Yemaya and the Ancestors
Yemaya Assesu, Assesu Yemaya Yemaya Olodo, Olodo Yemaya. That’s a song I know—one tiny sliver of knowledge pertaining to the great orisha, Yemaya, the lady of the sea, “she whose descendants are as numerous as the fish.” Today, 7 September, is one of her feast days (as well, I have just learned, as International Goddess […]
What Am I Doing Here?–Part Two!
As I said in part one, if I learned liturgical ritual, feast days, and smells-and-bells from the Catholic Church, it was at Four Quarters Interfaith Sanctuary that I began to make those things my own. To feel them in my bones. To know that ritual was worth my blood, sweat, and tears. While I had […]
What Am I Doing Here?: Part One!
I’ve realized over the last week or so that I don’t think I’ve said enough about why I’m doing this work. Not enough about why I feel so strongly about The Way of the River, why I’m learning new software, why I’m shanghaiing loved ones into my process, and mainly, not enough about why the […]