#alafia

[daveiwonder]

ALAFIA - ASAKE X BURNA BOY X SEYI VIBEZ TYPE BEAT 2024 (Prod. Dave Kizzl...

[sidneyrangel1971]

#Repost @alafia.dofonodeomolu —— ITAN DE AYRÁ Segundo os mitos, Oxalá permaneceu injustamente preso durante sete anos no reino de seu filho, Xangô, sem que este soubesse do fato. Grandes calamidades ocorreram em todo o reino devido a essa injustiça e quando Xangô finalmente descobriu o que havia acontecido com o próprio pai, resgatou-o da prisão e ordenou que fossem organizadas grandes festas em todo o reino, em sua homenagem. A festividade conhecida hoje como Águas de Oxalá remonta a esse acontecimento. No entanto, Oxalá estava muito alquebrado, ferido e entristecido. Apesar de toda a atenção que recebeu, a única coisa que desejava era retornar ao seu próprio reino, em Ifé, onde Yemanjá, sua esposa, o aguardava. Xangô não podia acompanhá-lo pois precisava colocar em ordem o próprio reino e pediu a Airá que fizesse isso em seu lugar. Foi assim que Airá tornou-se o companheiro de Oxalá, pois a viagem foi muito longa já que Oxalá andava muito devagar (conta-se também que Airá carregava Oxalá nas costas) pelo fato de ainda estar se recuperando dos ferimentos que adquirira durante os sete anos de prisão. Durante o dia, eles caminhavam. À noite, Oxalá sentia frio e precisava descansar. Para aquecê-lo e distraí-lo dos próprios pensamentos, Ayrá mandava que acendessem uma grande fogueira no acampamento. Oxalá observava o fogo e Ayrá passava longas horas contando-lhe histórias do povo de Oyó. Desse modo, tornou-se tradição acender a fogueira no dia 29 de junho de cada ano (no Brasil), em homenagem a Airá e à viagem que fez em companhia de Oxalá. . . . . . ADM: @dofonoedsondeomolu PAG: #Alafia (em Méier, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpD66ZluhJ4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[apoemeveryday]

immature animals by alafia nicole sessions

[caradellum]

Yaya DaCosta photographed by Thais Aquino for Soul Portraits (2021)

[leehallfae]

“an angel appeared / before me, said, god will send a flood. set / my bush to burning, there i saw the future / blood. marched animals onto my ark, two by two, / they knew me by the amber stripe in my eye. / the wolf in me paced the deck, the serpent / slept & bobbed for apples, the doves & ravens / circled, the birds of prey prayed, but, worried, / none would land. their sounds a frenzied / symphony, so loud the panther felt compelled / to know the path & so stretched a long / periscope toward the multiplying horizons, / saw the new earth & instinctively knew, / to make it through the density, the beasts would / have to give up something: maybe memory, / surely hunger. and so, like any good god / -mother, i laid back, unzipped myself / from lip to heel, i let them feast.”

— alafia nicole sessions, “fable with cyst, celestial being & sacrifice”

[idliketobeatree]

Immature Animals, by Alafia Nicole Sessions

[stateofsport211]

Kigali 2 Ch R2: Daniel Cukierman def. Alafia Ayeni 4-6, 6-0, 7-5 Match Stats

📸 ATP official website

Ayeni started the match well, smashing his way to break while trying to maintain his service games. However, as Cukierman dug deep, Ayeni's second serves started to be pressed, eventually getting to his +1 shots. Out-rallying Cukierman in the third set to break in the seventh game, it was insufficient to keep him in the match as Cukierman dug even deeper from his forehand side, ultimately creating a winner right for his match point before finally breaking for the match. As a result, even though Cukierman had 50% break point conversion rate, he created 10 opportunities to break, 4 more than Ayeni's 6 break of serve with a 33% conversion percentage.

It also was statistically confirmed that Ayeni had second serve problems in this match. Despite double-faulting twice lesser than Cukierman (8 to 10), the third shot errors (most of which came from his volley side, followed by his forehand side) put his second serve into an unfavorable spot, leaving it to fade 25% behind Cukierman with only a 32% winning percentage. However, Ayeni had a slight edge on his first serves, scoring 4 aces to back up his 67% first serve points won, 2% more than Cukierman, which often got himself out of trouble in the first set, but not enough to stand out by the end of the third set.

