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BRING IN THE OBEAH MAN-TY SHARED AN ARTICLE WITH US

Good morning, yesterday Ty sent this article from the Jamaican Gleaner to me. I read it and muttered to myself hmmmm! The Obeah man has always been an integral part of every society and every culture, matters not what you call him. Read it here. In the tradition of the Yoruba People of South Western Nigeria, the Babalawo, High priest of the Ifa/Orisha traditional practice is very important in every community.

No one and I do mean no one, be it Christian, Muslim, Government, rich people, poor people and the rest, does anything without first consulting with a competent Babalawo. The herbalist is very important, he or she is the one who is the medium between the physical world and the spiritual, a sort of interpreter for the spiritual realm for the benefit of human beings. The herbalist in Africa (we may not have heard of it in the news, but it happened) used their talent to cure many people of Ebola which devastated Africa and who would have perhaps died had it not been for the treatment from these exceptional people, they did such a good job with the herbs and all which they used, so much that doctors and scientist wanted to consult with them on what they used. They refused to tell.

Unfortunately in Jamaica, ignorance through christianity have allowed these people to be ridiculed and debased, abused and scorned.

They are the mediators between God and man, bridging the natural and the spiritual world for the benefit of the community. Both cannot survive without each other. Within each culture there are things which are done a certain way set so by elders who have gone on ahead and have now become ancestors. Common among all traditional practices however is the veneration of the ancestors, which the practitioners feel is the most important. Were it not for them how else would the community grow and understand the realm of spirits while having an earthly existence or still experiencing the human experience. The Importance of these people who have the ability to see into the future and also manipulate energy, use of herbs and plants to heal, use their bodies as mediums to bring across messages from the spirit world to communicate the wisdom of the divine is unquestionable and should be respected.

 

Always remember that people do bad and are wicked because that is their makeup, it is not their practice, or because they wrap their heads, or jump poco, or read oracles or burn candle which says that they are evil. It is the hands of wicked people who use power learned or gifted to them to practice evil.

Once I was visiting Jamaica, a friend of mine and myself were invited to have breakfast with some of Jamaica’s elites, top ah top hoity toity people dem mi love. My friend who is also a big wig herself, is always proud of me and she introduces me as who I am, she had no fear to those who may be snobs, turning up their straight or flat noses at the idea of being in the company of an Obeah woman such as I (lol).

These people we intrigued, de husband was Black de wife White Jamaican. He seemed to have been locked in a court battle with some terrible people. While having breakfast, he held out his very heavy man hands to me (indicating palm reading, lol) and asked me what did I see for him, he chuckled as he asked the question. I  gazed upon him and cocked a perfectly drawn eyebrow into the air, pausing mi knife and fork over my eggs over medium and looked at him in query as to wtf? Any way, I suspect that he realized that he could not pull off trying to get a free reading out of me, while laughing at me and my practice in my face, he withdrew his hand and we continued to eat in silence. After breakfast, we all went in to the salon, this is where he came clean with me and told me about his court case, which I told him that he would win, but he must be careful as I saw war coming to him in years to follow and it could take his life. He won the court case, and was murdered several years after that outside his home.

I am proud spiritualist/traditionalist/Jujuist (lol, my own word), call me an obeah woman, I love it and find it a compliment. I help my community, my children and all who seeks my assistance. I came to this world for this and for that I am glad. Thanks Ty for sharing. Jamaican people, stop oonuh foolishness. Jesus was de biggest obeah man, so says the bible stories, or if he was real. De amount ah obeah whey Jesus wuk inna de bible, ah more dan what John read pon de isle of Patmos lolol…yes me sey suh!

https://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20141124/lead/lead1.html

 

 

 

 

 

Dr Sonia Davidson

Edmond Campbell,  Senior Staff Reporter

AS JAMAICA continues to make preparations and put structures in place to deal with the deadly Ebola if it lands on local soil, one general practitioner who is also a practitioner in alternative and complementary medicine, is urging health officials to incorporate indigenous traditional healers, commonly called obeah man/woman, into their Ebola sensitisation exercise.

Dr Sonia Davidson has argued that, with no conventional medical cure for Ebola, it is not improbable that someone affected with the disease could seek help from indigenous traditional healers.

