This essay examines the rationale for their interpretations, the processes through which these interpretations have been arrived at, as well as the significance of their efforts. In order to achieve these goals, we develop a theoretical framework that highlights the interaction between various cognitive domains through a system of mapping experiential and interpretive possibilities.

This framework is developed through an adaptation of the Ifa system of knowledge and divination developed by the Yoruba of Southern Nigeria.

This system consists in a dynamic grid of units organised in a mathematical and literary from through which a categorisation of a comprehensive range of possibilities of existence is realised. This organisational framework, known as the Odu, represents a template through which possibilities of interpretation of specific questions are actualised. It represents a dynamic matrix that represents the organisation of a cosmology and its application to the exploration of specific questions.

In embodying interpretations of a broad range of issues, it represents a means of categorising and, therefore, mapping possibilities of experience. In embodying the organisational framework representing a cosmology, it crystallises a mapping of relationships between physical and spiritual realities in terms of metaphysical principles. The system operates, therefore in terms of two aspects of mapping. It creates a map of possibilities of interpretation in relation to specific situations and it develops a framework that integrates all aspects of existence in terms of metaphysical principles.