ORIXÁS SONGBOOK

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Over the past several years I have been translating a song cycle for the Orixás, the great pantheon of Afro-Brazilian deities that embody the forces of nature. Born in Brazil from the meeting of African archetypes, indigenous cosmologies and Judeo-Christian beliefs, these invocations are also portals that can open a doorway of reconnection to the all the spirits of creation: the rivers, mountains, forests, oceans, wind, fire, rocks sun, moon and stars. Unfolding in beautiful pools of prayer and celebration, these songs are part of a river of folk music that have guided my own path of both activism and devotion.
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Oxalá is the 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.
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.