Hi Sabina,
How interesting! Right... I'm a bit vague on Feri, so while I knew there was
some sort of peacock deity in there, I don't know much else about it. Or
should I say "them" as apparently many Feri initiates taught directly by
Victor have found that he presented Feri to them all completely differently,
so it doesn't seem to be one of those Witchcraft Trads that can be smoothed
out into it "canonical" characteristics.
Yes, interesting re the Yezidis in US Interfaith, unfortunate for them being
persecuted back home though.
~Caroline.
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Hi everyone,
Yes, Caroline -- Victor Anderson's Feri tradition of Witchcraft does include
the Peacokck Angel as one of its deities, and from my understanding, Feri
initiates do see a continuity between him and the deity of the Yezedi.
Interesting that Yezedi influence is now being felt in US Interfaith. How
cool is that?
BB,
Sabina
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Wow, that album sounds interesting... and talk of a peacock angel is
reminding me of the Feri Tradition of Witchcraft which has some sort of
peacock deity, not sure if it's meant to be evoking the Yezidi angle in any
way...(as an invented tradition, I mean).
~Caroline.
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Hi, Caroline -
Thanks for the heads-up - another one for the shelves of our new Library (
once the shelves go up, any day now)!
The Yezidi immigrants are definitely making their presence felt here in the
States, religiously and culturally - for example, the dialogue going on with
Southern Baptist groups ( among others ) in Tennessee, with interfaith study
groups sharing and comparing their origins and cosmologies.
And as an example of cultural / artistic impact, I would point to the lovely
acoustic guitar track on William Tyler's 2010 *Behold the Spirit* album,
entitled "The Cult of the Peacock Angel".
Cors in Manu Domine,
~ Khem Caigan
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