The news article is already published live at Wildhunt.org and it was Clare Levijoki who approached me and asked my experience in participating the Fight for Freedom New Moon Ritual during the Parliament of World Religion held at Chicago, Illinois, USA. and these are the words i say to them as arranged by Wild Hunt.

Rev. Rolando Gomez Comon, also known as Apu Adman, flew in from the Shrine of Luntiang Aghama in the Philippines to participate in the Parliament of World Religions. The Shrine of Luntiang Aghama honors gods and nature spirits Indigenous to the Philippines and is part of the global Correllian Wiccan Tradition.

Comon was excited to learn that this ritual was organized around fighting for freedom—a fight he sees as key to his work helping marginalized people in the Philippines find support and acceptance through Indigenous spirituality. He spoke the Ancestor Blessing portion of the ritual before the gathered attendees from around the world in Tagalog.

“When I read that we could dance, sing, and speak in our own language, I knew it would be an opportunity to speak out the name of our Diwata on the world stage,” Comon told me in our interview. “Our native gods are almost forgotten because of colonialism, and freedom from the colonial mentality is what I prayed for in the ritual.”

https://wildhunt.org/2023/09/be-the-change-that-we-desperately-need-fighting-for-freedom-at-parliament.html

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