In his second Challenger quarterfinal of the year after the Indian Wells 1 Challenger earlier this year, Cukierman will face Damien Wenger, who advanced due to Aziz Ouakaa's retirement down 6-4, 3-6, 0-3 in the third set, which also caused his withdrawal from the doubles match with Kelsey Stevenson, also against Cukierman/Yshai Oliel, which advanced the latter to their first Challenger semifinal as a pair. In contrast, his return game would be put into an interesting test, knowing Damien, for a spot in the semifinal tomorrow. Should be a fun watch!

[plusieurscouplets]

NIPA ifẹ Olugbala [highlife]

[cosmicanger]

Woody De Othello

Alafia, 2024

Acrylic, watercolor, wax crayon and colored pencil on paper

10 1/10 × 15 3/5 × 3/5 in | 25.75 × 39.75 × 1.5 cm

[robynochs]

It is profoundly unjust that someone should have to create a GoFundMe to cover his basic needs following a violent assault. My friend Khafre was assaulted, his arm was broken, and he is experiencing PTSD. He fundraised to replace his broken eyeglasses and he has found a therapist with whom he is working. He needs just $180 more to pay the agreed upon fee. If anyone reading this would like to help him out, he (and I) would welcome this.

[fresnelabelmah]

Une sensibilisation pas comme les autres 😁

Même en #chinois 🉐je vais le faire 😅 :

🧑‍🌾: #Akoünadö👋

🧑‍🦳:Alafia🙏

🧑‍🌾:Toi vois déchets ? 👀🧑‍🦳: Quoi Déchets ? 😕

👩‍🌾: Oui ! Toi polluer environnement 🍀. Toi jetter sachets ici , sachets plastiques pas décomposé ! 😢🌍

🧑‍🦳: Ah bon ? Moi pas savoir ça 🤔

👩‍🌾: Toi être cause de chaleur, et pluie pas venir ici. toi faire mauvaise chose. Plantes tristes, animaux pas contents ! 🐢💔

🧑‍🦳: Oh non ! Moi veux pas ça ! 😟

👩‍🌾: Alors, toi ramasser ton sachets et jetter dans poubelle🗑️, toi utiliser sacs durable bien bien👜 , toi planté arbres🌱, toi pas pisser dans rivières💧, toi plus fait beaucoup d'enfants👫👬, toi pas couper arbres🪵, sinon toi m0uππi vite⚰️🪦, toi plus manger #toubäni 🍚inh😰 !

🧑‍🦳: 🚫 Tout ça mauvais pour environnement

👩‍🌾: D'accord ! 🌾Toi dire aussi ça aux enfants aussi 😒

🧑‍🦳: Ok ! 💪Moi leur partager bonne nouvelle 🌿

👩‍🌾: Ensemble, on sauve la planète ! 🌍❤️🎉

Passez une excellente journée en préservant l'environnement ✊🤝#Fresnel_ABELMAH#JAC_Bénin#Frood_Draw#Chroniqueur_Fresnel_ABELMAH

[platosmemo]

Peace in our Time

Peace In Our Time

Мир

שלום

سلام

शांति

和平

Paix

Pax

Paz

平和

Frieden

All we need to believe in for peace in our time

…is love

Aman

평화

Ukuthula

Ειρήνη

Síocháin

Rauha

Alafia

Hoà bình

All we need to believe in for peace in our time

…is Love

[conjuremanj]

Obi Divination. Reading & Set-Up

Obi Divination is a West African system for telling the future. That originated within the traditional Yoruba religion and other New World lineages, such as Santeria. The African form of this work uses kola nuts, but in the Americas, Obi readers use either four pieces of coconut or four cut cowrie shells to answer "yes" or "no" questions for clients.

Obi means "kola nut" in the West African Yoruba language, and within the religion Obi is an Orisha or deific spirit in his own right. Within contemporary hoodoo practice, both initiates and gifted non-initiates of these religions use obi in order to divine answers for clients.

If these materials are not available, in America obi readers also use four coins, after the manner of I Ching readings.

Diloggun Divination is also African in origin, and it too is found among Afro-Caribbean practitioners, but diviners who use this method are initiated priests, and they employ specific religious techniques while performing a fairly complex ritual before and during the casting of the cowrie shells.

