Category Archive: Classes

Rev. Dr. E. at the Missionary Independent Hoodoo Workshops 2013

One of Rev. Dr. E.'s lottery luck rustic oil lamps! Learn to make one like this at his workshop this year.

One of Rev. Dr. E.’s lottery luck rustic oil lamps! Learn to make one like this at his workshop this year.

The Missionary Independent Spiritual Church Hoodoo Workshop Weekend is coming up May 4-5, 2013 in Forestville, California. This wonderful weekend is filled with presentations and hands-on workshops by some of the most prominent rootworkers and spirit workers out there. Learn the ways of traditional conjure in the beautiful green landscape of Forestville, California with prominent rootworkers like Rev. Dr. E., Catherine Yronwode, ConjureMan Ali, Miss Bri, Momma Hen, Sister Robin and many others.

This year, Rev. Dr. E. will be teaching a hands-on workshop on the construction and use of hoodoo oil lamps for love, money, luck, protection, cursing and wisdom! These fantastic rustic oil lamps are filled with powerful roots, curios and herbs then topped off with natural vegetable oils and burned for long-term spiritual and magical work. This workshop will be a great opportunity to learn from Rev. Dr. E. himself! Rev. Dr. E. will also be offering Tarot, Diloggún and Bone readings throughout the weekend.

To learn more and to register for classes, visit the Missionary Independent Spiritual Church Hoodoo Workshop Weekend page!

Destiny and Sacrifice: Initiations of Santeria – by Rev. Dr. E.

Pantheacon is an interdenominational convention discussing various earth-based religious and spiritual paths held every year in San Jose, CA.

Pantheacon is an interdenominational convention discussing various earth-based religious and spiritual paths held every year in San Jose, CA.

Rev. Dr. E. will be presenting a lecture titled “Destiny and Sacrifice: Initiations of Santeria” at Pantheacon in San Jose on Feb. 16th, 2013. Registration for Pantheacon is required in order to attend.

Destiny and Sacrifice: Initiation of Santeria

  • Saturday February 16, 2013
  • 9:00AM
  • DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
  • San Jose, CA
  • San Juan Room

Some people bring good destinies from heaven, others bring bad destinies, but with the intervention of the orishas, and support from the community through rituals of sacrifice we can exchange our destinies for better ones. Join Dr. E, founder of the Santeria Church of the Orishas, as he demystifies the initiations of Santeri­a and explores the function of ritual sacrifice and tribal unity within the Lukumi cosmology.

For more information visit Pantheacon’s website.

Basic Diloggún Divination Classes by Ocha’ni Lele

Diloggún by Ocha'ni Lele

Diloggún by Ocha’ni Lele

Ocha’ni Lele, renowned author of many Lucumí books including Diloggún Tales of the Natural World, The Secrets of Afro-Cuban Divination and Sacrificial Ceremonies of Santería, is now offering his Basic Diloggún Divination Class available to Olorishas online.

This course is one of the best courses available online to learn the basics of diloggún divination including the process of determining odu, its orientation (ire/osogbo), marking ebó and the meanings of the 16 main odu. The course takes place over the span of 33 weeks and costs $400 ($200 deposit). While Ocha’ni Lele is not a member of our ilé we HIGHLY recommend his classes as they are some of the best out there, and his books are some of the best written on the Lucumí faith.

To learn more and sign up for Ocha’ni Lele’s Basic Diloggún Divination Class, visit his site at the following link.

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