Orunmila is the only divinity that can be invoked to advise without being possessed. That is mainly because he was first and foremost, the wisdom divinity of the divinosphere from the beginning of existence.

The second reason Is that he was the last of the divinities to return on his own free-will to heaven. He did not die like the others did but merely climbed the tree of life to lapse into eternity.

For the other divinities, they can only truly divine by taking over the ordinary senses of their servants or priests and talking to people through them.

When the ordinary divine priest is possessed, he or she can foretell past, present and future events in the usual way because the person is no longer in charge of his own senses. As soon as the Priest is de-possessed, he or she cannot remember a word what he or she said under the spell of divine possession.

The most common divinities known to West Africa who divine by possession are Ogun, Sango, Osun, Osanyin, Obalifon, Obaluwaye, Ake, lrewe, Ovia or Osa, Okhuaihe, Olokun, Oya, Eziza or Ajija and so on.

In addition to involuntary possession, the divinity is usually invoked by beating drums or gongs or maracas or an ensemble of all the three musical instruments.

As soon as the instrumental music, sometimes accompanied by vocal music builds up to crescendo, the allegro comes when the priest gets possessed and gives thanks to God for creating the divinity that ordained him or her as a priest and for creating the earth on which he or she stands. Divination by possession then begins.

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