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- Who is your Orisa? Who is your godfather? Are you initiated? These are common questions in some circles. But are they the BEST questions?
Another question is,, What do you get when you combine a "child of Sango" a "child of Obatala" and a "child of Osun" or any other combination of Orisa devotees?
An even better question is, What combinations do we need to build schools, businesses and banks in or communities?
Check out my video series, Orisa Lifestyle for Beginners, and get answers to your most important questions about Yoruba Spirituality.
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The school is full...i will be waiting for a spot in the meantime i have a question...which membership includes the revelation of my Orisa?
Thank you for the content. Will the beginner classes be available again?
Is there a way to send a offering for your service? Meaning the classes I can afford are always sold out...
Finally someone who really speaks the truth, there are so many people on here who talk about the Orishas but don't even understand Yoruba culture. What you said about Yorubas wanting to find out about where you're from you hit the nail on the head. This even happens with your name in Nigeria. Keep up the good work brother.
i came along at a different time... a more sincere time. what is happening today is mostly nonsense.
This video needs to be viewed by ALL who are inquiring or interested in IFA and the Orisa lifestyle! I am SO relieved to have found this channel!!!
i agree with your assessment and i appreciate your support.
From Nigeria 🇳🇬 I say you are 💯 accurate...I started my cleansing and answered my calling today..I’ve been in denial for ever..so I found this video on time..I speak Yoruba,I deal with Yoruba and you are so accurate.
no matter how far a river flows, it never forgets its source. we give thanks to ifa!
I said mines name without knowing anything about it. I was running but now I am opening up.
Many scammer out there. I wish I’d seen this sooner but I guess I had to learn on my own. I almost fell for one but as soon as he said WhatsApp, I got out of dodge and now I just block anyone coming towards me. If I need guidance I will seek it out like I just did and found people like you who truly want to educate. I am truly grateful.. ASE
Unfortunately I was misled
But I’m still seeking my path
OMG! Thank you for this! I often feel like I'm being forced to do so many things no matter what the spiritual system, religion, etc it is. I was just going to be atheist and be done. This makes so much sense.
it's a result of training... police a re trained to see crime and to fight it. doctors are trained to see disease and to use intrusive medical interventions to "heal" them. increasingly, orisa priests are being conditioned to think that initiation is the solution to all problems...
I was actually told I "needed" to be initiated. It just didn't feel right. I'm very present to being a student because I love what it has to offer. However for years I've been told to just "do it."It was no different from what I experienced in church growing up smdh
I love your logic! It's clear and crisp! Thanks!
I m very new to this, I have always feel connected orisha mostly the yemaya/ olokun, so I thought! a night ago I prayed to yemaya to reveal her self to me and help me ,but to my greatest suprise I had a dream about shango talking to me called me his daughter, and I also see yemaya items which I admired in the dream but they didn't belong to me ,it belongs to some other girl in the dream.
orisa are primordial. we can barely understand our own minds. it is almost impossible to truly grasp orisa. what most of us are working with are elements of our ancestral promise and personal destiny. orisa s very distant.
Similar to me oshun was calling to me so I focused on her I asked her to help guide me if let me know if she was my orisha then shango showed up in my dreams. Yemaya oshun and shango always come
Obatala came to me as a guide yesterday. Before that I knew nothing about Obatala, however at the same time I knew Him. I went to a shop and his statue called to me, so I took it home. I was initiated 10 years ago. I went the path of Christianity and always wanted help, a Father figure and a guide. Never found one. This is the first time in my life where I feel someone is looking after me. And I’m humbled and honored it’s Obatala.
That's exactly what I told this guy. How can I be with Ogun if he deals with metals and I'm a writer? He say,"My oracles never lie. Trust me." Something about invitation costing me $100.00.
I love this ! I really admire how you open minds versus trying to control them.
