The Miami Art Museum will be exhibiting Jose Bedía’s “Transcultural Pilgrim” from Thursday, May 24 through Sunday, September 2, 2012. For more information please visit: http://www.miamiartmuseum.org/exhibition_jose-bedia-transcultural-pilgrim.asp
Tata Nganga Oscar Guerrero to make guest appearances on KDCL Media Internet Radio
Tata Nganga Oscar Guerrero will be making guest appearances on KDCL’s show “Candelo’s Corner” Monday nights from 8pm – 10pm. The show is hosted by Tata Candelo Kimbisa and is oftentimes accompanied by guests that are Tatas and Yayas from […]
Is Palo Black Magic?
Black magic has traditionally referred to the use of supernatural powers for evil and selfish purposes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_magic). This definition alone places Palo in direct opposition with “Black Magic.” Palo’s primary purpose is to cure “illness.” It is important to note […]
Wiccans and Palo
Recently I have had numerous Wiccans contact me asking for additional information in regards to becoming initiated in Palo. As I mentioned in a previous article the practitioners that make up Palo are no longer made up of the same […]
Oscar Guerrero, Tata Nganga to make guest appearance on Yeyefini’s “Honoring Your Ancestors” Workshop
Oscar Guerrero, Tata Nganga, will be making a guest appearance on Yeyefini Efunbolade’s workshop entitled “Honoring Your Ancestral Spirits” this coming Sunday April 15th 3:00 – 5:00 pm. He will be speaking specifically about our relationship with spirits as Palo […]
Soy Tata Nganga – I Am Tata Nganga screening at the 13th Havana Film Festival in New York
I Am Tata Nganga will be shown at Quad Cinema on Wednesday, April 18th, 2012 at 3:00pm as part of the 13th Havana Film Festival New York. Having had an opportunity to see the documentary I highly recommend it to […]
An Introduction to Bantú Cosmology and the Rites of Palo
Eleda.Org Seminars Announces its Upcoming Class: An Introduction to Bantú Cosmology and the Rites of Palo By Tata Nganga Oscar Guerrero An important and groundbreaking course on the most often misunderstood of the Afro-Cuban religions Beginning: Thursday, May 10, 2010 Time: 7:30 […]
Palo Mayombe: The Garden of Blood and Bones A BOOK REVIEW
The world has been waiting for a well written concise book about Palo in English for quite some time now. I was completely unaware that this book existed up until not too long ago. I believe this is because the […]
Can children be initiated into Palo?
I was made aware of a recent incident in the Atlanta, Georgia area earlier today that has made headlines in the local and national news. The incident has been reported as an investigation of a 4 year old girl with […]
Palo Brakamundo: A Book Review
I received my copy of Palo Brakamundo by Carlos Alberto Rojas Calderon and approached it with caution. I asked myself, will this be another one of those typical tratados that are nothing more than copies of notebooks which have been […]