Class Overview
This transformative workshop explores the Iron Pentacle's five points—Sex, Pride, Self, Power, and Passion—through the dynamic energies of three powerful Orisha: Shango, Oya, and Ogun. Drawing from both the Reclaiming Witchcraft Tradition and Yoruba spiritual wisdom, we'll examine how these divine forces illuminate our journey toward authentic self-expression and spiritual embodiment.
The Orisha and the Five Points of Sex, Pride, Self, Power, and Passion
Shango, lord of thunder, lightning, and right-sized leadership, teaches us about Pride and Power—not as ego-driven dominance, but as the sacred responsibility of owning our authentic strength and creative force. His energy helps us understand Power as the ability to manifest and create from our deepest truth.
Oya, fierce goddess of winds, storms, and transformation, embodies Passion and the courage to embrace our Self without compromise. Her transformative winds sweep away societal conditioning that keeps us from our natural divinity, teaching us that our passions are sacred guides rather than shameful impulses.
Ogun, master of iron, technology, and the cutting edge of progress, governs the forge where our Sex and life force are refined into tools of liberation. He shows us how our primal energies, when honored rather than suppressed, become instruments of both personal healing and world-changing power.
What We'll Explore
Together, these Orisha demonstrate that we are indeed divine creatures—beings whose earthly desires, creative fires, and authentic selves are not obstacles to transcendence but pathways to our innate divinity. Through ritual, meditation, and energy medicine exercises, participants will learn to:
Integrate the Iron Pentacle points of Sex, Pride, Self, Power, and Passion through Orisha energy work
Recognize how cultural conditioning blocks our natural spiritual expression
Reclaim the sacred nature of desire, ambition, and authentic selfhood
Build energetic connections that support balanced personal power
This class is for those ready to evolve beyond oppressive conditioning and embrace their full humanity as a spiritual practice.
This class is co-taught by:
Lou Florez (Awo Ifadunsin) — Orisha Priest, diviner, metaphysical herbalist, and author of The Modern Art of Brujería; Executive Director of Water Has No Enemy; co-founder of WitchCraft; and spiritual consultant and teacher in ancestral and oracular arts.
Preston “Coyote” Vargas, PhD (Baba Ifalokun Efuntade) — Black queer spirit-worker, Reclaiming witch, author, and scholar of transformative education and African-diasporic traditions. Director of the Center for Black and Indigenous Praxis at CIIS and practitioner of Ifa, decolonial ritual, and oracular storytelling.