#ellegua

[iamwinklebottom]

Legba wanted to give a message to whoever finds this.

All of my spirits have been making me give or throw things away to refresh and give out certain energies. Don’t be afraid to give or throw anything out when you’re called to.

He also said “study the greats;” this just isn’t “leaders” of the spiritual community. This could be anything.

“No, don’t be easily lead or mislead. Do not low vibrationally repurpose or low vibrationally copy, but be very inspired.”

I hope you guys are doing welllllll. Much love.

[lawleitleerskov]

Remember even in the darkest times you are never alone

The spirits, your ancestors, and the Orishas themselves walk beside you

With them by your side nothing can block your path for long

Ashe

[conjuremanj]

Florida Water Story In The New Orleans Voodoo Tradition.

This is a story I heard about Florida Water in New Orleans Voodoo that I wanted to share my readers.

There was a time during a ceremony when the spirit were at a low point and wasn't enjoying the ceremony. The drummers drummed and the dancers danced and the songs were song and all were doing their best to entice the spirit to come forth to make an appearance. As much as they had tried the spirit was slow and sluggish and was non-responsive to what they saw. They weren't into it. People cried and pleaded and offerings were made to Ellegua/Papa Legba but none were answered.

Then a dancer that had giving her all to this ceremony, stumbled and fell onto a shelf and a bottle of Florida Water had fell and shattered into the floor, spraying it's aroma all across the surface of the floor, some landing on Legba’s Veve. (symbol) in that moment everything changed. The very air in the room had changed and was brand new energy flowing and Legba/Ellegua found his horse. From that point on the ceremony had changed for the better as new energy was infused with Legba he became refreshed, happier and more lively, which made his appearance that much better by bringing with him a host of other Spirits to see to the needs of the practitioners and their families.

Hope you all enjoyed this story..

[appalachianwarlock]

Crossroads Magic

Crossroads Magic – Going to the Crossroads

Posted on April 21, 2022 by aromagregory

The Magick and Meaning Behind Going to the Crossroads

The Magick and Meaning Behind Going to the Crossroads

According to tradition, a crossroads is a spot “between worlds” where supernatural spirits can be contacted, and paranormal events can occur. Crossroads magic can signify liminality, a place that is “neither here nor there,” “betwixt and between,” and so indicates a point where two worlds collide. While many people think of a crossroads as just the intersection of two highways, they can also be a spot where land and water meet, such as a beach, a place where a field transitions into a forest, or even a doorway. Some people think of a crossroads as a fork in the road where you must choose one way or the other. But a crossroads is really any intersection of of road or passage with two or more branches. Some people prefer to only work with a crossroads that has four paths, creating a cross or ‘X’ pattern.

Crossroads in Greece

In Greek mythology, Crossroads were associated with Hecate and Hermes, and shrines and rites for both were held there. Due to Hermes’ affiliation with travelers and duty as a guide, the herm pillar connected with him was widely used to identify these locations.

Though Hecate’s link to crossroads was less well-known in Greek mythology than Hermes’, it was more deeply rooted in ritual. At each new moon, ‘Suppers of Hecate’ were left for her at the crossroads, and she was known as the ‘goddess of the crossroads.’ The three faces of Hecate can be a depiction of the road. Hermes is mentioned in several myths as assisting people during transitions. Similar customs can be found in India, where the god Bhairava is said to guard crossroads, and stone phalluses and eye statues are frequently erected to honor him.

Crossroads in England, Ireland, and Scotland

In the United Kingdom, criminals and suicides were traditionally buried at crossroads. This could be due to the community’s crossroads defining its boundaries, as well as a wish to bury those who broke the law outside the village, or because the multiple routes would confuse the dead. Crossroads were also frequently utilized as a site of criminal punishment and execution (e.g., via gibbet or dule tree), which may have contributed to the fact that suicide was considered a crime. This crossroads burial ceremony dated back to Anglo-Saxon times and was practiced until 1823, when it was discontinued.

Crossroads Magic In the Hoodoo Tradition

Crossroads magic in hoodoo comes from the Kongo cosmogram in Central Africa, and is used in conjure, rootwork, and hoodoo, a sort of African magical theology practiced by African Americans in the United States. It signifies the sun rising and setting, as well as death and rebirth in human life. The conversation with spirits takes place in the crossroads’ center. The Kongo cosmogram entered the United States by African slaves during the transatlantic slave trade. On slave farms in South Carolina, archeologists discovered images of the Kongo cosmogram on clay pots created by enslaved Africans. The Bakongo cosmogram and the “Yowa” cross are other names for the Kongo cosmogram.

Almost every cultural group in Africa has its own version of the crossroads god. African-diaspora names for the spirit who opens the way, guards the crossroads, and teaches wisdom include Legba, Ellegua, Elegbara, Eshu, Exu, Nbumba Nzila, and Pomba Gira. Both the T and X roads are used in the Quimbanda religious-magical tradition. T roads are for Pomba gira (npambu nzila), a spirit who deals with sex, lust, and passion. In Quimbanda, the X roads are used for work for Exu (Eshu), a hoodoo man of the crossroads who is identical to the hoodoo man of the crossroads. Road Opening spell work is often associated with the crossroads.