“I do think that, as part of the Ebola momentum, we should make it our business to find out every traditional healer anywhere … . Find out who they are; have discussions with them, because people can slip into the country and go down to Clarendon, St Ann, St Thomas or Portland to see their obeah man and, don’t think is just poor people who do that, you know,” Davidson reasoned.

“This is the opportunity to do what the World Health Organization has been telling us to do all along, find out where your indigenous traditional healers are, document them, relate to them and upgrade their practices. Examine the condition in which they work and have them registered,” she outlined.

Educate About Symptoms

According to Dr Davidson, it is critical that these traditional healers know about the symptoms of Ebola because “by the time everybody goes down there and touch up and vomit, him must know that there is a thing called Ebola and is not duppy, and how Ebola is transmitted.”

She said a lot of health professionals have told her that the first place an Ebola victim would go after arriving into the island would be the obeah man.

“If that is the case, how are you having all these meetings and training and you don’t include the traditional healers? We have to get off this elitist mentality,” the senior medical practitioner said.

Commenting on indigenous traditional practices in the context of alternative or complementary medicine, Dr Davidson said the former is a subgroup of the latter. “It is a part of the culture; you can’t dig it out – a part of the culture where people go to obeah man.”

Discussing the deep-rooted connection between this indigenous culture and especially rural communities, Davidson stressed that the people are likely to consult these “healers” first.

She said about 70 per cent of the world’s population look to the traditional groups for their care, but the percentage of Jamaicans who visit these persons is not considered to be very high in Jamaica.

Iṣẹ́ l’oògùn ìṣẹ́. /
Work is the antidote for poverty……Yoruba Proverb! 

[Get busy; diligence is a sure way to address poverty]

All religions are valid as long as it teaches peace and love…..Obara Meji!

There are no disappointments in life, only lessons learned…..Obara Meji

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kiabubblez
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kiabubblez
9 years ago

Good morning Cami MTH Nunu manners n respeck Obara large up!!!

Nunu
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Nunu
9 years ago

Good morning ES people officials and all

MTH
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MTH
9 years ago

What a way unno galang bad…Cami mi hoffended fi yu tink mi caan hangle di media. (I was in PR at my former job, true, true) but mi head guh an come suh a betta mi have YW fi cover fi mi. (Still reading the comments) but mi haffi pred out. Unno is funny

Cami
9 years ago

Morning ES Family…morning, morning.

kiabubblez
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kiabubblez
9 years ago

Grung i just go market witg mi fren n she decided to put her bags ina trunk. Low n behold my limes did expose dem self. Looool i see her a stare n stall up di ting. Only fi si her a look pon di dam limes! 😀 😀 dem usually under a towel lol she get in the car n quiet like church mouse. Woooiiiiee

toy7318
9 years ago
Reply to  kiabubblez

lmao lmao lmao lmao. flatline. I wonder what thoughts were swirling around in her head. I am cracking up

kiabubblez
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kiabubblez
9 years ago

WOW Yazzy come ere mek mi inspect u mumz u alright? u nuh get a scratch? U packages ok? u neva pee pee up u self? u fren nuh harm? u car total? insurance will pay. gal u good!!! praise be to God, guides, aancestors, orishes, ur mighty ori that froze u ina store during the crash! Im happy to read ur errand adventures. Yu are a GEM! ★♥★♥

Yazzy
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Yazzy
9 years ago
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Kia Boooooooo!!! Mi hottaz! Mi juju-wuka-in-trainin-fren!!!! Unuh a my gem! Mi love all a unuh so bad. As thanksgiving approaches.. mi give God tanks fi unuh! Mi give God tanks fi allow our sweetie Obara fi guh tru har test suh dat she can have a testimony fi blog about and attract you all that have gathered by this river with me and we study want no more and quench wi thirst for love, light, peace, happiness …knowledge and most importantly. .. di Obeah wukmentz! 😀 Halellulerrrrrrrrr!

kiabubblez
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kiabubblez
9 years ago
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Singing By the riverrrrrr haleluer!!! Yazzy yazz love n light ah thankful fi each n every blogger
Bwoy the cnn reporter nearly get beat! it doan look good my people.!! di man just a do him job loool

toy7318
9 years ago
Reply to  Yazzy

Awwww that is a beautiful story! I am glad you saw the big picture in that moment Yaz. Kia are you talking about the people in Ferguson throwing the rocks at the reporter’s head? lmao lmao. lol Oh hold up they are beating reporters now? That is not that way?

