Seven African Powers: The Orishas (African Spirituality Beliefs and Practices) Paperback – February 25, 2016

This book opened my eyes to who the Orishas are. It gave me a clear understanding and I’m looking forward to learn more .

The media could not be loaded.  The book itself is good to me especially being a beginner and learning who the Orisha’s are. I love the fact it was short and straight to the point of who the Orisha’s are. Monique (author) also gives a small background of history on the Orisha’s. Overall, I would definitely recommend this book to others; the only thing that struck me was the author stating Ogun has a dish he likes called “Creamy Potato Pork Chop” but if I’m not mistaken, our ancestors weren’t a fan of flesh floods. I read more about ancestors enjoying fish rather than flesh floods

I loved and appreciated everything about this book. I finished it within two days (only because i work). This book could be read in a couple of hours and gives you years worth of infomation and i love that.

My boyfriend really enjoyed reading this book. Very informative and enlightening.

Very hard to read. The writer bounces back and forth between the names of the Orishas before she even introduces the fact that they have additional names. The back stories are very confusing as well. It reminds me of when you are having a conversation with someone and you’re telling a story, and then keep adding in additional from a different part of the story that doesn’t match until you get to a different part in the story, then you have to figure out how to piece it together. It’s a tough read but not impossible. I lost interest and grew tired of the back and forth. I haven’t returned it bc I really wanted to support another black author. I would suggest another editor.

My mother wanted to learn about the Orisha's as a beginner. She really is enjoying this book.

There are some grammatical errors and a couple of misquotes but all in all it was a great beginning to the Orishas.

I started reading another book on the Orishas that I also ordered with this book. Only because the delivery date was two days later. Compared to the other popular book that I was reading this one is an ease it’s very insightful and the words just resonate so gracefully for note taking . Haven’t finished the book in it’s entirety but I feel that says a lot.❤️

Good book

love it ..details to the T if you interested in communicating with your ancestors

Perfect intro to the Orishas and a great jumping off point for study!!

A little on the thin side, only 58 pages.

This was my first book on African Orisha's I needed to really solidify what I thought I knew, this book helped me to gain a much better understanding. I even now have an idea of who my deity is to honour, I've been looking around for a female Goddess that called to me, I had trouble relating to many from other cultures. Anyway, this book is highly recommended by me as a starting point for anyone who wants to understand better their African roots, culture and spiritualism. I would say this is just the starting point, you will need to go off and do further reading , however this book WILL give you an excellent foundation in the seven powers that been, who they are, what to offer to them, and when is the best time to call on them, even get a good feel for the Gods and Goddess if you are familiar with Tarot, as the author links them to Tarot cards and Astrology so if you understand this you can understand even better. There are some resources in the back to make spells, incense etc which is a bonus. I read this book in one sitting on the Kindle and will buy the paperback, happy to have this on my book shelf. I will check out the author's other books also. Very happy and glad I read it.