“If ah want tuh go gamblin’, go to a crossroads ‘fore de sunup and have de dice in yore han’s . . . an’ shook dem dice at dat crossroads until de sun gets up where yo’ kin see it” (excerpt, Harry Middleton Hyatt – Hoodoo – Conjuration – Witchcraft – Rootwork)

Some 20th-century blues songs, such as Black Spider Dumpling’s (John D. Twitty) Sold It to the Devil, may be about making a bargain with the devil at the fork in the road. Many modern listeners consider Robert Johnson’s “Cross Road Blues” to be the best song about soul-selling at a crossroads. According to folklore, Johnson allegedly sold his soul at a crossroads in order to learn to play the guitar.

Another well-known Blues song, recorded by W.C. Handy, alludes to a historical spot in Moorhead, Mississippi, where two train tracks crossed: the Southern Railway and the Yazoo Delta Railroad, often known as “Yellow Dog.” According to legend, while waiting for a train in Mississippi, Handy overheard a guitarist singing and playing in a way he had never heard before. It was Handy’s first experience with the music that would come to be known as Blues. He was affected by the musical style he would soon help to define while at his crossroads—one of intersecting paths. Harry Middleton Hyatt compiled the first large collection of reports of this ceremony done by African Americans in the US South in the 1930s. Many of his informants were not musicians and were looking for other abilities, such as being able to shoot dice and win or being able to tap dance.

Disposing of magic at the crossroads

Crossroads disposal can also be used to dispose of candle wax, ashes from burned incense, petition papers and photographs used in spells, and leftover powders from any ritual that had a negative intent or did not involve you directly. A full raw egg used in a personal cleansing ritual is the only relic of a positive spell traditionally carried to a crossroad and flung into it. The reason the egg should not be buried on your property is that it contains all of the negative influences that were pulled out of the person who was cleansed. Instead, breaking it at a crossroads allows the dark energies to dissipate harmlessly among passing strangers. The same goes for disposing of the water used in a spiritual bath where all the absorbed “bad vibes” are given to the spirits of the crossroads to finalize instead of it resting at your home. We found an interesting article on using conjure to open the roads by our friends at Crescent City Conjure.

In crossroads magic a crossroads is created by drawing a cross in chalk on a roadway (many times an intersection will do), but if no crossroads are available paper must be laid down flat upon the ground and marked instead. After marking the paper, it’s turned up toward the sky, which allows spirits to travel down along it and into this world. The most common method of using the crossroads in hoodoo is for the disposal of used magical items or to nullify magic by leaving the items at the intersection and never looking back.

Crossroads Card in Lenormand

The crossroads card in the Lenormand card divination system gives you two paths, two solutions to any difficulty. The choices are rarely simple and must be carefully considered. This is the ultimate card of free will, demonstrating that you always have the option of going one way or the other. It also signifies that a decision must be made is you are to move forward. The Crossroads, in general, signifies alternatives, possibilities, and potentials – for example, currently unrealized abilities or yet-to-be-achieved objectives.

You can employ crossroads magic in your personal practice in a variety of ways, from communing with deities to interacting with spirits. These entryway areas offer a plethora of magical possibilities, many of which aren’t even covered here. On the other hand, Crossroads are not simply geographical locations but also moments, such as nightfall, morning, and turning points in your life or magical practice. Use these times and places to seek protection, commune with your ancestors, leave offerings for a god, clear a blockage, dispose of spell leftovers, banish negativity, create objectives, seek guidance, or conduct any other magic you think acceptable for calling upon the power of the crossroads. The crossroads is the ultimate location for restoration in our lives — it is where therapy and messages are found. There are diverging paths before you, none of which leads back to the past. When we are at the crossroads, we have the opportunity to ask the universe anything.

(aromags.com)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 7.14

Holidays

Bastille Day (France)

Beh Deinkhlan (Meghalaya, India)

Black Country Day (UK)

Comedy Celebration Day

Corkboard Day

Drukpa Tshechi (Sikkim, India)

Emmeline Pankhurst Day (UK)

Fete Nationale (Guadaloupe, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Reunion, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna)

Hondurans’ Day (Honduras)

International Non-Binary People’s Day

International Nude Day

International Sister Cities Day

Lá Cuimhneacháin Náisiúnta (Republic of Ireland)

Mad Pride Day

National Be Nice to Bugs Day

National Break Free From the Big Three Day (Bad Habits, Relationships & Stale Mobile Plans)

National Car Wash Day

National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Honor Based Abuse & Forced Marriage (UK)

National Joey Day

National La Chancla Day

National Marco Day

National Nude Day (New Zealand)

National Psychologist Appreciation Day

National Reese Day

National Tape Measure Day

Pandemonium Day

Quatorze Juillet (France)

Sage Plant Day (French Republic)

Shark Awareness Day

Silver Day (South Korea)

SpongeBob Day

Sunflower Day (Japan)

Tape Measure Day

Unaine Day (Elderly Women’s Day; Kiribati)

Victims of the Nice, France Attack Day

Victoria Day (Sweden)

World Chimpanzee Day

World Orca Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

International Macaroni & Cheese Day

Macaroni Day

M&Ms Argument Day

National Grand Marnier Day

National Mac and Cheese Day

Roasted Chicken Day

2nd Friday in July

Collector Car Appreciation Day [2nd Friday]

Kebab Day [2nd Friday]

Kilburn Feast begins (Yorkshire, England) [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

National Motorcycle Day [2nd Friday]