Revisited and if I hadn't commented about two years ago then AGAIN...WELL SAID Big Bro...almost brings tears to my eyes just to know how genuine you are with your message as well as awesome metaphoric comparisons in a great articulate way. Big Ups BaBa🙏🏽💯
Ase!
I am form owo ,ondostate Nigeria. I must say your pronoucation is spot on . Wow! So much information. Some time lead me here. #team
Thank you so much Baba
. ASE wa
Im so thankful for your videos brotha. Thanks man!!
beautifully expressed. blessings on your journey. blessings of peace on earth. ase'
may it be so for you as well!!! ase!
Appreciate this level of sharing
Aboru aboye thanks for this teaching
I'm subscribing for your honesty alone. I'm ready to learn and you seem like a great teacher. Thank you for sharing your wisdom.🙏💜
Thanks and welcome
Thank you for your honesty and sincerity. As an Afro Latino from NYC, Santeria and Ifa has always been around. I have always had an interest and fascination but I run into many just trying to sell services at high rates. It’s very difficult to find honest priest, priestess or Babalu. I’m seeking to grow my understanding of my spirituality through the ancestors and guides. What questions do you recommend a new comer ask to find a true guide? How do you recommend trying to find a good honest practitioner? Thank you for what you do.
I think the BEST approach is not to ask anything. Decide what you have to offer and identify somebody to give it to in service to Olodumare. You'll know if they're the one without having to ask or pay anything.
Shango is , among other things, the Orisha of military, police, and firefighters. I was an Military Police in the military, and a volunteer firefighter in civilian life. I'm not initiated, but I feel Chango is my Orisha.
perhaps in some systems sango may be associated with those professions. in west africa, those all belong to orisa OGUN. sango is, however, very closely aligned with OGUN. so it's very possible for them to overlap.
@@ObafemiO ahhh. Very interesting. It seems that there are many differences between the Yoruba system and Santeria, which is more popular in the western hemisphere. I'm just a rookie! I will read up on Ogun as well. Thanks for responding!
I went to the African Village in South Carolina. My first reading was a cowery shells reading. Dilogun. I kept getting Shango and "standing to great my wealth. Later I did my DNA through 23andme. I gound I was 82% West African/ Nigerian. My reading said I was traced to Benin (Dahomey) and my Orisha was Obatala. Also my family Orisha was/ is Obatala. I got my family name Adewole and later my first name being Oriyomi. My 5% attribute is Nowbuild. So now I'm working on my next move. Also wanting to balance that Shango reading and that Obatala energy.
Been venerating my ancestors and seeing confirmation. B.u.t. I want to be sure.
Lastly, I want to purchase some clothing. No stores near hear in McKeesport Pennsylvania. I will be in contact with you
i commend you on the journey, brother. may your ancestors continue to guide and protect you. ase!
You Got fire and cool calmness on your side brother Ase Ire O.
Did you enjoy the village in South Carolina? Im very interested in visiting there myself.
Please tell me how you found out about your family last name.
You should have say Yoruba village
I like this very much. Thank you
Thank you for this! I have a few people charging me to do a sacrifice prior to worshiping my orisha. I was thrown off when they asked for money. This was needed.
Well said ! Completely unique and inspiring perspective ,I believe anything to thrive one need immense focus and support from like minded people. Such traditions need to be preserved, they need right support to thrive and benefit humanity as whole. I wish you growth and prosperity 🙏 greetings from India.
I give thanks for your blessing and support. May your prayers be answered in full, by the grace of the Supreme Being. Ase!
This happened to me and i've been cautious to learn more ever since. This cleared up a lot.
That is very good to know... I mean, that the lesson has been useful.
Wonderfu..
Yes, when I clicked on this, I was always unaware of the answer. I was told I'd find to on my own in life.My point though, is that you turned out inadvertently to help me watch out for traps and I thank you for that.I didn't expect or want to find to find out my Orisha from this video, but I clicked on it anyway, which showed there was a higher reason for doing so.
