tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874859417429853661.post4481351356694936364..comments2024-01-18T11:06:45.301-05:00Comments on Baba Who? Babalú!: An Audience with Asojano: An Arará DrummingMichael Atwood Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07676854950587305554noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2874859417429853661.post-73198305579399086812010-04-16T14:32:12.303-04:002010-04-16T14:32:12.303-04:00One wonders why would Asojano only speak in mediat...One wonders why would Asojano only speak in mediated forums? Of course, even possession could be seen as mediation. But is mediation by another Orisha (Ifa) truly required? And how do we know this--especially of other forms of communication have been so effective?<br /><br />I have been long curious about the impact of humanity on earth-based religion. Is it that the Orisha are so regimented that these are their rules and our human role is clear? Is it that certain human issues (trust, power, vigilance against or orientation toward abuses of these) shape even our ability to hear and be witness to Orisha in their organic forms (us)? Which human form is deemed an acceptable translation for the Orisha? By whom, and why?<br /><br />And then I wonder how one reaches agreement around disagreements on these kinds of issues in the human worlds of Orisha religion. Even the revolutionary has a sense of order. That one who himself is transforming and challenging the human arena of Orisha is inclined to his own understanding of and adherence to tradition in this manner is an illumination of this problem.<br /><br />Always loving this blog and the conversations it raises (and answers).Shorteznoreply@blogger.com