Who Made Y’all Priests?

Join in as awos Fafore and Oseun have a discussion with the youngest Chief in OIDSI (Obafemi Institute for the Divine and Universal Study of Ifa), Iya Dami.  We will continue our study of the Divine Feminine and speak from the perspective of the Orisa, Yemoja.

Join in on the conversation as Fafore and Oseun speak about the gap between knowing better and doing better.  How can we get from intellectually knowing to actually applying the knowledge that we have acquired? Let's discuss.

Who or what is Oya? What does she represent? What does the divine feminine mean from that perspective? These questions and many more will be answered as we speak with priest of Oya, Iya Asabi.  Join in on the conversation.

Join in as Fafore and Oseun talk about whether or not sex and gender are the same and can be used interchangeably or if they are totally different concepts.

Join us this week as we continue our discussion on the Divine Feminine and speak with Chief Iyalode about womb health, the connection between the womb and the emotional and psychological self and abortion.

Join us as we continue our discussion of the Divine Feminine with priest of Osun, Iya Osunfunmike.  She will give us her perspective on the subject and also her take on our views on abortion and the Roe v. Wade decision.

What is dogma, and how does it weigh down the systems that we are a part of?  Join in as Fafore and Oseun discuss dogma and how it creates dead systems.

As we continue the discussion of the Divine Feminine and all that concept entails, we speak to sister Hayya Ali of the Nation of Islam about her perspective on the subject.

In this episode of the Who Made Y'all Priests podcast, we speak with elder Ebony Brock about the Church, dogma, and other issues of Christianity.  She is in a very special place to speak about these issues as she is an ordained elder and is experiencing these things from the inside.  And keeping true to the theme of season 2, she will also speak to us about the Divine Feminine, being a w...

The title of our podcast has posed the question, " Who Made Y'all Priests ?"  In this episode we answer this very question.   Chief Oluwo Obafemi Fayemi Epega has been a priest of Ifa for nearly 20 years and was initiated by the late world-renowned Babalawo, Afolabi Adeyemi Epega .  Listen as our Oluwo tells his story and reveals why he made us priests.

This is no John Grisham novel. It’s a real peek into the jury deliberation room to take a look at the criminal “justice” system. Does the system work? Is it broken? We tend to think it’s both. Listen as Fafore and Oseun talk about a murder trial from the perspective of juror (Fafore was a juror on this trial), and defendant (Oseun has seen the other side). Join in the discussion.

In the midst of an experience that we judge as negative, it’s difficult to find comfort in the fact that the experience is something that we must have to grow. Listen as Ifáfó̩re and Oséùn talk about an experience that was difficult for them at the time but proved to be a very valuable lesson in the end.

Sacrifice is a foundational part of the tradition of Ifá, but what is it? This is the most talked about aspect of our tradition and the most denigrated, but outside of the blood component do people really understand the complexity of sacrifice? Listen as Ifáfó̩re and Osèún talk about the concept of reciprocity and the performance of sacrifice.

The Supreme Court of the United States has recently overturned the Roe v. Wade decision of 1973. Listen as Ifáfó̩re and Oséùn discuss the decision and how talks of abortion are linked to spirituality.

Ifáfó̩re and Ifáoséùn talk about Oséùn’s spiritual path to Ifá.

Ifáfó̩re and Ifáoséùn talk about Ifáfọ́re’s spiritual journey and the path that brought him to the priest class.

Ifáfó̩re and Ifáoséùn discuss one’s ability, or lack thereof, to KNOW God.

Ifáfó̩re and Ifáoséùn talk about Fáfọ́re’s journey to Cuba.

Ifáfọ́re and Ifáoséùn talk “cocaine,” the mass shooting in NY and the death of Kevin Samuels.

Ifáfọ́re and Ifáoséùn discuss Roe v. Wade, it’s possible repeal and how they feel about the decision and abortion in general.

Ifáfọ́re and Ifáoséùn define spirituality and talk about a time when they KNEW spirit was moving in their lives.