Nunu
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Nunu
9 years ago

Good night folks! In the morrows

Yazzy
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Yazzy
9 years ago
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Gn Nunu! Sleep well til a mawnin!

Nunu
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Nunu
9 years ago

Lol! Yazzy you an di Macka roots!gwaan yah my girl

Yazzy
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Yazzy
9 years ago
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Nunu doa laff! 😀 mi know mi loss mi screws!

Nunu
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Nunu
9 years ago

Courtney a shaman in training , mi nuh too certain wha Kia and Toy go practice yet

kiabubblez
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kiabubblez
9 years ago
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Mi a juju worker in training/good witch. Nuh worry mi soon buss looool

Nunu
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Nunu
9 years ago

Unoo is wha Obara cause! Lol Madda Yazzy, Madda Ty, Madda Cami, spiritual practitioners and herbalist extrordinAires!!!lol

Yazzy
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Yazzy
9 years ago
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LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOO Madda Nunu! A use buss mi pan di Macka roots. I plz to stock up pan di powder yesterday! LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOO. .. try nuh judge mi! Nunu yuh know Osun walk wid yuh nuff and how yuh trang and powerful you and mumz and Cgoh suh nubada gwaan suh! 😀

Yazzy
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Yazzy
9 years ago

Ok so my Obeah take!! BRING IN THE OBEAH MAN!! GOOD POSITIVE OBEAH MAN/OOMAN WEH WUK INNA DI LIGHT!! not nuh handsome Doreen but some goodaz like wi hottaz Obara Meji Chinn! Right ya now I would c-russ c-russ big and c-russ like to study under smaddy fi dem learn mi di Obeah wukmentz! I have acquired a wealth of knowledge here on OBEAH when used in the light and have also seen, practiced, and felt the amazingly awesome rewards of OBEAH HERE! I wanna take this time to shout out all mi OBEAH ESP FAM IN TRAINING! unuh done… Read more »

Nunu
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Nunu
9 years ago

Way to go Yazzy! That takes discipline

Nunu
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Nunu
9 years ago

Howdy Yazzy, Toy, Kia, Ty, Cam and did ambassador at large! A wha kinda job position deh issue out tonight yah. Lolol, A which treasure mi an Toy guh guard

Yazzy
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Yazzy
9 years ago
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Nunu Boooooo!!! Goodnight sis! Mi cyah see yuh! Mi hope yuh good eenuh. Mi wi war!

Yazzy
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Yazzy
9 years ago

Goodnight mi sweetie Obara and alllllllll my sweeties here! Mi missed unuh! Mi seh… I got off work yesterday in the day and ran a few errands with a friend (when it’s my errand she stays in the car, sometimes and when it’s her errand I stay in the car, sometimes). Well the last errand was really hers so I was SUPPOSE to stay in the car which was my pattern for most of the day but something nudged me to leave… while we were in the store… I got bored and decided to head back to the car to… Read more »

Ty
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Ty
9 years ago
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Awesome story Yazzy…you both were saved…you left the car…and she hit an empty car…so amazing how things can work out…

I am so happy you were safe…even though your bladder was about to buss…

Yazzy, you are truly amazing, because you saw the big picture and was an angel to this poor woman…May God bless you for your kindness…

So proud to be a part this awesome family…

Yazzy
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Yazzy
9 years ago
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Thank you darling Ty! Obara big ups! Beat yuh chess a you buss mi ova ya! LOL! I’m a more improved me. Loving it… Ty, mi love yuh post. Ty, mi use to “wonder” at this Obeah works. I wasn’t an easy convert bu t I also never had any beef with the lifestyle of others that embraced the Obeah man/ooman. .. I was simply just a product of my Christian lifestyle at the time. I’m so proud that thru it all I trusted my head and my logic and quickly DIVORCED the church (not in its entirety… I still… Read more »

Ty
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Ty
9 years ago
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Water come mi eye Yazzy….I am so proud…just so proud of you and your heart…

This path is not easy and we are all taking baby steps…I am working on the no meat part…

The music is what I miss from church….that is it…

I have never been so faithful as I am now…I love God more than ever…I also get to be with you all and feel encouraged and lifted each day…not to mention the grung falling…we laugh so much here…we learn so much…we encourage…we help…we love…

I am thankful for u all….

