![]() ![]() A spiritual and occult traditions that is as colorful and beautiful as its people. I also underwent various initiations into the Cuban Santeria Lukumi tradition in the early 90s, receiving my collares and guerrilleros, but I never felt quit comfortable with that Religion, so shortly afterwards I returned to my Puerto Rican eclectic roots and heritage. I am a Medium of the Mesa Blanca tradition and baptized a Sancista, and a Santerista all of the Puerto Rican traditions. I was born with the sight of clairvoyance as I have seen shadows and felt other worldly presences ever since I could remember. ![]() I have also been reading Tarot, doing palm readings and giving Spiritual Consultations since the age of 19 to my hispanic community here in Massachusettes. I have been professionally practicing variouse traditions of Caribbean Brujeria Witchcraft for over 20 years, since my late teens. Luz y Progresso, I am Sancista Hermano "Brother" Luis also known as Brujo Luis. Historical figures who ascended to the statues of Loa. Unknown to outsiders of Vodou andĪll its branches, all the Loa and Orisha lived in human form, and are or were Red, which became a part of the Petro nation. Incorporated the energies of the oppressed and often violent Arawak, Carib andĪfrican Ancestral Spirits into his practice of Vodou. Powerful and well respected Papa Bokor by the name of Don Juan Felipe Pedro who Ti Jean Petro was a Dominican Spanish former slave turned Jean Petro is the father of the Petro Nation, that originally came from theĭominican Republic. On MamaĬhimbi's lap sits a child, this is a Lwa as well known as Ti Jean Petro. She is imperative in dominating occult enemies and black magic. Wrist and waist are Siguelia and Sigueloa, two virtually unknown Simbi Loa, butīoth symbolizing black magic and occult powers, Mama Chimbi although a GedesaĪnd a Metresa is one of the most impotent Simbi within Zanci "Sance /Sanse", Known as Filomena Lubana or Santa Marta la Dominadora is by far a Metresa who isīy far the most popular of the Simbi. ![]() (This of course is so far from the truth.) Mama Chimbi in Sance for one, also ![]() Sancista and servidores do not even think they honor or work with the Simbiĭivision, although they are represented within their Cuadro and Santuarios. ForĮxample Haitian Vodou definetly honors more Simbi than Sanse, in fact many There areĬountless Simbi, some branches or traditions honor more Simbi than other. The elements of Water and Earth and are ancient Lwa of Magic. Offerings to Aida-Wedo include white foods such as milk, rice, and eggs.The Simbi Nation or Los Simbises are ancient Lwa of life that preside over Her message is one of healing and strength for the whole of the world. Integrity, whether physical (structural), or moral, is the natural result of integration-weaving together elements that are very different. She represents continuity and strength, integration and wholeness, as the rainbow contains all the colors, split from white light. In the Vodou tradition, Aida-Wedo (and Her husband Damballah) belong to the Rada Lwa, or spirits who come out of the rites of the old kingdom of Dahomey (present Nigeria, Benin and Togo), generally considered to be benevolent and sweet (dous). The rainbow serpent is the symbol of integration in many parts of the world, including Africa, Australia and America, and represents that which links heaven and earth, and encircles the world to unite her disparate elements. When she appears in a voudoun ritual, she slithers across the ground wearing a jeweled headdress that - like the treasure at the end of the rainbow - is elusive but enriches anyone who can grasp it.Īida-Wedo manifests through water, snakes, and the rainbow, represented by the rainbow python, a snake whose scales are iridescent. She rules fire, water, wind and the rainbow. Aidah Wedo is a Voudon snake Lwaspirit) in Benin and Haiti, and is the companion of the most popular god, Damballah-Wedo, also a serpent. ![]()
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