Wonderful!
thanks for the wisdom king
Hi, I’m a mixed AMERICAN, but my African ancestors are from Nigeria, Mali, Ghana, Benin and Morocco. Who can I connect with to find out if I have an Orisha? I’ve been on a spiritual path for a few years now. I was guided to your videos. I’d appreciate any enlightenment that you can offer.
More important than having an Orisa is having ancestors and a destiny. Ignore any ploys to introduce you to Orisa until you're clear about your natural gifts and talents, your ancestral promise and who you're destined to serve.
Thank you for this info love it being native American and Mexican bloodlines grew up with a lot of Brujería and spirituality, for one that is seeking more knowledge and looking deeper into this but lives somewhere we're these practices aren't popular how does one go to learn there orisha and to deepen there knowledge?
I appreciate this. After getting my readings my feelings were "what's next?" .
sacrifice, observances and relentless advancement of your cause.
Ebo
How did you find out?
Thank you for your honesty because this is so true..l thank God for discernment!!!
Ok so how do you find these things out the right way because I'd love to get to know my Orisha
I love how u broke it down
Great video. Thank you so very much.
Thank you for the knowlage !
Your words are so true 👍 this is exactly what we would be telling our people to obey the rules of tradition and culture, so that our ancestors will come and help us in our weakness when we don't know how to pray properly. As for now things are not working like usual, because the way it's now is undue with so much irresponsible guidelines. And that's destroying our culture. As for now many things are not working properly , just like you said that normally tradition should be helping us to put things right when we make mistakes 😀 but some people has followed other ways 😀 by using innocent people to earn what they want 😉 and that is destroying things even more . 😊 perhaps you have tell my story 😉 how can tradition become normal again? Is it by fighting a good war 🤔
Informative, thank you Ashe
This is so helpful I was just asking myself this question I appreciate you sharing your gifts thank you 🙏🏾
We thank Ifa
I love your video but I don’t know who is my orisha am from New York don’t know nobody out here I need help please
I feel like i know who my Orisha is..I don't know how i know i just spiritually know..
it's good to be in tune. sometimes, we have a strong enough relationship to our ancestry to detect the mission from the source. still, it is always good to confirm and formalize the relationship with ifa so that you know WHY your family serves a particular deity. for example, it may be that you serve sango for wealth... but the odu that gives birth to your lineage describes how sango had to refrain from fighting in order to prosper. it's counter intuitive but true.
That's good! Let Ashe continue to provide that spiritual power of connection you have with your Orisha.
@@ObafemiO I got a reading yesterday to know who my Orisha is..Elegba came through and said that Yemaja and Shango are my Orisha's
Anthony Wilson .......can you refer the reader?
I used to spiritually think I was a child of Yemaya. I saw her in dreams and was convinced. THEN I received Awofaka and got my head marked.. Surprise! I’m a daughter of Oshun... Maferefun Ifa... ! Seek Orunmila of you wish to discern your tutelary Orisha.
~Proud Omo Oshun (Ololodi)
Thanks for lacing me up bro bro
I’m really not sure honestly the only one I pray to and she gives me what I want is oshun
I would take this as a sign. I want to start praying to Oshun and from what I heard her number is 5. I was the 5th like on this comment and I started realizing I should pray to her this month and I’m literally 5 months pregnant 🤦🏽♀️… What’s it like working with her?
Thank you
we thank ifa
Okay I dont know my lineage......I'm from america I dont know alot of history from my ancestors and it makes my heart hurt
I feel the same
I am mixed, puerto rican and irish and i feel the same being in America..i want to connect to my lineage and ancestors too
Thank you!🙏🏽 someone asked me: what is you Orisha? I said: ive learned to not tell my Orisha it can go against me. He said: LMAOOOOO who told you this joke? I went silent.
