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Slaves from America: Goddess Yemaya

2023-02-26 16:58:24

As Yemaya's worship follows slaves from Africa, she is known for her different names. Some of them are Fish Mother, Ocean Mother, All Moms, St. Majestic Sea, Mother, Dream and Secret Mother, Stella Maris, Seastar, Yeye Omo Eja, Iamanga, Ymoga, Balianne, Yemanja, Imanje and Yemanja Afodo It seems that every different name ties her to water. In Africa she means Yoruban Orisha, the goddess of the living sea. According to what I read, she is the reason we have water.

One of her favorite goddesses is a powerful African-American Caribbean goddess, Yemaya, related to the training of magic, magical, and feminine energy. "Yemaya is a spirit that always keeps with me," said the cat. Also, I kept in touch with Yemaya and listened to her name in the conversation, but I was very excited about the interview in the middle of the working day. Yemaya is a goddess of the SanterĂ­a religion which prospered in Cuba and the Caribbean, after being taken to Africans enslaved in the 16th century. Even though Cuba was colonized by Spanish Catholics, it is not entirely acceptable, but the existence of Santeria in the community was shocking. In Cuba, this counterattack against the "old religion" prospered, in particular under anti-religious communist regime, and more recently until SanterĂ­a could prosper in the public place.

The cat is Miami, one evening conveys a powerful spiritual experience that occurred when playing the Yamaya ceremony on the beach with friends. After making a temporary altar for the goddess with a shell and seven blue candles (seven are Yemaya figures), she thanked the goddess and put a piece of watermelon in the sea. "I noticed that I wear this small white bracelet," I want to put it in the ocean for her. "Next, I threw a bracelet. White light and lightning struck the water. I did not make you angry, there are two witnesses, "the cat smiled and said. "And, we are like 'Ice Jemaia!' This is a beautiful, natural moment just happening, it is not expensive, it is a pure and simple ceremony that means meaning - intention - It is important."