Abiola Abrams - African Goddess Initiation: Sacred Rituals for Self-Love, Prosperity, and Joy

There is no greater hand to hold through your guided journey into the land of self-love and spiritual connection than Abiolas, who will no doubt handle it with care. She has consistently shown up for women for more than a decade and brought out their very best, and this guided journey into our most sacred rituals is no exception.

Charli Penn, editorial lifestyle director, ESSENCE magazine

Abiola Abrams, a true African Goddess, has put her heart and soul into this inspiring book that helps guide you to self-awareness, self-healing, and self-love. This book is a must for every womans household!

Yvette Hayward, founder, African American Literary Awards

We are at a crossroads spiritually and in search of answers. In African Goddess Initiation, Abiola introduces our ancient mothers back to us. It is a welcome reunion for those of us seeking a deeper connection with African spirituality and the ancient wisdom of our ancestors.

Yolanda Sangweni, founder, African Women Create and senior director of programming, NPR

Abiola Abrams is a powerful storyteller and historian. For anyone looking to explore Global African spiritual traditions laced with love, this is the text. Many of us have been forced to forget where we come from. African Goddess Initiation isnt just history; it contains rituals and ceremonies that tap into our collective DNA. Abiolas words are a soothing balm in turbulent times. This book is an offering, a gift from our ancestors, and they are felt on every page. A deep bow for Abrams as a channel, guide, and compassionate cheerleader. If African Goddess Initiation is in your hands, there is a reason. This book will permanently live on my nightstand when I need reminders, encouragement, or guidance. Shes invited us all on this journey, solo or as a group. Im eternally grateful for this wisdom and the invitation to reconnect with global sisterhood.

Oneika Mays, healer and star of TBS Lost Resort

Abiola invites us all to embrace the divine feminine energy within that is needed to nurture the planet at this time, and she takes us on a healing journey passed down from our ancestors to go within and activate our most authentic selves while removing limiting beliefs that hold us back from expressing who we truly are.

Koya Webb, author of Let Your Fears Make You Fierce and star of Z Living series, Yoga Girls

One of the most important contemporary books on the transformational power of ritual, and the journey to awakening the Divine Feminine in ourselves, Abiola Abrams has generously gifted us with a profound body of work inviting us into the sacred spaces and rituals of her spiritual ancestrythe extraordinary rich world of African goddess magic and mysticism. This book is pure alchemical magic. If youre called to open its pages, it offers nothing less than a fierce, loving, and timely initiation to awaken the Goddess within. More importantly it fills a great gap in our collective soul as the author reclaims the mystical power of her ancestors and firmly restores it to its rightful place. African Goddess Initiation is a living map to an inclusive unified world where we all are valued.

Colette Baron-Reid, oracle expert and best-selling author of Uncharted

Abiola blesses the world with the knowledge of her spiritual ancestry, inviting all women to wake up to their divine power. Read this book from cover to cover or close your eyes and trust as you open a page. Youll find wisdom and rituals to nurture your spirit on every page.

Jessica Ortner, New York Times best-selling author and co-creator of the Tapping Solution app

Women are awakening to our sacred feminine power, and it has been a long time coming. At the forefront, beating the drum and clearing our path is Abiola Abrams. Abiola has held sacred space and hosted goddess circles for just over 20 years now, and it has culminated in her latest offering African Goddess Initiation. In this book, Abiola joins forces with our powerful goddesses, ancestors, and spirits to guide us through a divine feminine initiation and rebirth into our capital S self. With the warmth of your best girlfriend and the wisdom of the ages, Abiola walks us through nine key inner temples we must face to awaken the goddess, the divine feminine, within. Goddess rising is an energy that can no longer be contained. Abrams invites us to answer the whisper of the goddess rising. Will you say yes?

Nikki Woods, best-selling author, leading media strategist, and former executive producer of the Tom Joyner Morning Show

When it comes to self-love and self-care, sacred rituals have the power to transform the relationship you have with yourself and deepen your understanding of what love can be. The way Abiola shares African rituals is powerful, sensuous, and connected. African-based spiritual tools through a womanist (or feminist) lens are necessary, now, more than ever. My hope for this book is that it is in the home of every woman of color in the world.

Dr. Jeanine Staples, anthropologist, sociocultural literacist, and author of The Revelations of Asher: Toward Supreme Love in Self

Books

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The Sacred Bombshell Handbook of Self-Love:
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Card decks

African Goddess Affirmation Cards

African Goddess Rising Oracle Cards

Sacred Bombshell Self-Love Journaling Cards

Womanifesting: Fertility Goddess Oracle Cards

Copyright 2021 by Abiola Abrams

Published in the United States by: Hay House, Inc.: www.hayhouse.com Published in Australia by: Hay House Australia Pty. Ltd.: www.hayhouse.com.au Published in the United Kingdom by: Hay House UK, Ltd.: www.hayhouse.co.uk Published in India by: Hay House Publishers India: www.hayhouse.co.in

Project editor: Melody Guy

Indexer: Joan Shapiro

Cover design: Chelsea Hunter

Interior design: Julie Davison

Interior photos/illustrations: Destiney Powell

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All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any mechanical, photographic, or electronic process, or in the form of a phonographic recording; nor may it be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or otherwise be copied for public or private useother than for fair use as brief quotations embodied in articles and reviewswithout prior written permission of the publisher. The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress

Tradepaper ISBN: 978-1-4019-6294-4

E-book ISBN: 978-1-4019-6295-1

Audiobook ISBN: 978-1-4019-6296-8

We pour honey...

This book is dedicated to

All those who still live with me

And those who still live within us.

For my Creator.

For Norma, who birthed me.