Crystals And You...The Rocks Of All Ages

On May 5, 2000, the 1st edition of Rocks of Ages was released. A unique work slightly ahead of its time, Rocks of Ages: Ancient Technologies for the New Millennium was an African-centered, multi-disciplinary look at crystals and sacred stones. Exploring the traditions of the Nile Valley, west African spiritual expressions, and other indigenous uses of the mineral kingdom, Rocks of Ages provided modern visions for empowering oneself with crystal technology. Those familiar with the 1st Rocks of Ages are aware that the title is a play on words evoking the spiritual stability of the song Rock of Ages while surveying the use of crystals and sacred stones throughout the ages. Anu edition builds on this, but carries it a little further by exploring the nature and structure of time itself the Ages. According to ancestral traditions and cultural cosmology, what time is it? How can we align ourselves with the flow of space-time now? Rocks of Ages: Anu Edition addresses these important questions. It is Anu Edition for Anu Age... Rocks of Ages: Anu Edition chronicles the legacy of the Anu. These primordial humans, the first ancestors of African humanity, were anything but primitive. On the contrary, these were the original pyramid builders, scribes, sages, agriculturalist, and engineers of antiquity. The Anu left an enormous legacy, much of it prophesying and pointing to significant events unfolding in these times we are experiencing now. Anu Edition explores the history, mystery, and prophecy of Africa s primordial ancestors and reveals the powerful truths culminating in Anu age dawning. Like the original Rocks of Ages, this Anu edition is designed to be a key to survival. However, unlike the 1st edition, which was slightly ahead of its time, Rocks of Ages: Anu Edition is right on time!

Sister Mother Dr. Maya Angelou..In Her Own Words...

Sister Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928, in St. Louis, Missouri, under the name Marguerite Annie Johnson, and was raised in Stamps, Arkansas, and San Francisco, after her parents sent her off to live with her grandmother in California when she was fresh with a white store clerk in Arkansas, the Associated Press reported. She grew up to become a singer, dancer, actress, writer and Hollywood's first female black director. Angelou had an impressive list of accolades: She was a three-time Grammy winner and was nominated for a Pulitzer, a Tony, and an Emmy for her role in the 1977 groundbreaking television mini-series "Roots." But her success didn't come easily. Angelou's life struggles were fodder for her work. A few weeks after she finished high school, at 17, she gave birth to her son, Guy. A single mother, she supported her son by working as a waitress and a cook, but music, dance, and poetry were her true passions. Her first big break came as a singer in the 1950s, when she toured Europe with a production of the opera "Porgy and Bess." In 1957, she recorded her first album, "Calypso Lady." In 1960, she moved to Cairo, where she edited an English-language weekly newspaper. The following year, she went to Ghana to teach music and drama. It was in Ghana that she met Malcolm X, coming back to the U.S. in 1964 with him to help him build his new coalition, the Organization of African American Unity. It was in 1970 that she published "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," a painful tale of growing up in Jim Crow South, which is now on children's reading lists in schools across the country (along with sometimes being censored for its raw account of rape and teen pregnancy). "If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat. It is an unnecessary insult," she wrote. "'I thought that it was a mild book. There's no profanity," Angelou once told the AP. "It speaks about surviving, and it really doesn't make ogres of many people. I was shocked to find there were people who really wanted it banned, and I still believe people who are against the book have never read the book." Between Angelou's fiction, non-fiction, and published verse, she amassed more than 30 bestselling titles. Angelou was also a trailblazer in film. She wrote the screenplay and composed the score for the 1972 film "Georgia," and the script, the first-ever by an African-American woman to be filmed, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. In more recent years, it was her interactions with presidents that made headlines. In 1993, she wowed the world when her reading of her poem "On the Pulse of the Morning" was broadcast live globally from former President Bill Clinton's first inauguration. She stayed so close with the Clintons that in 2008, she supported Hillary Clinton's candidacy over Barack Obama's. She also counted Nelson Mandela and the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., as friends, and served as a mentor to Oprah Winfrey when Winfrey was starting out as a local TV reporter. When she was in her 20s, Angelou met Billie Holiday, who told her: "You're going to be famous. But it won't be for singing." Angelou read another poem, "Amazing Peace," for former President George W. Bush at the 2005 Christmas tree-lighting ceremony at the White House. In North Carolina, Angelou lived in an 18-room house and taught American Studies at Wake Forest University. 

