A Nigerian Folktale of Abundance, Greed, and the Cost of Wastefulness Long ago—before the first iron was forged in the...
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A Nigerian Folktale of Abundance, Greed, and the Cost of Wastefulness Long ago—before the first iron was forged in the...
The God of Creation Lord Brahma is one of the most important deities in Hinduism...
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People can talk to Bondye, the highest Voodoo god, through spirits called loa, which are the main celestial beings in Vodun. The Ghede, Petro, and Radha families are just a few of the many families that include the loa, or lwa. Most people think of them as lesser gods, with Bondye, the creator, being the most important god. Many of the loa have parallels in Catholicism. This is because enslaved people in Haiti and Louisiana mixed Catholic saints with their own Loa beliefs. Voodoo mambos or houngans summon them through ritual, and before asking for help, they are first given...
When we consider the suffering in the world around us, we notice many things that we want to heal and alter. Many of those issues appear to be beyond our power to influence and change. There is one aspect of our relationship with ourselves that we can alter. We have the ability to look deep within ourselves, getting closer to the truth of who we are. As a result, we transcend our personalities’ limitations, and the world around us begins to change. Joy and love radiate and spread like wildfire. Learning about your Higher Self is a powerful and loving...
Beltane (Halloween) is historically a period when the curtain between our world and the Fae is thin for many Pagans. Unless they needed something from their human neighbors, the Fae in most European folktales kept to themselves. It wasn’t uncommon for a story to tell of a human who experimented too much with the Fae—and paid the price for his or her curiosity! There are various forms of faeries in many stories. Most fairy tales divide them between peasants and nobility; therefore, this appears to be mostly a socioeconomic division. It’s vital to remember that the Fae are notoriously mischievous...
A Nigerian Folktale of Abundance, Greed, and the Cost of Wastefulness Long ago—before the first iron was forged in the fires of Nok, before the kingdoms of Ife and Benin carved their legacies into bronze—there was a time in the lands that would one day be called Nigeria when the sky did not loom high and distant above humanity. It rested close. So close that a tall woman standing on her toes could pluck a piece of it with her fingers. And the sky was not empty. It was food. In those ancient days, the sky hung low over the...
The God of Creation Lord Brahma is one of the most important deities in Hinduism and is the god of creation. According to Hindu mythology, Brahma is responsible for creating the universe, including all living things and the natural world. He is often depicted as having four heads and four arms and is typically shown holding a lotus flower, which symbolizes the unfolding of the universe. In Hinduism, Brahma is considered one of the three main gods, along with Vishnu (the sustainer) and Shiva (the destroyer). His consort is Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge and creativity. Lord Brahma plays an...
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