Voodoo and Santeria

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

Voodoo dolls only have the intent given to them by the one placing the conjure.

Nothing. Restring them or get new ones.

If you mean clergy, then they are called Santeros or Olorishas. They are the medium between men and the Orisha, they consult the Orishas via dillogun to help people in need, they are mounted ( possessed) by their ' parent' Orisha as to directly communicate with practitioners, ect. A long time ago, Pata Palo, Ogun Toyo, Oba Tola', and ect, were leaders. Ochanle is a leader. Somehow, its easier to find a follower santero than a Leader Santero.

Some people will argue that Babalawos are ' high priests', but they are men initated into the mysteries of Orunmilla by receiving Ifa, and not Ocha as the Santero/Olorisha has. Although it is possible to make Ocha before making Ifa, and it makes these people highly sought after and potentially very knowledgable/powerful. It is, however, not possible to make Ifa and THEN make Ocha. It's because of this that some people regard Babalawos as ' high priests'.

Although there are no real high priests, if one would have to pick, the Oba/Oriate would take that title. These are Santeros that have undergone vigurous ceremonies, and have memerized ( and understand) all Lucumi Ceremony, and can work the Ita' ( i think they read Ita, I think Italero is another name for the Oriate that does the Ita for the new initiates.... not sure about it though..)

This Roman Catholic devotional image has been appropriated by practitioners of Santeria, through a process called syncretism, to represent a pagan deity.

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Absolutely nothing to you, although the local plants may enjoy the nitrogen from your hair.

Another angle of attack that is way off the spiritual Beam! It is generally agreed there were Three Wise Men in the Epiphany tale. ( We three Kings of Orient are) They have been given the names ( by tradition, as this is not in the Bible)- of Gaspard- or Casper, yes the ghost man, Melchior, often pronounced ( Mell-Choir) like he was a musician or something, and Balthazar or Bal-Shazar. No female companions, the Queens were left home in the palaces. If they were from the Orient, they may have used the China Wall, which is alluded to in the song ( march of the Kings) by Prokoviev- the opening line is late at night Upon the Great Highway, I met three kings of the Orient riding) The Great Highway is, obviously that erected under the dominion of Ch"In Shih Huang-Ti, the first Emperor of the China Wall! The Russians like to believe in part of their journey through borderlands of Russia, the wise men were escorted by Cossacks or something like that.. the songwriter hints- Intrepid agents of sword and spear, dispelled the dangers that hovered near! ( don"t try to read a KGB helicopter into that line!)

Only if the damage done to it has intent behind it.

Voodoo dolls are very rarely used for negative purposes. Its usually for healing, help with situations, things like that.

You have to have intentions behind the actions toward the voodoo doll for the result to take effect. If the doll is accidentally damaged, it may be best to apologize to the doll (some believe that guardian spirits, or part of a person/person's energy can inhabit personalized items), and do your best to repair it. But it is doubtful that anything will happen as a result to accidental damage.

I have worked with Magic myself before & let me tell you the outcome, especially regarding Black Magic & Voodoo. It can lead to very dangerous results. You have to be extremely careful & rethink things before you even THINK about doing anything like that. First off, you need to reassure yourself that this is what you want to do. Then you have to simply choose which Voodoo you actually wanna get into. There are many different kinds believe it or not specified by different cultures. It takes a lot of studying & don't think after saying a spell or making a potion that it will work right away..things like Voodoo & any type of Magic take time.

In the poem where the Four Evangelists are likened to the maneuvering watch on a ship- if one assumes this is taken ( in tandem) then Matthew is the Officer of the Deck, directing operations- Mark ( possiby from Mark Twain) the quartermaster or steerman, and Luke and John are what the Navy calls commissary stewards- of the liquid variety- the punch line of the poem being- One to Watch, One to Steer, and two to fetch a Can of Beer!

Black salt is often used for cleansing, purifying, and banishing. Salt can be used for protection as well. But it should not be used in ritual work to do with Baron Samedi, Maman Brigitte, or the Ghede.

