Voodoo

Vodoo or Vodoun is a series spiritual folkways that developed from the traditions of the African diaspora; variants include:

• Louisiana Voodoo, sometimes known as New Orleans Voodoo
• Haitian Vodou
• West African Vodun
• Cuban Vodú
• Dominican Vudú

Quotes

• Today, voodooists are at the bottom of society. They are virtually all illiterate. They are poor. They are hungry. You have people who are eating mud, and I don’t mean that as a figure of speech.
  • Max Beauvoir Max Beauvoir Haitis High Priest of Voodoo Dies at 79 (08/17/2015)

• The spirits arrived, seizing a woman and a man.
• The man proceeded to rub a burning torch all over his body and walk on hot coals without being burned. The woman, in a frenzy, screamed repeatedly, then grabbed a live chicken and bit its head off.
• Haitians’ understanding of how God is manifest in our lives is very different from that of most Christians, Jews or Muslims, but their documented experiences certainly prove the old adage that the Lord works in mysterious ways.
  • Bill Clinton Max Beauvoir Haitis High Priest of Voodoo Dies at 79 (08/17/2015)

• This Greek revival tomb is reputed burial place of this notorious "Voodoo Queen". A mystic cult, voodooism, of African origin, was brought to this city from Santo Domingo and flourished in 19th century. Marie Laveau was the most widely known of many practitioners of the cult.
  • Plaque at the grave of Louisiana Voodoo Queen, Marie Laveau