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List of African/Yoruba Orishas (Archive and work in progress)

This is a sort of an expansion on someone else’s work. The original post is no longer active, and the author has decided to remain anonymous. If anyone would like to add to this list, please feel free to post. Mind you, this is a list specifically of Orishas from…

Why are many Hoodoo practitioners now calling Orishas?

In the past decade or so, many people who practice Hoodoo are turning to the Orishas. Before, the connection to the actual African, European, and Native American deities was usually either unspoken or overridden. The reasons why they are now spoken and embraced is because more people now understand that…

Vodun FAQ: Are the Orishas Aliens?

It is possible that some Orishas are physical extraterrestrials, where others are spirits or higher dimensional beings, and still others forces of nature to which we apply personalities so as to better understand them. We can speculate, but it is difficult for anyone to say who is who or what…

Oshun, Ochun, Oxum

Some say that in Africa, before western influence, there was no such thing as romantic love. The truth is much more complicated than this. There was romantic love, and it was well recognized. It was just referred to as intense lust, so in daily life, familial love and admiration was…

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Why are many Hoodoo practitioners now calling Orishas?

Vodun FAQ: Are the Orishas Aliens?

Oshun, Ochun, Oxum

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