Bantu Religion + Kongo Shamanism in California
SOURCE : Plastic Shamans and Astroturf Sun Dances: New Age Commercialization of Native American Spirituality
Commercial exploitation of Native American spiritual traditions has permeated the New Age movement since its emergence in the 1980s. Euro-Americans professing to be medicine people have profited from publications and workshops. Mass quantities of products promoted as “Native American sacred objects” [...]
SOURCE : The Derecho: An Anthropological Approach to Understanding Money Exchange in Santería
Back when J. (a close friend) and I made saint, we didn’t spend more than the equivalent of about $100. Nowadays, you can pay at least $10,000 to make saint here in the U.S. and at least half that much if you go [...]
(Kongo) – candle
Hoodoo is a form of African-American folk-magic which relies heavily on the use of candles for spell-work; many of the same techniques and ideas are also used in Palo, for example:
COLOR SYMBOLISM
Burn white candles for peace and healing
Green candles for money or business spells
Red candles for love, sex and physical vitality
Purple candles for [...]
A real friend isn’t the person who calls you every day, because that person will stab you in the back and betray you. A real friend is the person who thinks about you every day.
If two friends can only remember the way they met, they will never be able to stay mad at each other.
If [...]
You need to believe in three things to be a good witchdoctor – Yourself, yourself, and yourself.
If you want problems in your life, help people.
When you help sick people, be sure to make an offering to San Lazaro for protection. When sick people get better, they usually betray you.
Don’t look for clients. Be a magnet [...]
dame / give me – kuende, atuyá, támbula, simba, mpandika
dar / to give – kuba
daño / harm – diambo, kualono
dedo / finger – mioko, mioka, ngüika
dedos / fingers – nlembo, lembo
derretir / melt – languán
deseo / desire – ntondele
despacio / slow(ly) – sualo sualo
despierto / awake – wiriko
desprenderse / tear away from – sakri, sakrilá
día [...]