A similar form of cast or thrown cowrie or coconut shell divination that originated in the Congo is called Chamalongos. It is practiced in the Americas by initiates of Cuban lineages of the African Diasporic Palo religion.

Obi Divination with Four Shells or Coconuts:

Obi divination is a quick and easy form of fortune-telling. Obi readings entered hoodoo through contact between American spiritual practitioners of conjure and initiates of African Diasporic religions such as Santeria.

Obi will only reply to questions that can be answered "Yes” or “No.” To tell your fortune, the psychic reader will hold the set of four items in his or her hand, pray over your question, then gently toss the items down onto the ground or onto a mat, and look to see how they fell.

Cowries can fall "mouth" side up (open) or "mouth" side down (closed). Coconut pieces can fall white meat side up or dark skin side up. Coins can fall heads up or or tails up.

Four cowrie shells.

Alafia means (Alafia) Answer: Yes. Peace and success in your efforts. It represents all of the light that is available and able to assist you. It is "Yes" with a blessing of peace.

(Etawa) Answer: Maybe/Tenuous. You need to throw the chamalongos a second time to determine if the answer is yes or no. If you get ++++, or ++OO on the second throw the answer is yes. If you get +OOO or OOOO on the second throw, the answer is no. If you get another O+++, the answer is yes, but a weak and tenuous yes. Try another option or question to see if you can get a firmer response.

Etawa is an unstable response, and requires a second throwing of the Obi to ascertain whether the answer is yes or no. If the second toss is Alafia, Etawa or Ejife, the answer is yes.

(Eyeife)Answer: Yes. A firm and hearty yes. Balance, success and complete affirmation.

If the second toss is Okanran or Oyekun then the answer is no. Ejife: 2 mouth-up and 2 mouth-down; or 2 white and 2 dark coconuts; 2 heads and 2 tails. This is an absolute “Yes” -- but you are cautioned not to ask any further questions on this subject, or the Orisha Spirit of Divination may get mad.

Ejife is positive because it represents perfect balance. It indicates blessings of knowledge with experience, and, as such, it may require more effort than Alafia.

OOO+ (Ocana) Answer: No. This will result in failure. This is a clear no answer.

Okana Sode or Okanran: 1 mouth-up and 3 mouth-down; 1 white and 3 dark coconuts; 1 heads and 3 tails.“No.” What you asked won’t happen. Okanran is a firm no.

OOOO (Ocana Yekun) Answer: No. This represents total darkness and the spirits of the dead can speak through this answer. It is a very dark omen and indicates not only complete failure but that death or the spirits of the dead are lurking in the area and demanding attention. (It is usually a good idea to side-track your questions to see if there is a spirit of the dead that is demanding some kind of payment or offering) ascertain who the spirit is, what they want, then do it, before continuing back with your original line of questions. Once the obstacle is determined, the remedy is applied and the reading addressing the original issue can resume.

How to Conduct a Reading: The most important parts of a reading is the prayer before hand and the openness of mind to receive guidance from your spirits/ guides to take the right line of questioning. Anyone can toss, but not everyone can take a yes/no line of questioning in the right direction to flesh out all of the details you need for a spell.

Start With The Prayer: begins with invoking the authority of God the Creator. Ask God for his guidence.

The Prayer: is finished with an identification of yourself by your initiatory name ( if you have one) and a simple explanation of what you are seeking to do magically.

The first question is always “Are you willing to assist me with this?” followed by an opening toss of your object your using. If I receive a positive response, I thank them, set up the spell and then ask” (Is this all set up properly?) and if I get an affirmative, I pray over it, light up the candles and the magic begins.

If I ever get a “no” answer then I usually begin a line of questioning where I listen to recommendation from my spirits and ask if I should alter my spell or working by adding something or removing something. Once everything is fine then I’ll do the spell. (This is important) (Not all spells require reading but some do like Break-ups, Certain Love Spell. Court, the more powerful a reading is required) 💔

Closing a Reading: One of the final steps I do when closing out the reading/working by asking my spirits/guides “Is everything good with me?” This is their opportunity to speak up and let me know if I need to cleanse myself or do something, Once they give an affirmative answer, the reading is closed and the work is complete.