Sea Festival begins (Jūras Svētki Sākas; Latvia) [2nd Friday]

Wayne Chicken Show begins [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

White Cloud’s Birthday & Tatanka (Bison) Festival begins (North Dakota) [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

World Kebab Day [2nd Friday]

Worldwide Art Day [2nd Friday]

Independence Days

Ijivate of Rikuchar (Declared; 2015; subsequently dissolved) [unrecognized]

Montenegro Statehood Day Holiday (Montenegro)

Republic Day (Iraq)

Feast Days

Birthday of Osiris (Egyptian God of Agriculture)

Boniface of Savoy (Christian; Saint)

Bona-Venture (Christian; Saint)

Camillus of Lellis (Roman Catholic Church, except in the United States)

Cow Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Deusdedit of Canterbury (Christian; Saint)

Ellegua’s Day (Pagan)

St. Ferdinand III (Positivist; Saint)

First Sermon of Lord Buddha (Bhutan)

Gaspar de Bono (Christian; Saint)

Goat Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Gustav Klimt (Artology)

Humphrey Bogart Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Idus of Leinster (Christian; Saint)

John Keble (Church of England)

Kateri Tekakwitha (a.k.a. Lily of the Mohawks; Christian; Saint)

Libertus (Christian; Saint)

Matariki (Maori New Year; New Zealand)

Nachi Himatsuri (Fire Festival; Japan)

Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain (Christian; Saint)

Procopius (Christian; Saint) [Czech Republic]

Samson Occom (Episcopal Church (United States))

Whamop the Rental Magician (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 32 of 60)

Premieres

Anchor’s Aweigh (Film; 1945)

The Big Sick (Film; 2017)

The Blair Witch Project (Film; 1999)

Brazil, by Jimmy Dorsey (Song; 1939)

The Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling (Novel; 2007) [Harry Potter #7]

Easy Rider (Film; 1969)

The Flying Mouse (Disney Cartoon; 1934)

For Whom the Bell Tolls (Film; 1943)

Foul Play (Film; 1978)

Gunpowder Milkshake (Film; 2021)

Horehound, by The Dead Weather (Album; 2009)

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (Film; 1965)

Johnny Bravo (Cartoon Series; 1997)

Licence to Kill (US Film;1989) [James Bond #16]

Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One (Film; 2023)

Muppets from Space (Film; 1999)

The Pride of the Yankees (Film; 1942)

The Stan Freberg (Radio Series; 1957)

Venus, by Shocking Blue (Song; 1969)

War for the Planet of the Apes (Film; 2017)

The Wearing of the Grin (WB LT Cartoon; 1951)

When Harry Met Sally (Film; 1989)

X-Men (Film; 2000)

Today’s Name Days

Goswin, Kamilus, Roland (Austria)

Kamilo, Marcelin, Miroslav (Croatia)

Karolína (Czech Republic)

Bonaventura (Denmark)

Joel, Joosua (Estonia)

Aliisa, Alisa (Finland)

Camille (France)

Roland, Camillo, Goswin (Germany)

Akylas, Nikodemos, Nikodimos (Greece)

Ors, Stella (Hungary)

Camillo, Giusto (Italy)

Loreta, Oskars, Ritvars, Selgars (Latvia)

Eigilė, Libertas, Vydas (Lithuania)

Solfrid, Solrun (Norway)

Bonawentura, Damian, Dobrogost, Franciszek, Izabela, Kosma, Marceli, Marcelin, Marcelina, Stella, Ulrych, Ulryk, Ulryka (Poland)

Angelina (Russia)

Kamil (Slovakia)

Camilo (Spain)

Folke (Sweden)

Priscilla (Ukraine)

Alton, Camden, Cameron, Camron, Camryn, Kameron, Kamryn, Ventura (USA)

Cami, Camilla, Camile, Camille, Camillus, Camilo, Came, Kaamil, Kami, Kamil, Kamila, Kamilla, Kamille (Universal)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 195 of 2024; 170 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 28 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 5 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Wu-Wu), Day 27 (Guide-You)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 25 Tammuz 5783

Islamic: 25 Dhu al-Hijjah 1444

J Cal: 15 Lux; Oneday [15 of 30]

Julian: 1 July 2023

Moon: 9%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 27 Charlemagne (7th Month) [St. Ferdinand III]

Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 1 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 24 of 94)

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 24 of 31)

Calendar Changes

July (a.k.a. Quintilis or Iulius; Julian Calendar) [Month 7 of 12]

Ur (Primal Strength) [Half-Month 14 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 7.28)

[brookston]

Holidays 7.14

Holidays

Ann Hutchinson Memorial Day

Bastille Day (France)

Beh Deinkhlan (Meghalaya, India)

Black Country Day (UK)

Comedy Celebration Day

Corkboard Day

Crop Circle Origin Day

Day of the Russian Post

Day of Tax Office Workers (Belarus)

Drukpa Tshechi (Sikkim, India)

Emmeline Pankhurst Day (UK)

Fete Nationale (Guadaloupe, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Reunion, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna)

Fish Farmers Day (Tajikistan)

Hondurans’ Day (Honduras)

International Non-Binary People’s Day

International Nude Day

International Sister Cities Day

Lá Cuimhneacháin Náisiúnta (Republic of Ireland)

Mad Pride Day

National Be Nice to Bugs Day

National Break Free From the Big Three Day (Bad Habits, Relationships & Stale Mobile Plans)