He said: we need to talk about this personally🤨🫤
You are wonderful! 💚
How does one determine their Orisha?
before determining your orisa, you must determine who you are. ori is the basis of your spiritual identity. knowing your orisa is irrelevant until you know yourself. how you discover yourself? what are your natural gifts and talents? who are your ancestors? what is the purpose of your lineage?
ObafemiO How do I find out who my ancestors are and what’s the purpose of my linage? I just found the music videos about Orishas and was drawn to them. Been wanting to learn about African spirituality for a long time.
yes, there are several ways to do it... i recommend you use both physical and spiritual methods. that is, interview your family members about their work, the work of your forefathers and check the census reports. they list professions. also, undergo rituals with the egungun priests to learn more about your lineage, including performing divination
I'm drawn to yemeya but I'm not sure if she is my orisha. All this is new to me and i was told i have to get a spiritual reading by a high priest but i live near Chicago
your orisa is ancestral. it has everything to do with your lineage. before you explore orisa, it's much more powerful and impactful to know your ancestral promise, as well as your destiny. i can help you with all three of these. email me at obafemio@yahoo.com or call me at 530.316.1150.
ObafemiO I also needs to kno my ansestral promise and destiny as well because I’m drawn to oshun this is also new to me as well can you help me
certainly. call me at 530.316.1150.
ObafemiO will do and what would b a good time for me to call you
thursday after 400 PST is good.
Thank u so much
I enjoyed this a lot, sadly the negative stuff you mentioned is prevalent in lucumi. I have been looking more into Isese and a lot is clearer and clearer.
Well tread carefully. Many who practice traditional can also be malevolent
Thank you so much. watching your videos for the past days have taught me a lot. I am so interested in the Orisha Lifestyle. I have no answers for those ?'s. my family has frowned upon such practice but I've felt this is the way since a child. My question is how do I get started?
i am glad the message resonates with you. in the same way that you would not wait for permission or consent from your loved ones to feed your body, do not wait to feed your spirit either. follow your inner voice and start learning what needs to be done. i have a range of courses designed to introduce you to the practice at www.obafemio.com/classes.
Thank you for this video. How does one know how to find their God parent/s?
save yourself a lot of distress. put the idea of a godparent out of your mind and never mention it again. ever. instead, seek out your natural gifts and talents, then find some spiritual community where you feel comfortable GIVING it away. for example, if you sing, sing for the temple 5 hours weekly. this will empower you and give you the opportunity to set the parameters of your engagement, while observing the environment long enough to make informed decisions about your future in the practice and with the temple in question. NOBODY ELSE WILL EVER GIVE YOU THIS ADVICE but it is 100% guaranteed to yield success IF you follow it to the letter.
Aseo!
watching this at 11.11
Wow, so am I on 4/20/2020 at 11:11 pm
Synchronicity
This was the first comment I saw before I clicked on the video. and my birthday adds up to 11 either way you add it up. So technically I'm 11:11
Omg Same December 14th 2020
Great vifeo
I'm grateful
How do you figure this stuff out if you’re the only one in your family on this path? I don’t know many of my family members and the history just wasn’t passed down. I’m confused I was going to start praying to Oshun and Papa Candelo because I felt connected to them but it seems like a much deeper process. I don’t have anyone to teach me or talk to me about this stuff. 🤦🏽♀️… I don’t want to end up having a bad reaction because of my own ignorance.
My Father ancestors are from Madagascar. I was adopted abs really do not know much about my mother's side. Help! I would love to know why my orisha is.
I ask a persons signal when i see the edi on the wrist..if they have a house because alot of people are liars claiming they are intiated and trying to do spell work that could create orsorbo..yet don't even understand that.
Oh goodness thank u so much ! U just saved meeeeee
we thank ifa!!!
What happens if i heard "orishaaaaa" and then i woke out of my sleep in a sweat. I am trying to see what orisha is calling me or what this means..i have never heard this term before.
There's no simple explanation for that experience.
