Tricksters

[darkamber_pagan]

"Almost all non-literate mythology has a trickster-hero of some kind. … And there’s a very special property in the trickster: he always breaks in, just as the unconscious does, to trip up the rational situation. He’s both a fool and someone who’s beyond the system. And the trickster represents all those possibilities of life that your mind hasn’t

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[harrietbrown]

In the past, I've worked with Eleggua, a Santerian Orisha, who's a trickster figure and Lord of the Crossroads, among other things. I had a profound experience working with him, for which I am very grateful. I always leave a little candy at the doorway of my home to propitiate him.