SOURCE : Daniel Pellizzari refutes Madison’s claims
The recent postings about NYC Voudu, Pomba Gira Botanica and Madison caught my attention. This woman claims familiarity with brazilian african-syncretic religions, but doesn’t seem to have a minimal notion about Candomble, Quimbanda or any of the branches.
Let’s choose a Madison’s text. Here it goes:
> Sat. Aug 24th at 3pm there will be a circle for Pomba Gira, the
> Brazillian goddess of sex, death and the crossroads. This will
> be a circle of dance and positive physical transcendence,
>(Overcoming obstacles and broadening perspectives.) (NYC Vodou.)
> Please bring food, drink, spiritual books for the free lending
>library and canned food the homeless if possible. Please be
>clean sane and sober.Seven lines, lots of nonsense.
First of all, Pomba Gira is not a goddess: it’s the female counterpart to Exu…
[Second] someone who claims to do a Pomba Gira circle with such advice as “be clean sane and sober” doesn’t seem to have a clue about what is dealing with. The Pomba Giras, as a “family”, are known for their aggressive and ostensively sexual mood, as anybody who has attended to a real Pomba Gira circle can testify…
A Pomba Gira circle is caracterized by heavy drinking, obscene behaviour and a real “demonic” atmosphere. This simply doesn’t fit with Madison’s ritual…
“Dance and positive physical transcendence”. Give me a break. The only ones who can dance at a Pomba Gira circle are the PGs themselves. They’re jealous and angry, and if someone dares to catch more attention or be more sensual than they, it’s better run. A PG circle has a single goal: ask for favours, often on sexual matters. If this sort of thing is called physical transcendence, my English is worse than I thought.
