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Santeria
Although Santeria is a religious path that is not rooted in Indo-European polytheism like many other contemporary Pagan religions, it’s still a faith that is practised by many thousands of people in the United States and other countries today. Santeria combines influences of Caribbean tradition, West Africa’s Yoruba spirituality, and elements of Catholicism. To become […]
ERINYES
THE GODDESS ERINYES Parents Gaea and the blood of Uranus Names Alecto, Megaera, Tisiphone Goddesses of Vengeance, retribution Home Hades Symbol Vipers Sacred Animals Viper, screech-owl Sacred Plants Yew tree Other Names Eumenides English Name Furies Roman Name Furiae, Dirae THE ERINYES (Furies) were three goddesses of vengeance and retribution who punished men for crimes […]
Baron Samedhi
PLEASE USE WITH CAUTION, I URGE ALL MEMBERS TO REMEMBER LOA ARE OFTEN TRICKY Interesting. Alluring. Powerful. These are some of the words that come to mind when I think of Baron Samedhi. One of the Loa, Baron is a force to be reckoned with. Know that when you begin this path it is not […]
Met Kalfou
Met Kalfou is the dark horse Petro lwa, king of the crossroads, equated with the Devil, a dark spirit whose veve of two writhing snakes belies how all evil spirits and curses stem from his dark magic and enchanted leaves. He is either the brother or dark side of Papa Legba, the guardian of ceremony […]
Ti Jean
Ti Jean is a fire Loa, who lives in the bushes. He is a powerful magician who primarily deals with black magic and he’s part of secret Voodoo societies (sanpwèl). Like most Loas who fall under the Petro rite, his possessions are unbelievably violent and it takes quite some times for people to regain their […]
Mabon Ritual
Mabon Ritual To Honor the Dark Mother Demeter and Persephone are strongly connected to the time of the Autumn Equinox. When Hades abducted Persephone, it set in motion a chain of events that eventually led to the earth falling into darkness each winter. This is the time of the Dark Mother, the Crone aspect of the triple goddess. The […]
Working With Your Gods and Goddesses
There are literally thousands of different deities out there in the Universe, and which ones you choose to honor will often depend significantly upon what pantheon your spiritual path follows. However, many modern Pagans and Wiccans describe themselves as eclectic, which means they may honor a god of one tradition beside a goddess of another. In some […]
Thoughts on the Morrigan
Ancient mythology tells us that the Morrigan can appear as a crow, raven, wolf, eel, beautiful young woman, or gray-haired hag. In the Tain Bo Regamna she is described as a red-haired woman dressed in a red cloak. There are not, to my knowledge, any surviving images of her from the Irish pagan period. A […]
Hathor
Hathor is an Ancient Egyptian goddess who personified the principles of love, beauty, music, dance, motherhood and joy. She was one of the most important and popular deities throughout the history of Ancient Egypt. Hathor was worshiped by Royalty and common people alike in whose tombs she is depicted as “Mistress of the West” welcoming […]
Frigga (Norse)
Frigga was the wife of Odin, and had a powerful gift of prophecy.In some stories she is portrayed as weaving the future of men and gods, although she did not have the power to change their destiny. She is credited in some of the Eddas with the development of runes, and she is known in […]