Yemanjá is the mother of us all -  the part of the ocean that the sunlight penetrates. The ocean of our emotions, our womb, Queen of the Mermaids, the Siren, crescent moon crown, pearls falling from her hands. Majestic, beautiful mother of comfort and warm embrace. That is her energy, her axé force of life expressed in the sea foam, silver moonlight and rocking of the waves. Odoce Yaba Minha Mãe!!!

Oxum is the golden queen of princesses, intoxicating honey of abundance and yellow perfumed flowers.  The spark, the water of life. Her lily flower springs from the still waters, growing from the bottom mud of creation.  Oxum carries the energy of the sweet water and the waterfall.  Force of love and abundance.  Gold and Honey, beauty and sweetness.  all around.  Ora iê iêu Mamãe Oxum!!! 

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Oxalá is the father. Our Father. Force of the sun, the clear light of love, a white mantle of faith. It is "he who gave to us the moon, which lights up all Umbanda and the Orixás". Creator of humans from the clay of the Earth, creator of the moon and the whole world.

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Yansã comes with her winds to clear and clean and announce a new day of peace, love and happiness.  Beautiful, powerful golden haired warrior queen of the lightning and storms, blowing through, scouring and sometimes destroying to make way for the new. Always in the service of life, of bringing forth the change that is needed. 

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Jurema is the queen of the forest. She is the huntress, a spirit that was born into the pantheon of the Orixás from the soil of Brazil. She is the spirit of the Amazon. The jungle. The mystery of the leaves that heal and the arrows that can kill.  Jurema is her own warrior queen forest entity, of breathtaking power and beauty.

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Pomba Gira is the feminine aspect of Exu, in the line of the Povo da Rua, or People of the Street.  Exu is Guardian of the night and the liminal places in-between. The crossroads. The boundaries. Guarding the gates to the softest places of the heart. Their colors are black and red and they are the energies of the liminal spaces, the gateways, the crossroads.  Their realm is the full moon nights of the streets and roadways.

Oxumaré is the rainbow serpent of transformation.  He is the one who lives in the rainbow mists of the waterfall, his shining crystal beauty a dazzling kaleidoscope of what is possible. From the storms, winds and thunders, he emerges in the light of the sun – the path of hope in the unity of colors.

Translations of songs by Mestre Raimundo Irineu Serra - founder of the Santo Daime path.  Mestre Irineu's songs always feel like winter holiday songs to me... like Christmas carols of waltzes and marches.  Even though they are from the rain forests of Brazil, for some reason they seem to fit well with snow and sleds and the twinkle of northern icicles.

Oxóssi, comes from the East. He is the hunter. Guardian of the forest. His aim true, swift and elegant. The moonlight as it breaks over the mountains, unveiling a beautiful deep green spirit of protection and faith  So quiet your mind and steady your aim as we walk this path of faith and true protection together in the moonlight. Okê Arô meu Pai Oxóssi!

Ogum is s the force of the new moon. New pathways. General of the battalions of heaven. He rides his white horse, up out of the sea, guarding the perimeter of heaven. His sword slices the air, working in the line of divine LAW and divine ORDERS of right relationship. Hard work. Machinery, open fields, agriculture, metal, fire, forging, alchemical, determined will of manifesting and confronting challenges with his seven swords of protection. 

A collection of translated songs for Smudging -focusing on peace, on harmony, on opening pathways.  Helping to clear any negativity from your mind and your space.