#Umbanda

[amarumbandista]

Os orixás não farão nada por você. Eles proverão as energias necessárias para você mesmo executar seu destino. O axé é deles, mas a jornada é sua.

[antropofagis]

[woundedsaint]

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Atotô, Obaluaê!

[divinum-pacis]

February 3, 2025: Montevideo, Uruguay Worshippers offer tribute to Iemanjá, the sea goddess of the Umbanda religion Photograph: Eitan Abramovich/AFP/Getty Images

[lyrhed]

[brujajira]

Quem não lhe conhece, vai lhe conhecer

Ela é Maria Mulambo, com muito prazer

[cheiadagraca]

Oxóssi, pai de todas as matas, da fauna e da flora.

Proteja-me de tudo que me atrasa, de tudo que me deixa pra baixo.

Oxóssi, que o Senhor junto do seu arco e da sua flecha possa me proteger de todas as energias ruins.

Dê-me sabedoria para lidar com os meus problemas e abra os meus caminhos para que eles prosperem.

Oxóssi, grande mestre no plano espiritual.

Dê a mim a mesma calmaria e determinação que você, para que assim eu consiga agir.

Oxóssi, Oxóssi, Oxóssi.

Que eu consiga alcançar meus objetivos. Okê Arô, Okê Arô, Okê Arô!!!

[sarava]

O deus da guerra é metalúrgico. Não por coincidência.

#ogum #ogunhê #matrizafricana #orixá #orixás #axé #saravá #candomblé #umbanda #batuque #macumba #catimbó #povodeterreiro

[laismoura-art]

Ok so...

Twice now i’ve seen people approach @elsa-fogen about a take that is “Alastor is in hell because of Voodoo” (the latest one basically saying he is in hell solemnly because of Voodoo”) and I can’t help but feel there’s reeks of religious intolerance from his take (even if it’s not intentional) cause let’s not forget, Voodoo is a religion (main one in places such as Haiti and Gana), and it’s often stigmatised and viewed through the wrong light. So you all can understand how a take like this could rub someone the wrong way and be deemed as religious intolerance.

But as I know this fandom is PAINFULLY stubborn and probably will want to keep exploring this take even if it makes some people uncomfortable (take the people who refuse to acknowledge Alastor as aro and the people who refuse to stop calling Alastor a wendigo for instance) I would like to offer an alternative take: 

See, I’m not from Voodoo and it’s not that big of a religion here in Brazil, however, we do have two other religions here that are similar/derivatives from Voodoo (Candomblé and Umbanda) and face similar prejudices, so I’m making this based mostly on these two but know that it also applies to Voodoo. 

In Umbanda, we have a higher god, the Orixás (entities that provide guidance and protection) and we have spirits, these spirits divide in different groups and offer advices and guidance to all types of people, there are spirits that look after women, children, grieving parents and even the lost (such as drug addicts).

But as we have good spirits, we also have bad ones. they are popularly known as “espiritos de porco” (pig spirits) who are usually mischievous and even ill intended spirits that might loom over you if they feel a bad energy coming from you or if you are spiritually unprotected and they will start to cause you misfortune and even make you feel weak and sick.

Some ill-intended people use these bad spirits against people they want to harm, the bad spirits may guide them in performing a ritual or maybe the spirit will loom on this targeted person. 

It’s (partly) due to people like this that these religions have such bad reputation, but these people basically perform their religion in a corrupted way! Umbanda is a religion that connects you with nature and guides you spiritually, it’s deeply connected with healing practises (mentally, physically and spiritually), but as I said, like EVERY other religion, it can be corrupted and used to harm.

I think the best use of “corrupt vs proper use of religion” I’ve seen comes from Disney's The Princess and the Frog. People usually remember Dr Facilier better, who used Voodoo against his enemies and to harvest power (much like a certain deer man we all know and love) but we also had Mama Odie (which is a real figure in voodoo, mind you. Also present in Umbanda, a Mama Odie is sort of a priestess of the religion) notice how she is a much more accurate representation of the religion, she lives in contact with nature, she performs her rituals and prayers in the wide while dancing with a very positive energy around, and she wears white (which is the most recommended colour to wear during rituals, as it’s a neutral colour and pleases all Orixás). 

So as you can see, there’s good voodoo practicants and bad ones, and in the end it’s all about how you use your religion, if you use it as you were taught, with pure intentions, seeking guidance and protection of good spirits and Orixás, or in a corrupt way, surrounding yourself with bad spirits and helping them spread their bad energy. 

So what I am hoping with all this is is that people put a stop to “Alastor is evil because he uses Voodoo” and adopt the “Alastor is evil because he does malpractice of Voodoo” which is a much more accurate to reality and respectful take. 

I’d even like to offer a headcanon of my own: 

That Alastor's mom was from Voodoo (maybe even was a Mama Odie herself) and taught Alastor all she knew and he corrupted her teachings and started using them for evil (perhaps even to aid him in his killing) and THAT, that corruption, was what sent him to hell, and true redemption for him would not to give up his powers/forsake his religion but actually to go back to his roots and use his powers for good (perhaps in a way that he ends up healing/saving someone (hopefully Charlie or Rosie)👀

[lonelyspelltoconjureyou]

Yemaya by Kypris Aquarelas

[yearningforunity]

From the series Encantado

Photo: Ricardo Teles

[amarumbandista]

corpo é ritual,

amar é oferenda,

dança é oração

e se emocionar é feitiço sincero.

A X É

[antropofagis]

[cantinhodamorenasilviah]

[yourlocalnymph]

Is there any groupchat or community about witchcraft here?