Obatala: Santeria and the White Robed King of the Orisha [Paperback] by Raul Cañizares - Publication Date: November 1, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0942272633 | ISBN-13: 978-0942272635 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.