2 Ways to Make Sheloya’s Not-the-Original-But-Okay Xocolatl

When you want to make a very special offering to some Mesoamerican deities or Oya, chocolate is a good choice.  You can give the raw cocoa beans or nibs, but you can also make a nice drink called xocolatl in the Nahuatl language.  It is basically a creamy, frothy chocolate…

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Three Sticks of Incense: A Simply Elegant Eshu Ritual

The Good Stick Incense

Once you have established your relationship with Eshu, this is a good weekly ritual that you can do as an observance and prayer.  Other Gatekeeper deities such as Hecate may like this as well.  You should do this either on a Monday or a Friday, but not both.  It’s something…

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Nya Si We and Efin We – Steam and Smoke Baths

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How to Do Daily Observances For The Orishas

Incense in Ethiopian Censer

Not all of us live in Africa or have the luxury of very attentive mentors or parents to keep us on track.  Also, even some initiates did not get adequate training, or simply prefer to do private observance aside of community gatherings.  So here is a set of suggestions for…

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Burying a Knife For Home Protection

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Fertility Herbs, Charms, and Spells Part 3: Example Fertility Working

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Love Spells and Workings

Oshun Ebo 2012

I don’t just write about witchcraft.  I actually practice it.  This page was an announcement back in 2014, for the special discount during the Oshun festival.  It’s outdated, but I figured that instead of just deleting the page, I’d keep it up to describe the process of ordering a love…

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Cleansing the Seed

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Changing the Blood and Getting Rid of Old Personal Effects

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