About an hour ago, the wonderful owner of The Hoodoo Shop and related blog, Carolina González, commented on some terminology I used in a reply that syncretized the saints with the lwa and the orishas. Given her long-time working relationship with all three groups of entities, she is quite well positioned to point out the […]
Based on my study of African Diaspora Religions (ADR), Elegua is Orisha of the crossroads, keeper of the pathways that link mortals to the other Orisha and to Olodumare. He also guards the road to the Ancestors (Egun), among many other roles. I learned that worshipers must give him his due before messages will pass […]
Roman religion changed drastically following contact with Greek religious beliefs and practices. Prior to contact, the Romans did not have a developed anthropomorphic view of the gods but instead believed in the numina, or spirits (of which there were hundreds if not thousands). These numina did were not human-like but they were the beings in […]
Wandering Woman Wondering 