Yazzy
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Yazzy
9 years ago
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Ty, I am very proud of you too. We can honestly feel your energy and your presence and I am always so amazed. Mi always a chat to mi self a seh Ty spirit ‘trang eenuh! Ty yuh affi build on that. It’s one of your strength. Ty when you’re ready to walk away from meat in its entirety. .. you will, if that’s what your body wants you to do. It’s discipline but it also has to feel natural. For me, the the trick was exposing my body to periods of absolutely no meat and see how it reacts….… Read more »

Ty
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Ty
9 years ago
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Thanks for that Yazzy, it helps… I do periods of no meat and really do not eat meat a lot…bacon is my weakness… Breakfast is my favorite meal and bacon will make me eat meat every time…I am working on it though…

Never tried the Daniel fast…gonna look it up…I always learning here….

This week is a crazy one for all with the holidays and all…I wish each and everyone a wonderful thanksgiving…

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Yazzy
9 years ago
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LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOO Ty why yuh gotta Crack me up star?? Di bacon have yuh weak! Lolololol! Ty, take your time babygirl. You’re doing very well. Thanks to you and your religious gym dedication, I’ve now incorporated a one hour work out routine I started this a.m and every time mi feel fi quit mi seh… no sah Ty deh a gym at least twice a weak and yuh wuk full time and have two baby boys …so what’s my excuse?? Mi plzzzzz to do sinting called “Yazzy whine-up-yuh-body Zumba session ” it’s a improv session! 😀 inna mi bedroom … mi… Read more »

Cami
9 years ago
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Funny how the ‘weird’ things and moments become defining ones. And don’t hold yu urine next time UTIs are awful…love you.

Yazzy
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Yazzy
9 years ago
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Couldn’t have said it better Cami. You always articulate what others are thinking…

Ps, nah ole nuh mo’ pee Cami.. next ting instead of doing kegel exercise fi Lynch him… mi affi guh dweet fi urinary incontinence. .. LOL! It doa look good hot gyal! Grung!

toy7318
9 years ago
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Awwww that is a beautiful story!

Ty
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Cami
9 years ago
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Yazzy! hailings and bless on being a good Samaritan.

I am distracted so onu have to excuse me going and coming. Me fam dem come fi dem annual foreign shopping, so is road and airport trips. I have a 3 am airport drive in the AM, lol I can’t stand this time of year.

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Yazzy
9 years ago
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Yailmentz Cami Cam! A big time a yr now mi chile… di fam affi rae rae up! Lolololol. Be safe… holidays come wid nuff excitement and nuff drama a road.

toy7318
9 years ago

I have a question. Do scientist that work for pharmaceutical companies /lab mix the plants with something that we are not aware of? Pills have so many side effects and you have to take another pill to counteract another problem, but the time you check it you have a trash bag full of pills just to stay alive.

Ty
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Ty
9 years ago
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Pharmaceutical companies are a profit making machine that live on a 7 to 10 year drug cycle…drug patents run out in 7 to 10 years…so they will never make an ideal drug…they keep imperfections, so that in 7 to 10 years, they can upgrade and continue the patent to get prime market price…or release a generic version and an updated brand…

toy7318
9 years ago
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Ty, Thank you so much for explaining that to me.

Ty
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Ty
9 years ago
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No prob…

kiabubblez
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kiabubblez
9 years ago

Night Cami i totally agree with ur statement about the pharmacy industry. Dem swear herbs nuh work when dat dem study n formulate fi mek dem tablets. Smh

Ty
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Ty
9 years ago
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Yes Kia and Cami, look at Lipitor, zocor and Crestor …these cholesterol lowering drugs were based on red yeast rice used by the Chinese…

Cami
9 years ago
Reply to  Ty

Night, nite KB.

