Obatala
Santería and the White Robed King of the Orisha
Baba Raul Canizares
38 Pages, ISBN 0 942272 63 3
Original Publications, 2000
Original Publications, 2000
Obatala means "King of the White Cloth." This title refers to a particulary soft and beautiful
white fabric associated with Yoruba kings. This fabric's myriad threads are so masterfully interwoven that
at first sight one cannot distinguish them.
"To call an Orisha the Chief of White Cloth is to make a symbolic reference to that substance
which makes consciousness possible... it is a reference to the fabric which binds the universe together."
- Awo Fá'lokun
(The text above comes from the back of the book)