Friday, October 12, 2007

Dealin’ at da Crossroads 3- the internal dimension

The internal Crossroads
It is in fact a double Crossroads
2 Crossroads interact to create a rhythm, a movement
this double Crossroads
Creates
and Becomes
a vehicle
the symbol: a star
the Haitian Voodoo term for this star is Zetwal
Zetwal is the personal Spiritual Energy, the spiritual packet of protection given to an individual
Zetwal, the star, is the vehicle of an individual's destiny
This "destiny vehicle", this Star, is the Light of an individual's Ancestral Essence .
Houngan Max Beauvior has written that Zetwal is the creyol term for what's called Sekpoli by the Fon of Benin.
Sekpoli is a compound word
Se means law in Fon and kpoli means destiny
So it could be said that Zetwal is an individual's personal Law- an individual's personal inborn Lwa
the double Crossroads is where you meet your Ancestral Essence, your Destiny, your Personal Lwa
- what some call the Holy Guardian Angel
Who facilitates this meeting?
the Force that stands in the Center
this Force Is
your God Double- the fragment of God that exists inside you
What is called Chi in Igbo, Ipori in Yoruba, Semedo in Fon, Okra in Twi/Akan, Ngafa in Mende, the Gwo Bon Anj in Creyol, Jivatma in Sanskrit
the Self
the Self - the fragment of God that exists inside you- is what connects the Earthly body with the Star body
the Self, your God Double, is what completes the circuit
Accessing the Energy of your Destiny Vehicle, you personal, inborn Law- through the Power of he fragment of God that exists inside you, your God Double- and manifesting these Powers on the Physical plane
is what is what the A-free-cans mean by fulfilling you Destiny

this
is what snake2G means when he talks of the internal Crossroads
snake 2G calls it Two-Headed Junction aka Crossroads of the Two-Headed Man

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Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Dealin' at da Crossroads 2

peace

When you're dealin' with a teacher whose Power is the Holy Spectrum
the learning process is an exchange. An exchange of Energy- as you attune the Energies of the Spectrum you absorb the Energies of the Spectrum and the Energies of the Spectrum absorb you. I overstand this exchange as an expression of the Igbo saying "Uwa bu afia"- "the world is a marketplace". This exchange at the marketplace is the "deal" with the Teacher, the mythical "sale" .

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Monday, October 01, 2007

Dealin' at da Crossroads

It's time for me to dip my toe into the subject of the Crossroads... which is probably the ultimate "you milage may vary" subject in Hoodoo/ Rootwork.
Perhaps the archetypal myth of Hoodoo is the "bluesman (Robert Johnson being the mythical example) goes the Crossroads to be able to play the blues" one. The closest I'll get to the "pop" version of this myth is saying that the bluesman "makes an exchange" with a negative (as in minus (-) as opposed to plus(+) ) power or entity for his blues-playing ability.

A major question of people who haven't contacted this Power or Entity and, arguably, the major question of Hoodoo "lurkers" and novices is "Who or What Is this Entity/Energy?" I've spent alot of time on this question myself. I asked a lot of questions and expended alot of energy trying to get my head around what this entity was so I could "absorb" it. But of course it doesn't work that way. The Energy had to absorb me- get "possessive" as Mama Djenra put it - for me to "get it".
In fact for me it was and is a multi-stage/mutli-faceted process... dealin'... at the Crossroads.
I share my interpretations of parts of the process that are public knowledge to hopefully aid some others who may be seeking insight into the African-American conception of the Crossroads.
I have to say I speak as a non-Iniatate of ATR's and as someone who doesn't work "Voodoo". Those who have an Ellegua or Lucero. or work with Papa Legba will have a different angle into this. I'm speaking from my overstanding as my Ancestors, Guides and Mentors have taught me.

Eye N I knowledge:
The African-American Crossroads Entity is a TEACHER.
In fact it is proper to say that the African-American Crossroads Entity is a GURU.
He is a Guru whose Power is , as was so beautifully put here , the Power of the Holy Spectrum.
AND He has ALL the Powers a Guru of his caliber would have.
That's really all you need to know about him.

How those Powers man-I-fest is a question of your own Personal Power Pack.

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