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  1. Dieudonne Bokor

    Voodoo

    Voodoo, Vodou, Vodun Vodoun, Voudou, and Sevi Lwa essentially refer to the same general diasporic religion. It's more an issue of folk's pronunciation and spelling. Voodoo is most used in relation to American system. The next three variant spellings of the Haitian Creole are generally used...
  2. Dieudonne Bokor

    2 women accused of burning 5-year-old girl in voodoo ceremony, police say

    Since Vodouisants do not burn children with boiling water, or threaten to cut off a child's head, this has nothing to do with Voodoo/Vodou. Our "possessions" have always been by the Lwa, and never by "the devil" I don't care who wrote the headline, but it is just more of the same dung...
  3. Dieudonne Bokor

    voodoo cross roads ritual except for altar ?

    Hello Jack, There are many "scripts" of Crossroads Rites available online. There's a pretty good one that has an "Indoor" version that you may find useful in constructing one for yourself. Search for "Hoodoo Conjure Articles An Original Crossroads Ritual" and yyou' easily find it. Please...
  4. Dieudonne Bokor

    Catholics & Voodoo

    Essentially, there is no difficulty for many Vodouisants to integrate all the tenants of faith of the Church with our beliefs and practices. There is a book entitled "Mama Lola" in which the author, having attended the Mass with a group of Vodouisants, asked a Haitian Mambo ("priestesss") how...
  5. Dieudonne Bokor

    Question about magic

    Voodoo/Vodou dolls aren't what they used to be! Seriously, I'm pointing-up the fact that such dollies (many practitioners call them that} are not all about hurting anyone. That's an urban legend created mainly in films and horror story books. In many cases, they're used to heal. EXAMPLE: A...
  6. Dieudonne Bokor

    Is voodoo evil?

    It's interesting to see the juxtaposition between Ignorance and Understanding in folk's perceptions of Voodoo/Voudon. And it's fascinating to observe the spectrum of opinions, too. Having said that: both American Voodoo and Haitian Vodou can be viewed as religions - tho' when asked, many...
  7. Dieudonne Bokor

    Mwen sèvi Lwa

    Mwen sèvi Lwa
  8. Dieudonne Bokor

    Lape Bondye Avek Nou

    Lape Bondye Avek Nou
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