Free Voodoo Spells and the Origin of Voodoo
Voodoo and free voodoo spells are thought to be amongst the world’s oldest form of religion with its bases in Africa around 10 thousand years ago.
Today, free voodoo spells are practised mainly in the Caribbean. It is widely thought of as a mysterious and sinister practice and is regarded as taboo in many cultures.
It has been characterized by the use of evil zombies, pin dolls, animal sacrifice and dancers gyrating to the rhythm of drums. According to the anthropologist Wade Davis, voodoo is not just a bunch of religious ideas, but rather, it is a notion of how children should be raised in combination with education and politics.
In fact, voodoo can be described as a culture, heritage, philosophy, art, dance, language, medicine, music, justice, power, story telling and ritual.
The word “voodoo” comes from the West African word “vodun,” means spirit. Those who preach or believe in voodoo give credence to the god Bondye.
It is considered to be true that voodoo was brought from western Africa by the Africans who were to become slaves, hence its continued popularity in the Caribbean.
Voodoo spells were not accepted in western culture so everything was kept in secret. Even now, voodooism is shrowded in mystery. To survive however, voodooism took on some elements of Christianity so it has persisted to this day in many parts of the Americas.
The French – 16th century colonizers of Haiti, prohibited all African religions. They punished the practitioners of voodooism with lashings, imprisonment and hanging. The French found African religions especially voodoo as a threat to their colonial system.
However, even these extreme forms of punishments could not extinguish the faith of the Africans. It was in the midst of this struggle that the revolution was conspired. The voodoo priests consulted their oracle and learned how the political battle would have to be fought in order for them to be victorious. The revolution exploded in 1791 with a “Petr-” ritual and continued until 1804 when the Haitians finally won (Long, 2000).
After its liberation in 1804, Haiti did not establish relations with the Vatican until 1860. From then until the 1950’s however, voodooism was not really accepted. And it was not until the late 50’s that the Catholic hierarchy made their peace with voodooism.
Voodoo drums and melodies were incorporated into Catholic church services. Relative peace has been achieved between the Catholics and servitors ever since. Until the 1970’s Haiti was nearly 100% Catholic but today most observers believe that at least 15% of the Christians in Haiti are Protestant evangelicals.
Haitians not only blended different African beliefs, but also influenced by other religions, including Native American traditions and the Catholicism of their conquerors. Hence the continued popularity of free voodoo spells and voodooism.