Oja Aje Apothecary and Botanica

Oja Aje Apothecary and Botanica Spiritual supply and herbal wellness store. Offering tarot and Ifa readings. Classes and workshops.

12/30/2025

Habari gani?! NIA — Purpose 🖤❤️💚

Nia calls us to make our collective vocation the building and development of our community—
to restore its traditional greatness with intention, discipline, and vision.

“Tomorrow belongs to people who prepare for it today.”
— African Proverb

Purpose is not accidental.
It is planned, protected, and practiced—together.

Another African Proverb:
“Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.”

Nia reminds us that our purpose is shared.
When we prepare together, build together, and grow together,
we honor our ancestors and secure the future of those yet to come.

— Oja Aje Apothecary & Botanica

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12/30/2025

HOODOO NEW YEAR FOLKLORE 🧿✨

In African American Hoodoo tradition, the New Year is not rushed into —
it is prepared for.

🧹 Homes are cleaned before midnight to remove old trouble and crossed conditions.
🛁 Spiritual baths and floor washes clear the body and space for renewal.
🚪 The first person to cross the threshold matters — energy sets the tone.
🫘 Black-eyed peas are eaten for luck and survival.
🥬 Greens are cooked for money and growth.
🌽 Cornbread calls in gold and stability.
🕯 Candles are lit and prayers spoken for protection and prosperity.
Many gather for Watch Night, praying through the night — honoring ancestors who waited for freedom and asking divine protection for the year ahead.
Hoodoo teaches us: ✨ How you enter the year matters
✨ What you eat, clean, and speak becomes prayer
✨ Everyday acts hold spiritual power
Prepare wisely.
🌿 Spiritual supplies, herbs, candles & ancestral tools available at
Oja Aje Apothecary & Botanica
🔗 www.ojaajebotanica.com

12/29/2025

ESPANTA MU**TO 🌿
Botanical name: Ecliptae herba (Eclipta prostrata / Eclipta alba)
Known as “Spirit Repeller,” this herb is respected in both spiritual work and traditional herbal medicine across Afro-Caribbean, African-diaspora, and Asian systems.

✨ Spiritual Uses

Cleansing & Uncrossing: Removes spiritual heaviness, crossed conditions, fear, and lingering energy.

Spirit Clearing: Used after funerals, hospital visits, nightmares, or intense spiritual encounters.

Protection: Establishes boundaries; calms disturbed spaces and restless energy.

Road Opening: Clears residue so blessings and clarity can flow.

Home Work: Baths, floor washes, smoke cleanses, or placement near doors and beds.

🌿 Medicinal / Traditional Herbal Uses

Liver & Blood Support: Traditionally used to support liver health and purification.

Hair & Scalp Care: Famous for promoting hair growth, strengthening roots, and slowing premature graying (used as oils, rinses, or masks).

Anti-Inflammatory: Applied topically for swelling, minor wounds, and skin irritation.

Cooling Herb: Used in teas and washes to reduce internal heat and inflammation.

Immune Support: Traditionally used in herbal formulas to strengthen vitality.

🌿 How It’s Used

Spiritual Bath / Wash: Steep, strain, and pour head-to-toe or neck-down.

Floor Wash: Mop back-to-front while praying removal and peace.

Smoke Cleanse: Burn safely to clear rooms and corners.

Topical (Medicinal): Infused oils or poultices for hair, scalp, and skin (traditionally prepared).

⚠️ Medicinal use should follow traditional knowledge or guidance from a qualified herbal practitioner. Not all preparations are for internal use.

Available at Oja Aje Apothecary & Botanica
🛍️ In-store & online
🌐 www.ojaajebotanica.com

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12/29/2025

We’ll start in Havana and also visit another city, exploring Afro-Cuban culture, history, spirituality, music, food, and community. This is an educational, cultural exchange, not resort tourism — and we intentionally support locally owned Cuban businesses. Email me and you're in Jan 4th for the interest meeting at 7pm ゚viral

12/29/2025

UJAMAA — Cooperative Economics. 🖤❤️💚

Ujamaa teaches us to build and maintain our own businesses,
to support one another’s work,
and to ensure our money circulates within the community.

Cooperative economics is more than buying Black—
it’s intentional support, shared responsibility,
and creating systems where everyone can thrive.

When we pool our resources,
we strengthen our families.
When we support our businesses,
we secure our future.

This Kwanzaa, practice Ujamaa:
Shop intentionally.
Support locally.
Build together.

— Oja Aje Apothecary & Botanica
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12/28/2025

Sacrifice, Ẹbọ & Etútù
These sacred acts are done to prevent future problems, restore balance, and care for what must be tended so a fortunate message can manifest. This is one of the true gifts of Òrúnmìlà to humanity.

Ẹbọ (sacrifice) is protection. It can change a life for good, especially when destiny feels heavy or blocked.
Bad luck turns to good luck.
Misfortune is averted.
Roads open.

Ẹbọ and Etútù are solutions—spiritual medicine that realigns destiny and brings relief where it’s needed most.

As we honor Ifá, Ọ̀ṣun, Ẹgbẹ́, Olókun, and many more in 2025, may all problems in our lives be transformed positively. Book your divination for 2026 year outlook

Àṣẹ ooo. ✨
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12/28/2025

“When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.”
— Ethiopian Proverb. UJIMA — Collective Work & Responsibility

Ujima reminds us that we rise together.

It calls us to build and maintain our community collectively—
to make our brother’s and sister’s problems our problems,
and to commit to solving them together, not in isolation.

Ujima is showing up.
Sharing resources.
Holding one another accountable with love.
Understanding that community care is self-care.

When one of us is struggling, we all feel it.
When one of us is supported, we all grow stronger.

This Kwanzaa and beyond, let us practice Ujima in action—not just words.

🖤❤️💚
— Oja Aje Apothecary & Botanica

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KUJICHAGULIA — Self-Determination“If you borrow a man’s legs, you will go where he directs you.”— African ProverbKujicha...
12/27/2025

KUJICHAGULIA — Self-Determination

“If you borrow a man’s legs, you will go where he directs you.”
— African Proverb

Kujichagulia teaches us to define and name ourselves.
To take ownership of our identity, our voice, and our destiny —
instead of letting others decide who we are or where we’re going.

When you walk on your own legs,
you move in alignment with your spirit, your ancestors,
and your true purpose.

This Kwanzaa, choose yourself.
Name yourself.
Direct your own path.

🖤❤️💚
— Oja Aje Apothecary & Botanica

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12/26/2025

We were outside in 2025. Wait till 2026 what we have in store for you. ゚viral

'If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together," African proverb. This speaks of the importance o...
12/26/2025

'If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together," African proverb. This speaks of the importance of Unity. Today's principle, UMOJA.

12/25/2025

Habari Gani! Come pick yours up tomorrow and celebrate the Kwanzaa tradition. ゚viral

From ours to yours! Thank you and enjoy. 🍪
12/25/2025

From ours to yours! Thank you and enjoy. 🍪

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101 Washington Boulevard
Laurel, MD
20707

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Monday 11am - 7pm
Tuesday 11am - 7pm
Wednesday 11am - 7pm
Thursday 11am - 7pm
Friday 11am - 7pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm

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