Offerings for Obatala 2026 https://baalat.org/2026/01/offerings-for-obatala-2026/ On January 15, 2026, Ile Baalat Teva held our annual offerings for Obatala, King of the White Cloth. It was a beautiful event. Many thanks to Zev for hosting, and to B. for organizing the ceremony. Continue reading
2026/01/04 16:39
Yemaya Day 2025 https://baalat.org/2025/12/yemaya-day-2025/ On December 31, 2025, Ile Baalat Teva gathered for the annual Yemaya Day celebration and offerings. We hope you had a good year and have many more. Continue reading
Shango Offerings 2025 https://baalat.org/2025/09/shango-offerings-2025/ On the 18th of September, 2025, Ile Baalat Teva held our annual offerings to Shango, the Orisha of fire and lightning. Continue reading
2025/11/04 23:39
Oya Offerings 2025 https://baalat.org/2025/10/oya-offerings-2025/ On October 23, 2025, Ile Baalat Teva gathered and gave offerings to Oya, the Orisha of storms and thunder. Continue reading
Yule and Ancestors Week 2025 https://baalat.org/2025/01/yule-and-ancestors-week-2025/ Due to some misfortunes, this season’s Yule was late but great. It was scheduled during Ancestors Week, so the spirit of combined celebration and reverence held firm. Our ile has members of many and mixed backgrounds, so in honoring our Ancestors, we hail the Nordic ones and deities too. Special… Continue reading
2025/01/02 13:09
Oh cool. Apparently now when my blog shares to Mastodon the title and an excerpt is posted too. This is probably old news, but it's new to me, and I am grateful to the plugin developers. Check out the new post layout: @nicole
Happy solar New Year to all who observe! I also hope all who observe the African diaspora systems had a wonderful Yemaya ebbo and have a thoughtful Ancestors week. Blessings and Ashe!
Hey, just letting everybody know that I'm still around. I've been going through some changes and updating my web stuff. Some sites are gone, but I think I'm running things more efficiently now.
Okay, I'm about to get suddenly really personal here, but I have to ask because this is confusing the heck out of me. I started getting treated for my PTSD, and was put on anti depressants and anti anxiety meds. It seemed to help for awhile, but after 3 months, things have become exponentially worse. It's like every bad memory I'd managed to assimilate and make peace with is coming back to the front. Is this normal?
2023/10/07 16:36
Hey everyone 🙂 I'm alive. Most of the activity is in the center and south so far. I'm in the north in Haifa. There was a rocket hit about a block away from some of my loved ones though. Once again, we are the meat in the politicians' grinding machine.
Funny sidenote and coming up for a little air from the work cave since I'm shifting, my mom has now also reached the yarn and pegboard phase about the Jesus vs. Yeshua thing. It's hilarious!
Today I learned that I have #kyphoscoliosis I've been having back pain for the past couple of months for the first time in my life. Not sure, but I think the bit of sadness and grief after the whole Efe coming out as a believer in Alex Jones's Gay frogs nonsense led to an inflammatory episode. So stuff that wasn't as big a problem before developed. Lesson: don't let anyone get deep enough to knock me off my square until after thorough vetting for potential normie weakness.
2023/05/23 07:29
I think I've reached the red yarn pegboard phase with my family. They think I'm overreacting to the coming tsunami of crap that is on the internet horizon. They don't quite get how the algorithms make you think you're being seen but ignored by tailoring feeds in a way that you and frequent followers can find you but anyone coming from outside that circle can't. BTW is there an aware Yeshua following or Gnostic PeerTube out there? #YouTube#PeerTube#Algorithm#ChannelBurial#Yeshua
