When those personalities begin to emerge, the spirits will be given the things that please them. Other lwa will not be as dramatic, entering the bodies of the clergy quietly and gracefully.Īs the lwa come into the priests and priestesses, it can be very clear who has entered into the space and spirits have distinct likes and dislikes, as well as personalities. This is done by asking the lwa to possess their bodies (also known as mounting the horse), often witnessed when the priests and priestesses writhe around on the ground. When the lwa are being called on for a ritual or a specific purpose, the priests or priestesses will bring in the lwa by calling out to them and calling them down into the human plane. When you understand the needs of the lwa, you can begin to understand how Voodoo can aid in personal healing. These are the ones who might be pleased with offerings and rituals to encourage them to help those who worship and appease them. These spirits are the ones that are between the practitioners and God, and the ones who often interfere with the everyday goings-on of the humans. This poem was published back in 2003 in Luciferian Gnosis.Lwa, or sometimes spelled Loa, is the word used to encapsulate the spirits of Voodoo as practiced in Haiti and Louisiana. You’ve condemned yourself~ (to Sacrifice) In the eyes, you can stand but cannot stand to It is also said in vodou legend, that feeding a zombie salt will make it return to the grave.Ī Poem Which Was Written For Me By A Colleague It is believed that after a time God will take the soul back and so the zombi is a temporary spiritual entity. The zombi astral is typically kept inside a bottle which the bokor can sell to clients for luck, healing or business success. There also exists within the West African Vodun tradition the zombi astral, which is a part of the human soul that is captured by a bokor and used to enhance the bokor’s power. “Zombi” is also another name of the Vodou snake lwa Damballah Wedo, of Niger–Congo origin it is akin to the Kikongo word nzambi, which means “god”. ![]() ![]() Zombies remain under the control of the bokor since they have no will of their own. A Bokor can be, by Judeo-Christian terms, good or evil, though some sources consider him an evil version of a houngan.Īccording to the tenets of Vodou, a dead person can be revived by a bokor, or sorcerer. Bokor are usually chosen from birth, those whom are believed to bear a great ashe (power). Bokors normally work with Loas Baron Samedi, Kalfou, Legba and Simbi (snake loa) plus in some cases they are said to work with Grand Bois, the loa of the forest.īokors are similar to the “root workers” of voodoo and New Orleans voodoo. The person is alive but in a state where they cannot control what they say or do at this point, when the person has been “reanimated” from the grave, or at least is moving about working for the bokor, they can be termed “zombies.” However, some legends dispense with this more rational explanation, and have the bokor raise zombies from dead bodies whose souls have departed.Īlso, bokors are said to work with zombi/zombie astrals – souls or spirits which are captured in a fetish and made to enhance the Bokor’s power. Its state is likened to being mind controlled. ![]() The “corpse” is often given deliriant drugs, mainly datura, which puts them in a detached, somewhat dreamlike state. This potion makes the drinker appear to be dead and thus he is often buried later, the bokor will return for the “corpse” and force it to do his bidding, such as manual labor. The name Bokor can also refer to the leader of the Makaya division of Vodou (which originated in the Congo region) and Bokor also refers to the highest initiation rank in Dominican Vodou.īokors are featured in many Haitian tales and are often associated with the creation of ‘zombies’ by the use of a deadening brew or potion usually containing poison extracted from puffer fish. ![]() Their black magic includes the creation of zombies and the creation of ‘ouangas’, talismans that house spirits. Bokors in the religion of vodou are sorcerers or houngan (priests) or mambo (priestesses) for hire who are said to ‘serve the loa with both hands’, meaning that they practice both dark magic and light magic.
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