National Car Wash Day

National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Honor Based Abuse & Forced Marriage (UK)

National Joey Day

National La Chancla Day

National Marco Day

National Newt Day

National Nude Day (New Zealand)

National Psychologist Appreciation Day

National Reese Day

National Tape Measure Day

National Tax Day (Indonesia)

Pandemonium Day

Quatorze Juillet (France)

Sage Plant Day (French Republic)

714 Day (California)

Shark Awareness Day

Silver Day (South Korea)

SpongeBob Day

Sunflower Day (Japan)

Tape Measure Day

Unaine Day (Elderly Women’s Day; Kiribati)

Victims of the Nice, France Attack Day

Victoria Day (Sweden)

World Chimpanzee Day

World Orca Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

International Macaroni & Cheese Day

Macaroni Day

M&Ms Argument Day

National Grand Marnier Day

National Mac and Cheese Day

Roasted Chicken Day

Independence & Related Days

Bastille Day (France)

Ijivate of Rikuchar (Declared; 2015; subsequently dissolved) [unrecognized]

Montenegro Statehood Day Holiday (Montenegro)

National Day (Tahiti)

National Day of Commemoration (Ireland) [Sunday closest to 7.11]

Republic Day (Coup d’Etat; Iraq; 1958)

2nd Sunday in July

Barn Day [2nd Sunday]

Disability Awareness Day (UK) [2nd Sunday]

Father’s Day (Uruguay) [2nd Sunday]

Festival of the Giants begins (Fête des Géants; France) [Sunday after 7.5]

Lá Cuimhneacháin Náisiúnta (National Day of Commemoration; Ireland) [Sunday closet to 7.11]

World Rollout Day [2nd Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning July 14 (3rd Week of July)

Captive Nations Week (thru 7.20) [3rd Week]

Every Body Deserves a Massage Week (thru 7.20) [3rd Full Week]

Operation Safe Driver Week (thru 7.20)

Parenting Gifted Children Week [3rd Week]

Roman Mercanus (Ancient Roman Market) [thru 7.19]

Sports Cliche Week (thru 7.20) [Week of MLB All-Star Game]

Festivals Beginning July 14, 2024

Bastille Day Military Parade (Paris, France)

Black Hawk County 4-H and FFA Fair (Waterloo, Iowa) [thru 7.18]

BVI Emancipation Festival (Road Town, British Virgin Islands) [thru 8.10]

Derry Township Agricultural Fair (New Derry, Pennsylvania) [thru 7.20]

Heritage Fire (Asheville, North Carolina)

IFT FIRST: Annual Event and Expo (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 7.17]

Feast Days

Birthday of Osiris (Egyptian God of Agriculture)

Boniface of Savoy (Christian; Saint)

Bonaventure (Christian; Saint)

Brian Selznick (Writerism)

Camillus of Lellis (Roman Catholic Church, except in the United States)

Clooties in Wells Day (Celtic Book of Days)

Cow Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Day of Horus (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Deusdedit of Canterbury (Christian; Saint)

Ellegua’s Day (Pagan)

St. Ferdinand III (Positivist; Saint)

Festival of Millennial Fairy Olympics (Shamanism)

First Sermon of Lord Buddha (Bhutan)

Gaspar de Bono (Christian; Saint)

Goat Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Gustav Klimt (Artology)

Humphrey Bogart Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Idus of Leinster (Christian; Saint)

John Keble (Church of England)

Juliette Wytsman (Artology)

Kateri Tekakwitha (a.k.a. Lily of the Mohawks; Christian; Saint)

Libertus (Christian; Saint)

Machelm (Christian; Saint)

Marco de Gastyne (Artology)

Mike Esposito (Artology)

Nachi Himatsuri (Fire Festival; Japan)

Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain (Christian; Saint)

Procopius (Christian; Saint) [Czech Republic]

Samson Occom (Episcopal Church; United States)

Ulric of Zell (Christian; Saint)

Whamop the Rental Magician (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 32 of 60)

Premieres

All Our Yesterdays, by Natalia Ginzburg (Novel; 1952)

Anchor’s Aweigh (Film; 1945)

Barnyard Baseball (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1939)

The Big Sick (Film; 2017)

The Blair Witch Project (Film; 1999)

Brazil, by Jimmy Dorsey (Song; 1939)

The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care, by Benjamin Spock (Health Book; 1946)

The Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling (Novel; 2007) [Harry Potter #7]

Easy Rider (Film; 1969)

The Flying Mouse (Disney Silly Symphony Cartoon; 1934)

For Whom the Bell Tolls (Film; 1943)

Foul Play (Film; 1978)

Glory Road, by Robert A. Heinlein (Novel; 1963)

Gunpowder Milkshake (Film; 2021)

Hello, How Am I (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1939)

Horehound, by The Dead Weather (Album; 2009)

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (Film; 1965)

Johnny Bravo (Cartoon Series; 1997)

Licence to Kill (US Film;1989) [James Bond #16]

Main Mouse (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1966)

Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One (Film; 2023)

Muppets from Space (Film; 1999)

Popeye the Sailor (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1933)

The Pride of the Yankees (Film; 1942)

The Stan Freberg (Radio Series; 1957)

Stuart Little, by E.B. White (Novel; 1945)

