Ancestry of Nanã
October 28, 2026There is an idea that runs through many traditions of African origin: nothing begins from nothing. Everything comes from somewhere. Everything is continuity. That is…
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Cosmologies
Texts that foster encounters between orishas, Indigenous peoples, mythologies, and spirituality. A space for reflecting on different ways of understanding the world.
It’s Scorpio season
October 25, 2026At least on the astrological calendar. The period of the sign of Scorpio runs from October 23 to November 21. The sign of Scorpio belongs…
Kitchens of the big houses
October 18, 2026Let’s talk a little about history and food. Between the 16th and 19th centuries, wheat flour was an expensive ingredient in Brazil. Imported from Portugal,…
The meeting of the forests
October 14, 2026There is a moment in Brazilian religious history that tends to receive less attention than it deserves. A moment when different traditions, coming from distinct…
Ancestry is not about religion, but it spills over!
October 11, 2026Whenever I write about Indigenous peoples, African cosmologies, or Celtic traditions, I imagine someone might think this is a blog about religion. Actually, it isn’t.…
The sunflower of three worlds
July 27, 2026The sunflower appears in very different places. In Van Gogh’s painting. In the Queen of Wands of the Rider-Waite Tarot. In the legend of Cabocla…
Oxóssi and Ossaim
July 12, 2026I have already spoken of the forest as a monument a landscape built over thousands of years by the hands of Indigenous peoples. Today I…