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“Mending Socks” oil painting by Archibald John Motley Jr. The 1924 painting portrays his paternal grandmother, Emily Sims Motley.

#archibald motley #archibald John motley jr. #ancestors #african American art #oil painting #folk life #elder #grandmother #black grandmother #artwork #canvas #black art #mending socks

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From documentary photographer Norman Mauskopf’s book, “A Time Not Here” (1997)  which covers African American life in the Mississippi Delta.

#norman mauskopf #hoodoo #african american history #mississippi #mississippi delta #bible #folk life #rural life #religion #black spirituality #african spirituality #St. Matthew #book of psalms #book of samuel #ancestors #worship #scripture #ados #southern

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A baptism being held at Moon Lake, Mississippi, 1994. Photography by Norman, Mauskopf

#Hoodoo #baptism #moon lake #mississippi #norman mauskopf #african american history #ados #folk life #southern life #african spirituality #black spirituality #vintage #ancestors #voodoo #religion #african traditional religion #ifa #candomble #lucumi #yoruba

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Mother of Candomble saint holds a basket with popcorn and a statue of Saint George. In Brazil, St. George of the Catholic church represents the orisha Ogum/Ogun. Photography by Alf Ribeiro.

During the slave trade, orishas were syncretized with the Catholic saints in order to hide their original religion. Fruit, alcohol, popcorn, tobacco, and candy are popular offerings.

#candomble #brazil #brasil #umbanda #sao jorge #st george #orishas #orixas #popcorn #african spirituality #african traditional religion #hoodoo #voodoo #ifa #lucumi #ancestors #catholic saints

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78-year-old Erdangela Polonio, a Garifuna woman of Belize right after prayer.  Photography by Victor Block

The Garifuna are descendants of the Arawakan people and enslaved Africans on the Central American coast in countries such as Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, and Nicaragua . Their spirituality consists of ancestral worship along with a mix of African, Arawakan and catholic beliefs.

#Garifuna #central american #altar #ancestors #arawakan #indigenous caribbean #african spirituality #hoodoo #belize #voodoo #central america #ifa #lucumi #candomble #boveda #religion #spirituality #caribbean indians

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A woman in Washington, North Carolina  looking to her religious altar. By Danish photographer Jacob Holdt, from his “American Pictures” (1997) series.

#jacob holdt #hoodoo #african american #ados #folk life #deep south #vintage #ancestors #altar #southern life #african spirituality #black spirituality

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“Nell” by Danish Photographer, Jacob Holdt as a part of his series, “Not Born in the USA – A Vagabond’s Views” (1986)

#jacob holdt #rural south #folk life #deep south #elder #broomstick #african american history #ados #hoodoo #grandma #grandmother #shack #southern life #vintage #sharecropper #ancestors

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The Georgia Sea Island Singers performing at the Poor People's March, Washington, D.C., 1968. Diana Davies Photograph Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

The Poor People’s March on Washington of 1968 was organized by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and demanded economic justice and human rights for poor Americans of diverse backgrounds. 

#georgia sea island singers #gullah #geechee #gullahgeech #martin luther king jr #march on washington #poor peaples march #african american history #ados #ancestors #georgia #singers #american folk music #civil rights

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Gullah-Geechhee gospel singer, Bessie Jones of the Georgia Sea Island Singers. St. Simons Island, Georgia. Photography by Paul Conklin.

#gullah #geechee #gullahgeech #african american history #gospel #georgia sea island singers #st simons island #ados #african spirituality #folk singer #american folk music #negro spirituals #hoodoo #ancestors #georgia

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Reading the Bible in the "storefront" Baptist Church, Chicago, Illinois. 1930′s. Photography by Russel Lee  

#Russel lee #vintage #baptist #reading #bible #hoodoo #elderly #african spirituality #psalms #bible magic #african traditional religions #african traditional religion #ados #chicago #black history #conjure #ifa #voodoo #yoruba #lucumi #candomble #african american