I'm of Haitian descent raised catholic and have lost both of my grandparents and have no knowledge of my paternal side... How do I find my ancestors, after doing an ancestry test I do have the same maternal haplogroup as Nelson Mandela but I don't know what to make of this? I just want to understand my lineage but have very limited information.
Watching this at 333
I am new to IFA and I want to practice but there are no teachers that I know of where I live in Baltimore MD and I want to read up and research IFA but I really want a teacher to help me I've started a small alter and I don't have a Orisha how can I get started I have candles, incense and California Sage on my alter what else should I add ,what Orisha do I try to connect with first
that's the greatest set of questions one can ask... what do i do FIRST and what do i do NEXT. your internal spirit - ORI and IWA - are always FIRST. your ancestors are next. orisa is much further down the road. roots before wings. if you don't have my book, the fundamentals of orisa lifestyle, i would strongly recommend it before you go too far into any kind of ritual or ceremony. you can get it at www.obafemio.com/publications. and if you have any questions, feel free to cal me at 530.316.1150.
Hello! Thank You. If i may ask.. I hear the name "Shango" in my dreams. And feel 2 woman energy along with this.I'm not familiar with any of this. What would that dream mean?
Shango is often shown with his wives, Oshun and Oya. His first spiritual wife is Oba.
Oduduwa!
None of this should cost it is our right to connect with our ancestors and Orishas it a shame people are using them as a money scam
that is not consistent with the tradition. it has ALWAYS cost money and it has always been expensive to practice orisa lifestyle. at the same time, you are right that people are exploiting one another... we, the americans must not be distracted by what the nigerians are doing (i.e., selling what cannot be sold). they live in an extremely corrupt and impoverished state. instead, we must educate ourselves and clarify our motivations. STOP TRYING TO BUY THAT WHICH CAN ONLY BE CULTIVATED FROM THE INSIDE OUT AND BUILT FROM THE BOTTOM UP!!!
I have a PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH MANY ORISHAS AND LOA/ LWA. There is a day of the week for the 7 main ORISHAS, The 7 African Power. You can go to them all on your own. Needing initiation into Ifa is simular, (Not the Same) but simular to being Baptised into a certain Christian Church.....Ase'
point of correction; ifa initiation is different from baptism. all christians are baptised. all orisa devotees are not initiated to ifa. not even all ifa devotees are initiated to ifa. to be initiated is a highly specialized experience, either for fulfillment of one's destiny or to serve as a babalawo.
@@ObafemiO Thank You BaBa for explaining the Difference between Ifa Initiation and Christian Baptism.....Alafia
God ; This Is Perfect . I'm so in the dark with everything that I want to know the most !! How can I go about finding who is mine and if I have one .
great question. i would not start with discovering which orisa to venerate. i would start with your natural gifts and talents, followed by establishing a daily practice that helps you optimize those talents and finally, directing those talents towards the people/cause you're destined to serve.
@@ObafemiO thank You so Much For Your Advice ; is there a spicific way i Can get to know exactly what gifts i have ?
sure, with some reflection on your life, combined with getting strategic feedback from kep people, you will get a clear picture of your natural gifts and talents. go to www.obafemio.com/mentor for more info
If you are initiated then you shouldn't be wandering around in the first place. Your Egbe, Lineage, temple ect will be your mainly source of spiritual growth, protection and duty as well.
Asé O
true indeed!
Is there a marriage ceremony in the religion ? If there is could you please make a vid discussing it .
thank you for your support. also, if you want to learn even more, consider my School of Orisa Studies. when you become a member, you get access to the activities associated with my videos!!! learn more bit.ly/OrisaStudies
How do you know any of this I've had things happen but I need more answers
What do I do with liquid offerings to my ancestors? How do I dispose of liquid offerings to my orishas?
you can place them on the alter for a few minutes and drink them yourself, especially in the case of your ancestors. you can also pour them onto esu.