Ty, dem and Martha stuart have a lot in common. Share yu recipes and next think it become profitable, but not your reward.

kiabubblez
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kiabubblez
9 years ago
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Hmmm never knew that. Thats why i gotta love my ES family. Unno full a knowledge! Mi deh yah Ty a push forward. How unno be?

kiabubblez
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kiabubblez
9 years ago

awoah a big managerial position mi get to rhatid loooool mi buss!!! N wi nuh hangle cash or check. paypal only greetings lovely people

Ty
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Ty
9 years ago
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Grung…wi nuh hangle cash or check….

kiabubblez
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kiabubblez
9 years ago
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What u doing on the grung Ty lol u affi advise Obara n keep di madilous entourage together

Ty
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Ty
9 years ago
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Lol…Kia sweetie, how u do?

Ty
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Ty
9 years ago

Here is a new song about chikv….

https://youtu.be/BFJ0-vM8alU

Ty
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Ty
9 years ago

Mth a di public relations officer

Cami
9 years ago
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Me would divide that up wid Yw cause MTH head nu good if the media ask the wrong question. Yw will do the diplomacy.

toy7318
9 years ago
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Cami Please stop. You have me in stitches.

Cami
9 years ago
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Toy what a gwan? I was cooking rundown so me on and off. Pure coconut milk and curry wid salt mackerel rundung.

Ty
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Ty
9 years ago
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Lawd Cami beg u some…

Cami
9 years ago
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lolol…me just done me second bowl wid mashout sweet potato and young banana.

Tip: The Nutri bullet is great fi extract coconut milk. Cut dem into small/med. pieces and add warm h20.

toy7318
9 years ago
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Cami you still have some left? 🙁

Ty
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Ty
9 years ago
Reply to  Obara Meji

Flatline….

toy7318
9 years ago
Reply to  Obara Meji

Yes. I gladly accept the position.

Ty
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Ty
9 years ago
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Obeah to the world… , altar and candle enthusiast…

toy7318
9 years ago
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Why did I see this earlier and fell to the ground laughing. Cami crazy. Obara is no Iyanla she is not going to hide who she is for the masses. Big up Obara! Only time I will be in a voting station if Obara name on that ballot.

Cami
9 years ago
Reply to  Obara Meji

You need bodyguard cause yu is one fiesty obeah oman, ROTRFL

NuNu
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9 years ago
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Mi woulda wan’ si what di obeah entourage woulda look like lol

Cami
9 years ago
Reply to  NuNu

We done know fi we leader/representative will be dressed to the 9s wid har eyebrow well done up…a de print and long frock reps dem me fraid fah. I know I would offer free obeah make over to the women dem, lol

Ty
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Ty
9 years ago
Reply to  Cami

Grung

NuNu
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9 years ago

Lol! Rainy, icy and nasty,Thanks

NuNu
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9 years ago

Evening Ty and Cami

Cami
9 years ago
Reply to  NuNu

Hey snowbird NuNu…lol. How’s the weather? Mines is sunny.

Cami
9 years ago

*ban*…but since handcuffs are tools of bondage band is just right! lol

Cami
9 years ago

I like to brag about certain things of my culture but I am cautious on somethings because a “nu everything mek fi talk” I am appalled that America have any knowledge of Guinea hen weed and such… Dem come and gain knowledge, take the raw materials and do extractions to find out the chemical compositions and ray ray then take it and produce the synthetics and sell them as prescription meds…then turn around and put out bad publicity about the raw material and put bands on it and kill off the origin source, while farming it elsewhere exclusively. “Tom rass… Read more »

Cami
9 years ago

Good Day Obara and all bloggers. Nice article Ty, i read it but I disagree with the charting of the obeah people dem.

TY
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TY
9 years ago
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me too Cami, I do not believe that they should chart them..the govt looking for another way to tax them…soon u hear seh dem haffi register fi practice…there are a few scam artist that need to be shut down, but this is not the way…time and their shams will reveal them…

Cami
9 years ago
Reply to  TY

lol…Exactly my sentiments. Plus, those said government persons would sell the list to thieving capitalist …ie BIG PHARMA.

