What IS an Ebbo?

Most of us think about Ebbo as the "get out of jail free card" of Ifa. Oh, if it was only so. Unfortunately, the vast majority of practitioners, have begun to pop out Ebbo in a cookie cutter fashion... a "fashion" which, unfortunately, delivers very little.

 

An Ebbo is a finely crafted, totally individual, "idea," which takes shape from the combination of the skills and experience of the priest, and the applicants’ knowledge of the event, or issue... It takes place from understanding exactly what the parameters of the problem truly are... through a detailed understanding of what the issue actually is, not necessarily how the applicant "feels" regarding it. It may have do with any of life's events... health, money, relationships, family etc. but in each and every case in order to be effective it must be individualized. This is not "one size fits all," indeed the level of its effectiveness is directly related to the specificity of the Ebbo. 

 

At the Ifa Foundation International we treat YOUR Ebbo with the respect it deserves, combined with the most complete plant and materials, that grow in Central Florida on what was once African land! We combine that with the Ashe of our sculptures, which as the late Susanne Wenger used to express, were the incarnation, the embodiment, of the Orisha they represent.

It would be unthinkable for Vassa to simply accept that your Ebbo needed the same plants as another with different dynamics and history... it simply would not work with the care necessary. 

 

Our Sacred Orisha gardens, with their African heritage and out host if "living" sculptures represent over 40 years of meticulous work, loving care, and the promise that your Ebbo IS special… and the results will mirror that need.

Love and blessings

 

Oluwo Philip Neimark