Oshun T Shirt
In stock at Atlanta and Decatur.
What this is
Worn or carried rather than burned. What is left with you once a working has been done.
The practice
What this tradition does with an object like this — how it is used, not a promise about what follows.
- FridayVenus’s day — worked for love, sweetness and reconciliation.
How it is used
- 1Carried or worn rather than burned. Kept on you, in a bag, or on the altar.
- 2Cleansed when it starts to feel heavy — smoke or a wipe with a cleansing water is what tradition uses.
Working it properly
The craft under the instructions — direction, count and order. This is the part that is normally only said across a counter.
- Kept out of sight. A carried piece is not jewellery, and the tradition is plain that it is not handled casually by other people.
- Fed rather than replaced — a drop of the oil it was made for, or a pinch of powder into the bag, on a schedule the carrier keeps.
- Cleansed in smoke or with a cleansing water when it starts to feel heavy, which is the language practitioners use for a piece that has been working.
- Set on the altar overnight when it is not being carried, rather than left in a drawer with ordinary things.
What completes the working
A working is a ladder, not a single object. Each rung below says what the addition does, and shows what Yeye's Botanica carries for it.
what it is fed with — a drop of the oil it was made for
the smoke it is passed through when it is cleansed
the wipe-down, for a piece that cannot be smoked
What people get wrong
- Letting other people handle it casually.
Named for Ochún
Fresh water, love, sweetness and money that comes through people.
- ColoursYellow and gold
- DayFriday
- Customary offeringHoney — traditionally tasted first by the one offering it.
What is here is what the label says and what any botanica will tell you across the counter. Ceremony, initiation and anything belonging to a house is not ours to publish — that is between you and a padrino or madrina.
