Publisher's Synopsis
The writer when living in Yorubaland found that worship of the people showed belief in Spiritual beings of various types, falling properly into four distinct classes, viz (A) a Supreme Deity, Olorun by Name; (B) a large class of Lesser Gods, or Orishas, their number being variously stated as 201 or 401 by their babalawos, or priests, but probably comprising over 600; (C) the spirits of the Dead (ancestor worship, etc); (D) a Supreme Spirit, Esu. Stephen Farrow discusses objects of worship, objects of beliefs, modes of worship, the world of the mysterious and more making this book a valuable treatise on the Yoruba Religion and its practices.
