Can you message people here if you have an account? Do you have to pay to make one? I have been fascinated for decades with vaudou, and wanted to chat with GSB/LTD about their experiences with that, but maybe we can do that publicly, perhaps at another thread?
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 81088587 TRUST ME: Vodou is NOT something to play around with. It's a complex religion that combines ancient African tribal beliefs with the Catholic church that has over 1,000 Lwa
[spirits aka saints] that can be summoned for protection, benign assistance or the exacting of revenge against enemies.... and it's usually the latter!
Animal sacrifices are common in their rituals where spilled blood
[including human when frenzied practitioners will slash themselves] figures prominently as a holy purifier
[guess where they got that from?]; idols are also a big part of their ceremonies as are ecstatic chanting/dancing enhanced by alcohol/drugs.
While there are many different sects
[including a watered-down Louisiana practice], the classic Haitian is the by far the most pervasive where superstition has always reigned supreme there since the 1500's.
For my money, Vodou is the darkest cult practiced today and far exceeds Satanism in that respect. So: you've been warned!
