Florida Water: its broad magical application?

[Camylleon]

This is what I bought. The reason I purchased this particular brand was because it qualified for the Super Savings Shipping thing that Amazon does.

UGH! $5.33? I get it for...I want to say $2 but it might be closer to $3. Still, half the cost of buying it online without having to pay s & h (although the super saver thing is nice.) Might be worth the quest to find it locally. If it's a bit of a drive (which can get as expensive once you figure in gas prices!), you can at least stock up. Not like it's going to go bad...

I can't believe they charge that much for it! Yikes!

[spoOk]

Certain orishas, too, but it's been long enough since I lived with a Santero that I can't remember which.

ok maybe a stupid ignorant comment,but aren't the lwa and orisha basically the same thing? just different names from different languages?
no?

and by the looks of things,if I wanted to buy some Florida water in Canada it looks like I'm ordering it online! lol
on a similar note:
I made my own four thieves vinager a while ago,and since making it,I've realized I don't actually know how to use it,applications for it.
I've heard the story's of how it came about etc. but I'm not sure how it applies now. lol

[stephyjh]

ok maybe a stupid ignorant comment,but aren't the lwa and orisha basically the same thing? just different names from different languages?
no?

and by the looks of things,if I wanted to buy some Florida water in Canada it looks like I'm ordering it online! lol
on a similar note:
I made my own four thieves vinager a while ago,and since making it,I've realized I don't actually know how to use it,applications for it.
I've heard the story's of how it came about etc. but I'm not sure how it applies now. lol

Lwa are the spirits honored in Vodou, while the orishas are honored in Santeria. Related paths, in that both are African Diaspora Religions, but the lwa and the orishas are distinct beings.

[SatAset]

ok maybe a stupid ignorant comment,but aren't the lwa and orisha basically the same thing? just different names from different languages?
no?

No. The Orisha are Yoruba spirits of nature from Nigeria (some of the Yoruba are also in Benin). The lwa are Haitian Vodou spirits who are a mixture of spirits from various African nations who were brought over to Haiti (mostly Fon and Ewe, but also Yoruba for Haitian Vodou influences). There is some overlap. There is a family of lwa with the name Ogou and they can correspond with some Orisha, but they are not considered the same.

[spoOk]

No. The Orisha are Yoruba spirits of nature from Nigeria (some of the Yoruba are also in Benin). The lwa are Haitian Vodou spirits who are a mixture of spirits from various African nations who were brought over to Haiti (mostly Fon and Ewe, but also Yoruba for Haitian Vodou influences). There is some overlap. There is a family of lwa with the name Ogou and they can correspond with some Orisha, but they are not considered the same.

oh ! actually I knew most of that! what I keep forgetting is that though all are from Africa...the regions they come from IN africa are different! derp!

[SatSekhem]

UGH! $5.33? I get it for...I want to say $2 but it might be closer to $3. Still, half the cost of buying it online without having to pay s & h (although the super saver thing is nice.) Might be worth the quest to find it locally. If it's a bit of a drive (which can get as expensive once you figure in gas prices!), you can at least stock up. Not like it's going to go bad...

I can't believe they charge that much for it! Yikes!

I'll start looking, but since they've only just started to carry those saints' candles in Wal-marts and local grocery stores, I think it may be a while before I actually see Florida water.

[Annie Roonie]

UGH! $5.33? I get it for...I want to say $2 but it might be closer to $3. Still, half the cost of buying it online without having to pay s & h (although the super saver thing is nice.) Might be worth the quest to find it locally. If it's a bit of a drive (which can get as expensive once you figure in gas prices!), you can at least stock up. Not like it's going to go bad...

I can't believe they charge that much for it! Yikes!

I just came back from my local new age shop and darned if they haven't begun to stock both the Florida Water and the Kanaga Water. And OY! 8.95 and 5.95 respectively. I've paid much the same as you did: $2.99 for the Florida Water at a dollar type discount store and it was the same brand. But I haven't purchased it recently. Maybe the prices have gone up?

[stephyjh]

I just came back from my local new age shop and darned if they haven't begun to stock both the Florida Water and the Kanaga Water. And OY! 8.95 and 5.95 respectively. I've paid much the same as you did: $2.99 for the Florida Water at a dollar type discount store and it was the same brand. But I haven't purchased it recently. Maybe the prices have gone up?

American new-age type shops are going to charge a lot more for it than a botanica or a box store will. Catering to a different usage of the same item changes its markup, apparently.

[Morag]

and by the looks of things,if I wanted to buy some Florida water in Canada it looks like I'm ordering it online! lol

It's sold in B.C.; Nanaimo definitely, if not elsewhere in the province. Which is why I was curious, really; I saw it in the local witch shop and went "bwwwuh?"

[spoOk]

It's sold in B.C.; Nanaimo definitely, if not elsewhere in the province. Which is why I was curious, really; I saw it in the local witch shop and went "bwwwuh?"

maybe triple spiral has it.