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Personalized Voodoo Dolls are sometimes used in conjures in the Voodoo and Vodun religions.
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What are voodoo spells?
Voodoo spells are spells that are done by a practitioner of the Vodun faith.
What are other names for voodoo?
Other names for voodoo include Vodou, Vodun, and Voodooism.
Is vodou a monotheistic religion?
No. In all of its forms (African Vodun, and Haitian and Louisianan Voodoo/Voduo) it incorporates deities and/or spirit-worship.
What is the definition of voodoo?
1. Also, vodun. a polytheistic religion practiced chiefly by West Indians, deriving principally from African cult worship and containing elements borrowed from the Catholic religion. 2. a person who practices this religion. 3. a fetish or other object of voodoo worship. 4. a group of magical and ecstatic rites associated with voodoo.
The founder of voodoo?
no one person can be claimed founder. its really a religion called Vodun, which can be traced back to the Yoruba peoples in West Africa in the 18th century of present day Benin. "voodoo" has been created by common misconceptions of the actual religion.
When did voodoo start?
Voodoo, Vodun, and Vudu or three of several spellings for a label word that describes the complex and ancient traditional beliefs and ideologies of West Africa. Vodun has its roots in Ghana, Togo, and Benin where it is embraced as the foundation of ordinary reality. Vodun comes from the Fon and Ewe languages and roughly translates to Divinity, Divine Principle or Deity.
Do you do voodoo?
This is a great question. Voodoo isn't as much something you do as it is a religion... a belief system. In contemporary culture, voodoo is mixed with with myth and movies in a way that is very different from its original religious roots. If your question is about the religious aspects of Voodoo or Vodun, you can learn a lot more about it here: http://www.religioustolerance.org/voodoo.htm If your question is about contemporary culture's take on Voodoo, you can learn a lot more about it here: http://VoodooRules.com... This site is all about the nexus between Voodoo and contemporary, art, music, and culture. One of the reasons I was so anxious to answer your question was that they have a video called Whoodoo Voodoo on the site.
Is wiccan an object of voodoo?
No. - Wicca (one of the paths of Paganism) is a religion and spiritual path founded by Gerald Gardner in the 60s. - Voodoo (also one of the paths of Paganism and more correctly called Vodun) is another, separate religion which has been around far longer than Wicca and is typically found in the Haitian islands, Louisiana, and West Africa.
Which tribe started Voodoo?
No single tribe started voodoo. Vodoo (or Vodun) was a composite religion based off the traditions of African tribes carried over by slaves and mixed with catholicism in Haiti. When these slaves came to America, it also mixed with some of the superstitions at the time as well as the beliefs and practices of local native American tribes.
What is a blend of religions?
Voodoo incorporates many elements and symbolism from many different religions and spiritual practices, including Roman Catholicism, West African Vodun, European spirituality, and Freemasonry.
Can a protection spell help if someone already has voodoo on them?
In short, "maybe." While many other religions do not, or cannot, discern between the two religions there is a large difference in the two. Voodoo (or Vodun) is inherently Christian in root, while the Wicca faith has little to do with Christianity. Additionally Voodoo is a spirit based religion, while Wicca is based on polytheism and the cycle of life. In direct answer to your question there are many rites and rituals in Wicca targeted at stopping or preventing an external influence on the individual practitioners life. This is especially true for negative energies, those often associated with Voodoo hexes and curses. However the amount of protection provided is determined by the individuals belief and strength of faith.
Do people that use voodoo believe in there own god?
Practitioners of Vodun (the real name for "Voodoo") worship the same God as Christians, Muslims, and Jews. They just believe different things about Him/Her. They believe in lesser gods whose standing is somewhat similar to Angels, called Orishas or Vodun. The word "vodun" means "the spirits" or "the spirits of nature". The Vodun embody the various forces of nature. Practitioners of Vodun and related faiths in Africa and the diaspora believe that God is truly infinite, unfathomable, and all-powerful. They understand that mere mortal humans cannot possibly relate to Him/Her. So instead of asking Him/Her to override the forces of nature (which would be a blasphemous implication that He/She makes mistakes), they approach the forces of nature to help them to solve problems or just to show thankfulness for blessings or lessons learned. In Haitian Voudou, a type of Vodun practiced in the diaspora, the lesser gods are called loa. They use the images and attributes of Catholic saints to represent them. The integration of Catholic saint Image in Voudou goes back to the colonial period. The whites forbade the slaves to practice their ancestral faiths and the Catholic religion was imposed on them. So in order to serve the spirits and not get caught by their masters, they integrated Catholic saints' images into the religion to show the masters that they were praying to the saints that they were required to, when in fact, deep inside their hearts ,they were praying to the gods they really belived in. They are not small gods rather big gods
