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{{Short description|American spiritual writer}}
'''Luisah Teish''' is an author, storyteller, and priestess of the ]/] faith from ]. She is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana and a proud resident of Oakland, Ca.
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'''Luisah Teish''' ({{IPAc-en|t|iː|ʃ}} {{Respell|TEESH}};<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgesG5Hs5vU&list=PL2A81FB8C7FD4F591&index=1 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/fgesG5Hs5vU| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Growing up in New Orleans; Learning from Elders; Connecting with Spirit (Part 1/7)|website=] |accessdate=22 October 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> also known as '''Iyanifa Fajembola Fatunmise''')<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q4kBbOOWRDsC&pg=PA91|title=Women and New and Africana Religions|page=91|author1=Lillian Ashcraft-Eason|author2=Darnise C. Martin|author3=Oyeronke Olademo|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2010|isbn=978-0-275-9915-62}}</ref> is a ]<ref>Malka Drucker. . SkyLight Paths Publishing, 2003</ref> and an ], most notably of ''Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals.''<ref name=casey>Casey, Laura. "There's magic between plants, food and beauty". '']'' 28 Oct 2006: 1.</ref> She is an ] and ] chief in the ] ] tradition.<ref name=casey/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://greatmotherconference.org/speakers/luisah-teish/|title=Luisah Teish|website=Great Mother and New Father Conference|accessdate=September 20, 2016}}</ref>
==Religion==
She is the founder and president of Ile Orunmila Oshun, and holds a chieftaincy title in the Fatunmise lineage as head ] Priest in the United States. Teish is an initiated elder (Iyanifa) in the Ifa/Orisha tradition of the West African Diaspora, and she holds a chieftaincy title (Yeye’woro) from the Fatunmise Compound in Ile Ife, Nigeria. Presently she is the Chair of the World Orisha Congress Committee on Women’s Issues. She is also a devotee of Damballah Hwedo, the Haitian Rainbow Serpent, under the guidance of Moma Lola. In 1983, she established Ile Orunmila Oshun (The House of Destiny and Love and the School of Ancient Mysteries/Sacred Arts Center in Oakland, CA). She is an ally to the Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers.


==Author== ==Life==
Luisah Teish is an African-American, born in ], ]. Her father, Wilson Allen, Sr. was an African Methodist Episcopal whose parents had been two-generation servants and only one generation away from slavery. Her mother, Serena "Rene" Allen, was a Catholic, of ]an, French, and ] heritage.<ref>{{usurped|}}</ref> Her original ancestry also includes ].<ref name=rountree>Kathryn Rountree. ''Embracing the Witch and the Goddess: Feminist Ritual-Makers in New Zealand''. Routledge 2003. Quote: "In 1992 Luisah Teish, who is well known internationally in Goddess circles as a writer and ritual-maker, visited New Zealand. Teish is of Yoruba (West African) ancestry, although she was born and raised in New Orleans. She was the guest facilitator at residential weekend workshops in Auckland and Hamilton dedicated to exploring sensuality and creativity in ritual contexts. Her book Jambalaya: The Natural Woman’s Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals (1985) is well known among feminist witches in New Zealand"</ref>
Teish is the author of several books on African and African-American spiritual culture and mythology, including ''Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals'', ''Carnival of the Spirit'', and ''Jump Up: Good Times Throughout the Season with Celebrations from Around the World''. She has contributed to fifteen anthologies, and published articles in magazines such as ''Essence'', ''Ms.'', ''Shaman’s Drum'', and ''Yoga Journal''. Her writings have been translated into German, Spanish, and French.


In the late 1960s, Teish was a dancer in ]'s group, where she learned and performed traditional African and Caribbean dances.<ref name=albert/> After leaving the dance company, she became a choreographer in St. Louis. In 1969 she joined the Fahami Temple of ], and it was here that she took the name "Luisah Teish", which means "adventuresome spirit".<ref name=albert/><ref></ref> She led the dance troupe of the ] (BAG) in St. Louis after the departure of BAG's first dance leader, Georgia Collins.
==Theater==
She is a theatrical performer of African, Caribbean, and African-American folklore and feminist myth, and has performed in venues such as The Scottish Rite Temple in Oakland, Ca., the Brooklyn Academy of Music, St. John the Divine Cathedral in New York, and the Galaxy Theater in Auckland, New Zealand. Teish is also a playwright and director, whose works include ''Olokun's Challenge''. Her performances, lectures and workshops have taken her to Europe, ], South America, ], ], ], and across the United States. Ms. Teish directs Dahomey Royal Design House, which produces mixed –media works of art, designs wearable art, and home decor and conducts private ceremonies and public celebrations.