FREE SPELLS THAT WORK

Free Spells that Work

We are always looking for free spells that work. The internet is filled with spells and rituals for almost anything you could imagine wanting to do but, the challenge is determining how effective the spells actually are. Where did they come from? Were they ever used effectively?
I've come across so many that are clearly more artful poetry than real methods to engage the natural and unseen kingdoms. Some are just regurgitated from old texts and are calling upon energy matrix's that are no longer active or full of power and kinetic energy to actually serve a purpose.
So, to help all of my students and those who desire to align themselves with the wisdom of the Sadulu House Spiritual center I offer a set of rituals and spirit guides for your spiritual growth and transformation.
There is a reason children learn how to spell early on in life. It fashions a mind and feeds into the larger social ritual that is enacted against it's unknowing passive participants.
As you learn to become the spiritual worker you remove yourself from this process and design your own reality based on your spells, incantations, rituals,mental magic, and all of the spiritual gifts granted to you by the divine.
There are many rituals and spells on this site that are all verifiable byme.

A spell is typically something thats perfomed through the aide of incantation and sound vibration. Language sets the tone for our perceptual reality so, when you learn to fashion your language along with natural formulas you can even change the perceptual reality of the Gods!
Once this is done they align with your spell and fulfill that reality that they see.

Here you'll find free spells in various areas  

http://saduluhouse.org/SH/spirit-guides/ritual/free-spells/

THE RISE OF OGUN

Ogun

Ogún is the orisha of iron, tools and weapons. He is a fiercewarrior and protective father.

Ogún (also spelled Oggun, Ogou or Ogum) is a powerful, fierce warrior who defends his people and fights against injustice. Ogun has the intelligence and creativity to invent tools, weapons, and technology. He is the father of civilization in many ways, for it is by his strength that the path from orun (heaven) to ayé (earth) was cleared so that humanity and theorishas could come to earth. It was his tools and labor that cleared away the wilderness to build cities, homes, and roads. He is the cutting edge of the knife and as such is often misunderstood. The knife can be used to kill someone, or to save someone in surgery – such is Ogun’s nature.

Ogun lives in the wilderness and forested areas of the world. He is often found hunting with his best friends Eleggua and Ochosi. Ogun can be a loyal and loving father who works tirelessly at his forge making new inventions, or he can be a blood thirsty warrior that swings machetes and decapitates his enemies. He can also be a skilled surgeon that removes cancer from the body and saves lives. At our church we honor Ogun for his protective nature, and his ability to spark ingenuity in our minds.

It is interesting to note that Ogun is such a prominent orisha that the various levels of his reception mark our initiatory stages in Santeria. When you receive Ogun with the reception of the Warriors, this marks you as anaborisha – worshipper of the orishas. He begins to clear your spiritual path and helps your progress. When you undergo the ceremony of Kariocha, he goes to the person’s head and marks your elevation into priesthood. When Ogun’s diloggun are consecrated (receiving “Caracol de Ogun”) but not fed four legs, this makes Ogun complete and gives that priest the ability tosacrifice animals with his hands. This is a major step toward that olorisha being able to complete ebó on his own. Finally, when anolorisha receives Pinaldo, Ogun is given a four-legged sacrifice and his diloggun are empowered to speak fully. Ogun speaks to the initiate in itá (life reading), and the olorisha is given the authority to use the knife to sacrifice animals. This marks the olorisha’selevation into full self-reliance. He is now an autonomous individual in Santeria and can sacrifice any animal. His orishas have been reinforced in the ceremony of Pinaldo. Just as Ogun clears the way, he marks the major milestones in our religious evolution inSanteria.

Ogun, along with Eleggua, Ochosi and Osun is one of the orishas received during the reception of The Warriors (Guerreros) ininitiation. Every person will receive Ogun if they are to be a priest in Santeria. Ogun’s shrine is an iron cauldron filled with iron implements, tools, his otá and diloggún (Diloggun are received at a later time – it is not typical for any of the orishas received in theWarriors ”Guerreros” to have diloggun at first).

