Monday, December 10

Iansan


 
 
This song is a tribute to Iansan:the Goddess of the wind, lightening and bolts.She is the spirit of change, transition, and the chaos that often brings it about.
 
Iansa/ IANSAN

Demburé, Inemburé
Mavanjú
Inemburé mavamjú
Inemburé BelaOya
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Senhora das nuvens de chumbo /LADY OF THE CLOUDS OF LEAD
Senhora do mundo dentro de min /LADY OF THE WORLD INSIDE OF ME
Rainha dos raios/QUEEN OF THE BOLTS
Rainha dos raios /QUEEN OF THE BOLTS
Rainha dos raios/QUEEN OF THE BOLTS
Tempo Bom, Tempo ruim /GOOD WEATHER, BAD WEATHER
Demburé, Inemburé
Mavanjú
Inemburé mavamjú
Inemburé BelaOya

Senhora das chuvas de junho/LADY OF JUNE'S RAIN
Senhora de tudo dentro de mim/LADY OF EVERYTHING IN ME
Rainha dos raios/QUEEN OF THE BOLTS
Rainha dos raios/QUEEN OF THE BOLTS
Rainha dos raios/QUEEN OF THE BOLTS
Tempo Bom, Tempo Ruim/GOOD WEATHER, BAD WEATHER

Eu sou o céu para as tuas tempestades/I AM THE SKY FOR YOUR STORMS
Céu partido ao meio no meio da tarde/A BROKEN HALF SKY DURING THE AFTERNOON
Eu sou o céu para as tuas tempestades/I AM THE SKY FOR YOUR STORMS


Deusa Pagã dos relampagos/PAGAN GODDESS OF LIGHTENING
Das chuvas de todo ano dentro de mim/OF EVERY YEAR'S RAIN INSIDE OF ME
Rainha dos raios/QUEEN OF THE BOLTS
Rainha dos raios/QUEEN OF THE BOLTS
Rainha dos raios/QUEEN OF THE BOLTS
Tempo bom, Tempo ruim/GOOD WEATHER, BAD WEATHER
Rainha dos raios/QUEEN OF THE BOLTS
Rainha dos raios/QUEEN OF THE BOLTS
Rainha dos raios/QUEEN OF THE BOLTS
Tempo Bom, Tempo Ruim/GOOD WEATHER, BAD WEATHER


Aew didi Aew dindá
Oya matamba te aruê

Rainha dos raios/ QUEEN OF THE BOLTS
Rainha dos raios/ QUEEN OF THE BOLTS
Rainha dos raios/ QUEEN OF THE BOLTS
Tempo Bom, tempo ruim
Rainha dos raios/ QUEEN OF THE BOLTS
Rainha dos raios/ QUEEN OF THE BOLTS
Rainha dos raios/ QUEEN OF THE BOLTS
Tempo bom, tempo Ruim/ GOOD WEATHER, BAD WEATHER
 
Rita Ribeiro and Maria Bethânia
 
 
I didn't translate the part that is in Youruba.
 

Sunday, December 2

Song of the periphery people

 

Loved Quote



I walk the line between the worlds,I am the last bit of black before the morning sunrise, I am the fire in the desert and the rain on the mountains. I am what has been and what has not yet come to pass, I am the fear in the voice of the mother. I have been called witch and seer, demon and possessed, beloved of and beloved by. I am the beaten woman and the cowering child, I am the knife in the throat and the blood from the vein. I am black trees against a fog-shrouded coast, I am the sailor and the shipwreck, I am the sound of the sea. I am the deep water and the river, I am the stones and the dead, I am the first, the middle and the last.
I am a woman, and I do not know my own heart. Fear me, for I fear who I will become. Respect me as you respect your dead, give me the honor and the ashes. I am the birth, the life and the death. I am maiden, mother and crone. I am she who gives and she who takes away.

Marlee Cannon

Herbs


The rules of being human


Spell for Serenity




Materials Need:One triangular piece of parchment (or paper)
One black candle
Incense - Sandalwood; Lotus and Passionflower make great additions to the spell.
One black candle (or white if you’re uncomfortable with black)


Preparation
This is a simple 7-day spell designed to invite a lasting serenity into your life.  Write upon a triangular piece of parchment the word “SERENITY,” then below it, remove the first letter to write “ERENITY,” then below that, “RENITY,” so on and so forth, forming a tornado shape until the word is writ.  Refer to the caption for a visual aid.  As you are doing this, think about what serenity means to you - serenity in your self, your home, your work, your relationships; your Life.
Place upon your altar the incense you have selected, and place the SERENITY paper beneaththe black candle.
If you wish, cast a circle or otherwise create sacred space; then, ground and center yourself, and light the incense.
The SpellSet the candle burning.  Recall the feelings you felt as you wrote out SERENITY.  Take the positive feelings and give them to the flame of the candle, letting them disperse with the energy of the spell, as you say,
“Beneath this candle, burning bright,
In spiral, a word, unto the night:
Serenity is my heart’s delight,
An end to all life’s baneful blight.
Bring this graceful peace to me,
That all who cross my path shall see:
My life shall go forth peacfully;
As I will, so shall it be!”

Allow the candle to burn for a while; if you’re using stick or cone incense, allow it to burn as long as the incense does.  Then, for the next seven days, around the same time you initially cast the spell, let the candle burn for a time, so that on the seventh day, there is but a snub left.  At this time, burn the SERENITY paper in the flame of the dying candle (please, do so in the safest manner possible!).  Scatter whatever ashes you may collect around the doorway to your bedroom, or the main doorway into your home, and bury the candle wherever convenient (preferably as near to your front door as possible).



Witchy Notes:Ideal time for initial spellcasting:  a Saturday night during the waxing moon; if possible, time it so that the final burning and scattering of the ashes will be on the Full Moon.  I understand this may seem mixed up; Saturday is a day for banishing of energies, etc; black is a candle of banishment and so on and so forth.  But the key thing in my design of this spell is making room for the serenity to enter your life - so it’s increasing magick as well as decreasing magick.

Deity correspondences:  I’ve intentionally not included deity correspondences for this spell.  Go with whatever deities you normally use in your daily devotional practices; for what it’s worth, though, I don’t recommend the “darker” aspected of deities; for instance, my primarily devoted God and Goddess are Cernunnos and the Morrígan, and while I would, in my mind, draw on Her power as always in my magickal working, I would not specifically ask for Her input in a spell such as this.