Lilith Dorsey is also a Voodoo Priestess and in that capacity has been doing successful magick since 1991 for patrons, is editor/publisher of Oshun-African Magickal Quarterly, filmmaker of the experimental documentary Bodies of Water :Voodoo Identity and Tranceformation,’ and choreographer/performer for jazz legend Dr. Their traditional education focused on Plant Science, Anthropology, and Film at the University of R.I, New York University, and the University of London, and their magickal training includes numerous initiations in Santeria also known as Lucumi, Haitian Vodoun, and New Orleans Voodoo. Lilith Dorsey M.A., hails from many magickal traditions, including Afro-Caribbean, Celtic, and Indigenous American spirituality. I guess the lesson there was always be prepared for both change and opportunity – good advice for those of any age. I thought one of my strapping young godsons would catch the blessed animal as I yelled out the words “ hey snake, hurray! Grab it !” Little did I know that both these grown men had a fear of snakes, and by the time I had transferred my boxes to try and grab it myself, the animal had eluded us. Just then a small garter snake crossed out path. I was lamenting that we did not have a snake and did not have the means to obtain one because I had traveled by train to the event. One time that stands out in my memory, two of my godsons and I were carry altar items to set up for our ritual at a pagan festival in rural New England.
They met, and intertwined again in the New World bringing the joy and beauty of their majesty.In my post Rainbow Goddess Aida Wedo I describe that“ Offerings to her include white eggs painted with the colors of the rainbow, flour, rice, cream, white snake sheds, and snake vertebrae.” Luckily for me every time I have performed a Damballa and Aida Wedo ritual a snake has manifested and allowed itself to make it’s energy Veve Drawing for Damballa and Aida Wedo, image by Lilith Dorsey, all rights reserved. Both took their surname from Ouidah, the center of. Damballah-Wedo is strongly associated with the ancestors, and he and his companion Ayida-Wedo are the oldest and wisest of the loa. As a source of life, he is also strongly associated with water and the rain. Aida traveled across the sky as wearing the crown of the rainbow. Damballah Wedo was the serpent of Earth, and Ayida Wedo became his primary wife, the rainbow serpent. Damballah-Wedo is associated with creation and is viewed as a loving father to the world. Damballa made the trip beneath the seas, the realm of the ancestors and deep wisdom. The serpents made the journey to the new world. War and strife made the possibility and the push of a new land a necessity. There came a time when that was no longer possible. They were lovers, intertwined souls, who danced their magick on the continent of Africa. In a time before time there were two serpents- a male and a female. For many devotees the Loa Damballa Wedo and Aida Wedo are the father and mother of the Vodou, or Voodoo, religion. Sacred stories traverse boundaries and limitations, and this story of two divine snakes is no exception. All rights reserved.Įven people who know very little about Haitian Vodou, seem to know the tale of the serpent and the rainbow. Damballa and Aida Wedo Veve, photo by Lilith Dorsey.
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