Central Florida Spiritual Garden receives world recognition
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The Central Florida Spiritual Garden receives recognition in an upcoming academic publication from the University Press of Florida titled "Africa in Florida". The publication will feature a chapter focusing on the garden's Sacred Orisha Gardens near Crescent City, Florida. A professor states that the Orisha Gardens are unique in Florida and the United States, and are the most extensive Sacred Garden of their type in North America. The gardens are open to visitors from around the world year-round.
Central Florida Spiritual Garden receives world recognition
- 1. Central Florida Spiritual Garden receives world recognition Sacred Orisha Gardens of Ifa Foundation of North America featured in important academic publication. http://www.ifafoundation.org/the-sacred- gardens/ University Press of Florida to publish Africa in Florida, featuring Central Florida Spiritual Retreat Ola Olu and its Sacred Orisha Gardens. One of the chapters, The Sacred Space of Ola Olu: A NeoYoruba Site in Florida, focuses on the Orisha Gardens near Crescent City Florida. The Gardens are used in spiritual retreats attracting people from all over the United States and form many other places in the world. Professor Robin Poynor states: The Orisha Gardens are unique in Florida and in the United States. Perhaps the closest comparison would be a site in Nigeria that has been designated as a World Heritage Site, the Oshun Shrine in Oshogbo, Nigeria. The site in Florida is surely the most extensive Sacred Garden of its type in North America. The ways in which it recalls certain African concepts, extends them to address a new place and a new age The Gardens are open year round and host visitors from all over the world. For more information on visiting the gardens: http://www.ifafoundation.org/visiting-the-gardens/ About The Ifa Foundation The Ifa Foundation Is a federally approved 501 C-3 not-for profit Foundation, providing information, teaching and spiritual items related to the Ancient African philosophy of IFA and the Orisha. This information is distributed online at: www.IfaFoundation.org For More Information Contact: Ifa Foundation of North & Latin America P.O. Box 14, Flagler Beach, Florida USA 32136-0014 Toll Free Phone (800) 906 - 4322