Too often I hear the words ’well I work with fire spirits, what did you expect!?’ after someone has chosen to react in a manner..
Comparing Pomba Gira to another spirit to help you make sense of her or syncretising her is foolish. There is nothing more frustrating than someone..
A question I get asked regularly from people walking many different paths is: ‘Why don’t the Spirits stop them? Why didn’t they tell me?’ You..
I love the way they work… The full moon in Scorpio had just occurred and here in Spain that meant it was early afternoon. I..
A lot of us find Quimbanda independently. Exu and Pomba Gira steer you towards them like adults shepherding school kids on a field trip; a..
(Image: 13th-century mosaics adorning the Baptistry of Florence, Italy. Photo by Paul Williams) No. Absolutely not. Quimbanda came into being during the slave trade..
Living a nomadic life is exceptionally freeing but it has it’s disadvantages; especially with some of my spiritual practices. I am fortunate enough to have..
Every Quimbandeiro you speak to has a different description of Exu. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the cult of Quimbanda, Exu is..
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