Venus, by Shocking Blue (Song; 1969)

War for the Planet of the Apes (Film; 2017)

The Wearing of the Grin (WB LT Cartoon; 1951)

When Harry Met Sally (Film; 1989)

X-Men (Film; 2000)

Today’s Name Days

Goswin, Kamilus, Roland (Austria)

Kamilo, Marcelin, Miroslav (Croatia)

Karolína (Czech Republic)

Bonaventura (Denmark)

Joel, Joosua (Estonia)

Aliisa, Alisa (Finland)

Camille (France)

Roland, Camillo, Goswin (Germany)

Akylas, Nikodemos, Nikodimos (Greece)

Ors, Stella (Hungary)

Camillo, Giusto (Italy)

Loreta, Oskars, Ritvars, Selgars (Latvia)

Eigilė, Libertas, Vydas (Lithuania)

Solfrid, Solrun (Norway)

Bonawentura, Damian, Dobrogost, Franciszek, Izabela, Kosma, Marceli, Marcelin, Marcelina, Stella, Ulrych, Ulryk, Ulryka (Poland)

Angelina (Russia)

Kamil (Slovakia)

Camilo (Spain)

Folke (Sweden)

Priscilla (Ukraine)

Alton, Camden, Cameron, Camron, Camryn, Kameron, Kamryn, Ventura (USA)

Cami, Camilla, Camile, Camille, Camillus, Camilo, Came, Kaamil, Kami, Kamil, Kamila, Kamilla, Kamille (Universal)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 196 of 2024; 170 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of Week 28 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 8 of 28]

Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 9 (Ji-Mao)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 8 Tammuz 5784

Islamic: 7 Muharram 1446

J Cal: 16 Red; Twosday [16 of 30]

Julian: 1 July 2024

Moon: 57%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 27 Charlemagne (7th Month) [St. Ferdinand III]

Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 6 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 25 of 94)

Week: 3rd Week of July

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 24 of 31)

Calendar Changes

July (a.k.a. Quintilis or Iulius; Julian Calendar) [Month 7 of 12]

[trapppland]

Letters from Osun-Oxum continuation of Communication Discourse Review of The University Scholars by Azurite

Im coming to you all with a requested input from the Osun-Osogbo Festival 2023. I have learned of Osun from multiple sources, one of many I paid no mind to due to the exploitative nature of these messengers. I am now working with Osun out of respect for the healing we have done collectively. We have a mutually beneficial relationship similar to how my relationship with Esu-Exu, and Ellegua started in Atlanta many years ago. We found a "scholarly" article written by a professor at a university in Texas named Joni L. Jones

and used this for a Communication Research assignment last semester as a way to make peace with xenophobia and exploitation of Osun's divine blessings by many indiviuals throughout higher education across the globe. We first were inspired by this work due to an article by a Nigerian Professor named Ahmed O. Adesanya, PhD whom wrote about Artifactual Code and non-verbal communication through the intricate beadwork in Yoruba culture. The PDF Link is Below.

A article that changed my lense of spiritual practice forever. I thought I can be a scholar and write about the things I enjoy such as beadwork and spirituality. Anyways... I decided to go on YouTube and look up the Osun-Osogbo Festival and watched a video; in this video a statue was shown that caught my eye and it would not let me forget about it. I immediately began to look up this statue and the ancestor in which this statue was of the first traditional ruler (1st Ataoja of Osogbo) in 1670 and ruled for a period of 90 years until his death in 1760, and he was mentioned as Larooye which happens to be a salutation to Exu in Brazilian Umbanda practices. This particular video with participants of the Osun-Osogbo Festival had interviews of people an one of our Nigerian professors from last semester got her undergraduate degree in Osun State. We aren't a fan of the woman she was very xenophobic and her energy made my nerve ending stand on edge, but we did learn a valuable lesson from her an that was you do not have to be born in Nigeria to have a connection with the ancestors of nigeria. Also Osun doesn't only work with people in Nigeria. Now I will always respect those born in the lands of the orixá but I also knew that for some reason Osun and many other Orixá chose me to tell their stories. I was chosen to get the truth out while also restoring the medicine to their chosen heirs that have been pimped out by colonizers and babalaôs for a long time. Osun despises one thing and that is kidnapping, slavery, pimp culture, and exploitation in all its forms.

If we look at the corruption of the Nigerian government and all its scandals in isolation grants Osun a whole lot to be angry about. People give this docile and only sweet persona of Osun, the way she has taught me an showed up is far from docile. Osun does not play about her space and is a stickler on boundaries. Osun will go to war for her loved ones and has been a healer of wounds new an old regarding human trafficking, slavery, and kidnapping. Osun in our opinion is one if not the most powerful orixá of them all. The concepts to take from this Hood Scholar Article is to use your knowledge of Yoruba & Igbo to dissect the Osun Festival as it stands today. It also is a challenge of why aren't more of the traditional leaders that statues still stand in the cities across nigeria not known more about to the devotees of Osun. Osun has become a global superstar over the last 10 years and very little is known about her true essence, what she stands for, and how she like to be treated. If you are going to call yourself a priest or priestess shouldn't you at least know the language of the lands in which Osun story originates ? The wealth and healing of Osun should be flooding the gates of Brazil, Nigeria, and the lives of her loved ones why is it being exploited for the pleasure of corrupted elites ? Im going to leave these questions there until next time. Its your homegirl Azurite and this is a Trapppland Exclsuive. Please make sure you cite me if you use my wisdom and any others of the scholars in your content. Thanks Osun for all you do, I love you -Azurite

Published Wednesday August 16th, 2023

[seekandsekkle]

Omo Ellegua

CHUOL

[rinneganeyes]

Mff elegua 🙏🏽❤️🖤

Mff ogun 🙏🏽💚🖤

[seekandsekkle]

"Elevating Egun" Digital Collage by Bushmama Africa (c) 2016 This piece is an offering to ancestors who died during the middle passage. In espiritismo we elevate spirits that have not assended to the realm of the ancestors. Inside her headress of corn are three slave ships. She is carrying their spirits Olorun. She is holding Eshu as her guide and traslator.

