Temple of The Machete Who Wins all Battles.

A Haitian-inspired depiction of Saint Isidore blowing dandelion seeds into a unified current of air elementals, carrying seeds of future provision across the land. This image represents Kevin Wikse’s “Sowing the Wind Feast Day,” an Earth and Air fusion working focused on planting opportunities, aligning with cycles of abundance, and recognizing the pathways through which provision returns. On May 15th, we will observe the Feast Day of Saint Isidore and his teaching Loa, Kouzen Azaka. As requested, our Temple will be conducting an Earth and Air fusion working, integrating our Air Elemental operation into the Feast Day itself. Our spiritual work is evolving.  Saint Isidore made that clear. While I was dreaming, he appeared to me in a simple, unmistakable way, walking, calm and steady, blowing dandelion seeds into the wind, then pointing at them as they carried off. No spectacle. No noise. Just movement… and understanding. Wherever he walked, there was always a quiet surplus of dandel...

  Erzulie Danthor — Queen of the Petro Loa, Mother of Fire and Revolution Erzulie Danthor Came Down at Bois Caïman Erzulie Danthor, Queen of the Petro Loa—warrior, mother, and sovereign of revolutionary fire—protector of the broken and terror to oppressors. Honored at the Temple of the Machete. Artwork and research by Kevin Wikse. Erzulie Danthor came down at the ceremony of Bois Caïman , when the world cracked and history changed. She took possession of the Vodou Mambo Cécile Fatiman , and with her arrival, the Haitian Revolution ceased to be a dream and became a sentence—passed and carried out. She did not come as comfort. She came as decision . That night, the Petro current ignited. Rage, grief, ancestral memory, and divine justice fused into something unstoppable. Erzulie Danthor was there not as ornament, not as metaphor, but as Queen . Queen of the Petro Loa Erzulie Danthor is the mother and sovereign of the Petro Loa —the hot spirits born of violence, enslavement, re...

Papa Legba — Guardian of the Crossroads and Keeper of the Keys Papa Legba, Open the Gate Papa Legba, ancient Vodou Loa of the crossroads, entrusted with the keys of human destiny and the opening and closing of all paths. First honored in all ceremony at the Temple of the Machete. By Kevin Wikse. A formal song of invocation to commence ceremony. Papa Legba, open the gate—Ago Eh! Open the gate for me to pass, Papa. Papa Legba, open the gate for me, and when I return I shall thank the Loa. This song is not symbolic. It is functional. It is sung to begin all work , to request lawful passage, and to acknowledge the one Loa without whom no communication, ritual, or progression may occur. Who Is Papa Legba? Papa Legba is the guardian of the crossroads , a kindly and deeply beloved Loa whose authority is ancient and absolute. He represents one of the most revered mysteries in Vodou: the point of connection between worlds , between intention and action, between spirit and matter. Pa...