LLEWELLYN'S SPELL-A-DAY

Josephine Baker Day

May 20, 2016 by Tess Whitehurst
Color of the day:  Pink
Incense of the day:  Vanilla
 
In 1951, the NAACP declared May 20th "Josephine Baker Day." An American-born performer who was the toast of France and a highly respected muse to such giants as Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, Langston Hughes, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Christian Dior, Josephine Baker's popularity as a dancer never took off the same way in the United States, due to prejudice and rigidly puritanical sensibilities. Still, her work as a civil rights activist was legendary: she accompanied Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington, and she was the only woman to speak at the event.
Place a postcard or printed image of Josephine Baker on your altar today, and light a candle or some incense in her honor. Watch and post videos of her dancing, and vow to let your personal essence shine as brightly as she did, so that you can help inspire and change the world in the way that only you can.
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About Tess Whitehurst
Tess Whitehurst (Boulder, CO) is an intuitive counselor, energy worker, feng shui consultant, and speaker. She has appeared on the Bravo TV show Flipping Out and her writing has been featured in such places as Writer's Digest, Llewellyn's annuals, and Spirit and Destiny magazine. She is also the ...
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