An estimated 60 million people practice Voodoo worldwide [source: Guynup]. Since Voodoo is primarily an oral tradition, the names of gods, as well as the specifics of different rituals, can change in different regions or from generation to generation. However, African Voodoo has several ...
Photo: Guy Donges Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.5 Collect An Item From The Person You Want The Doll To Represent Those who practice voodoo believe in sympathetic magic, meaning that a person transfers their energy into the inanimate objects they come in contact with. To create a link between ...
The loa you’re most likely to have come across in film or TV is Papa Legba – the guy in American Horror Story with the top hat and red eyes –the spirit who can facilitate chats between loa and mortals. Voodoo works its way into the daily lives of many Haitians, but the loudest...