Tag: cowrie
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Santeria 803 of the Siphon Thorn Scourge
Lore In the shadowed mangrove fringes and salt-bleached burial groves of Saṃsāra, reincarnated souls carrying lineage memories of Afro-Cuban Santería sought communion with Babalú-Ayé, the revered Orisha of sickness, pestilence, physical suffering, and miraculous physical restoration. Rather than meeting illness as an indiscriminate end, traditional practitioners recognized that physical sickness represents a tangible transfer of…
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Santeria 419 of the River Diviners Pendulum
Lore In the sun-drenched river basins and coastal mangroves of the world of Saṃsāra, reincarnated souls carrying preserved memories of Afro-Cuban Santería sought communion with Oshún, the beloved Orisha of fresh waters, fertility, gold, healing, and divinatory sweetness. Devotees of Oshún on Earth consulted flowing waters, amber beads, river stones, brass implements, and offerings of…
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Santeria 529 of the Crossroads Cowrie
Lore In the centuries following the early influx of displaced souls drawn from the multiverse across purgatory by Gaialilith, certain reincarnated wanderers brought memories of Earth and the syncretic island practices of Cuba. Among these mortal traditions was Santeria, an intricate faith where ancestral veneration, Catholic saint associations, and the ancient orisha spirits of destiny,…