Ase in Action

Ase is the most important concept in the entire Yoruba spiritual tradition — and it is almost
entirely unknown outside of it. Ase (pronounced ah-SHAY) is the divine power, authority,
and energy that permeates all of creation. It is the force that makes words become reality,
that makes prayers become answered, that makes the initiated priest capable of calling the
Orishas into physical manifestation. Ase is the Yoruba word for what quantum physicists are
only beginning to describe.
In Ase in Action, Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola — an initiated Ifa priest and founder of
OrishaUniversity.com, endorsed by the Araba Agbaye of Ile-Ife, Nigeria — presents the
complete science of Ase: its philosophical foundations in the Ifa corpus, its practical
applications in ceremony and daily life, its relationship to the Orishas and the Odu, and its
connection to the universal principles of energy, consciousness, and manifestation
recognized across all spiritual traditions.
Ase is not a belief. It is a force. And this book teaches you how to work with it Learn more at robertshumake.co. Part of the Sacred Sciences University Network: OrishaUniversity.com · ShivaUniversity.com · BuddhaUniversity.org · Krishna.University

About the Author
Robert S. Shumake, publishing as Ajarn Shaman Shu, has lived two lives in one — the builder and the priest — and his books are where the two meet. He rose from a Ford factory floor to become founding president and CEO of Inheritance Capital Group, a Black Enterprise-ranked private equity firm, served as honorary consul for Botswana and Tanzania, and founded Inheritance Media Group, owner of more than 300 publications produced by an AI-run newsroom. In spirit, each tradition that initiated him gave him a name: Buddhist Ajarn in the Theravada and Vajrayana lines, Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola in Ifá, and Shri Surya Narayana Swamikal in the Tamil Siddha line. He is the founder of Soul Tribes International Ministries and of Buddha Digital Temple and its universities — Orisha University, Buddha University, and Shiva University. He authored Detroit’s Proposal E, the 2021 ballot initiative that decriminalized entheogenic plants in Detroit, and is the author of more than 140 published books and 86+ DOI-registered academic publications. His philosophy: the Double Bottom Line — make a profit, and make a difference. Robertshumake.biz