Lady Inanda Fire is the first of her line. During ritual, she takes the name of our patron saint so she may embody her qualities and divinely guide her devotees. As an Aries sun, Leo Rising, and Gemini moon, she chose her surname based on her bonfire of a personality.

Lady Inanda’s creation of this temple was a manifestation of a divination cast in July of 2023. While she was studying Yoruba Orisa, her Babalawo (priest) cast Ifa (a form of divination) for the school and recieved the holy Odu OseOsa (odu are analgous to verses of the Bible). From this group divination, she divined her personal messages and created this drawing to record them in her journal.

“You are a leader from heaven.”

While Lady Inanda Fire was studying at this school, she received a personal divination from her Babalawo in which he stated that her Ori (the deity that lives in your head and keeps you on track with your destiny) was incredibly special. Her Ori is a microcosom of Olodumare (God).

Lady Inanda wishes only to create the Good Condition (heaven on earth) for her people. In Yoruba Orisa, Heaven and Hell are not places that only exist in the afterlife; they are separate realities that run parallel to ours. Creating the Good Condition on earth, exalts heaven. Through compassion for ourselves and others we may experience the bliss of Heaven while still in our mortal bodies.

“Ifa says that your leadership shall be enhanced by your Ori.”

In Yoruba Orisa there is a term called “owe”. “Owe” literally translates to “metaphor” in English, Yoruba language and art are so closely related, that anything that can be spoken can also be represented visually. A great example of owe would be tarot cards, they are archetypes that allow you to understand more esoteric concepts. Since Lady Inanda’s Ori is so powerful, a microcosm of Olodumare, her owe is likewise multifaceted. Too large to be a single tarot deck, her owe is an entire temple.

“You are going to gather a lot of followers behind you.”

Lady Inanda hopes to attract devotees to the temple through love and respect. She knows that if she humbly performs her duties for Olodumare, she will receive all the material wealth she needs. Therefore, she concentrates only on delivering her devotees from suffering through the beauty of art and the study of ancient wisdom.