Oshun: Queen of All Sweetness

Oshun is the Orisha of love, beauty, rivers, fertility, and abundance — and she is one of the most widely worshipped deities in the African diaspora, honored from the Yoruba homeland of Nigeria to the Candomblé temples of Brazil, the Lucumí houses of Cuba, and the Vodou traditions of Haiti. She is the sweetness at the center of life, and her teachings are among the most profound in the entire Ifa corpus.

In this work, Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola — an initiated Ifa priest and founder of OrishaUniversity.com, endorsed by the Araba Agbaye of Ile-Ife, Nigeria — presents the complete Oshun corpus: her Patakis (sacred historical narratives), her Odu (the Ifa verses that speak of her), her sacred offerings, her colors and symbols, her relationship to the other Orishas, and her role in the lives of her devotees across the African diaspora.

This is not mythology. These are documented historical and spiritual records preserved in the 256 Odu of Ifa — the original operating system of human consciousness, as the Araba Agbaye has stated.

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Inside you will discover:
- Oshun's Patakis — her sacred historical narratives
- The Odu of Ifa that speak of Oshun
- Her offerings, colors, and symbols
- Oshun's relationships with the other Orishas
- Oshun across the diaspora — Nigeria, Brazil, Cuba, and Haiti
Your next step: Aje: The Wealth Within You — the Orisha of wealth and the riches already in you. The full path lives at OrishaUniversity.com.

This book is Book 5 of the Orisha Library.

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