I would like to join the team
visit orisalifestyle.com for options
I was told am a child of olukun and i always give offering to the river but they don't talk to me, my family won't tell me anything about us except i was born in oudo state and my family is from ukwuani, I want to know my purpose in life can you please tell me what to do so they can talk to me again without the help of my family.. Thank you so much for your support oludumare favor you ase
Yes, please email me obafemio@yahoo.com
Alot of people ask these questions out of curiosity only.
How do I find out my ancestral promise?lineage?
it's a process that takes time. briefly, you would need to research, dna, divination and ceremony. i can go into detail if you like more information. just email me at ObafemiO@yahoo.com
I need some more info about joining the orisha family
Visit ObafemiO.com for opportunities to get involved
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What if you another country and you don't know your Godfather or Godmother. Living in America but want to try something more spiritually then western belief were do I start from.
that's a very significant problem for people in diaspora. my remedy has been to organize learning opportunities that match the stages of development. so, if you take my courses and read my books, you should be able to create a 3-5 year learning experience.
Do you have to go to Africa to get initiated?
Hi sorry for commenting so late but this video is very relevant to me at this moment. What if you're origin can't be traced back to Yoruba, does that mean you have to find another spiritual tradition? My interest is santeria/lucumi
great question. there are a couple of approaches. some people practice the culture, which includes the religion. others just practice the religion.
IFA is the Mother of Santeria/Lucumi. Its all the same, but practice by different Cultures.....Ase'/Axe'
I hate the on Good terms statement because if someone calls you their god father/ mother like we not in the mafia... why would my parent cast me out you know. You supposed to always take your"child" back
I was previously subscribed your profile, but some locked myself out of my account. I just found you profile again. Long story short. I have ancestry from Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, Mali.I have a question. I in the past 2 or more years have been calling out to my ancestors. I’m still in the enlightening stage. I set up a small alter not to long ago. A few weeks later I had a dream/vision. I was in Nigeria and a older gentleman approached me and introduced himself to me in a similar way you introduce yourself in your videos. The man spoke to me in English, but had a heavy accent. He mentioned like 5-6 names/things in his greeting. We were in some type of hut. He said I will now pray to some type of God/deity of something (I don’t recall on who was going to pray to) He started to shake a wood type of rattle instrument and starting chanting/jumping/dancing almost like in some type of ceremony and there were also others there who were chanting and dancing too. Do you know what if any meaning my dream/vision had. The main thing I know is that it was Nigeria, because I remember saying in the dream I looked for to going back there. Any feedback from you would be highly appreciated.
thank you for your message. that is a compelling dream. i would not try to reduce it to a reply in a thread because we would certainly overlook some important nuances. please get my book, alakoneri. it contains my proprietary dream interpretation methods, which i also teach in a course by the same name. you can find them both at obafemio.com.
Thanks for your reply.I will checkout your website. I just want to add that around the time the occurrence happened... I was seeking to find out who my Orisha was (if I had one) I wish I would of wrote the names down I heard in my dream.They were not American, so they are hard to remember. I know the man said he was going to pray to another (he gave a specific name and title) and what he had control over. I think it’s possible he told me exactly who my Orisha was. Is it possible to be reveled in a dream state and can a female have a male Orisha?
Lol I constantly get babalawos from Nigeria tryna scam me. Even when I tell them I'm crowned n practiced for 15 years they still try to upsale their services even putting down my authenticity. Its bonkers
it is absolutely bonkers... and it won't stop any time soon.
Hi i live in las cegas and this religion has really caught my attention but i seem to run into nothing but sales man and women like u claim is there any way u can Guide me in the right derection i live in las vegas nv thanks..
