ABOUT II

UPDATE: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2023, 10:22PM: Obviously, this one needs updating, too. Another work in progress. I have a lotta writing to do!

Here is some more about me:

 

 

2. My Primary Pantheon is the Ancient Egyptian Pantheon.  The Goddess Who gave Birth to my Soul Is Auset/Isis, the Egyptian Goddess of Magick, Witchcraft, Psychic Powers, Healing Love and Restorative Love.  Although I honor Ausar/Osiris, Auset’s Divine Consort, I find a closer connection to Tehuti/Thoth, the Egyptian Ibis-Headed God of the Moon, Writing and Wisdom.

3. These days, I listen to more than any other genre of music, Contemporary R & B, Cuban music from the 30s-70s, Dance, Hip-Hop, Rap and anything African.

4. My Secondary Pantheon is the Pantheon of Lukumi (more commonly referred to as Santeria).  I AM not a Santero; I AM an Aleyo, an uninitiated devotee of that Pantheon.  Nonetheless, I have been told that my Mother in this Pantheon is Oshun (I know, big shock!) and my Father in this Pantheon is Shango.

5. I rarely watch motion pictures, but the few times I do, they are usually Dramas, Science Fiction, or anything with a comic book character (especially Marvel).

6. My Tertiary Pantheon is the Pantheon of Vodou.  These days, I have a strong connection with Damballah.  I once had a strong connection to Ezili Freda Dahomey.  However, after reconnecting with my Afro-Cuban heritage, I AM much closer to one of Her Sisters, Ezili Danto.  Incidentally, my late maternal grandmother’s grandmother was a black woman.

7. I AM, in truth, an anti-social man.  I do socialize and there are times when I AM more than happy to do so.  However, there are moments when I feel I need to forget the world exists.  Truly, I find it keeps me sane.

9. Truly, there are too many men walking around that truly need to call me.  Enough said.

10. More than anything else, books and music are oxygen to me.  I still find it bizarre that there have been days when I have neither read a book nor listened to music.  Those days, it is by the Grace of Goddess I AM alive.

11. One of my favorite expressions was said by (the late and great) Eleanor Roosevelt: “Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

12. I have the Soul of a Poet.

13. I AM so very beyond long overdue to go to Paris, France (then again, I AM also so very beyond long overdue to obtain a passport, but I digress).