Ty
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Ty
9 years ago
Reply to  Cami

Same suh Cami…

Courtney
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9 years ago

Going to rest up before work
Prob won’t be hm until tommorow. Later

NuNu
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9 years ago

I heard that waistbeads have something to do with fertility

Obara Meji
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9 years ago
Reply to  NuNu

Thanks for sharing this ty

TY
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TY
9 years ago
Reply to  Obara Meji

no problem…we are headed in the right direction…you notice is a doctor a bawl out fi di obeah man/woman dem…lol

Cami
9 years ago
Reply to  Obara Meji

Ty, she should spearhead and host the conference “meeting of the intellectual and traditional minds”, but again I caution the invitees not to divulge much information to her either.

Ty
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Ty
9 years ago
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Cami, I get the feeling this said conference happened…there is a movement to make it public …

Courtney
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9 years ago
Reply to  NuNu

Yea apparently they were also used to cure ailments and were gifted to a woman by her suitor

Courtney
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9 years ago

Hey o

Was on my newest obsession Pinterest and came across my favs for the new year (Fulani earrings and waistbeads) inspiration for new collections. I read that the waistbeads originated in the yoruba tradition and have specific meanings is that true?

MTH
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MTH
9 years ago

They must have had a memorial service. I distinctly remember seeing something that ask that ppl br seated at 1:45p.m. (yesterday), of that I am sure.

NuNu
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9 years ago
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Ok like how he was well known in Jamaica maybe the religious officials wanted to show respect so they did a memorial for him also

MTH
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MTH
9 years ago

Good Hafternoon (again). Teach, I read something in the Sunday Gleaner, it might have been a memorial service.

Teach, Jamaica needs to take a page or even the whole book from Nigeria when it comes on to herbs/herbalist. Look how our moms, grand mothers and older relatives used to just eat from the land. No supplements/vitamins etc and Cancer etc was not so popular.

Courtney
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9 years ago
Reply to  MTH

No Hun that was a false report he will be buried next week Thursday. He is one of our prominent sons. He will be buried in the Bahamas

NuNu
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9 years ago
Reply to  Courtney

Ok thanks Courtney, I can imagine the crowd next Thursday

NuNu
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9 years ago

Miles Munro is very popular, I heard that everybody in the Bahamas loved him. I’m surprised he’s not buried there

Courtney
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9 years ago
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He is a bahamian I highly doubt he is buried in Jamaica I will check now

Courtney
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9 years ago
Reply to  Obara Meji

Hey O

NuNu
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9 years ago
Reply to  Obara Meji

Evelin’ Obara

Courtney
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9 years ago

U sure it wasn’t a memorial the big ceremony is on Dec 4

NuNu
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9 years ago
Reply to  Obara Meji

I wonder if Jamaica will ever reach that stage one day, acceptance of the practice

TY
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TY
9 years ago
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Every politician in JA use a obeah practitioner…Seaga, Manley, PJ, and even good up good up Portia…they just need to fess up…Seaga, I think is the only one who will openly show his love for obeah…he did a thesis on Myalism in Jamaica…him will beat a kumina drum like him a slave and will chant in african languages…

Cami
9 years ago
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Ty, that is one reason for the admiration of E. Seaga all de opposition have to admire him.

NuNu
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9 years ago

How true miss docta lady, “we have to get out of this elitist mentality”

NuNu
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9 years ago
Reply to  Obara Meji

Dem nuh trust di officials who deh ask a bligh fi di recipe deh though Teach

NuNu
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9 years ago

The conversation between Courtney and her brother reminds me of something I saw at hospital, a girl came in sick with her mother, she was out of it, they were Spanish or Hawaiian not certain. Anyways the doctors examined her and ran a whole bunch of tests and couldn’t figure out what was wrong with her. The doctors told the mother it’s puzzling they can’t figure out what’s wrong the tests don’t show anything. So the mother said in broken English, that now she understand the problem, it’s spiritual not physical suh she’ll take her to the traditionalist. Di docta… Read more »

TY
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TY
9 years ago
Reply to  NuNu

Nunu, that is a primitive doctor…most major hospitals have a shaman on call…just like how you have a surgeon on call…

toy7318
9 years ago
Reply to  TY

Hey ES family… Ty your comment really shocked me. I learn something new everyday.

