Bantu Religion + Kongo Shamanism in California
SOURCE : Exu the Messenger, Magician and Master of the Crossroads “People weren’t made to be machines. Part of us is madness, a necessary madness Exu is the master of-this is the most creative part of us. It is the space of our evolution. Without Exu what would our lives be? Nothing but a monotonous [...]
SOURCE : Brazilian Quimbanda: Who are Exu and Pomba Gira? For Quimbanda, the Exú are but men who died in impurity, spirits of dead people chained to evil, who, having been human can better carry out human wishes. Neither Exú nor Pomga-gira are demonic. Rather, they are entities working from death in favor of the [...]
SOURCE : FromTheBalcony.com Presents The Devil’s Hammer by Victoria Alexander Quimbanda teaches that every person has been born with Exu and Pomba Gira by their side and that either one of both of these spirits walk with us and guide us. This concept is very similar to the idea of the ‘Guardian Angel’ who has [...]
SOURCE : Temple of Kimbanda: Advice from Exu The possession is a complete and real phenomenon. The Exu “mount” the individual in the same way that a human being mounted on a horse. The Entities “climb” the ground for the body of the individual, penetrating initially by their feet, then “rising”, and this is a [...]
SOURCE : LUCEROSCBVLM SYNCRETIZING OF LUCERO MUNDO WITH ELEGUA IS DONE BY SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE OCHA INFLUENCED BECAUSE THEY SERVE SIMILAR PURPOSES AND IN WAYS THAT ARE ALIKE, YET LUCERO IS NOT ELEGUA NOR IS HE A TRICKSTER OR PRANKSTER. THE FOUR LUCEROS : MADRUGA- DAWN MUNDO – NOON PRIM – DUSK MEDIANOCHE -MIDNIGHT
Once day, three people who had been having bad luck decided to turn their luck around. They prayed to Eshu, guardian of the crossroads and messenger of the gods. “Eshu!” they cried out. “We call upon your blessings! Bring us knowledge and bring us power!” Before too long, Eshu appeared. “What do you guys want?” [...]
