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Recieved: 1999/11/11 11:58
Subject: [K-list] Voodoo
From: winter mute
On 1999/11/11 11:58, winter mute posted thus to the K-list:
On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 11:58:46 Sharon Webb wrote:
>Since there seems to be some current interest in the subject, I'm enclosing
>an article (below) that I did awhile back on Voodoo.
Thank you very much for posting. :)
It was a great read, especially the part with the
definitions and the description of the "descendance"
of the loa.
I found it very very fascinating. :))
This really demands more "research". :)
Tantra seemed quaint and far away prior to K.
Vodou also seemed very quaint. :)
But now...
I am sure the descendance of the loa has its counter-
parts in many streams of mysticism. :)
The drumming which is done to call down the loa strongly reminds me of sufi rituals of music and
chanting.
And then you have the element of commune and
society of course, when talking not only about
vodoun but about any kind of religious movement. :)
Btw, I have found that drum souns really makes K
going, it's a combination of vibrational rythms
and the deep frequency. :)
While in Copenhagen a week ago, a man was performing
African drums in the street.
The beat started sublimating K in a very definite way.
I had to duck into a shop to avoid public disgrace. ;)
Of course, the song that was being played in the
shop was "Electricity". ;)
More comments below:
>The article was
>commissioned by Eye On the Web, as was an article I >did on kundalini;
Too bad the article was never published.
Maybe you would like to post your article on K
here as well or give us the URL ?
>-----------------
>Voodoo
>by
>Sharon Webb
>Zombification is perhaps the
>ultimate in ostracism.
I guess you are aware that zombification can in
large part be done by the poison tetrodotoxin.
>Vodouisants believe in one God---the Gran Met, or Great Master. Gran Met is
>all powerful, and omniscient, but he is considered to sometimes be distant
>and detached from human affairs. All practitioners honor the loa (also
>spelled lwa) who are lesser entities that interact >directly with the people.
Very well. :)
>Mambo Racine Sans Bout, a legitimate priestess of the Vodou offers the
>explanation of Luc Gedeon, who initiated her: "The loa are like conscious,
>etheric streams composed of an immense number of sentient beings.... Each of
>these sentient beings is a microcosm of the entire stream. Therefore, each
>being incarnating as a portion of the stream contains and can act as if it
>was the entire stream."
:O :)))
Veeery interesting.
This does sound a lot like some sort of... dare I say it, non dualism. :)
And how can the loa descend into ppl ?
Maybe because humans are also microcosms of the same
stream but at a lower operating "frequency" ? ;))
>The loa make their presence known by temporary possession of members of the
>congregation. This practice, called "riding the horse" is somewhat akin to
>the phenomena of channeling and facilitated when the Vodouisant enters an
>altered state. The ritual opens with an invocation to Legba, the loa of the
>gate and crossroads.
Yes, the crossroads as the void... ?
>No other loa may cross from the astral to the material
>plane without the permission of Legba. Water is poured at the four cardinal
>points and three times before each sacred drum.
Sounds very akin to a tantra ritual to me. :)
>At this point the loa descends and rides his horse--the person chosen by
>the loa to possess. The possessed person then takes on the characteristics
>of the loa and is often able to perform physical feats impossible to
>ordinary humans. Possession by a loa is considered normal and desirable
>under these circumstances.
This sort of "spirit possession" as also described
in Tibetan Buddhism, more specifically in
Heinrich Harrer's 7 Years In Tibet.
"Possession" is also a common means of communicating
with the spirit(s) in shamanism. :)
Are we touching upon a phenomenon deeply connected with
humanity as a whole ?
>For example, Gude,
>patron of the dead and guardian of human sexuality, wears dark glasses with
>one lens missing because he is said to see simultaneously into the worlds of
>the living and the dead. This double vision is, no doubt, also the source of
>his humor. To laugh is to balance, and like all balancing within Vodou, is
>achieved not through resolving or denying conflict, but by finding a way of
>staying steady in the midst of it."
Interesting. :))
Thanks again for posting that, Sharon.
Best regards,
Amanda.
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