MTH
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MTH
9 years ago

And Jamaica falls in the 30%, mek sum a dem si yu even light a candle. Better yet, if you use JUST lime and water and wash your gate or stall, yu is di biggest obeah worker. Dem alright..

NuNu
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9 years ago
Reply to  MTH

Yes M! Mi seh mi guh tell one family memba fi light a white candle at prayer time, she scoffed at the idea! Lol, in league wid obeah wuk, M yuh haffi guh wash di gate wid lime an wata ongle a night when nobaddi nah look, lol

TY
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TY
9 years ago
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lol…

I am an altar junkie…and a chain candle lighter…so dem woulda fraid a mi…obeah to the world…

NuNu
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9 years ago

“70% of the world population look to the traditional groups for care.” Look at that number, wow!

MTH
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MTH
9 years ago

Nunu, howdy to you too. How yu duh?

NuNu
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9 years ago
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M, Mi deh yah, as mi granny woulda seh deh panka panka, lol

MTH
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MTH
9 years ago

Nunu, just like how they now know they cannot do no work at flat bridge, they need to try something different. Just try it and see the results.

NuNu
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9 years ago

The World Health Organization backa di ‘indigenous traditional worker’ I didn’t know that “examine the condition in which they work and have them registered” sounds like they’d like to borrow a remedy or two

TY
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TY
9 years ago
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Yes Nunu…every chemotherapy is from nature…look up periwinkle and see how it has transformed cancer care…now that likkle bush mek chemotherapy that worth thousands… so a no borrow…a tief…

there is a rumored cure for ebola that was found by african traditional healers…made from a fruit eaten by a special bat..these healers have gone into hiding for fear of their lives…currently there is no known cure for ebola in modern medicine…i am so glad that they did not sell out..

Cami
9 years ago
Reply to  NuNu

Hey Nunu…me see TY answered you. But I’ll add that is trickery WHO, CDC or any other government entity a go come with. The Dr. have a point regarding including the herbalist/spiritualist in the preparations…But they shouldn’t let down their guards even to the Dr.

MTH
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MTH
9 years ago

I would put my trust more in the herbalist that the Health Minister of Jamaica. Health Minister and his team did such a poor job of handling Chick-V, I can not trust them on anything again.

NuNu
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9 years ago
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Howdy M

MTH
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MTH
9 years ago

Teach, I strongly agree with this paragraph, ‘I do think that, as part of the Ebola momentum, we should make it our business to find out every traditional healer anywhere … . Find out who they are; have discussions with them, because people can slip into the country and go down to Clarendon, St Ann, St Thomas or Portland to see their obeah man and, don’t think is just poor people who do that, you know,” Davidson reasoned’.

MTH
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MTH
9 years ago

Greetings all nice and decent people. I was in our lunch room yesterday and when one of the ladies saw the front page of the Gleaner she almost blew a fuse…I just ate up and smiled to myself. I know Ebola wont get me or my family as we are taking the medicine Teach gave us.

Courtney, did you know Myles Munroe and his wife were buried in Jamaica yesterday (I saw something in the paper).

NuNu
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9 years ago
Reply to  MTH

Is he from the Bahamas, M ?

Courtney
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9 years ago
Reply to  MTH

No I didn’t know wow

Cami
9 years ago
Reply to  MTH

Big up MTH…hope all is well.

Courtney
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9 years ago

Morning everyone I have a touch of the cold today but I digress. This was a very timely post and brought up a recent interaction I had with my ivy league educated doctor brother. I will never forget it I was just coming from my very first interaction/ reading with a babalawo and when I opened the door he said so your going to be a yoruba priestess. I was shocked and was like you need to chill out I told him how I wanted to be a shaman almost a year before but I guess this meeting made it… Read more »

NuNu
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9 years ago
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Hope u feel better Courtney

Cami
9 years ago
Reply to  Courtney

Hope you’re getting well, Courtney.

You brother should have studied the root of medicine, but since you state ‘Ivy league’ then his attitude towards anything outside of that is tabooed…sad.

NuNu
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9 years ago

Good morning nice and lovely people! Thanks Ty, I’m off to read

Courtney
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9 years ago
Reply to  NuNu

Heyyyyy nunu!!!

NuNu
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9 years ago
Reply to  Courtney

Hey Court!

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