Ekuele (Opele) Divination Chain, Coconut Shell Kuan Yin Above all it is the

Above all it is the universal substitute: when you do not have a candle of the right color

That history does not leave the blade when it comes to your altar

and folk practice adds the thread of quiet prosperity: tranquility in love

since the wire and base are not water pieces

Ekuele (Opele) Divination Chain, Coconut Shell Kuan Yin Above all it is theAmong the world's divination instruments, few carry the weight of the ekuele. Also written opele or pl, this is the divining chain of If, the Yoruba tradition's great system of sacred knowledge, here strung in the classic form with eight coconut shell pieces. Cast by the babalawo, the initiated priest of If, the chain falls in patterns of open and closed faces that reveal the Odu, the sacred signs through which the tradition speaks. This is not a