Voodoo Who Do?

[Danustouch]

Anyone here interested in learning about the history of Voodoo? Here's a great link. I find it a very interesting topic. I've read alot abou the zombie phenomena (poison from a puffer fish, supposedly the cause...). And learning about other cultures, and their beliefs ALWAYS fascinates me. Anyway..here ya go..here's the link

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http://www.swagga.com/voodoo.htm

[Andromeda]

Thanks for the link :) Very interesting. I've looked into some aspect of Voodoo before, when my dad gave me a voodoo doll.

[Myst]

This made me laugh. There's also magick called Hoodoo (sounds like Who Do) :)

[Danustouch]

lol...yeah...I discovered that AFTER i posted the article. Is Hoodoo appalachian magick? I forget.

[Myst]

I believe it is African :)

[Sora]

Taht was an informative site, a friend of mine was quite recently looking for a thing just like that...

[Mairwen]

Originally posted by Danustouch
lol...yeah...I discovered that AFTER i posted the article. Is Hoodoo appalachian magick? I forget.

No, it's not. HooDoo and VooDoo are the same thing. Both have
African tribal roots. And both are far and away from Appalachian magic. Appalachian magic is also called Granny Magic, or mountain "hedge witch" magic.

[Danustouch]

Thanks for confirming that Mairwen.

[Mairwen]

welcome

[Myst]

Some sites

http://www.neworleansvoodoo.com/hoodoo.shtml (how they are similar but not the same)

http://altreligion.about.com/library/weekly/aa030300a.htm (mentions how hoodoo is magick whereass voodoo is religion)

http://www.paranormalatoz.com/vodun.html (thoughts on how hoodoo and voodoo are different)

http://website.lineone.net/~ssleightholm/dict/glossary/voodoo.htm (hoodoo vs voodoo, glossary def'ns)

http://members.tripod.com/~mobettavoodoo/voodoo.htm (voodoo and hoodoo)

http://www.hypertxt.com/flowers/rootwork/rootwrkh.htm (rootwork, Hoodoo: The indigenous African American spiritual tradition)

Some food for your brain :)

[Mairwen]

Sorta like the difference between witchcraft and Wicca.

[Twilight Garden]

Back when I first saw 'The Serpent And The Rainbow' I got a little interested in "zombie" and voodoo stuff. Seeing how it was "based on a book, that was based on actual events," I was intrigued. I live relatively close to New Orleans, and there honestly is more tolerance and respect for Santaria and Voodoo compared to other places in New Orleans.

[loopy]

"Power of voodoo
Who do? You do
Do What? Remind me of the babe" :D The title reminded me of that.

Thanks for the links; I'm definitely going to bookmark and check them out. It'll be nice to separate the stereotypes I have in my mind from the truth. :)

[Danustouch]

When I lived in CT, about 30 minutes away from Manhattan, there was a HUGE Santerian presence in town. There were about three differen't Botanica's right on Main Street. I personally don't prefer the path, simply because of the fact that alot of it has Catholic Saints meshed in with it...so it makes it difficult to follow for me. But it's interesting stuff.

I like some of the beliefs of Voodoo...I saw a Voodoo Healing Ceremony once in a documentary. The Voodoo Priest sacrificed a chicken. He mixed the blood from the chicken with his own spit (which is a very ancient medicinal, actually. Saliva holds a persons essence, so supposedly very powerful), and made the "Sick" person drink the mixture. By this time, the drumming, dancing, chanting, etc..had put both the Priest and the "Ill" person into a trance. The Sickness, in vooodoo culture, is kinda like "Demons" in Christian belief...it's like something that possesses you. So during the trance, after they drink the mixture of blood and spittle, the "Spirit" of the sickness had to whisper its' name to the Priest, so that he could make a diagnosis, and also give him the name of the cure.

Was fascinating. Though I can't imagine following any tradition where animal sacrifice is still used, myself.

[Mairwen]

At least they honor their food before they eat it.:rolleyes:

[Danustouch]

Agreed, Mairwen. I'm not saying it's not a valid practice, or that I'm fundamentally opposed to the way in which they use it. Simply that I couldn't take part in a ritual where it was done. It would prove too much a distraction to me. I eat meat, so it's not that i'm fundamentally against such things....I just couldn't bear to see an animal slain in front of my own eyes.

[Mairwen]

I have ~ and I can. I grew up in the country. We killed our chickens for food. When I was married, my fil let me pick calves out of the field to take to the slaughterhouse; we'd watch while we waited. :D It's all in knowing and caring where your food comes from.

[Danustouch]

LOL....well honey...I happen to be a big fan of Taco Bell...that just proves right then and there, that I don't know, and I don't CARE where my food is coming from ;) ;) ;) :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :devil:

[story]

:lol: i've been to a slaughter house and i've been to taco bell. If you can handle watching the guacamole gun in action, you probably can handle the other.

[Danustouch]

LOL..you may be right...but that's why I always sit down until my food is all ready to go! LOL.