Louisiana Voodoo

metropolitan life, including its own flavor of Voodoo. It was Catholic in nature. Conversely, the rural areas, containing slaves and slave plantations, testified of their own type of Voodoo, known as Hoodoo. It was Protestant in nature. Although there was cross-over between the Voodoo and Hoodoo, each were different yet alike. The Hoodoo spirit made its way into the bayous of Southern Louisiana, but Voodoo’s formal organization did not. Like their “city Voodoo cousins,” rural slaves had certain religious

Louisiana Voodoo The Voodoo tradition that is alive and well in Louisiana today is brought to the United States care of the slave trade from the early 16th century. West African slaves in the south kept their traditions alive in the US, despite an overwhelming and coercive Roman Catholic influence. Late in the evening, and behind closed doors, slaves returned to their roots to practice the traditions that their owners disapproved of. Despite their desire to keep their African traditions alive, they

Voodoo Throughout history people have feared that which they do not understand. This is even more evident with the topic of witchcraft. With such events, as the Salem witch trials and the inquisition-like attacks on religions, not socially accepted by the majority, demonstrates what happens when intolerance and fear of beliefs not like any other take hold in a culture. Even in the 20th century, a religion exists in the southern United States that intimidates people through prayer

Voodoo and Caribbean Religions The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods is what is defined as Religion. In many religions text is believed to have scriptural status and moral authority. In some religions like Voodoo, there are no moral authority or text. It is a community centered around individual experiences, empowerment, and responsibility and is practiced by people who are imperfect and may use religion for their own purposes. It is a religion

Hoodoo versus Voodoo: Alike in Name but Not in Practice The Basic Aspects of Hoodoo As everyday people become more mindful of alternative forms of medicine to employ in place of rigid western medicine, longstanding methods of healing from around the world have experienced a revival, especially the West African practice of Hoodoo. Hoodoo, otherwise known as “rootwork” or “conjuring,” is a manner of folk magic and spiritual practice that focuses upon the innate powers of the earth and its dwelling

Black magic’s influence within African cultures is no surprise when taking a look at the culture itself. Known as Vodou in Haiti, which later evolved into the practice known as Voodoo in the United States, along with Conjuring, also known as the practice of Hoodoo which evolved from West African countries such as Ghana, the practice of black magic persistently played a role in African culture constantly following the dispersal of Africans worldwide throughout the past centuries. Throughout a multitude

Orleans was home to many proud people who loved their roots. It was well known that the night life never stopped there along with the vibrant music. The nightlife and music were the two lonesome things that Kol actually enjoyed about the town in Louisiana. Everything else in the French Quarter brought back unwelcome memories for him. Many family feuds occurred there in the past. If it wasn’t for Rebekah, he would be lounging in Milan instead of driving up to his family’s home. The house happened to

he make of all of this? He wasn’t sure, and for twenty years of his life, he truly didn’t know. He had always been led to believe by his coven elders that it was the work of the Ldo, (which are the ancestral spirits that are worshipped in Haitian voodoo) everything else was reserved to the highest level of of the tribe before one could hear of it. Should one hear of this sacrosanct information prematurely, their earlobes would be decapitated and sacrificed to Ldo to prevent any retribution from making

What Will Be Covered Today, I'm going to be talking about the roots of voodoo and what it actually is, the two types of voodoo, voodoo rituals and superstitions, and why voodoo is perceived as a negative or controversial topic. What Is Voodoo? I'm sure everyone has their own perception of voodoo inside their head. Most people think includes black magic, evil spirits, and causing harm to others. However, voodoo is actually a complex tradition of faiths and beliefs that combine into an overall

Voodoo is a religion also known as Vodou or Voudon. In modern day society, the word ‘Voodoo’ usually brings others to the thought of dolls with pins stuck in them to cause pain on one’s enemies and the resurrection of the dead as zombies. In addition, black magic, animal sacrifices, and circles of worshipers dancing to the beat of a drum are just a few of the many other misconceptions about the practice of Voodoo. According to anthropologist Wade Davis, however, “Voodoo is not some kind of dark mystical