Our Roots: Only the Strongest Roots See the Light

We made it family! Our Roots Podcast presents its 16th and final episode on Baba Ofun Meji! At one point this sign was the King of Ifa and lost his to title to his younger brother, Baba Eyiogbe! Watch this episode as Joseph Baba Ifa recounts this epic tale that shook Ifa to its core!#ifa #santeria #orisha

Iyawo Rules Pt.2 is here to go over everything we didn’t in the first one! If you’re someone going through your iyaworaje, or year in white, you definitely want to watch this video! Joseph Baba Ifa and Our Roots Podcast are going to give you all the tools to make the best decisions during this crucial moment in a santero’s life! Ashe!#iyawo #lukumi #santeria

Almost done with our Meji series family! Baba Oshe Meji is the 15th sign in the Ifa oracle! It covers a bunch of topics that are still being discussed till this day in the Ifa Orisha community! Joseph Baba Ifa in this Our Roots Podcast is going to clarify what Baba Oshe Meji really has to say to its initiates and many other interesting points! Ashe!
#ifa #santeria #divination

Ogbe Obara is known as the Ifa of the double crown! It represents the regal position of 2 great Yoruba kings, Obatala and Shango! Watch this video to learn more about one of the most epic Odu’s the Oracle has to offer, Iboru Iboya Family!
#ifa #santeria #shango

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

Do you know how to take care of your Warriors?!? If not, Our Roots Podcast is here to show you how we do it! Joseph Baba Ifa is going to show you how he takes care of Elegua, Ogun, and Ochosi! The guerreros are the first orishas we interact with and influence our entire lives! Family don’t miss this episode!#santeria #lukumi #ifa

Baba Ogunda Meji is the Odu where the Orisa Oggun cleared the path from heaven to earth so the others could follow! This being one of Joseph Baba Ifa’s favorite Odu’s, we have an amazing episode for you family! If you want to learn more about Oguns experience on earth, the birth of the blade, and what Ifa’s views on family are, Don’t miss it! #santeria #orisha #ifa

Do you want to know what your true destiny is? Then you have to receive your Hand of Ifa! Before we arrive on earth, we select our life’s purpose in heaven! Orunmila reminds us what it was that we selected by way of his Ifa priests, the Babalawos! Joseph Baba Ifa will dissect this mystical process to help people decide whether it’s right for them, or what their next steps should be! Let’s go Family! #ifa #santeria #babalawo