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Motumbá Àse, Des Thanks for the info! It's awesome. I'm not that acquainted to New Orleans Vodou or african diaspora and cutlure in that zone. It's awesome to see some "relics" like Marie Laveau's obituary! Thank you for the books, I'll be reading a lot! Shin, I still cannot get back my ac...

African yes. African derived, not so much. And you're on a slippery slope here, because you have no idea how much or how long I've been interested in this. I actually went to africa back in the early 90's. This is the danger of being extremely defensive. You think that your research and experience ...

Ok. You really don't understand a thing that I said. Looks like you're just prepared to a fast and "smart" answer. I'm not saying this to offend you in any way, I'd really like you to read what I write, because when I read your replies, in some of them, I don't see response to what I said,...

Motumbá Àse Thank you for all your responses. The questions to were to try to find anyone energetic and enthusiastic enough to provide answers sharing their opinions on each of those topics. The actual sequence of questions had relevance as well, and I would be happy to share my answers except that ...

It's not just about the spelling. It's about respect. It's about what's true vodou and what people think it is thanks to Hollywood, misconceptions and preconceptions. I still don't buy that argument. How is it respectful to latch onto one particular spelling when all of them are wrong anyway? If pe...

It's not just about the spelling. It's about respect. It's about what's true vodou and what people think it is thanks to Hollywood, misconceptions and preconceptions. You seem to have "something" about Vodou and ADR. In the topic of Hoodoo I posted you seem to talk about Hoodoo and Voodoo ...

Maybe, but if you read the articles you might see that sadly goes beyond just the spelling, it's about how it's socialy perceived, which is important too. Certain things, if not ALL, need to be treated with respect, specially when it's about race, culture and spirituality. This is just a topic to di...

Motumbá Àse I must admit that I thought that the spelling "Voodoo" was to reffer to the magico-spiritual practices in U.S. and that it was "ok" to use that spelling. It looks I was wrong. Maybe we should reffer to american "voodoo" (the religion) as Louisiana Vodou or N...

Motumbá Àse "Power Hours", "Magical Hours" or "Magical Moments" are just that, certain times related to certain energies depending on the tradition. The Moon Fases are as: New: Renewal Waxing: Grouth Full: Blossoming Waning: decrease, cutting Banus is "Black Moon&q...

Not an expert here, but I feel it was intentionally taken out of context... Put it in context, please :) that would be pretty much appretiated. If you're well informed or know better you should share, instead of just "make an statement" PS: In any context that may be, he basicaly called t...

Des you do know that this is not allowed in the forums, don't you? Though I believe you are joking, but anyway if you consider doing this please do it via pms. Thought it was FORBIDEN, as much in private as it is in public. And, it's PM's or at least pm's, because PMS or pms is... funny :P hehe

Desecrated wrote:Matthew 15:22

22 A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.”
................... (all quotes)

Sad but true.

Desecrated wrote:
[sarcasm] If it isn't christianity, it's clearly satanism. [/sarcasm]

DAYUM! xD

Motumbá Àse Today I'll share a little something to bring prosperity and love to our lives. Orisa Osun (sp. Ochún, en. Oshun, pr. Oxum) is the yoruban divinity of Love, Fertility, Beauty, Prosperity and Abundance (linked to Her Fertility powers) She's the one who "listens to gold" (or where...

I just watch this video, the one I saw before was the one with the "santeria initiate"... pffff What a joke!!! What happens here is that Haitian Vodou has a thing with race, has a very violent history and they've had a hard time to shake off that racist mind, that may or may not be justifi...

Hello! I use the Thoth Tarot Deck by Aleister Crowley; I was doing a reading last night and there was one that puzzled me. Basically, I drew 2 cards to signify my month of December, and I got both the Prince and the Princess of Wands. To be honest I didn't really get it, and I still don't, no matte...

Good to see you posting stuff on this Willow, interesting reads. Off on a tanget.. Koetting though.. if you have seen his new video about what he plans to do we might get an influx of the seriously misinformed. Warning, may induce an aneurysm. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix_Rq5Ed41E Motumbá Àse...

This is exactly why I want to find more accurate scholarly work about the occult. And especially pre-internet work from people who actually visited these places and looked at historical evidence. When we don't have good source material any nutjob can claim pretty much anything. I'm going to spend s...

Look in haitian history. I'm not very related to that, I more familiarized with afrobrazilian tradition, but I'm sure that you'll find what you're looking for if you look for it The same with the southern tradition (USA)

Des! Look for Pierre Fatumbi Verger. He doesn't speak about Haitian Vodou specifically, but he does touch the subject Vodun and the Fon people. He compares the Vodun and Orisa cults in Africa and Brazil. It might help you see more "common stuff" between african cults and african diaspora

These are not arguments, these is open questions, because I honestly don't know the answer to it: What is the oldest book/books about voodoo? Is there any evidence that voodoo originally had African elements in it, or was it added later? Is there any serious scholarly work about the origins that's ...

I do agree with what you say about race, white people are very welcome and encouraged to learn/practice hoodoo, but just as hip hop emerged from the black youth of NY, hoodoo itself emerged from african-american ... Motumbá Àse, Fraterai I'm in no way trying to take "the black" of Hoodoo,...

Motumbá Àse Chesed - Jupiter, King, Ruler, Mercy, Righteousness, Court, Judge, Law, Luck, Expansion, Wealth, etc hoodoo probably has the most court/legal/law spells of any system and breaking the problem down into smaller steps like the last post lays out is a good idea as well, but i would put Jupi...

My logic is kinda simple. You put dead things in the ground. After having worked with a candle or something else you bury it outside because then it is "dead". The ball is not in play anymore. La vela es final. The End. That would be "La vela se acabó" or "la vela se quemó&...

Motumbá Àse That is the psychological side of the phenomenon. But what if we take it strictly spiritual? Dreams ARE part of the psychological phenomenon, even when they do have some "spiritual" meaning. Don't discard it. I don't see anything THAT mystical in your drem to be worried about. ...