In the late 1970s she became an initiate and priestess of the ],<ref name=albert/> and began teaching students in 1977.<ref>Greta S. Gaard. ''Ecological Politics: Ecofeminists and the Greens''. Temple University Press, 1998</ref> She currently resides in ], ].<ref>Aikens, Charles. "Teish Says Oakland Deserves To Be Saved". '']'' 08 Dec 1991: 4.</ref><ref name=eason/>
==Teacher==

She has been on the faculty at University of Creation Spirituality in ], the ] in ], and she teaches at ], ], the Montclair Women's Cultural Arts Center, and ]. She is Associate Core Faculty at Sophia University-ITP, and Adjunct at California Institute of Integral Studies and the Institute of Noetic Sciences. She taught at the University of Creation Spirituality-Naropa Oakland and has been a guest lecturer at Stanford, UCLA, and Harvard. She is the Vice President of the Association for Transpersonal Psychology, and the founder of the School of Ancient Mysteries and Sacred Arts Center in Oakland, CA.
Teish has said, "My tradition is very celebratory - there's always music, dance, song, and food in our services - as well as a sense of reverence for the children. It's joyful as well as meditative."<ref name=albert>{{cite journal|last=Albert|first=Mimi|date=January 1987|title=Luisah Teish - Yoruba priestess, psychic channel, storyteller, shaman - describes her return to the goddesses and gods of her West African spiritual roots.|journal=Yoga Journal|publisher=Active Interest Media, Inc.|volume=72|pages=33–35|issn=0191-0965|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D-wDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA33}}</ref>

One author said she was the "perhaps the most well known.. ] priestess.. of the Bay Area" (2010).<ref name=eason>Lillian Ashcraft-Eason. , ABC-CLIO, 2010, pg. 129</ref> Another author characterized her as "..well known internationally in Goddess circles as a writer and ritual-maker."<ref name=rountree/>


== Bibliography == == Bibliography ==


⚫ * ''Carnival of the Spirit: Seasonal Celebrations and Rites of Passage'' (1994) Harpercollins ISBN 0-06-250868-7, ISBN 978-0-06-250868-3
⚫ * ''Eye of the Storm'' (1998) E P Dutton ISBN 0-525-94032-4, ISBN 978-0-525-94032-6
⚫ * ''Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals'' (1988) HarperOne ISBN 0-06-250859-8, ISBN 978-0-06-250859-1
⚫ * ''Jump Up: Good Times Throughout the Season with Celebrations from Around the World'' (2000) Conari Press ISBN 1-57324-551-8, ISBN 978-1-57324-551-7
⚫ * ''Soul Between the Lines: Freeing Your Creative Spirit Through Writing'' (with Dorothy Randall Gray) (1998) Avon Books ISBN 0-380-79142-0, ISBN 978-0-380-79142-2
* ''What Don't Kill is Fattening: Poems by Luisah Teish'' (1980) Fan Tree Press ASIN: B0007BJRRE * ''What Don't Kill is Fattening: Poems by Luisah Teish'' (1980) Fan Tree Press ASIN: B0007BJRRE
* ''Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals'' (1988) HarperOne {{ISBN|0-06-250859-8}}, {{ISBN|978-0-06-250859-1}}
⚫ * ''Zulu Shaman: Dreams, Prophecies, and Mysteries'' (with Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa and Stephen Larsen) (2003) Destiny Books (New Edition of ''Song of the Stars'') ISBN 0-89281-129-3, ISBN 978-0-89281-129-8
⚫ * ''Carnival of the Spirit: Seasonal Celebrations and Rites of Passage'' (1994) Harpercollins {{ISBN|0-06-250868-7}}, {{ISBN|978-0-06-250868-3}}<ref>"NEW IN PAPERBACK", '']'', 15 Jan 1995: x.12.</ref>
⚫ * ''What Don’t Kill Is Fattening Revisited: Twenty Years of Poetry, Prose, and Myth''
⚫ * ''Soul Between the Lines: Freeing Your Creative Spirit Through Writing'' (with Dorothy Randall Gray) (1998) Avon Books {{ISBN|0-380-79142-0}}, {{ISBN|978-0-380-79142-2}}
⚫ * ''Eye of the Storm'' (1998) E P Dutton {{ISBN|0-525-94032-4}}, {{ISBN|978-0-525-94032-6}}
⚫ * ''Jump Up: Good Times Throughout the Season with Celebrations from Around the World'' (2000) Conari Press {{ISBN|1-57324-551-8}}, {{ISBN|978-1-57324-551-7}}
⚫ * ''What Don’t Kill Is Fattening Revisited: Twenty Years of Poetry, Prose, and Myth'' (2002) Orikire Publications
⚫ * ''Zulu Shaman: Dreams, Prophecies, and Mysteries'' (with Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa and Stephen Larsen) (2003) Destiny Books (New Edition of ''Song of the Stars'') {{ISBN|0-89281-129-3}}, {{ISBN|978-0-89281-129-8}}

