By Priestess Shoshana, Spiritual Teachers Voodoo
In a world where beauty is often reduced to surface-level trends and temporary aesthetics, true spiritual beauty has become a forgotten language. And yet, within the sacred mysteries of Vodou, beauty has always been a path of power, sovereignty, and divine alignment. It is not about glamor—it is about presence. It is about integrity. And above all, it is about being in right relationship with the sacred.
There is no greater embodiment of this spiritual beauty than Ezili Freda, the original Beauty Priestess. She is not a trend. She is not an aesthetic. She is a Lwa—a divine force, a spirit of high rank, a queen whose love is precise, powerful, and holy.
But let us be very clear: Ezili Freda does not come easily. She does not simply respond to desire. She must be earned—through purity, devotion, ritual, and priestly authority.
And under no circumstance does she ever mount or possess anyone who is not an ordained, trained, and prepared vessel. The misconception that anyone can “channel” her casually is not only disrespectful—it is spiritually dangerous.
Ezili Freda is a major Lwa in the Rada division of Haitian Vodou, also known as the Devotion or Matresas division. To read all about other divisions, read this post here titled “The Seven Divisions of Vodou Spiritism”
She is the spirit of divine feminine love, refinement, sensuality, emotional honesty, heartbreak, sacred longing, and luxury. But these titles only scratch the surface.
Freda is the goddess of feminine complexity. She weeps not because she is weak, but because she feels so deeply the wounds of a world that has forgotten what love truly is.
She teaches that love is not a game.
Love is not manipulation.
Love is not indulgence.
Love is clarity, honesty, and devotion.
She is elegant, yes—but elegance with boundaries. She is soft—but never naive. She may arrive in silk and perfume, but she does not tolerate lies. When Ezili Freda enters the temple, the room must rise to meet her. She does not descend into chaos. She appears only in ritual purity.
At Spiritual Teachers Voodoo, and in all properly held Vodou lineages, we do not “call” on the Lwa. We earn their presence through sustained offerings, ritual protocol, and years of spiritual preparation. They are not to be summoned at whim.
Ezili Freda does not mount just anyone.
Possession is not a costume party. It is not cosplay. It is a life-altering, sacred communion between a spirit and their chosen vessel.
Only an ordained Houngan (priest) or Mambo (priestess) who has undergone years of rigorous spiritual training, multiple levels of initiation, and deep personal purification may be mounted safely. The body must be consecrated. The soul must be ready. The temple must be in order.
To claim possession without this preparation is a spiritual error—one that can have real consequences for everyone present.
Before one may approach Ezili Freda—before the altar is opened or a word is sung—there are serious preparations that must be made.
In our temple, these are non-negotiable:
She comes only to those who have prepared themselves inwardly. Nothing is hidden from her. She sees through false humility and broken promises. And she will not mount a soul that is not standing in truth.
Because of her association with beauty, perfume, and sensuality, many in modern spiritual circles misinterpret her entirely. Let us name this clearly:
To mistake her love for lust, or her refinement for performance, is to ignore the depth of her teachings. And many have done this—calling on her without preparation, attempting to invoke her without lineage, even using her name for profit or entertainment.
Those who do this often find that her love does not tolerate misalignment. And where there is falsehood, she will bring heartbreak, not because she is cruel—but because she must teach the truth.
Love is clear. Love is clean. Love is rooted in devotion.
In Vodou, to be mounted is to be possessed by a Lwa—a divine being who takes the body of the practitioner in full and speaks, moves, and acts through them. This is not symbolic. This is not channeling. This is a full, literal takeover of the body by spirit.
And it only happens under very specific, trained conditions.
When Freda mounts in our temple:
She enters as royalty—with poise, stillness, and mystery. She adjusts her gown. She selects her perfume. She may weep, but only in sacred silence. She may offer a blessing, but only when the heart is ready.
And then, when her work is done, she leaves—quietly, respectfully, with no drama.
To witness this is to witness a miracle.
To misunderstand it is to witness a mockery.
Every practitioner has their own relationship with the Lwa. Ezili Freda’s relationship with me—Priestess Shoshana—is rooted in a lineage of sacred silence, profound emotional work, and discipline.
When she mounts me, there is no fanfare. She is soft-spoken, composed, and deeply still. She speaks in few words, yet they pierce the soul. She often enters in full regalia—silks, perfume, rings—but her gifts are not material. They are medicine for the heart.
She has healed women who were grieving betrayal.
She has whispered truths that helped a marriage rebuild.
She has shown men how to honor the feminine, not abuse it.
She does not tolerate lies in my mouth when she is present. She does not let me pretend to be anything I am not. She refines me constantly. Her love is both a balm and a blade.
We do not sing lightly in her presence. Her songs are rituals, carefully passed down, each syllable carrying generations of devotion. We sing in Haitian Kreyol:
Song 1:
Ezili Freda o, mwen rele ou vini
(Ezili Freda, I call you to come)
Mwen limen flanm lanmou pou ou
(I light the flame of love for you)
Song 2:
Ou pa renmen manti, ou renmen verite
(You do not love lies, you love truth)
Ezili, ou se flanm sakre lan kè mwen
(Ezili, you are the sacred flame in my heart)
Song 3:
Se ou ki met fanm, met limyè
(You are the queen of women, queen of light)
Ezili Freda, desann sou mwen kounye a
(Ezili Freda, descend upon me now)
When she arrives, we lower our heads. We soften our breath. We receive.
Freda is not merely a “spirit of love.” She is a love magus—a master of spiritual unity, a mender of emotional wounds, a force that restores what is holy between humans.
She can:
But she does not do this through sentimentality. She does this through radical clarity. Her love is medicine. And like all medicine—it may taste bitter before it heals.
To walk with Ezili Freda is to walk a razor’s edge. You must be soft—but never weak. You must be open—but never careless. You must be beautiful—but in soul, not just in skin.
The path of the beauty priestess is not trendy. It is timeless.
It requires:
In Vodou, beauty is a spiritual weapon.
And Ezili Freda is the master of its use.
With power, beauty, and abundance
Priestess Shoshana, CEO of Spiritual Teachers Voodoo and Temple de la Luna, Spirit Worker, Instructor, Psychic, Healer, Herbalist, Author
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