Obatala: Ifá and the Chief of the Spirit of the White Cloth by Awo Fa'Lokun Fatunmbi

Obatala: Ifá and the Chief of the Spirit of the White Cloth is Awo Fa’Lokun Fatunmbi’s short study of an Orisha within the West African Ifá tradition. It considers Obatala through the symbolism of the white cloth and the spiritual forces associated with consciousness and the emergence of light.

Fatunmbi explains the relationship between movement and form, expansion and contraction, as understood within this religious framework. Part of his series on the Orisha, this is a standalone printed booklet of religious teaching, not a card deck or a general shamanism manual. The account presents the author’s interpretation of Ifá rather than a scientific explanation of light.