Welcome to the New Month of October as We Honor the Ancestors

My guest on this episode is Atokun Ojefemi Akinbola Osunniyi born in South Carolina has been practicing Ancestral veneration all his life, but has taken it to new heights within the last six years. His family has always honored their love ones who came before them. When he became older and moved away from home, he started his journey of wanting to know more about religion but found himself losing religion and finding spirituality. He was initiated to the Egbe Egungun May of 2018. Since then he has been sharing how his ancestors were able to turn around different types of generational trauma within his family and many others he know. Also on this journey he has noticed the gap of ancestral veneration between the diaspora descendant communities and their counterparts. Baba Akinbola and his son Atokun Eegunjobi are very passionate about the power of ancestor veneration as a key to establishing healthy relationship within self, families and the diaspora descendant communities.

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Topic of discussion on this month’s show will be:

1) The Importance and process of Ancestral veneration through Consecrating Shrines for our ancestors

2) A Roots Reading/ Spiritual consultation is performed with a cowrie divination and gives information on your family’s spiritual history, their colors, which side of your family that may influence you more. In this reading one receives messages from the ancestors to assist you, your family and future generations. Through ancient rituals and spiritual recommendations, family solutions may be achieved.

3) Egungun is a physical manifestation of a family’s connection to their ancestors through music, dance, masquerade. It is a Yoruba masquerade for ancestor reverence, or the ancestors themselves as a collective force.

4) Gelede is a celebration that involves dance, the arts, and music from all around Yoruba society and pays tribute to female’s creative and mystical power from ancestors, elders and deities. When Yemoja could not have children she consulted the Ifa oracle and she was advised to make sacrifices and to dance with wooden images on her head and metal anklets. Soon after that she conceived two children Efe, a boy and Gelede was the girl who loved dancing. Her children also could not get pregnant. They, like their mother went to Ifa oracle for advice. They made sacrifice, danced with anklets and with carvings on their heads and soon were able to have children. From that day, the practice was started of dancing to Gelede with wooden carvings on their heads with metal anklets.
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Spiritual Treasures Of The Month
1) Removing blockages Can help stimulate thought and clarity Combine 2 drops wild orange oil, 2 drops bergamot oil, 2 drops cypress and 2 drops frankincense. Add to your diffuser 2)For Clarity: 2 drops of orange and peppermint oils to your diffuser 3) Add 6 drops ginger, 5 drops grapefruit oil 4 drops juniper berry to your favorite oil and use for massage for focus, to stay on track, and keep your eye on what’s important 4) Cleanse your home with a mixture of garlic skin, frankincense burned on a charcoal. Start at the back rooms and go through the entire house saying the 23 psalms
Have a wonderful Fall Season my friend as you honor your ancestors