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American spiritual writer
Iyanifa
Luisah Teish
Teish in 2017Teish in 2017
Native nameFajembola Fatunmise
Born (1948-04-20) April 20, 1948 (age 76)
New Orleans, Louisiana
Occupation
  • Teacher
  • author
  • Yoruba priestess
Subject
  • Folklore
  • spirituality
  • magical realism
Years active1977–present
Notable worksJambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals
Website
yeyeluisahteish.com

Luisah Teish (/tiːʃ/ TEESH; also known as Iyanifa Fajembola Fatunmise) is a teacher and an author, most notably of Jambalaya: The Natural Woman's Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals. She is an Iyanifa and Oshun chief in the Yoruba Lucumi tradition.

Life

Luisah Teish is an African-American, born in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her father, Wilson Allen, Sr. was an African Methodist Episcopal whose parents had been two-generation servants and only one generation away from slavery. Her mother, Serena "Rene" Allen, was a Catholic, of Haitian, French, and Choctaw heritage. Her original ancestry also includes Yoruba West African.

In the late 1960s, Teish was a dancer in Katherine Dunham's group, where she learned and performed traditional African and Caribbean dances. After leaving the dance company, she became a choreographer in St. Louis. In 1969 she joined the Fahami Temple of Amun-Ra, and it was here that she took the name "Luisah Teish", which means "adventuresome spirit". She led the dance troupe of the Black Artists Group (BAG) in St. Louis after the departure of BAG's first dance leader, Georgia Collins.

In the late 1970s she became an initiate and priestess of the Lucumi religion, and began teaching students in 1977. She currently resides in Oakland, California.

Teish has said, "My tradition is very celebratory - there's always music, dance, song, and food in our services - as well as a sense of reverence for the children. It's joyful as well as meditative."

One author said she was the "perhaps the most well known.. Yoruba priestess.. of the Bay Area" (2010). Another author characterized her as "..well known internationally in Goddess circles as a writer and ritual-maker."

Bibliography

References

  1. "Growing up in New Orleans; Learning from Elders; Connecting with Spirit (Part 1/7)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. Lillian Ashcraft-Eason; Darnise C. Martin; Oyeronke Olademo (2010). Women and New and Africana Religions. ABC-CLIO. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-275-9915-62.
  3. Malka Drucker. White Fire: A Portrait of Women Spiritual Leaders in America. SkyLight Paths Publishing, 2003
  4. ^ Casey, Laura. "There's magic between plants, food and beauty". Oakland Tribune 28 Oct 2006: 1.
  5. "Luisah Teish". Great Mother and New Father Conference. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  6. Luisah Teish, Adapted from "Grandmothers Council the World" by Carol Schaefer, Trumpter Books, 2006
  7. ^ Kathryn Rountree. Embracing the Witch and the Goddess: Feminist Ritual-Makers in New Zealand. Routledge 2003. Quote: "In 1992 Luisah Teish, who is well known internationally in Goddess circles as a writer and ritual-maker, visited New Zealand. Teish is of Yoruba (West African) ancestry, although she was born and raised in New Orleans. She was the guest facilitator at residential weekend workshops in Auckland and Hamilton dedicated to exploring sensuality and creativity in ritual contexts. Her book Jambalaya: The Natural Woman’s Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals (1985) is well known among feminist witches in New Zealand"
  8. ^ Albert, Mimi (January 1987). "Luisah Teish - Yoruba priestess, psychic channel, storyteller, shaman - describes her return to the goddesses and gods of her West African spiritual roots". Yoga Journal. 72. Active Interest Media, Inc.: 33–35. ISSN 0191-0965.
  9. Directory, Institute of Noetic Sciences: Luisah Teish, wuote: "In 1969 she received initiation into the Fahamme Temple of Amun-Ra in St. Louis, Missouri."
  10. Greta S. Gaard. Ecological Politics: Ecofeminists and the Greens. Temple University Press, 1998
  11. Aikens, Charles. "Teish Says Oakland Deserves To Be Saved". California Voice 08 Dec 1991: 4.
  12. ^ Lillian Ashcraft-Eason. Women and New and Africana Religions, ABC-CLIO, 2010, pg. 129
  13. "NEW IN PAPERBACK", Washington Post, 15 Jan 1995: x.12.

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