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To: alt.religion.orisha,alt.religion.voodoo From: catherine yronwodeSubject: Re: Island of Salvation Botanica in New Orleans Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 05:41:35 GMT Tribble wrote: > > seanwill@eudoramail.com (Sean Williams) wrote: > > there is no "Proper" way to care for "carga-less" Elegua. > > You may as well put a canteloupe behind your door and care for > > it, the results would be the same!!!! > > I would add that I had a similar experience at the Island of > Salvation Botanica. For the record, I have bought many, many things > there including beautiful hand painted candles, sequinned flags & > bottles & kwakwa, etc. I have been pleased with them all. > > However on one occassion I went in asking for a statue of Legba. > Sallie informed me that she did not have one in stock but that I > could put an Ellegua head on my altar - That Legba and Ellegua were > similar enough. She then proceeded to tell me how to care for it by > feeding it rum, candy, blowing cigar smoke on it, etc. She went > further to say that it needed washed every Monday and if I forgot it > could do "bad things" to me. This is sad. It is really not necessary to polay the "spooky-scary" game with customers, but so many people do. The fact that the Ellegua was empty makes it even stranger, i guess. Is she dealing in pop psychology or religious goods? > Okay, I have no problem with New Orleans Voodoo. I have argued in > the past that there is no precedent for mixing Lwa with Orisha on > altars or in service beyond the 1970's in New Orleans. Some Voodoo > practitioners have stated or inferred that there is some long > standing tradition of doing so which goes back to 1804. This is > ridiculous nonsense and I will continue to refute it. And THANK YOU for that! > I also believe a smart botanica operator (these days) will cater to > members of all religious systems and esoteric practices. I see no > problem selling Vodou objects next to Ocha, Hoodoo, Wiccan and > Christian items. I too sell such a mixture in my store (well, in my case, not many Wicca items, but a mix of Christian, hoodoo, Buddhist, Taoist, Jewish, animist, Hindu, ceremonial magic, etc.) -- and nobody seems to mind. It is a good way to reach out to a large enough customer-base to support an occult store. But i do not pose as an expert in religions; i also try to speak factually rather than glamourize objects. > But! Don't tell someone to put an empty Ellegua > head on there Vodou altar. Selling empty Ellegua heads is > pushing it as it is. Yes it is -- which is why i do not sell Santeria materials in my store. I tell people that the best place to get these items in from WITHIN the religion. If they want certain herbs or minerals, i have them, of course, but i do not try to take the place of the clergy in a religion which is not my own. Thanks for a good, decent post. cat yronwode Hoodoo in Theory and Practice -- http://www.luckymojo.com/hoodoo.html
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