It means nothing. These are conflicting symbols in Voodoo. A true Voodoo practitioner would not mix these items.

a Zombi or Zombie is a Voodoo term for a re-animated walking stiff, so to speak. there are both male and female Zombies and they have human appearance, according to the legend. This is typical of the morbid aspect of Voodoo and other cults. The catch-phrase used by the cartoon character, The Phantom- the Ghost who Walks, sums it up .

The question itself points in many different directions.

Jazz musicians have long been ethno-sponges. Though our persistent will to categorize will always generate debate as to "what is and what isn't", there is little question that musicians themselves often look for ways to expand their horizons, or at least their tools. From a purely technical standpoint we may survey the global scene from a Borg-ist drive to assimilate.

From a more anthropological perspective, there is the fascinating development of parallel histories based on African traditions mutating within new circumstances.

Call and response forms, field hollers, dance/fight games, various tensions between secular and non secular contexts, all were present in one way or another across "the new world". IE places where slaves were brought. But the specific forms and their evolutions vary.

(including of course, the very means of music making---what remained the berimbau in Bahia became the banjo in the southern US, or so goes one history.)

I will answer pursuant to my own primary interest.

Initially however, i think we need to tease out important distinctions between participants and performers. My understanding is that the relationship between dancers and musicians in live settings is more dialogical, or dialectical perhaps in many African traditions than in the contemporary US. That is to say, it is a "dancing with" rather than a "dancing to".

My suggestion is that we cant speak of , say, capoeira chants/music distinct from the movement form itself.

(Clearly i am focusing here on a particular subdivision of the question. Santeria's Yoruban cousin in Brazil is Candomble, which has all sorts of intersections with capoeira. However, it is the irreducible form of Capoeira movement/Capoeira music that i will henceforth try and attend to)

Jazz in the US has (in general) mutated into something which, though requiring intense and active listening engagement, is largely performed to a seated audience.

These days, Capoeira music is indeed listened to in car and home stereos and perhaps even at concert halls, just as capoeira moves can be seen in movies and MTV videos and advertisements, as we see the classic process of divorce from the signifier and the signified . But still, the dominant form of the music is one of absolute symbiosis with the movement form.

Thus i think we must speak of capoeira as a single multi faceted entity. Though, as i initially suggested, one might indeed listen to, for instance, a berimbau player strictly to exploit the marvelous use of variation and timbral nuance ( or whatever...) , it is when considering the entire capoeira experience with an eye/ear towards parallels in the North American development of jazz my own interest becomes particularly stimulated.

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The making of a voodoo doll is a very personal thing. Spanish moss is almost always used, but if you do not have it on hand and feel that yarn would be a better personal substitute to suit your needs of the doll; then go ahead and use yarn.

Nothing happens if you don't believe in voodoo. You are not required to believe in voodoo.

If the dead was not a priest they don't do anything special with the corpse beside bathe it, dressed it and bury it.... I can't tell you what they do with the dead body of someone who was a Voodoo priest/ess.(you are not an initiate)

a long time ago there was three people stuck in the forest and they were travalin for days and days then they came to a cave and they went in and they found lots of dolls with names on them and they found a doll that had there name they did not like doll of them so they destroyed it and they died then many years after police found the dolls and the dead bodys and they named them voodoo dolls

First of all, what colors are in the feet?

Red: Power

Black: Repelling negative energy

White: Positive

Green: Money

Purple: Spirituality

2 dolls tied together usually means bond between 2 people.

In my opinion, no.

Santeria and Voodoo are two distinct religious practices, but have some aspects in common. as you mentioned dolls one can draw an analogy between totem poles- which are physically static structures- some have movable wings for thunderbirds,etc, and the anthropomorphic but diminutive Katchina ( sometimes spelled Kachina) dolls. they are two different tribal customs. The Katchina dolls are NOT portative totem poles, or something akin to wearable crosses or scapulars.

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