About Us

 

Hello my lovelies, my name is Ligaya and I am the owner of Hiraya Botanicals. I have always wanted to create my own shop with my creations and also have a botanical/plant shop. I am a practicing witch for 20 years and a Filipino Reconstructionist or Polytheist in the precolonial polytheistic and animistic beliefs of the Philippines.

I'm a very spiritual person, a writer, globetrotter, a blogger, and teacher in our ancestral beliefs. I created this shop to share my love for our diwata or deities, indigenous spirituality, herbs, plants, and my artistic side. 

The name of the shop, Hiraya Botanicals, comes from the deep Tagalog word, hiraya, that is used in the greeting, "hiraya manawari." It's an older phrase which loosely translates to "may your dreams come true." From this greeting, Hiraya Botanicals represents all my hope and dreams with this shop.

Hiraya Botanicals and the creations I make are all dedicated to the anito (ancestors + spirits) and the diwata. From the soy candles, tinctures, herbal oils, salves, bath soaks, and likha or larawan aka anito figures, they all invoke the blessings from them.

Infusing our native spirituality and the knowledge of healing herbs, I create each product with the essence and hope of our ancestors.