Last night’s festivities were very exciting and edifying. Everyone got something good from it, and we even got a little blood shed in the battled for Shango. I posted the photos on Facebook, but here are the highlights:
We are now in the preparation stages of the ebo for Eshu and Shango for September 2011. This is your chance to send in your requests for protection for yourself or friends and family. Use the contact form or write to me at sister@soulmindbody.net . The ebo will happen tonight from 8pm Jerusalem time and the doors will be open until whenever. If you would like a talisman made with ashes from this ceremony, please order …
Well, yes and no. The Egungun decide who will and won’t make children, and can be very helpful in finding a good match. The feeling of being in romantic love however, is something different than familial love, which is what the ancestors preside over. Someone who is very in touch with Nature and their Ancestors can tell who belongs with them, and this sense of belonging is what makes the kind of love that makes …
An issue that comes up frequently is that a person is ridden or “possessed” by an Orisha that wants sex. Because it is a benevolent possession, one has some control of their actions, and this may break the trance, causing the ceremony, dance, or the riding to end prematurely, which is no fun for the individual, and a bit of a killjoy for the other participants, if any. Sometimes, it can be quite frightening for …
Hot blooded heat incarnate He is fire and lightning. If you’re good he is a light But if you’re bad he’s frightning. Shango (also spelled Chango or Xango)is the Orisha of fire, lightning, dance, and martial arts. He had three wives: Oya, the Orisha of home, hearth, and marriage; Oshun, the Orisha of beauty, prosperity, and dance; and Oya, the Orisha of wind, storms, thunder, and change. There are many apatakis about his firey temper. …
