When European explorers and Christian missionaries first sailed to the shores of the Americas, Africa, and the Philippine archipelago, they carried with them a specific spiritual vocabulary. Central to their worldview were the concepts of inherent human fallenness, divine judgment, and a burning underworld reserved for the damned. For centuries, colonizers tried to translate these … Continue reading The Myth of Cosmic Guilt: Why Indigenous Spiritualities Have No Concept of “Sin”
Prayers
Reclaiming the Staff and the Blade: The Living Legacy of Babaylan Tamblot
In the heart of the Visayas, long before the concrete roads of modern Bohol were paved, the rustle of bamboo carried the chants of a revolution. The year was 1621. As Spanish steel and Catholic crosses sought to systematically dismantle the spiritual and social foundations of indigenous Philippine society, one figure stepped out of the … Continue reading Reclaiming the Staff and the Blade: The Living Legacy of Babaylan Tamblot
The Forgotten Prophetess of Bohol: Remembering Babaylan Karyapa and Reclaiming the Old Path
In the heart of Sikatuna Village in Quezon City, a quiet street bears a name that most commuters pass by without a second thought: Karyapa Street. To the untrained eye, it is just an urban road. But to those who listen to the whispers of our history, that name represents a monumental figure of pre-colonial … Continue reading The Forgotten Prophetess of Bohol: Remembering Babaylan Karyapa and Reclaiming the Old Path
Waking Up to Our Role: A Call for National Reflection and Urgent Action
In the face of widespread corruption, it is easy to point fingers at politicians and blame them for the state of our nation. But let us pause and reflect: were they born corrupt? Or were they shaped by the very society that now condemns them?Corruption is not always innate. It can be learned—molded by peers, … Continue reading Waking Up to Our Role: A Call for National Reflection and Urgent Action
Holding on to our Optimism
Praying for change may also mean to prepare our self to be transformed. I pray that a Temple to the Diwata be established and use the Space where I live to be also their home. Renovating our Shrine to become a Temple of the Diwata In erecting the Temple i thought it will just be … Continue reading Holding on to our Optimism
Prayer to the Diwatang Mangetsay
Diwatang Mangetsay, You who creates the Fabric of Life in the Universe, We call upon you! Allow us to know you more, by manifesting your self into our life. Let our ignorance be filled with knowledge and understanding of your great mystery, and through this knowledge and understanding, We may be able to develop our … Continue reading Prayer to the Diwatang Mangetsay
Prayer to the Tulus- the Chief of all Good Spirits bestower of Gifts and Good Favor to mankind of the Teduray Tribe.
Oh Great Tulus, Chief of all the Good Spirits, Who bestow gifts and good favors to mankind. You have manifested your self to the Teduray People As a Divine Siblings in the being of the Diwatang Minaden And Meketefu your Divine Manifestation, who shaped the world and all the first creatures that lives on it. … Continue reading Prayer to the Tulus- the Chief of all Good Spirits bestower of Gifts and Good Favor to mankind of the Teduray Tribe.
Ngayong Araw ng Undas isang Panalangin
Tao po! Tao Po! Dingin ang Panaghoy ng Abang nangungulila sa pagkalinga ng mga Ninuno na minsan ay ating Kasama. Ngayong Araw ng undas, kanilang Alaala ay ating Sinasariwa at ang kanilang mga aral ay sinsisikap nating isinasagawa. Oh mga Banal na Kaluluwa na sa amin ay Pumapatnubay pahintulutan nyo po na ang lubid na … Continue reading Ngayong Araw ng Undas isang Panalangin
How do you Pray?
I see this from a Friend Eric Eldritch. and supposedly want to write an article on doing prayer as I received its lessons last night while in my devotion. But how do we really pray? Many people (i am included from that many) do pray and present to the Divine that we are always in … Continue reading How do you Pray?
The Call to Pray for Peace
the call to pray for Peace in Israel was brought to my attention first at the Interfaith Order of Peace Weaver as been called by our First Elder the Rt. Rev. Lori Barberio Blackman asking for Peace in the Middle East, and we pray not only for Israel but also to all the countries in … Continue reading The Call to Pray for Peace
Dambana ng Luntiang Aghama 