This post is in response to a question from @Josephine Gomez . The phrase “soul tie” is not a traditional Ifá term. So we do not want to force Ifá to use language that does not come from the tradition. But that does not mean Ifá has nothing to say about soul-ties. When most people say “soul tie,” they are usually describing a connection that feels heavy, hard to release, or difficult to understand logically. It may feel emotional, sexual, spiritual, or energetic. A person may feel tied to someone even when the connection is no longer healthy, peaceful, or aligned. From an Ifá perspective, the closest way to understand this is not to ask, “Is the connection with this person a soul tie?” The better question is: Is the connection with this person placing me in iré or osogbo? That is where Ifá gives us a clearer lens. Irè speaks to blessings, alignment, peace, elevation, and favorable spiritual conditions. Osogbo speaks to imbalance, difficulty, misfortune, disturbance, heaviness, or conditions that work against a person’s well-being and destiny. So while Ifá may not say, “This person has a soul tie,” divination may reveal that a person is in osogbo because of an affiliation, relationship, sexual connection, spiritual entanglement, emotional attachment, promise, vow, trauma bond, or harmful connection to another person. That matters. Because sometimes people really can become tied up in situations that disturb their Ori. Ori is a person’s destiny, spiritual head, inner consciousness, and personal alignment. When a connection to another person begins to disturb someone’s Ori, it may show up as confusion, heaviness, obsession, loss of peace, repeated conflict, emotional instability, spiritual tiredness, or the feeling that the person cannot fully return to themselves. This does not always mean witchcraft is involved. Sometimes the cause is emotional attachment. Sometimes it is sexual bonding. Sometimes it is trauma. Sometimes it is grief.

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🎉 Happy Father’s Day, @Baba Victor Today, our community would like to take a moment to honor and celebrate a man who gives so much of himself to the service of others. Baba Victor, thank you for the countless readings, classes, ceremonies, phone calls, prayers, teachings, corrections, encouragement, and sacrifices that often happen behind the scenes. Many of us have found clarity during confusion, hope during difficult times, and direction when we felt lost because you were willing to answer the call of service. Thank you for being a spiritual father, teacher, mentor, and guide to so many people. Your dedication to preserving tradition, teaching with patience, and helping others grow has touched more lives than you may ever fully know. On this Father’s Day, we celebrate not only the father of your family but also the father figure, elder, and leader that so many in this community have come to love and respect. May the ancestors continue to walk beside you, may Orunmila continue to guide your wisdom, and may all of the love you pour into others return to you multiplied. Please join us in wishing Baba Victor a very Happy Father’s Day! ❤️ Drop your favorite memory, lesson, or message of appreciation for Baba Victor in the comments below.

Good morning everyone after finishing majority of my classroom lessons… I read a message that was sent to me from @Afefe Guzman and I opened my TikTok page and the first song that came on along with this prayer was this a song by JasnellyAI- I live through my ORI… I’m so blessed I came across this community… blessings everyone

HAPPY JUNETEENTH