#isese

Ìrosùn Ètùtu reminds us that water has no enemy, No one wages war against water, yet water overcomes all things gently and steadily. In the same way, those who remain patient, humble, and spiritually grounded will become untouchable by enemies, visible or invisible. When ritual is performed correctly and at the right time, obstacles dissolve, protection surrounds us, and peace follows!

This Odù encourages us to trust the process of Ifá, to walk softly but firmly, and to understand that true strength lies in wisdom, consistency, and spiritual discipline. As echoed by Abàmì Edá, Felá Aníkúlápó Kútì Omi ò lọtà o water has no enemy!

May Elerií ipín continue to guide, defend, and preserve us all.

If you feel called to learn more,

If you wish to deepen your connection with Ifá and your ancestors,

If you desire proper guidance, training, and spiritual growth,

you are welcome to join us. Our classes are open, and my DM is always open for those who are ready to walk this path with sincerity and respect!

Awoifayemii 🙏🏾

Ekọ ni gbàlà🫶🏾

Ásé 🌻🙏🐚📿

Hoodoo is a closed system that IS NOT for non-Black people.

Hoodoo has deities, but Orisha, Lwa, and Mpungu are not part of Hoodoo. Those deities belong SOLELY to their own respective systems.

A tarot reading, intuitive reading, palm reading, “a feeling”, etc. CAN NOT help you determine which Orisha owns your head. Only an initiated priest of that system, using the specific divination tools of that system, can tell you this. The same goes for Lwa, Mpungu, etc. If you want to know, seek out and PAY a reputable BLACK priest.

Plenty of Hoodoos, myself included, use tarot but tarot IS not part of the Hoodoo system.

The Crossroads is not just some place where you go to dump your empty candle or otherwise dispose of completed spirit work. Spirits live there. Would you want someone dumping their trash at your house without even asking? There’s also plenty of other ways to dispose of works.

Just because deities in different systems are SIMILAR (or you perceive them to be) doesn’t mean they are the SAME, and definitely doesn’t mean they can be engaged with in the same way. Yemoja, La Sirene, and Mami Wata are DIFFERENT spirits (Mami Wata is actually a family of spirits, not a single spirit) that have different protocols for how to engage them. And initiation is required.

Hoodoo has initiations.

The Crossroads Man is NOT Esu or Papa Legba. They are different spirits. What they have in common is being the keepers of Crossroads, of course, but they also have their own individual things that they do and different protocols. See item #6.

High John the Conqueror does not work with non-Black people. If you’re non-Black and think you’re working with him, go ahead and cleanse that trickster spirit out ya house baby 🤣

Reverend Lijadu pictured was born into a Christian family in Abeokuta, NIGERIA a city in South West Nigeria (Yoruba Land). He wrote this book on Ifa (not pictured) circa 1908. It was an attempt to convert the local Yoruba people traditionalists to Christianity (by trying to infiltrate from within to shame Yoruba tradition and African Spirituality and uplift Christianity ). He went “undercover” and trained to be a Babalawo ( traditional IFA Priest Diviner ) to aid his Christian Missionary works of converting adherents of IFA to Christianity and add to his congregation. Inadvertently throughout the training process when he was undercover, he then realized that Yoruba traditional identity (isęse) made a lot of sense and he eventually abandoned Christianity to become a traditionalist. Isęse lagba