✦ VEVE DRAW Rada
Loko
Guardian of Temples, Spirit of Healing Trees
Sacred day: Wednesday
THE SPIRIT SPEAKS
The great mapou tree stands in the center of the peristyle because it was there first. Loko teaches that healing requires rootedness. You cannot cure while in motion. Stop. Plant your feet. Breathe the air of the place where you stand, not the place you wish you were.
DOMAIN
Temples, vegetation, healing, herbalism, the peristyle center-post, and sacred space.
TRADITIONAL OFFERING
Leaves of the mapou tree, white candles, herbal infusions, and prayers spoken at the base of a large tree.