[beyondthepaleco-blog]

A pin for the brujas!

No matter how big or small the apartment was growing up, no home felt like home until the family altar was set up and Elegua installed behind the front door.

The keeper of the crossroads and the opener of paths, the child who is also an old man is one of the most important orisha of Santeria. Always invoked first and never to be crossed.

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Beyond The Pale

[iamwinklebottom]

Legba Has Favorites | Devotee Vs. Devotee

[lawleitleerskov]

I Give thanks and praise to the Orishas

With them as my protectors and guides

How can I ever be lost

Ashe

[sxylk]

ESHU MIX

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Holidays 7.14

Holidays

Ann Hutchinson Memorial Day

Bastille Day (France)

Beh Deinkhlan (Meghalaya, India)

Black Country Day (UK)

Comedy Celebration Day

Corkboard Day

Crop Circle Origin Day

Day of the Russian Post

Day of Tax Office Workers (Belarus)

Drukpa Tshechi (Sikkim, India)

Emmeline Pankhurst Day (UK)

Fete Nationale (Guadaloupe, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Reunion, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna)

Fish Farmers Day (Tajikistan)

Hondurans’ Day (Honduras)

International Non-Binary People’s Day

International Nude Day

International Sister Cities Day

Lá Cuimhneacháin Náisiúnta (Republic of Ireland)

Mad Pride Day

National Be Nice to Bugs Day

National Break Free From the Big Three Day (Bad Habits, Relationships & Stale Mobile Plans)

National Car Wash Day

National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Honor Based Abuse & Forced Marriage (UK)

National Joey Day

National La Chancla Day

National Marco Day

National Newt Day

National Nude Day (New Zealand)

National Psychologist Appreciation Day

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National Tax Day (Indonesia)

Pandemonium Day

Quatorze Juillet (France)

Sage Plant Day (French Republic)

714 Day (California)

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Silver Day (South Korea)

SpongeBob Day

Sunflower Day (Japan)

Tape Measure Day

Unaine Day (Elderly Women’s Day; Kiribati)

Victims of the Nice, France Attack Day

Victoria Day (Sweden)

World Chimpanzee Day

World Orca Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

International Macaroni & Cheese Day

Macaroni Day

M&Ms Argument Day

National Grand Marnier Day

National Mac and Cheese Day

Roasted Chicken Day

Independence & Related Days

Bastille Day (France)

Ijivate of Rikuchar (Declared; 2015; subsequently dissolved) [unrecognized]

Montenegro Statehood Day Holiday (Montenegro)

National Day (Tahiti)

National Day of Commemoration (Ireland) [Sunday closest to 7.11]

Republic Day (Coup d’Etat; Iraq; 1958)

2nd Sunday in July

Barn Day [2nd Sunday]

Disability Awareness Day (UK) [2nd Sunday]

Father’s Day (Uruguay) [2nd Sunday]

Festival of the Giants begins (Fête des Géants; France) [Sunday after 7.5]

Lá Cuimhneacháin Náisiúnta (National Day of Commemoration; Ireland) [Sunday closet to 7.11]

World Rollout Day [2nd Sunday]

Weekly Holidays beginning July 14 (3rd Week of July)

Captive Nations Week (thru 7.20) [3rd Week]

Every Body Deserves a Massage Week (thru 7.20) [3rd Full Week]

Operation Safe Driver Week (thru 7.20)

Parenting Gifted Children Week [3rd Week]

Roman Mercanus (Ancient Roman Market) [thru 7.19]

Sports Cliche Week (thru 7.20) [Week of MLB All-Star Game]

Festivals Beginning July 14, 2024

Bastille Day Military Parade (Paris, France)

Black Hawk County 4-H and FFA Fair (Waterloo, Iowa) [thru 7.18]

BVI Emancipation Festival (Road Town, British Virgin Islands) [thru 8.10]

Derry Township Agricultural Fair (New Derry, Pennsylvania) [thru 7.20]

Heritage Fire (Asheville, North Carolina)

IFT FIRST: Annual Event and Expo (Chicago, Illinois) [thru 7.17]

Feast Days

Birthday of Osiris (Egyptian God of Agriculture)

Boniface of Savoy (Christian; Saint)

Bonaventure (Christian; Saint)

Brian Selznick (Writerism)

Camillus of Lellis (Roman Catholic Church, except in the United States)

Clooties in Wells Day (Celtic Book of Days)

Cow Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Day of Horus (Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Deusdedit of Canterbury (Christian; Saint)

Ellegua’s Day (Pagan)

St. Ferdinand III (Positivist; Saint)