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Photographer Roberto Chile

#Roberto chile #cubano #cuba #afro cuban #afro cubana #afro cubano #ancestors #hoodoo #boveda #spiritual altar #blessing #boveda espiritual #ancestor altar #espiritismo #santeria #candoble #voodoo #ifa #lucumi #african traditional religions #african traditional religion #african spirituality #prayer #elderly #candle magic

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I haven’t done anything spiritual or taken care of my ancestor altar including laying any offerings this past month of December so that I could induce within me a spiritual death and rebirth. It worked. For years now, I have been working with my ancestors so I can properly build the foundation to a solid spiritual court. The spiritual rebirth for me was having the revelation that it’s time for me to build the next layer/level of my spiritual court by finding out who it would consist of and coming to terms with where these beings are coming from.

One of the most difficult things that I’ve had to come to terms with within my spiritual journey, was being raised in all white catholic schools. I couldn’t understand why my ADOS parents would sign me up for them when my ADOS grandma told them to raise me Christian meaning the within the “black church”. I dealt with a lot of bullying and racism. The first part of my resentment for Christianity was due to these negative experiences. Yet I can say, that this is where I began to connect to angels and saints. In my spiritual journey, I have also realized that being raised Catholic is a theme repeating from past lives since the occult dates all the way back to ancient Egypt and beyond, and is deeply embedded within the Catholic Church. It all connects for me.

Ancestral work within the context of Hoodoo, and learning religious history on my own helped me to make peace with Christianity so that I could arrive at my revelation. There has been consistent symbolic patterns throughout my life having to do with certain catholic saints and angels/archangels that are to make up the next level of my spiritual court. I never realized just how much I’ve been surrounded by their energies. I won’t name them so I can protect this level within my court, but there are 2 saints and an archangel that I know of so far. Deepening my spiritual connection and communication with these beings is one of my biggest spiritual goals for the new year. I hope that connecting to them will help me not fear my abilities anymore and that I won’t shutdown as much. They will help and work with me as well as work with and for my ancestors.

#hoodoo #ancestors #african traditional religions #african spirituality #santeria #voodoo #ifa #candomble #catholic #catholic witch #catholic saints #ancestral worship #ancestral veneration #past lives #past life #alchemy #occult #ancestor altar #meditation #spiritual court #initiation #conjure #ADOS #archangels #angels #Bible magic

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Cuban Santero by Julio Etchart

#julio Etchart #santero #cuba #cuban #cubano #afro cubano #santeria #hoodoo #ancestors #african spirituality #african traditional religions #african traditional religion #voodoo #orishas #orixas #candomble #lucumi #ifa #lwa

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Priestess of Yemaya/Iemanjá, of Candomblé in Bahia, Brazil by Phyllis Galembo

#Phyllis Galembo #yemaya #yemonja #lemanja #brazil #brasil #bahia #high priestess #orishas #orixas #hoodoo #voodoo #african traditional religions #african traditional religion #Ancestors #lucumi #candomble #santeria #altar

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Foot washing ceremony in Bainbridge, Georgia by Paul Kwilecki

#Paul Kwilecki #bainbridge #georgia #lowcountry #ados #african american #black church #hoodoo #african spirituality #african traditional religions #african traditional religion #black spirituality #ancestors #santeria #candomble #ifa #lucumi #orishas #orixas #lwa #black christian

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Day of Santa Barbara in Bahia, Brazil by Pedro Nuñes via IG: Pedronunesfotographia

#santa barbara #Bahia #brazil #brasil #hoodoo #ancestors #african spirituality #african traditional religions #african traditional religion #candomble #lucumi #palo mayombe #ifa #santeria #orishas #orixas #lwa

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Cristina Garcia Rodero Death-Day. Port au Prince, Haiti. 2001. © Cristina Garcia Rodero | Magnum Photos

#cristina garcia rodero #port au prince #haiti #hatian #voodoo #vodou #vodoun #hoodoo #ancestors #african spirituality #african traditional religions #african traditional religion #santeria #ifa #candomble #lucumi #cross #crossroads #conjure #lwa #orishas #black spirituality