeds on sacrifices deposited in various shrines.







 He can be seen around shrines, hunting for sacrifices. 







The vulture is therefore regarded as an important bird who plays a significant role in Ifa divination because he helps to get rid of sacrifices.






In the following excerpt the importance of the vulture with regard to Ifa divination sacrifice is clearly brought out.









 Ifa maintains that without the vulture sacrifices cannot be performed successfully.







The vulture is therefore invited to eat the sacrifice so that it may be accepted by the gods. 

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Vulture and other Orisa

Vulture and other Orisa

Vulture and other Orisa 



Although a repulsive-looking and bad-smelling bird, the vulture has long been held in high regard by ancient cultures. 

Vulture claws were said to detect poisons in food and drink. 


This bird was considered to be prophetic, knowing beforehand the site of battles. 


The vulture has been associated with the Great Mother for thousands of years in her aspect as life-giver and destroyer. 


As a representation of love and care, the goddess Isis is sometimes shown with vulture wings in her role as Great Mother. 


Mut, goddess of maternity and the sky, was often portrayed with the head of a vulture or wearing a vulture headdress. 



In the funeral rites of Osiris, four vulture feathers were attached to each corner of the coffin. Nekhebet and Mut, both vulture goddesses, were said to guard mummies and protect the dead.
Characteristics of vulture

Characteristics of vulture


Characteristics of vulture




Vultures do not copulate, but the female reproduces without male assistance. 


Vultures can live for 100 years. == 

Vulture warns of greedy and aggressive individuals; a user. Buzzard characterizes a gloating nature; one who stands in wait to pick over what’s left.


The vulture is a member of the raptor family, but unlike most raptors (hawks, owls, etc.), its weak feet and short talons make it unsuited for tearing and grasping.


 It relies on others to do the killing. Although their role as scavengers is often considered disgusting, it serves an extremely valuable and necessary function.



 It limits infections and bacteria from corpses that could otherwise spread to other animals who do not have the resistance. 


They serve to keep the environment clean and in balance. They prevent the spread of disease.

There are several varieties of vulture. Each has its own unique

Having vulture as a spiritual guidance and what you will notice

Having vulture as a spiritual guidance and what you will notice

Having vulture as a spiritual guidance and what you will notice 


People with Vulture totems often can see auras and colors around people and things. 



The Vulture can see the thermals rising from the earth and uses them to soar into the sky. 


The Vulture can also teach you patience. It will soar for hours, high in the sky, using the air currents.



They perform a very useful function, in that they are eliminating potential sources of disease, although this often causes people to think that they are unclean birds. However, they are very clean. 


In Egyptian hieroglyphs, the vulture was depicted along with mother symbols, which, according to Jung, was because Mother Earth contains both death and life.



 The Parish placed their dead where vultures could consume them, believing that this would allow them a rebirth.
Spiritual significant of vulture

Spiritual significant of vulture

Spiritual significant of vulture



The Vulture is a promise that all hardship was temporary and necessary for a higher purpose. 

Once a Vulture enters your life as a totem or guide, it will remain with you for life.


Vultures live and work together, both in cooperation and friendliness. 


They communicate with friends and neighbors when they find something to eat. 


They let the others know where the food is. And when there is a big feast they communicate with neighboring flocks in distant roosts.


 The Vulture is the avenger of nature spirits.
Yoruba believe about vulture

Yoruba believe about vulture

Yoruba believe about vulture



Ancient Yoruba believed the Vulture was the encompassing overall non-separated union between the day and night.

 Ironically, regardless of the less than good image the vulture is typically granted by most.


Great messengers of legend were always very joyful when a vulture appeared upon any action. 


For it is a creature the least hurtful of any, pernicious neither to corn, fruit-tree, nor cattle; it preys only upon carrion, and never kills or hurts any living thing; and as for birds, it touches not them, though they are dead, as being of its own species, whereas eagles, owls, and hawks mangle and kill their own fellow-creatures.



 Besides, all other birds are, so to say, never out of our eyes; they let themselves be seen of us continually; but a vulture is a very rare sight, and you can seldom meet with a man that has seen their young; their rarity and infrequency has raised a strange opinion in some, that they come to us from some other world; as soothsayers ascribe a divine origination to all things not produced either of nature or of themselves.
Superstition about vulture

Superstition about vulture

Superstition about vulture


Superstitions: Vultures have long been thought of as birds of divination. 


They never kill their prey, but, rather, devour abandoned corpses. Because of this practice, they are held an omen of coming death. 


Vulture has the ability to “smell” death as much as three days in advance. Hence, should it hover over a house, such is said to be an omen of coming death. 


Since the Hebrew word for “vulture” and “compassion” are similar, an association was made between these large birds and parental care. 


Some experts believe that the traditional myth that a pelican feeds it young on its own blood may indeed be traced to vultures, who were seen to return to the nest with bloody morsels for their chicks.
Myth and Secret about Vulture

Myth and Secret about Vulture

Myths and Secrets: One of the oldest totems of the Great Mother in Egypt was the vulture, eater of the dead. 

Vultures who devoured corpses were regarded as her angels of death, since they carried the dead piecemeal to heaven.

Ancient Iranians didn’t bury their dead, but exposed them to vultures in open-topped “towers of silence” called Dakhmas, many of which still stand today. 


Such towers were built when Iranians worshipped the Moon-goddess Mah, the Mother, and believed that vultures carried the deceased to her heavenly realm. 


Even after burial was instituted in Persia, a dead body couldn’t be interred until it was first torn by vultures. This spirit-mother was a large carrion bird “with an iron beak, hooked claws, and a long tail.

 ”Animal Magic Spirits of the Earth: Buzzards and Vultures are bad signs. They are messengers who warn us of interruptions or problems forthcoming.

Warnings and lesson to learn about vulture

Warnings and lesson to learn about vulture

Warnings and lesson to learn about vulture


* If Vulture has flown across your path: You are being asked to be patient with yourself and think things through. Take your time before making decisions and choose paths that support your higher consciousness.

** If Vulture is your Animal Totem: You know how to use your own energy powerfully and efficiently. You have the ability to see auras and colors around people with your higher vision and you know how to use patience as a means to an end.

** If Vulture has come into your Dream: To see a vulture in your dream symbolizes purification and insight. It suggests that your past experiences will provide you with invaluable insight into a current situation or problem. Consider the metaphor of someone who is a “vulture”. 


Sometimes a vulture is also a symbol of death, doom or rebirth..


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