Festival of Millennial Fairy Olympics (Shamanism)

First Sermon of Lord Buddha (Bhutan)

Gaspar de Bono (Christian; Saint)

Goat Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Gustav Klimt (Artology)

Humphrey Bogart Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Idus of Leinster (Christian; Saint)

John Keble (Church of England)

Juliette Wytsman (Artology)

Kateri Tekakwitha (a.k.a. Lily of the Mohawks; Christian; Saint)

Libertus (Christian; Saint)

Machelm (Christian; Saint)

Marco de Gastyne (Artology)

Mike Esposito (Artology)

Nachi Himatsuri (Fire Festival; Japan)

Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain (Christian; Saint)

Procopius (Christian; Saint) [Czech Republic]

Samson Occom (Episcopal Church; United States)

Ulric of Zell (Christian; Saint)

Whamop the Rental Magician (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 32 of 60)

Premieres

All Our Yesterdays, by Natalia Ginzburg (Novel; 1952)

Anchor’s Aweigh (Film; 1945)

Barnyard Baseball (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1939)

The Big Sick (Film; 2017)

The Blair Witch Project (Film; 1999)

Brazil, by Jimmy Dorsey (Song; 1939)

The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care, by Benjamin Spock (Health Book; 1946)

The Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling (Novel; 2007) [Harry Potter #7]

Easy Rider (Film; 1969)

The Flying Mouse (Disney Silly Symphony Cartoon; 1934)

For Whom the Bell Tolls (Film; 1943)

Foul Play (Film; 1978)

Glory Road, by Robert A. Heinlein (Novel; 1963)

Gunpowder Milkshake (Film; 2021)

Hello, How Am I (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1939)

Horehound, by The Dead Weather (Album; 2009)

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (Film; 1965)

Johnny Bravo (Cartoon Series; 1997)

Licence to Kill (US Film;1989) [James Bond #16]

Main Mouse (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1966)

Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One (Film; 2023)

Muppets from Space (Film; 1999)

Popeye the Sailor (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1933)

The Pride of the Yankees (Film; 1942)

The Stan Freberg (Radio Series; 1957)

Stuart Little, by E.B. White (Novel; 1945)

Venus, by Shocking Blue (Song; 1969)

War for the Planet of the Apes (Film; 2017)

The Wearing of the Grin (WB LT Cartoon; 1951)

When Harry Met Sally (Film; 1989)

X-Men (Film; 2000)

Today’s Name Days

Goswin, Kamilus, Roland (Austria)

Kamilo, Marcelin, Miroslav (Croatia)

Karolína (Czech Republic)

Bonaventura (Denmark)

Joel, Joosua (Estonia)

Aliisa, Alisa (Finland)

Camille (France)

Roland, Camillo, Goswin (Germany)

Akylas, Nikodemos, Nikodimos (Greece)

Ors, Stella (Hungary)

Camillo, Giusto (Italy)

Loreta, Oskars, Ritvars, Selgars (Latvia)

Eigilė, Libertas, Vydas (Lithuania)

Solfrid, Solrun (Norway)

Bonawentura, Damian, Dobrogost, Franciszek, Izabela, Kosma, Marceli, Marcelin, Marcelina, Stella, Ulrych, Ulryk, Ulryka (Poland)

Angelina (Russia)

Kamil (Slovakia)

Camilo (Spain)

Folke (Sweden)

Priscilla (Ukraine)

Alton, Camden, Cameron, Camron, Camryn, Kameron, Kamryn, Ventura (USA)

Cami, Camilla, Camile, Camille, Camillus, Camilo, Came, Kaamil, Kami, Kamil, Kamila, Kamilla, Kamille (Universal)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 196 of 2024; 170 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 7 of Week 28 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 8 of 28]

Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 9 (Ji-Mao)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]

Hebrew: 8 Tammuz 5784

Islamic: 7 Muharram 1446

J Cal: 16 Red; Twosday [16 of 30]

Julian: 1 July 2024

Moon: 57%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 27 Charlemagne (7th Month) [St. Ferdinand III]

Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 6 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 25 of 94)

Week: 3rd Week of July

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 24 of 31)

Calendar Changes

July (a.k.a. Quintilis or Iulius; Julian Calendar) [Month 7 of 12]

[brookston]

Holidays 7.14

Holidays

Bastille Day (France)

Beh Deinkhlan (Meghalaya, India)

Black Country Day (UK)

Comedy Celebration Day

Corkboard Day

Drukpa Tshechi (Sikkim, India)

Emmeline Pankhurst Day (UK)

Fete Nationale (Guadaloupe, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Reunion, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna)

Hondurans’ Day (Honduras)

International Non-Binary People’s Day

International Nude Day

International Sister Cities Day

Lá Cuimhneacháin Náisiúnta (Republic of Ireland)

Mad Pride Day

National Be Nice to Bugs Day

National Break Free From the Big Three Day (Bad Habits, Relationships & Stale Mobile Plans)

National Car Wash Day

National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Honor Based Abuse & Forced Marriage (UK)

National Joey Day

National La Chancla Day

National Marco Day

National Nude Day (New Zealand)

National Psychologist Appreciation Day

National Reese Day

National Tape Measure Day

Pandemonium Day

Quatorze Juillet (France)

Sage Plant Day (French Republic)

Shark Awareness Day

Silver Day (South Korea)

