What is voodoo/black magic?

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West Indies

Answer 1

Voodoo is considered a religion, a combination of ancestral African, Native American, and Roman Catholic beliefs. It started to emerge in the Caribbean in the16th and 17th centuries. The island-nation of Haiti is often considered the 'capital' of the Voodoo/Hoodoo belief system, a country that is suffering immeasurable poverty, despite the alleged 'powers' of voodoo spirits and magics...

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Answer 2

What Is Voodoo Magic

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Voodoo is a religion that is a mixture of Roman Catholicism and the traditional religions that were brought over with the slaves from West African to the Carribean. Powerful stuff from what I have heard of it. I have seen a shell casting and it was wicked interesting, very accurate.

Black magic is not Voodoo. Black magic is calling on malevolent forces to do your bidding for them. For instance calling demons, casting a spell to harms others, sacrifices, etc.

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Answer 5

They are not one in the same. Voodoo is a religion that is actually a rather complex system of spiritual beliefs and ritualistic practices. It has its roots in West African traditions and Catholicism, among other things.

As for black magic, supposedly that is magical craft intended to do harm to others. But if you ask modern day magic practitioners they will argue that there's no such thing and that magic has no color.

Answer 6

The widely held image of Voodoo in the Western world is one of wax dolls with pins sticking out of them and black magic. Voodoo is, in fact, one of the world’s most ancient religions. Voodoo arrived in the West during the slave trading days. The basis of the religion came from Africa, but the Voodoo we now know was structured in Haiti. A variety of different ethnic groups amalgamated their religions and formed the Voodoo that is known today.

Voodoo is a West African word meaning 'spirit'; the original word was vodun. The basic ethos of the religion is that everything in the universe is connected. Nothing happens by chance in this world, and there are no accidents. Everything that you do to one person you are doing to yourself, because you are that person.

Voodoo ceremonies contain prayers, dancing and rituals. They also include animal sacrifices. The figure of the snake plays a major part in the rituals, and the high priest or priestess will embody the serpent’s power. Spirits of wealth, nature and happiness possess the bodies of believers at the ceremony.

Dancing and music are also major elements of the Voodoo ceremony. In the West, the dancing has often been portrayed as sexual, but that is not its main purpose. Dancing is a way to connect with spirits and the spirit world.

Voodoo is an important part of family life in any community that practices it. The high priest has a great deal of influence and gives spiritual advice when it is asked for. He or she is also seen as a healer and practices with herbs and medicines. The knowledge that the high priestess has gained will have been passed along through prior generations.

Practitioners of Voodoo also use spells. For the main part, these are spells used to evoke good, not harm. There are healing spells, love spells and spells to celebrate joy. The image of black magic and harmful spells was mainly founded by Europeans who had a distrust of anything African.

Voodoo is practised as a religion in a number of countries around the world. In Brazil, it is called Candomble, and in the Caribbean, it is called Obeah. In 2003, the government of Haiti sanctioned Voodoo as an official religion. Believers can now be baptized and married within the religion.

It has taken centuries for this official action to happen. Believers say it will take more than an official show of faith to make up for the persecution that followers of Voodoo have had to contend with. There are millions of people in Haiti alone who have faith in the religion.

Answer 7

There is no colorfull magic, neither white nor black.. Magic is Magic. Voodoo is the Religion and Hoodoo is the magic.

Answer 8

Magic that is used to create evil? But I read in the bible that all types of magics are bad, white and black.

Answer 9

It is when someone cases a spell on you.. I remember I was dating a black man from Haiti and he was ugly as hell but I was young and my mother wanted me to date him because he was smart and educated. To make a long story short, I hated this guy with a passion. BUt all of a sudden I started to fall in love with him and I couldnot understand why.. Come to find out he sent my underwears to haiti and hair that he got from my brush to his Voo-doo aunt and they made me fall in love with his ugly a*s.. I did not believe in voo-doo until that sh*t happened too me, Thank God the spell didn't work for long because we are not together. Now I am cautious when it comes to dating men from haiti. It' not only haiti that does this in other countries it is happening too.

Answer 10

"Voodoo" is actually based on a religion which is a mixture of Catholicism and the religions brought over from Africa. It is not "black magic".

"Black magic" is any kind of magic that involves casting a spell for your OWN benefit. "White magic" is casting a spell for someone else's benefit.