Bantu Religion + Kongo Shamanism in California
Getting the guidance and protection of your ancestors is very simple. Here’s what you do: Find a table in your house, that is in a place of honor. Put a white cloth on it. Now, also: – flowers – a cup of hot coffee – a shot of bacardi white rum – nine glasses of [...]
Cut an eggplant into 9 pieces and go the graveyard at night. Clean yourself form head to toe with 9 pennies, nine pieces of candy and the 9 slices of eggplant and leave them at the gate. As you do so, pray for the changes you want in your life, or (alternately) pray that the [...]
Oshun (the Santeria Goddess of love and money) and Mama Chola (her counterpart in Palo) both love honey. Money and love are energies, fluid, not rigid. If the cosmic pipes are clogged for you, your life will be loveless and impoverished; if they’re open, you will have an abundance of both. I have a friend [...]
If you find yourself waking up exhausted or have begun having strange nightmares, you may be getting attacked by restless and/or negative muertos (dead spirits) while you sleep. These spirits are most active around 3am. This is because the underworld is a mirror image of the world of the living, so 3AM our time is [...]
Toast 7 ears of corn in the oven, then go to the crossroads and clean yourself from head to toe with one of the ears of corn. As you do so, ask Ellegua to bring you a good job. Leave the corn there and thank him. Repeat this procedure at 6 more crossroads. [phpbay]elegua | [...]