SpongeBob Day

Sunflower Day (Japan)

Tape Measure Day

Unaine Day (Elderly Women’s Day; Kiribati)

Victims of the Nice, France Attack Day

Victoria Day (Sweden)

World Chimpanzee Day

World Orca Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

International Macaroni & Cheese Day

Macaroni Day

M&Ms Argument Day

National Grand Marnier Day

National Mac and Cheese Day

Roasted Chicken Day

2nd Friday in July

Collector Car Appreciation Day [2nd Friday]

Kebab Day [2nd Friday]

Kilburn Feast begins (Yorkshire, England) [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

National Motorcycle Day [2nd Friday]

Sea Festival begins (Jūras Svētki Sākas; Latvia) [2nd Friday]

Wayne Chicken Show begins [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

White Cloud’s Birthday & Tatanka (Bison) Festival begins (North Dakota) [2nd Friday thru Sunday]

World Kebab Day [2nd Friday]

Worldwide Art Day [2nd Friday]

Independence Days

Ijivate of Rikuchar (Declared; 2015; subsequently dissolved) [unrecognized]

Montenegro Statehood Day Holiday (Montenegro)

Republic Day (Iraq)

Feast Days

Birthday of Osiris (Egyptian God of Agriculture)

Boniface of Savoy (Christian; Saint)

Bona-Venture (Christian; Saint)

Camillus of Lellis (Roman Catholic Church, except in the United States)

Cow Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Deusdedit of Canterbury (Christian; Saint)

Ellegua’s Day (Pagan)

St. Ferdinand III (Positivist; Saint)

First Sermon of Lord Buddha (Bhutan)

Gaspar de Bono (Christian; Saint)

Goat Appreciation Day (Pastafarian)

Gustav Klimt (Artology)

Humphrey Bogart Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Idus of Leinster (Christian; Saint)

John Keble (Church of England)

Kateri Tekakwitha (a.k.a. Lily of the Mohawks; Christian; Saint)

Libertus (Christian; Saint)

Matariki (Maori New Year; New Zealand)

Nachi Himatsuri (Fire Festival; Japan)

Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain (Christian; Saint)

Procopius (Christian; Saint) [Czech Republic]

Samson Occom (Episcopal Church (United States))

Whamop the Rental Magician (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 32 of 60)

Premieres

Anchor’s Aweigh (Film; 1945)

The Big Sick (Film; 2017)

The Blair Witch Project (Film; 1999)

Brazil, by Jimmy Dorsey (Song; 1939)

The Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling (Novel; 2007) [Harry Potter #7]

Easy Rider (Film; 1969)

The Flying Mouse (Disney Cartoon; 1934)

For Whom the Bell Tolls (Film; 1943)

Foul Play (Film; 1978)

Gunpowder Milkshake (Film; 2021)

Horehound, by The Dead Weather (Album; 2009)

How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (Film; 1965)

Johnny Bravo (Cartoon Series; 1997)

Licence to Kill (US Film;1989) [James Bond #16]

Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One (Film; 2023)

Muppets from Space (Film; 1999)

The Pride of the Yankees (Film; 1942)

The Stan Freberg (Radio Series; 1957)

Venus, by Shocking Blue (Song; 1969)

War for the Planet of the Apes (Film; 2017)

The Wearing of the Grin (WB LT Cartoon; 1951)

When Harry Met Sally (Film; 1989)

X-Men (Film; 2000)

Today’s Name Days

Goswin, Kamilus, Roland (Austria)

Kamilo, Marcelin, Miroslav (Croatia)

Karolína (Czech Republic)

Bonaventura (Denmark)

Joel, Joosua (Estonia)

Aliisa, Alisa (Finland)

Camille (France)

Roland, Camillo, Goswin (Germany)

Akylas, Nikodemos, Nikodimos (Greece)

Ors, Stella (Hungary)

Camillo, Giusto (Italy)

Loreta, Oskars, Ritvars, Selgars (Latvia)

Eigilė, Libertas, Vydas (Lithuania)

Solfrid, Solrun (Norway)

Bonawentura, Damian, Dobrogost, Franciszek, Izabela, Kosma, Marceli, Marcelin, Marcelina, Stella, Ulrych, Ulryk, Ulryka (Poland)

Angelina (Russia)

Kamil (Slovakia)

Camilo (Spain)

Folke (Sweden)

Priscilla (Ukraine)

Alton, Camden, Cameron, Camron, Camryn, Kameron, Kamryn, Ventura (USA)

Cami, Camilla, Camile, Camille, Camillus, Camilo, Came, Kaamil, Kami, Kamil, Kamila, Kamilla, Kamille (Universal)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 195 of 2024; 170 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 5 of week 28 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 5 of 28]

Chinese: Month 5 (Wu-Wu), Day 27 (Guide-You)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 25 Tammuz 5783

Islamic: 25 Dhu al-Hijjah 1444

J Cal: 15 Lux; Oneday [15 of 30]

Julian: 1 July 2023

Moon: 9%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 27 Charlemagne (7th Month) [St. Ferdinand III]

Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 1 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 24 of 94)

Zodiac: Cancer (Day 24 of 31)

Calendar Changes

July (a.k.a. Quintilis or Iulius; Julian Calendar) [Month 7 of 12]

Ur (Primal Strength) [Half-Month 14 of 24; Runic Half-Months] (thru 7.28)