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Smoked Possum Meat

To: alt.lucky.w,alt.religion.orisha,alt.magick.tyagi
From: Tata Mitchell 
Subject: Re: Smoked Possum Meat
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2000 10:17:39 GMT

Nsala Malecum and Greetings Cat, Tata Eoghan, OmiJuba and John,
   I have also fed my Eleggua and a certain Eshu a Possum previously
however either thru the way in which I later smoked some Possum meat or
the fact they prefered smoked Juta, they both indicated they prefered
smoked Juta when it was availiable. Possum's as briefly outlined by
Tata Eoghan are very hot blooded regarding an eje offering as well as
Juta's. Possums' are hardcore and many domestic animals in these parts
are fooled into thinking they are some type of large timid rat. Their
mistake, they are vicious when cornered and can rip up domestic cats
and dogs if given the choice.

   The Chinese laborers building the NorthWestern California-Oregon
railroad systems in the 1800's brought over this animal for food.
Presently Possums are found here in many roadsides and ditchs in these
parts. There are several body parts of the Possum which Eleggua
specifically wants, enjoys and has an affinty to. Acouple of them have
been mentioned, as far as I know the smallish skull is one of the bones
used in bone divination. Their skulls are somewhat delicate to clean
without using beetles etc. to clean them totally for you. The other
item which Eleggua likes from a possum is found by divination. Possum
s often travel at night with their poorish eyesight but keen sense of
smell and in some towns literally walk many of the streets after
sundown. When they hiss they sound like some kind of giant rat.

  The Coyote also appears to have an affinity with Eleggua, Eshu and my
Lucero. There is a nearby outdoor ritual area which I use from time to
time where the Coyotes often quietly come during a ritual and either
observe quietly or sing in stereo as the rituals are carried out.

Malecum Nsala,
Tata Mitchell
Nganga Nkisi


In article ,
  eballard@sas.upenn.edu (E. C. Ballard) wrote:
> Briefly, as I'm in a rush now, yes, nod to you, just as in Gaelic
Kikongo
> is very flexible when it comes to orthography. During it's written
history
> it has used orthography developed based upon Portuguese, French and
> English. AS a result, you can have lots of fun with that. As Sam
Johnson
> once said "It's a poor intellect that can think of only one way to
spell a
> word."
>
> Jutia is a very large and treacherous rodent. In that regard he is
more
> like the Possum on two counts. In the one it is a violent treachery
in the
> other, plain trickery but of a more passive kind. Either way, I would
not
> see a squirrell or other small animal coming close either in physical
type
> or in symbolism.
>
> salamaleko,
>
> Eoghan
>
> --
> +o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o+o
> E. C. Ballard
>
> Debajo del Laurel yo tengo mi confianza
>


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