SOURCE : Santeria, A Practical Guide to Afro-Caribbean Magic. Fantastic online book covering many of the most important ideas and methods of Cuban Santeria : Orishas, divination, sacrifice, etc.
African Spirits and Personal Boundaries (the Loas)
March 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
SOURCE : Up Close and Very Personal with the Haitian Loas I must caution any reader that is considering picking up Voudoun magick or working with the African Orishas or Haitian Loas: These gods know no boundaries. They will come into your house and camp out in your living room. They are very alive and [...]
Sacrifice, Iwa Pele and the Gods
March 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
SOURCE : Sacrifice, Iwa Pele and the Gods I remember being taught by an authoritative source in the Akan religion the following: He said that some people get into the religion with the wrong, and wrongful, idea, that they can keep on doing bad things, trusting that they can keep sacrificing another chicken, goat, or [...]
Neopaganism and the Pythagoreans : Leave Animal sacrifice for the ancients
March 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
SOURCE : Neopaganism and the Pythagoreans : Leave Animal sacrifice for the ancients Animal sacrifice was a normal element in Judaism and most Pagan traditions in ancient times. Two and a half millennia ago, the Pythagoreans rejected animal sacrifice and all other forms of animal slaughter and abuse on the grounds of transmigration of the [...]
PAGAN AND NEOPAGAN HUMAN SACRIFICE
March 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
SOURCE : PAGAN AND NEOPAGAN HUMAN SACRIFICE Neopagans call themselves such to avoid being linked with the dark actions of Pagans in ancient times. Yet at the same time, any Christian alive today is as guilty of the Inquisititon or the Salem Witch Trials as someone who lives centuries ago. What evidence do we have [...]
Human Sacrifice Today, In the Andes – And Closer
February 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
SOURCE : Sacrifice Today, In the Andes – And Closer In reporting both the Matamoros murders and the investigation of General Manuel Noriega of Panama, the media wrongly assumed a connection between drug-running, Satanism and Afro-Caribbean religions. Santeria and Palo Mayombe were widely slandered as being devil-cults. Even Time magazine published these false innuendoes, obtained [...]
From Cuba to the United States: Santería and the Construction of Religious Liberty
February 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment
SOURCE : Law at the End of the Day: From Cuba to the United States: Santería and the Construction of Religious Liberty in the United States, the Untold Story This is the untold story of the way in which the religion of Cuban slaves, forged within the crucible of Spanish intiolerance and cultural marginalization in [...]
Animal sacrifice in Hoodoo
February 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
SOURCE : Hoodoo Precepts Typically animal sacrifice is not used in Hoodoo. There are some who will but they are trained Palo, Santeria or Vodu. The majority of Hoodoo practitioners do not use any sort of animal sacrifice. If animal sacrifice is used, typically it is NOT a pet such as a dog or cat [...]
