Osain: The Green Intelligence

Osain is the Orisha of the forest, plants, and herbal medicine — the keeper of the sacred
knowledge of every leaf, root, bark, and seed in creation. In the Ifa tradition, no ceremony is
complete without Osain's blessing, because every Orisha's power is activated through the
plants that Osain guards. He is the original herbalist, the original pharmacist, and the
original ecologist — and his knowledge system represents one of the most sophisticated
botanical sciences ever developed by any civilization.
Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola — an initiated Ifa priest and founder of OrishaUniversity.com,
endorsed by the Araba Agbaye of Ile-Ife, Nigeria — presents the complete Osain corpus: the
documented history of Yoruba plant medicine, the sacred plants associated with each
Orisha, the Patakis of Osain, the Odu that speak of his knowledge, and the practical
applications of Osain's science for healing, ceremony, and spiritual protection.
The forest is not just a place. It is a library. And Osain is its librarian.
Learn more at OrishaUniversity.com

This book is Book 9 of the Orisha Library. Your next step: Roots of Heaven — return to the root where the whole Orisha library begins.

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