| The Lwa and Orisha each represent Powers, and by making offerings and service to them, you are brought within the presence of that Power. |
| Springer said her poetry encompassed all of her life's work, from being a cultural activist to her devotion to the Orisha faith. |
| Oya Orisha predominates in the lungs, bronchial passages, and the mucous membranes. |
| This Orisha indicates medicines which tone the tendons and sinews. |
| Tanker's explorations of the African origins of local art forms during this time led him to the Orisha faith, whose musical idiom became central to his work. |
| Interestingly, the forces of nature which destroy the muck, the wind and water, are the elements of feminine deities in the Yoruba pantheon of Orisha. |
