<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Mystic Cup]]></title><description><![CDATA[A place to learn about Santeria, the Orishas and African Traditional Religions as well as about Pagan and Neo-Pagan religions. Do right, live right.]]></description><link>https://www.themysticcup.com/tmc-blog-1</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:23:32 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.themysticcup.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The words of Mrs. Beverly Jackson, spiritual advisor, still guide me nearly a decade after her death]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beverly Jackson era una excelente consejera espiritual It was back in 2014 when I met Mrs. Beverly Jackson while looking for botánicas...]]></description><link>https://www.themysticcup.com/post/the-words-of-mrs-beverly-jackson-spiritual-advisor-still-guide-me-nearly-a-decade-after-her-death</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6871c37bb296b7066772b74b</guid><category><![CDATA[Spiritism]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life and Religion]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hoodoo]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2025 02:37:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/add358_87922789f0e640209e584d5df673e024~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_840,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Omimelli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Una década luego de fallecer, las palabras de la consejera espiritual doña Beverly Jackson, aún me hacen bien]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beverly Jackson era una excelente consejera espiritual Fue en el 2014 cuando conocí a doña Beverly Jackson mientras buscaba botánicas en...]]></description><link>https://www.themysticcup.com/post/una-d%C3%A9cada-luego-de-fallecer-las-palabras-de-la-consejera-espiritual-do%C3%B1a-beverly-jackson-a%C3%BAn-me-h</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6871be3fe3d13fcb032d736a</guid><category><![CDATA[Espiritismo]]></category><category><![CDATA[Hoodoo]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vida y Religión]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2025 02:05:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/add358_87922789f0e640209e584d5df673e024~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_840,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Omimelli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Segundas Reflexiones sobre la Labor con Espíritus]]></title><description><![CDATA[Los espítitus de gitanos con frencuencia forman parte de cuadros espirituales El interés en los espíritus, los fantasmas, el espiritismo...]]></description><link>https://www.themysticcup.com/post/segundas-reflexiones-sobre-la-labor-con-esp%C3%ADritus</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6871b531ac041791c788efc9</guid><category><![CDATA[Espiritismo]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2025 01:17:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/add358_01060d8740074f2eaa1ea20e746a40d3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Omimelli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Second Thoughts on working with Spirits]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gypsy Spirits are often Spirt Guides  Interest in spirits, ghosts, Spiritism and spiritualism has been on the upswing the past decade or...]]></description><link>https://www.themysticcup.com/post/second-thoughts-on-working-with-spirits</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6871b0b1103fa3a1d01819e5</guid><category><![CDATA[Spiritism]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2025 01:01:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/add358_01060d8740074f2eaa1ea20e746a40d3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Omimelli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imágenes de los Orishas generadas por IA crean disonancia cultural, decadencia y falta de respeto.  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cada día mi muro en Facebook está inundado por imágenes que ilustran a los orishas como objetos sexuales. Las cinturas imposiblemente angostas, los hombres con hipermusculosos orishas a fuerza de consumo de proteína a granel, los labios hinchados y pintorreados de colores, y las uñas largas de gatas garduñas. ]]></description><link>https://www.themysticcup.com/post/im%C3%A1genes-de-los-orishas-generadas-por-ia-crean-disonancia-cultural-decadencia-y-falta-de-respeto</link><guid isPermaLink="false">659c800cb55181e46d5cbde2</guid><category><![CDATA[Los Orishas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vida y Religión]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 23:14:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/add358_251dec3db1ee4f8bb44890b526222296~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_843,h_835,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Omimelli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Orisha AI Imagery fostering cultural dissonance, decay, and disrespect ]]></title><description><![CDATA[My voice is the inconvenient stone on the path of cultural irreverence and religious disrespect.  However, some things must be stated in...]]></description><link>https://www.themysticcup.com/post/orisha-ai-imagery-fostering-cultural-dissonance-decay-and-disrespect</link><guid isPermaLink="false">659c4cbbd45fe873cac4bfbf</guid><category><![CDATA[The Orishas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life and Religion]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 22:17:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/add358_251dec3db1ee4f8bb44890b526222296~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_843,h_835,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Omimelli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inspiración artística: Cobertores para Pagugu Egún]]></title><description><![CDATA[El arte sacra es una conversación entre el alma de un artista y lo divino. Muchas de las cosas que creo para los orishas, en este caso...]]></description><link>https://www.themysticcup.com/post/inspiraci%C3%B3n-art%C3%ADstica-cobertores-para-pagugu-eg%C3%BAn</link><guid isPermaLink="false">648401bad81a989c14925cac</guid><category><![CDATA[Los Orishas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vida y Religión]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2023 04:58:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/add358_fa03ce07ea4b4e63a34b7d88ab38a103~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Omimelli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Egún-inspired Art: Dressing Pagugu Egún]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sacred Art is a conversation between the soul of an artist and the divine. From my point of view, many of the things I create for the...]]