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Invocation Approach
Tone
Vast deep
Address
OlokunOwner of the OceanThe Boundless One
Relationship
The ocean floor that holds everything lost
Warning
He sends the dreams and the floods
Resonance
Those working with the deep those who dream of the drowned
Symbols
ShellsChainsWaterSea creatures
Mythology Summary
Olokun is the Yoruba orisha of the ocean and of everything beneath it: wealth, the unknown, the unborn and the drowned. The tradition does not settle whether Olokun is male or female or neither, and that is left open here rather than chosen.
Modern Practice
Olokun is called on in dreams, in work with the ocean and for those lost in water. The practice is an offering made to the sea and the dream recorded rather than interpreted too quickly.