Lucumi, Ocha, Santeria (Subscribe)
Links
Yo Soy Hechicero: I Am a Sorcerer
http://www.hechicero.com/sitemap.html
Behind-the-scenes account of a documentary video about Santeria and Spiritism in New Jersey, focusing on the person of Juan Eduardo Eduardo Núńez, a Cuban refugee who came to the US in the 1980 Mariel boatlift. Bilingual site (English-Spanish) contains material not seen in the film, plus video clips.
The Altar of My Soul
Professor Marta Moreno Vega, founder of the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute, presents the philosophy, practices, clothing, interior designs, and artistic expressions of Santeria, plus information on the Orishas and the publication of Vega's personal memoir.
Santisimo
Website of a New York based Lucumi music and dance troupe, headed by Emilio Barretto, dedicated to the preservation of the Afro-Cuban Santeria religion, includes photo galleries, sound clips, and cd sales.
Orisha
http://www.wemba-music.org/orisha.htm
Descriptions of the Orishas in the Lucumi pantheon, with pages devoted to the Warriors, Obatala, Yemaya, Ochun, Shango and Babaluaye.
Orisa Mailing List
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/orisalist/
Dedicated to spiritual and spirited exchange between students, devotees, and priests of ATR.
Olodumare, "Owner of the Sky"
http://www.angelfire.com/ny2/buddhafarmsnyc/olodumare.html
Yoruba creation story, and other related pages on Lucumi Yoruba orishas.
Lydia Cabrera Papers
http://www.library.miami.edu/umcuban/cabrera/cabrera2.html
Webpages from the Cuban Heritage Digital Collection of the University of Miami containing pictures, field notes and research information on the work of ethnographer Cabrera, who devoted her life to the study of African derived religious worship in Cuba.
Iyawo Experience
http://www.angelfire.com/my/IyawoExperience/
Journal of an initiated priest undergoing his ritual year as a "Iyawo" (Bride) of the Orisha Ochun.
Effectively Communicating with Our Egun
http://www.rootsandrooted.org/?p=44
With the exception of our Ori, no Orisa approaches the level of closeness that we have with our Egun (Ancestors).
Ebo Okokan, Offerings from the Heart
A cultural history of the four major Afro-Cuban religious musical divisions - Yoruba, Abakua, Arara and Kongo drumming, within the pages of Afro-Cuban drum and dance ensemble Ebo Okokán, based in California.
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye
http://www.church-of-the-lukumi.org/
English and Spanish site for Santeria / Lukumi / Orisha/ Regla de Ocha / Yoruba / Cuban religion. CLBA was the first church of its kind in the U.S. and was responsible for the recognition of Santeria as decided by the June 1993 unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye vs. City of Hialeah.
African New World Soap Making Recipes for the Spiritual Bath
http://www.mamiwata.com/soaps.html
Recipes for home-crafting herbal soaps for use in rituals dedicated to the Orishas.
A Structuralist Analysis of Puerto Rican Santeria
http://www.t0.or.at/0ntext/ldsanter.htm
Anthropological analysis by Lily Diaz of Kardekian Spiritualism (La Mesa Blanca), and Santeria as practiced by Puerto Ricans.