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Jaap Verduijn

Jaap Verduijn has been a student of Ifa since 1982, becoming an avid collector of Ifa texts (Ese Odu Ifa) almost immediately, and a practicing Ifa diviner not much later. Jaap does not practice inside the usual "Orunmila system", but operates as an independent diviner. He emphasizes strongly that he is NOT a Babalawo or Ifa PRIEST - he is an Ifa DIVINER... period. The series of Odu Ifa books will, once completed, count between 3000 and 3,500 pages, a collection larger than any other hitherto published. Design, layout and drawings in the books are created by his talented student and by now fully-fledged colleague Brenda Beek. Jaap and Brenda have also published a book about their own technique of Ifa divination: "Ifa divination for everybody, the book your Elders don't want you to read" which, apart from the divination lessons, also includes articles about how to practice Ifa on your own, without joining a House. No wonder many Elders don't want people to read that book!