One's ori-inu (spiritual consciousness in the physical realm) must grow in order to consummate union with one's 'Iponri' (Ori Orun, spiritual self). Įach person living on earth attempts to achieve perfection and find their destiny in Orun-Rere (the spiritual realm of those who do good and beneficial things). The anthropologist Robert Voeks described Yoruba religion as being animistic, noting that it was 'firmly attached to place'.

The Yoruba religion can be described as a complex form of polytheism, with a Supreme but distant creator force, encompassing the whole universe. Every thought and action of each person or being in Aiyé (the physical realm) interact with the Supreme force, all other living things, including the Earth itself, as well as with Orun (the otherworld), in which gods, spirits and ancestors exist.

Olupona, summarizes that central for the Yoruba religion, and which all beings possess, is known as 'Ase', which is 'the empowered word that must come to pass,' the 'life force' and 'energy' that regulates all movement and activity in the universe'. Nigerian Professor for Traditional African religions, Jacob K. The term comes from a contraction of the words: Ìṣẹ̀, meaning ' source/root origin' and ìṣe, meaning ' practice/tradition' coming together to mean 'The original tradition'/'The tradition of antiquity' as many of the practices, beliefs, traditions, and observances of the Yoruba originate from the religious worship of Olodumare and the veneration of the Orisa.īeliefs A Yemoja priestess in Ọ̀yọ́, Nigeria Yoruba divination board Opon IfáĪccording to Kola Abimbola, the Yorubas have evolved a robust cosmology. The Yoruba name for the Yoruba indigenous religion is Ìṣẹ̀ṣẹ, which also refers to the traditions and rituals that encompass Yorùbá culture. Yoruba religious beliefs are part of Itàn (history), the total complex of songs, histories, stories, and other cultural concepts which make up the Yoruba society. Yoruba religion is the basis for a number of religions in the New World, notably Santería, Umbanda, Trinidad Orisha, and Candomblé. It shares some parallels with the Vodun practiced by the neighboring Fon and Ewe peoples to the west and with the religion of the Edo people to the east. Its homeland is in present-day Southwestern Nigeria, which comprises the majority of Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, Kwara and Lagos States, as well as parts of Kogi state and the adjoining parts of Benin and Togo, commonly known as Yorubaland ( Yoruba: Ilẹ̀ Káàárọ̀-Oòjíire).

The Yoruba religion ( Yoruba: Ìṣẹ̀ṣe), or Isese, comprises the traditional religious and spiritual concepts and practice of the Yoruba people.

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