></description><link>https://www.themysticcup.com/post/eg%C3%BAn-inspired-art-dressing-pagugu-eg%C3%BAn</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6483e6a2b7a085c3430f4b9b</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jun 2023 04:11:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/add358_fa03ce07ea4b4e63a34b7d88ab38a103~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Omimelli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Padre e hija de Cusseta fallecen en la I-85, cuando los dones espirituales pesan  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Haré esto breve. Hoy mi esposo, mi hijo y yo nos dirigíamos a Columbus, GA, para recibir nuestra segunda vacuna COVID-19. Estaba...]]></description><link>https://www.themysticcup.com/post/padre-e-hija-de-cusseta-fallecen-en-la-i-85-cuando-los-dones-espirituales-pesan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">607feb3bc7dd470041e4fd67</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2021 09:08:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/add358_f671c6e2ea65445a8500926ab2d69e3a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_666,h_444,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Omimelli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cusseta father-daughter killed on I-85 crash when spiritual gifts are no fun]]></title><description><![CDATA[I will make this short. because it is painful. Today my husband, my son, and I were heading to Columbus, GA, to get our second COVID-19...]]></description><link>https://www.themysticcup.com/post/cusseta-father-daughter-killed-on-i-85-crash-hen-spiritual-gifts-are-no-fun</link><guid isPermaLink="false">607fe5611f265c0015331bd7</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2021 08:47:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/add358_f671c6e2ea65445a8500926ab2d69e3a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_666,h_444,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Omimelli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[La creación de un ashó Shangó]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Todo niño nace con el pan debajo del brazo”, es un modismo de la comida española que aprendí de mi abuela. A la abuela Gloria le gustaba...]]></description><link>https://www.themysticcup.com/post/la-creaci%C3%B3n-de-un-ash%C3%B3-shang%C3%B3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">607737371544780015ec0da6</guid><category><![CDATA[Vida y Religión]]></category><category><![CDATA[Los Orishas]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2021 19:12:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/add358_b583d7385fd547639ee5d652c0f37cf4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Omimelli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The making of an ashó Shangó]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Todo niño nace con el pan debajo del brazo,” or “a child is born with a loaf of bread under his arm,” this is a Spanish food idiom I...]]></description><link>https://www.themysticcup.com/post/the-making-of-an-ash%C3%B3-shang%C3%B3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">607732985dbff300157fa133</guid><category><![CDATA[The Orishas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Life and Religion]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2021 18:40:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/add358_b583d7385fd547639ee5d652c0f37cf4~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Omimelli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[No te quedes al margen mientras Lukumí devoluciona ]]></title><description><![CDATA[En 1969, dos años después de que yo naciera, la primera mujer Afrodescendiente fue electa al congreso de los Estados Unidos. Su legado me...]]></description><link>https://www.themysticcup.com/post/no-te-quedes-al-margen-mientras-lukum%C3%AD-devoluciona</link><guid isPermaLink="false">605feb7d40cce70015730fc9</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2021 04:17:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/add358_efa2c9d3ae854edf860221011fd8347c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_720,h_540,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Omimelli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't stand by the sidelines as the Lukumí devolves ]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 1969, two years after I was born, the first Black woman was elected to the U. S. Congress. Her legacy inspires me. Her words move me...]]></description><link>https://www.themysticcup.com/post/don-t-stand-by-the-sidelines-as-the-lukum%C3%AD-devolves</link><guid isPermaLink="false">605fd97b3d88a5004122f888</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2021 02:30:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/add358_efa2c9d3ae854edf860221011fd8347c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_720,h_540,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Omimelli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Olorishas and fisherman, lessons from the deep ocean]]></title><description><![CDATA[How are fishermen and olorishas alike? Some olorishas can be seen as deep-sea trollers with huge nets. Others fish for sport and...]]></description><link>https://www.themysticcup.com/post/olorishas-and-fisherman-lessons-from-the-deep-ocean</link><guid isPermaLink="false">603d9f03de93620015a8ae7c</guid><category><![CDATA[The Orishas]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 04:10:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/add358_441330e09e34481fa98737b02a4c038c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_666,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Omimelli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Olorishas y pescadores, lecciones de lo profundo del mar]]></title><description><![CDATA[¿En qué se parecen los pescadores y los olorishas? Algunos olorishas pueden equipararse a los barcos de pesca de aguas profundas con sus...]]></description><link>https://www.themysticcup.com/post/olorishas-y-pescadores-lecciones-de-lo-profundo-del-mar</link><guid isPermaLink="false">603da30b38e4c500152d8aa3</guid><category><![CDATA[Los Orishas]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 04:10:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/add358_441330e09e34481fa98737b02a4c038c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_666,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Omimelli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most powerful of Lukumí offerings]]></title><description><![CDATA[This morning I woke up thinking about the many times I have gone to the ocean to bring offerings to Yemayá. 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Ya sea una ofrenda elaborada o...]]></description><link>https://www.themysticcup.com/post/la-ofrenda-lukum%C3%AD-m%C3%A1s-poderosa</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6036f0af75438b0059fd1e93</guid><category><![CDATA[Los Orishas]]></category><category><![CDATA[Vida y Religión]]></category><category><![CDATA[Ofrendas, limpiezas y rituales]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2021 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/add358_06a38a8d62f544ea9856957b2893442a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_280,h_272,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Omimelli</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[El más preciado de los cauríes]]></title><description><![CDATA[El océano de Yemayá está lleno de tesoros y uno de ellos equivale a moneda. 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