Greetings. The most important thing is to not ask for anything. Not information. Not readings. Nothing. Find somebody - a priest - and offer your natural gifts and talents. Serve. In the meantime I have books, videos, blogs, social media to last you a decade at the least. I offer enough classes to last you five years. So, you are not obliged to join anything or receive anything. You can take your time learning the lay of the land until you're clear about what this tradition is all about.
by salesman he means how not to be manipulated
Precisely
Hi I would like to know where you're at what state if you're in California what city I would like to know more information I am in the religion since I've been 9 years old my padrino passed away I have nobody else so I would like to talk to you if possible thank you
I'm in California. Visit ObafemiO.com for contact details.
@@ObafemiO okay thank you
How do I know if this is my path?
I went to this church and shango manifest in someone and choose me as his business idk if these things is true I feel a bit lost could u put this in a perspective way for me to understand?
it really depends on many variables, quite honestly. in some places, they maintain a high level of integrity with such matters and you can be certain that what you have seen and heard is authentic. please email me at ObafemiO@yahoo.com so we can explore it more discretely.
Where would i go to get a reading? I’m new to all of this. I’m not sure where to start
ok, don't start with a reading. please, do not start with a reading. being new means you're facing the greatest learning curve of your entire life. get a proper orientation. i have two blogs with 15 years of high quality information. on this channel, i have hundreds of videos. all of it is free. www.obafemio.com and www.orisalifestyle.com. when you have questions, just ask.
ObafemiO okay thank you! I’m going to check everything out
let me know what you find and what questions you have.
Ase'
Who. Do I seek to know my orisha?
good question... forget about orisa and seek to know yourself, your ancestors and the people you are born to serve.
How do I find these things out without paying everyone wants money. Okay how can I find who’s my Orisa?;
what will you do once you know?
I want become an high Priest!
ok good. i appreciate your clarity. truly, to become a high priest is not an ambition. seek to become a great devotee and if it is your destiny to be chosen as a priestess, your devotion will deliver you there. make it a habit not to ask for ANYTHING, except the opportunity to use your natural gifts and talents in service to others. this is the safest and least expensive route you can take.
ObafemiO Thank you!
@@ObafemiO I think I have a gift and I need someone to help me know mine gift
How do you find out what your Orisa is?
you start with a clear understanding of WHY you would like to know which orisa to serve.
Because my spirit is eager to know...it has lead me to want to know about Ifa
ok, knowing your orisa is not valuable, on its own. you are born into orisa - or not - by way of your lineage. what does your family do? what are its characteristics? that is your spiritual inheritance. then, you want to look closely at your own destiny, your true identity and how you show up in the world because, based upon what you chose as your destiny, an orisa will opt to support you achieve your destiny. everybody will tell you that you are a child of this orisa or that one just to sell you something. and you are free to buy, of course, but there is a huge difference between what you buy and what you get.
Can you suggest any book for beginners...
yes, visit obafemio.com/publications
Is there a way for me to private message you?
When you say compound or lineage, what about Jamaica. I know it’s not exactly a Orisha or African oriented spiritual culture or background but I’m just curious.
I don't quite understand your question. What's the relationship between Jamaica and compounds?
You mentioned if a person comes in contact and spend time with Yoruba people with discussing lineage and what compound a person comes from it gives someone of Yoruba Orisha spirituality an assessment of a persons background who is getting into this lifestyle. 3:50 to 5:10. I’m sorry if I may be confusing you.
ObafemiO I’m asking about Jamaica cause that’s where my lineage derives from their. I may not be making any sense but I’m just asking question to try and understand compounds within Yoruba culture.
i don't understand your question, my brother. please, forgive me.
ObafemiO LoL, it’s all good. I think I confused myself. I guess what I was trying to say was, does a persons cultural or ancestral background play a role in the Orisha lifestyle.
I need your help. I need clarity into a sensitive matter of my Orishas. I come from a bloodline of Santeros. But I was adopted. Is there an email I can contact you. I don't want to say too much here
thank you for the inquiry. you can set an appointment to cast ifa at obafemio.com