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Post by eldritchentity0 on Aug 7, 2008 6:09:38 GMT -6
Hey, I was watching, a show about voodoo mixed with the native americans beliefs and all and I was wondering does anyone know any "how-tos" on the voodoo system? It seems to really stand out to me amazingly!!!!!
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Post by Lord Void Bharam'ka on Aug 7, 2008 11:09:53 GMT -6
I do know that Voodoo, Voudoun, Santeria, Hoodoo, and all the other ways of saying it are all different "schools."
The are a blend of Afro-Carribian "Paganism" and Catholicism.
Basically all the Catholic items they use stand for something else.
They were colonized and forced into Catholicism.
The Missionaries did all they could to stamp out their Pagan ways.
So the people just began to incorporate Catholic Images and Saints to shut the Catholic Monks up.
Plus the monks saw the natives "worshiping" Catholic images in their own cultural way. So they were like, "Close enough..."
Knowledge is limited in book about Voodoo. I wrote a paper on it and it was kinda a pain in the ass.
If you really want to know, you need to become part of a Voodoo house. So many things are still passed on orally, and by actual doing Voodoo. Not to mention Even two of the same "schools" of Voodoo might do things completely different.
I know this wasn't the answer you were probably looking for.
But I found it most helpful to research the Lwa (Gods) and what they had to say on possession.
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Post by I AM the Way on Aug 7, 2008 17:13:10 GMT -6
hahahaha! yes! that is hilarious.
the user The New Nonsense has gotten increasingly into such things as hoodoo and sabbatic witchcraft, reading about the High Sheriff, Dr. Buzzard, Chumbley, etc. i'll try to bug him into posting about his experiences.
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Post by Madguten on Aug 7, 2008 17:31:17 GMT -6
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Post by Drizzle Drazzle on Aug 8, 2008 16:50:32 GMT -6
I have an excellent book, called Tales of Yoruba, Gods and Heroes. Here I found it at amazon. www.amazon.com/Tales-Yoruba-Heroes-Harold-Courlander/dp/0942272404Funny enough, the first customer review sums up very similiar to what I was about to say. You see, these tales are from the African root of all the voodoo and santeria and ecetera traditions. Familiar names of the Lwa or Orisha are present, Erzulie, Eshu and such are found here. Fascinating stuff here. The tales read much like the greek mythology. The stories tend to involve kings and kingdoms, gods and heroes and politics. No wonder. The peoples of Yoruba were in the midst of a golden age when the slave boats landed.
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Post by Shaz'rahjeem on Aug 12, 2008 17:18:13 GMT -6
There is afew books on it as well. I found them to be relatively opinionated however.
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