Welcome to JULY! Goddess is opulent and profuse. Berries are thick and dripping on the vines, begging to be added to pies and other summer treats. I am delighting in the farm stands full of tomatoes, peaches, and corn! The air is heavy with humidity and we lift our faces eagerly at the hint of a […]
Goddess and Orisha OYA
OYA as The Storm by Brandi Auset
The Orisha Oya is an elemental Goddess, meaning that her power is rooted in the natural world. As the Goddess of Storms, she rules earth, air, fire, water, and spirit, as all of these elements contribute into the creation of weather. Oya herself is the power of thunder, lightning, winds, hurricanes, tornados, and rain. And like the […]
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Goddess Calendar and Feast Days for February 2018
“The Sun’s path has returned to where it was at Samhain. Take some time to notice the quality of the light, for it is the same now as that shimmering magical glow of late October. But instead of the season of dark and silence before us, in the Northern Hemisphere, the season of light and growth […]
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Oya, Queen of the Cemetery by Brandi Auset
Oya is the Orisha Goddess of the Wind, Storms, and Change. An orisha is a deity of the Yoruba people of Africa, specifically Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Liberia, and the Ivory Coast. The Yoruban religious beliefs and worship of the orishas spread from Africa to the New World via the Atlantic slave trade, and formed the foundation of […]
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Goddess Calendar Feast Days and Celebrations for October 2017
“As I went out walking this fall afternoon, I heard a whisper whispering. I heard a whisper whispering, Upon this fine fall day… As I went out walking this fall afternoon, I heard a laugh a’ laughing. I heard a laugh a’ laughing, Upon this fine fall day…I heard this whisper and I wondered, I […]
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Goddess Feast Days and Celebrations for February 2017
“The Sun’s path has returned to where it was at Samhain. Take some time to notice the quality of the light, for it is the same now as that shimmering magical glow of late October. But instead of the season of dark and silence before us, in the Northern Hemisphere, the season of light and growth […]
