Animals are our friends! The practitioner of Ifa Orisa swears to protect them! In this video Joseph Baba Ifa explains the spiritual significance of various animals along with their respective patakis. Enjoy this Our Roots Podcast episode family!

#ifa #animals #santeria

Imagine being a whole priestess as a teenager! The responsibilities, the requirements, the sacrifice! If you want to see someone who’s taking it in stride, Meet Sophia Elegua! A young Olorisha in the modern day who’s still in school with a budding gymnastics and dance career! Watch this episode with Baba Joseph on Our Roots Podcast to see what the future of Santeria looks like!#santeria #elegua #elegba

Baba Irete Meji was the first person to laugh in deaths face and get away with it! One of the more popular and recognizable of the Meji’s due to its prolific nature, Joseph Baba Ifa will break down all its finer points in the Our Roots Podcast episode! If you want to hear how this sign was able to accomplish this monumental feat, don’t miss this episode family!#oshun #orula #santeria

Are you considering initiating into Lukumi Santeria priesthood? Are you worried about the year in white that you have to go through?!? Fret not, Joseph Baba Ifa is here to break down the whole process in this Our Roots Podcast episode! Watch if you want to know how to survive the iyaworaje!#santeria #santero #orisha

Have you ever wondered how the tiger got his stripes?Or why we offer coconuts to Ori? All of these things originated in the odu Baba Otrupon Meji! Watch this Our Roots Podcast episode to see Joseph Baba Ifa dissect yet another one of the 16 Meji’s!#santeria #isese #ifa

Olokun can be crowned directly in the Lukumi tradition of Orisha! Joseph Baba Ifa sits down with Susan, a Lukumi Olokun priestess, and her husband James Ogbe Yono to discuss the process! If you want to know all that went into making this monumental accomplishment a reality, Watch this interview! #olokun #santeria #lukumi

Baba Ika Meji earned his spot through hard work and sacrifice! Once being the last meji of Ifa, through his righteousness, he was able to scale Olodumare’s celestial ladder! Watch this Our Roots Podcast episode to see Baba Joseph go over the various pataki that put Baba Ika Meji in a class of his own!#ogun #oshun #ifa

Baba Osa Meji is the Odu of sorcery within Ifa! He is seen as the son of the Iyami Osoronga, more commonly known as the witches! Watch this episode to hear the epic pataki where Orunmila not only defeated these ancestral energies, but also had to pact with them to save earth! Here we go family!
#ifa #iyami #santeria

Haitian Bokor Leonard Elmera is a sorcerer of Voodoo! He comes from a dynasty of practitioners from Port Au Prince Haiti! Joseph Baba Ifa interviews him to understand the particulars of his position and his stance on Voodoo’s current state of affairs! Don’t miss this episode if you want to understand what it really means to practice this tradition!
#voodoo #spirits #bokor

After the massive success from the first Hand of Ifa video, Our Roots Podcast is back with part 2! In this episode Joseph Baba Ifa will answer the questions that you guys sent after the premier! If you want to learn more about the Hand of Ifa process, watch this video family!#ifa #atr #orunla