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Mami’s Sisters in the African Atlantic
Africans taken to Haiti aboard slave ships brought with them strong traditions of fish-tailed and water-related spirits, which were incorporated into Vodou, a complex and sophisticated religion honoring spiritual entities known as lwa. Water enters the Haitian Vodou cosmology in many ways. Marine spirits like the mermaid Lasirèn symbolize the lwa of the water.Meanwhile, every February 2nd along the northeast coast of Brazil, descendants of enslaved Africans, as well as many others, turn their eyes and thoughts toward the watery horizon and pray to the “Queen of the Sea,” “Mother Water,” the “Mother of Fish,” Yemanja, seeking her love, support, protection, and guidance.
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Yemaya the Orisha of the 7 Seas, Motherhood and Childbirth of the Yoruba Religion
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blame abuse, not identity.
posting this because, again, i’m seeing folks juxtapose abuse and LGBTQ identity—or perceived LGBTQ identity. i’d even venture to say that many of these attitudes are preventing straight folks from getting the help & healing they need.
just because the issues CAN go hand in hand doesn’t mean a bunch of automatic assumptions should be made. lots of folk who identify as straight in adult relationships are abusers, too.put and keep the blame where it belongs: with the abusers themselves, and with the conspiracy of silence that shames and blames those who’ve been abused.
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united states of hoodoo
this is a blog entry, but it has the trailer…official site here.
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Raha Reiki
Universal Energy, Blissful Healing.
