Altar of the West a cobalt bowl brimming with water a necklace of sequins or mermaid scales a velvet pouch heavy with coins a black mirror framed with shell amber perfumed oil redolent of spices a brass trident a golden salter two silver chalices a crystal vial of tears ~ Patricia Monaghan, Seasons of the […]
Goddess and Orisha Yemaya
Seven Shining Pennies to Yemaya by Sara Teixido
This was to be a post simply about taking the time to enjoy the last shining remnants this Summer season before we retreat for the Fall and Winter months. I wished to prompt you to make an offering of seven shining pennies to the Goddess Yemaya–the mother of all life, the mother of the oceans, […]
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Goddess Devotions – Prayers to Yemaya by Kimberly F. Moore
The Goddess Devotions practice has unfolded for the last two Sundays, that is, until Yemaya happened today. We had so many petitions for Guadalupe that I lit a second candle mid-week which mysteriously flickered out this afternoon. I noticed this after arriving back from the market with white roses. There was still no inkling of […]
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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 […]
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Invocation for the Goddess Yemaya {Priestess Brandi Auset}
Invocation for Yemaya: Goddess who is Mother of All, Queen of the Deep Sea, Protectress of women – Allow your presence to be known throughout this sacred space. We who call upon you as Yemaya, Our Mother, Our Womb of Creation, ask that your love rolls and washes over us as the waves of the […]
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Celebrating Yemaya and Oshun – Orisha Goddesses of the Sacred Waters
September 7 and September 8 mark the annual Feast Days of the Orisha Goddesses Yemaya and Oshun, respectively. These Yoruban Goddesses are honored throughout the world by Orisha devotees as the Sacred Keepers of the Waters. Yemaya is the imposing Mother of Oceans, Orisha, Goddess, All Mother from the Yoruban and Afro-Caribbean traditions. September 7 is Her […]
