This old photo was done in 1910. Beautiful piece of art. Remember, you do not need one day to express to anyone that you love them. 

This is so beautiful. I listen to this every morning, and right before I go to bed. Many blessings to you on.

Poker playing cards deck design by Marisa Jiménez. UK

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beautiful.

Hoodoo practitioners in New Orleans

Updated Hekate altar 2014

Created woodland spirits of roots, sprigs, moss and dried leaves.

Remember: Magic spells take many forms, from spoken word to candle burning, to mixing oils, to something as simple as posting an image on the wall. Your energy, focus and intent are what transform simple actions, words and gestures into magic spells.

Judika Illes, Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells (via dryadwitch)

Voodoo from the Inside Out (New Orleans Voodoo Documentary)

Boveda Espiritual ~ For the Egun

Queen of Hearts playing card hit by a .30 calibre bullet. Photo by Harold Edgerton, c. 1960s

Priestess Miriam

“I think the concept of virginity was created by men who thought their penises were so important it changes who a woman is.”

Unknown (via dishevelment)

The most perfect conclusion about how “virginity” came to be I’ve ever encountered.

(via 0fftoneverland)

..... How can one be a pagan and Christian at the same time? Pagan is a term meaning " outside of christainity". Now wiccans think pagan just means "Wiccan". This is ridiculous and embarrassing. Stop it.

Moving this to its’ own post because haters don’t deserve notes for being bigoted assholes.

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It’s so fun how you cherry-pick your own holy book to find the verses that suit your cause, no matter how tenuous the link and completely disregarding any sort of historical context.

Fine, we...

Papa Legba. One of the most important Loa. In order to even communicate with the other loas a person must contact and ask Papa Legba to open the gates for communication for human and loa. No voodoo ceremony of any kind may happen without his permission. Papa Legba is the guardian of the gates, crossroads and court yards of every voodoo temple.

ancestors build up in the lungs becoming daylight in the body we stir softly from a deeper sleep aroused by life and love and innate neters; we stretch / we yawn. the breath pushes itself up from the throat feeling like a huron’s egg with the head of the sphinx inside. breath rolls from the mouth pushed by khephra’s tiny feet / guarding a quiet that keeps no secrets. this is the miscegenation of our spells; poems in the blood with a birth weight of 400 years. we awake with new words cut from the caul of the creation within us. the breath as umbilical cord connecting old umbras to soul’s raw umber. sankofa twists and bends and touches its toes in the syllables of us supple, soul-sensitive sunpeople. we live for this. it’s who we are. voices that are ritual scars on the cheeks of the sun; the healing song for a 4 centuries-long laceration.

africadabra pt 2, upfromsumdirt © 2010 (via upfromsumdirt)

Erzulie Dantor. She is the Loa of jealously, passion and romance. She can be very overbearing, vengeful, and is very independent. Despite her wild side, she is also very maternal. Erzulie Dantor is known for the protector of women and children; especially victims of domestic violence and rape. She is a very loving loa to her dedicated people but if provoked, she can become very hostile. Erzulie Dantor is my main loa who I pray to and who I feel very connected with.

Oggun, a great warrior who has no fear of life, he knows how to enter and knows how to get out. There is no difficulty for a warrior, his happiness is in the field of battle. If any circumstance leads to the bottom of the well, it is then when the Warrior learns that the option is to go up only.If he falls, then love and the great strength of will which exists in his heart is what drives him to keep climbing.

Maferefun Oggun, thank you for the strength you always give us. Blessings to you my father!