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Luisah Teish is a writer, performer and ritual priestess.
She is the author of Jambalaya: The Natural Womans Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals, a womens spirituality classic.
Teish is an initiated elder (Iyanifa) in the Ifa/Orisha tradition of the West African Diaspora, and she holds a chieftaincy title (Yeyeworo) from the Fatunmise Compound in Ile Ife, Nigeria.
She is the Olori (director) of Ile Orunmila Oshun (The House of Destiny and Love, go to http://www.ileorunmilaoshun.org ) and the School of Ancient Mysteries/Sacred Arts Center in Oakland, Ca.
She is also a devotee of Damballah Hwedo, the Haitian Rainbow Serpent, under the guidance of Moma Lola.
In 1969, she received initiation into to the Fahamme Temple of Amun-Ra in St. Louis, Missouri.
She later went on to study indigenous Native North and South American traditions (including the Caribbean).
She has conducted workshops on Black and Native American culture at Medicine Wheels (under the directions of Sun Bears tribal elders). And participated in devotionals to the Goddess Maria Lionza at La Casa de la Poesia in Caracas, Venezuela.
She holds an Inter-Faith ministers license from the World Council of churches. She was also granted an honorary doctorate in Spiritual Therapeutics from the International Institute of Integral Human Sciences (Montreal and Sri Lanka).
Teish designs and conducts weddings, naming ceremonies, memorials, and a host of seasonal celebrations as part of a multi-racial, multi-cultural network of artists, consultants, and spiritual advisors experienced in events design and production.
Presently Teish is an adjunct instructor in the Womens Spirituality programs at The Institute for Transpersonal Psychology and the California Institute of Integral studies.
Teish is a keynote speaker, a sacred site conductor and performs Eco-Spiritual mythology and ritual worldwide.
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