| There is more misinformation about Voodoo than | | | | grossly misrepresented. The amount of factual |
| there is about how many nukes are ready to be | | | | information online about any of these forms is sparse |
| launched into the stratosphere. In this article, I’m | | | | to say the least. |
| going to try to separate some of the fact from the | | | | Voodoo black magic is what is most personified in |
| fiction. It isn’t easy to do for a variety of | | | | the movies and throughout literature. The reason is |
| reasons, some of which you may be more than well | | | | obvious. It’s like the story about a crowd of |
| aware of. | | | | people walking by a lady feeding pigeons in the park. |
| At the top of the list of offenders is Hollywood. | | | | Nobody stops to notice. But walk past a 10 car pileup |
| Movie makers have long been misrepresenting the | | | | on the freeway and everybody stops. Traffic backs |
| Voodoo faith (yes, it is a faith) since the days of | | | | up for miles. Evil is always more interesting than good. |
| Bela Lugosi in Voodoo Man made in 1944. This is the | | | | You’re probably wondering why I am telling you |
| stereotypical movie of the pins in dolls misconception | | | | all this. The reason is simple. Voodoo is more than |
| that people have about Voodoo. Not all Voodoo is | | | | just black magic. There is a lot of good that Voodoo |
| about black magic. It is not all bad. As with anything | | | | can do, including actually healing people of their sins |
| else, there is good and bad in Voodoo. White magic in | | | | and diseases. If one goes into the learning of this |
| Voodoo is just as common. It just isn’t as talked | | | | discipline looking only for the bad and to cause harm, |
| about because it isn’t as controversial and | | | | they are missing the whole point and missing a big |
| titillating. | | | | part of the Voodoo faith. |
| Little do most people know, again mostly due to all | | | | In my signature, you’ll find a review of a product |
| the misinformation and Hollywood’s perpetuation | | | | that will not only teach you Voodoo spells but give |
| of the myths, is that there are actually several forms | | | | you the proper sense of what Voodoo is really all |
| of Voodoo including Haitian Vodou, Louisiana Voodoo, | | | | about. I think you will find the review itself quite |
| and West African Vodun, which is probably the one | | | | helpful and informative. |
| people most identify with, even though it itself is | | | | |