While Ogun did invent the knife, he does not own it. Obatala is the owner of the knife, but Ogun is the one that made the knife for him. Ogun’s piercing energy is vital to animal sacrifice and it is he who takes the life of the animal, not the olorisha. This is reflected in a phrase we state when performing animal sacrifice, “Ogún shoro shoro, eyebale kawo”. Translated from Lucumí, this phrase reads “Ogun speaks loudly, blood sacrifice – observe what the gods have decreed”. Ogun speaking loudly is the act of violence when anything is killed. It is Ogun that takes the life of the sacrifice.

Symbols, Numbers, Colors and Attributes of Ogun

A typical eleke for Ogun is made of green and black beads

Number: 3 and 7

Sacred Place in Nature: In the wilderness, forests, the train tracks

Colors: Green and black

Tools: Hammer, anvil, machete, hoe, shovel, pick, pike, rake, all tools

Temperament: Hard-working, inventive, brooding, prone to anger

Syncretized Catholic Saint: Saint Peter

Ogun’s Caminos (Avatars or “Roads”)

Ogun was one of the most widely worshipped orishas amongst the Yoruba people and neighboring tribes. Consequently, he has many caminos or “roads”. Each road has a slightly different temperament and is found in a different place in nature. Here is but a sampling of his caminos.

Ogún Onilé - This path of Ogun establishes himself as the king of new lands and is a benevolent chief
Ogún Shibirikí (Chibiriquí) – The assassin who creates his own weapons and is driven by blood lust
Ogún Meji – A dual-natured path of Ogun that is both benevolent and loving to his children but then violent and merciless against his enemies
Ogún Kobu Kobu – The foreman who drives his workers with a whip
Ogún Alagbede – The blacksmith who crafts tools and weapons tirelessly at his forge

Offerings for Ogun

Ogun has a big appetite and will eat almost anything. He enjoys plantains, smoked fish, jutía, pomegranates, grapes, watermelons, cigars, rum, gin, bananas, he-goat, rooster, and pigeons. Below are some recipes for addimús you can prepare for Ogún.

Fried Plantains for Ogún (Tostones)

Ogún loves green plantains and there is no tastier way to prepare them than to fry them up as tostones. Get yourself three green plantains. Cut them into 1.5 inch tall cylinders. Pour about half an inch of corn oil into a skillet and bring it up to medium heat. Once the oil is hot, gently place the plantains into the corn oil and allow them to fry until they are lightly brown on all side. Remove the plantains from the oil with a slotted metal spatula and place them on a piece of brown paper bag. Fold the brown paper bag over the plantain and squash the plantain down into the shape of a coin or disk about half an inch in thickness. Turn up the heat on the oil to high and once the oil has reach the right temperature return the squashed plantains to the oil. This time fry them up until they are golden brown. Once they are done remove them from the oil and allow them to drain on paper towels to remove any excess oil. Salt the tostones to taste. Place the tostones on a plate and put a dab of palm oil on the top of each of the tostones. Place a woven mat (estera) on the ground, place Ogún’s cauldron on the mat, and place the plate of tostones next to him as an offering. Leave the offering in place as determined by divination. When the right time to remove the offering has come, dispose of the offering either in the wilderness or near a train track as determined through divination.

Rum-Soaked Watermelon for Ogún

Here is a great addimú for Ogún and it’s easy for those of you that have trouble cooking. Get a large watermelon with seeds. Cut it open and shop the red flesh into 1.5 inch cubes. Place these in a large bowl. Drizzle a generous amount of rum over the watermelon and give them a good toss so that all of the pieces are covered with rum. Allow the watermelon to sit for about 15 minutes then add a bit more rum and give it another good toss. Pick up the pieces of watermelon with a slotted spoon and place them in a serving dish. To present this to Ogun, place him on a woven grass mat (estera) on the ground and place the bowl of drunk watermelon next to him. It’s a great way to cool and placate Ogún and gain his favor. Remove the addimu when divination indicated to remove it and dispose of the watermelon either in the wilderness or near a train track as dictated through divination.