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To: alt.magick From: catherine yronwodeSubject: Re: Going to Erzulie Freda's House Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 21:19:46 GMT Asiya wrote: > Excuse my ignorance here. Didn't Hoodoo magick arise out of the Voodoo > religion? No, it did not. Voodoo is a term that identifies the traditional African religion of the Fon and Ewe language groups of West Africa and also is aplied to the diasporic synthesis of Catholicism with Fon and Ewe traditional religion in the nation of Haiti. Voodoo in its traditional African form is at the present time the official, state-endorsed religion of Benin, a nation in West Africa, and, in its Catholic-syncretic form, it is the majority religion in Haiti. Hoodoo is a tradition of folk-magic derived primarily from the Kikongo (Bantu) people of Central Africa, with admixtures of European folk-magical practices; it developed and is practiced in the North American diaspora among African-Americans, most of whom are Protestant Christians in such denominations as Missionary Baptist, AME, Pentacostal, and so forth. Africa is a large continent. The Kikongo / Bantu people are not related closely to Fon / Ewe people in terms of location, culture, language, religion, or customs; this alone indicates how different hoodoo is from Voodoo. Read a more complete article on the origins and history of hoodoo at http://www.luckymojo.com/hoodoohistory.html As a side-light, note that hoodoo, not being a religion, is not capitalized, but Voodoo, being a religion, is caitalized. > Doesn't your website have Hoodoo items for sale? Hoodoo formula oils and powders are included among our store's offerings, but Lucky Mojo is actually a general-purpose occult supply store, like many others you have seen, no doubt. In addtion to the usual stock of candles, incense, books on magic of various cultures (including Solomonic and folkloric), and herbs that are used for magic and medicine in many cultures and traditions, we also carry the largest inventory in the US of folkloric amulets and charms for luck and protection from Latin America, the Middle East, Asia, and Europe, plus a very large inventory of Catholic, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, and other religious goods (but no Voodoo religious goods). You can check it all out at http://www.luckymojo.com/catalogue.html Thanks for asking rather than making assumtions :-) Cordially, cat yronwode
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