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Goddess~A~Day

Odwira (Ghana)

Ichar-Tsirew

Themes:  Unity; Community; Justice; Spirituality; Purification; Home; Peace; Organization

Symbols: Water; Orderly Items; Peace Amulets

About Ichar-Tsirew:  In Ghana, this water goddess flows into people's lives, saturating them with peaceful intentions and tranquility, especially in the home.  She revels in good organization and any matters carried out in an orderly fashion.

To Do Today:  Among the people of the Gold Coast, this festival is a time to honor their bonds as a nation and revel in the laws, beliefs, and customs established in the early 1600's (many of which are probably far older).  One neat custom for that can invoke Ichar-tsirew's organized attributes is that of burying a bundle of branches.  This puts away any unnecessary negativity and banishes bad habits that somehow disrupt the orderly flow of your life.

When you find that the people in your living space have reached critical mass and you need to call a truce, Ichar-Tsirew's waters can help.  Go through the house (or building, if the "war zone" is your office) before talking to anyone, and sprinkle her peace in every nook possible (just a little is fine).  As you go, repeat this incantation:

Negativity cease; by peace released!

Continue until the whole area is done.  Now try reapproaching the people with whom tensions have been building, and let the goddess harness harmony.

By Patricia Telesco~From "365 Goddess"