tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171581777029910962.post800081393930205977..comments2023-02-05T18:55:00.656-08:00Comments on The Voodoo Hoodoo Spellbook: The Ancestral AltarUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171581777029910962.post-62721886684372469902013-01-22T21:52:56.917-08:002013-01-22T21:52:56.917-08:00In the Cuban version of Vodoun (Santeria) our Bobe...In the Cuban version of Vodoun (Santeria) our Bobedas (Altars of the Dead) are offered to the Siete Potencias Africanas (Seven African Powers) by placing 7 Wine glasses of water with either 7 pictures of dead loved ones or just 4 with pictures and the remaining three without pictures.<br /><br />BUT the most important aspect is the Piedra de Alumbre (literally 'rock of illumination') a stone that desolves in water which feeds the ancestors.<br /><br />Problem is those dissolve fast. So any stone that will give light to the dead will work. I personally like to use either Quartz or Moon Stone.<br /><br />Moon Stone makes me think of Grave yards and Crossroads for some reason. You may like that one.<br /><br />Since my family is fanatically Christian I hide mine in plain site in the form of an Aquarium to Yemaya and St. Sarah.<br /><br />Jose Pradohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18106278785520710874noreply@blogger.com