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Home / Society / Religion and Spirituality / African / Diasporic / Vodou, Vodun, Voodoo
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- Afrocentric Experience: Origins of Voodoo - Voodoo is a derivative of the world's oldest known religions which have been around in Africa since the beginning of human civilization. Some estimate these civilizations and religions to be over 10,000 years old. This page is part of the large and multifaceted Afrocentric Experience web site.
www.swagga.com/voodoo.htm
- Ancestors in Haitian Vodou by Mambo Racine Sans But - Essay on respect for ancestors in Vodou, with information on the ceremony of "desounin" and related beliefs and practices.
www.sheps.com/ancestors/mamboracine.html
- Dahomean Vodoun - The world's oldest Vodoun tradition alive in the diaspora.
www.mamiwata.com
- Haitian Vodou at Le Peristyle de Mariani - Step-by-step photographs of Haitian Vodou rites, both Rada and Petro, showing congregants mounted by various Loas, with their characteristic gestures and behaviours explained.
lamitie.freeyellow.com/index.html
- Haitian Vodoun Culture - Excerpts from the encyclopedic work on Haitian Vodoun compiled by Estelle Manuel. Vèvès, Langaj, samples of drum rhythm, and a catalogue of over 2000 songs.
www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/5319
- New Orleans Cemetery & Voodoo Pages - Information on New Orleans Voodoo, with lots of original photos of New Orleans historic cemeteries. Includes extensive references with commentary and links to other New Orleans web sites.
www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/6157
- New Orleans Voodoo Spiritual Temple Homepage - Website of "New Orleans Voodoo" temple, run by Priestess Miriam Chamani. This temple is influenced by African-American Spiritualism, and Belizean Obeah, as well as by Haitian Vodou.
www.voodoospiritualtemple.org
- Origins of Voodoo - A brief history of Haitian Voodoo.
www.nando.net/prof/caribe/origins.html
- Ozzie's Dominican Voodoun - Voodun in the Dominican Republic / Voodun en La Republica Dominicana
www.geocities.com/ozziesdominicanvoodun/index.html
- Profile of a Belief System -- Vodoun - Introduction to Haitian Vodoun and New Orleans Voodoo by Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance and the editors ofÊthe e-zine PorchNus.
members.aol.com/porchfour/beliefs/vodoun.htm
- Queen Mother Bishop's Spiritual Products -- FAQs, Articles and Photos - FAQ page for Queen Mother Bishop's Spiritual Products. Includes questions such as, "Is New Orleans Voodoo the same as Haitian or Dominican Vodou?" and "What is prayer and why do we use it in work?"
qmbishop.neworleansvoodoo.com/faq.htm
- Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou - An "online companion" to the exhibit hosted by the American Museum of Natural History, in New York, from October 1998 to January 1999. Dozens of full-color images.
www.amnh.org/exhibitions/vodou
- Scully Elly's Voodoo Joint - A "New Orleans Voodoo" botanica run by a hounsi (initiate). Wide assortment of books, music, ritual supplies, art, etc. This link takes one directly to the "What is Voodoo" FAQ, rather than the store entrance.
www.thejukejoint.com/faqs.html
- Temple of Yehwe Home Page - Website for the Vodou temple, which is located in Washington D.C., and is an offshoot of Le Peristyle de Mariani, founded in 1974 in Mariani, Haiti, by Max-G. Beauvoir. Site includes much information about Caribbean herbology, as well as upcoming events and seminars, photos, and a discussion forum.
www.vodou.org
- The New Orleans Voodoo Foundation - An excellent educational resource about New Orleans Voodoo. Contains an extensive Voodoo Glossary,Vever Drawings, FAQ page, and a free service in which email questions are answered by Authentic practitioners.
www.voodooshop.com/voodoo/index.html
- The Quick and the Dead -- The Souls of Man in Vodou Thought - An essay by Richard Hodges on the Vodou concept of "soul." Vodou recognizes three spiritual components which together with the physical body make up a man: the ti-bonanj (petit bon ange) "little angel," gwo-bonanj (gros bon ange) "big angel," and mt-tt (maitre tet) "master of the head."
www.bmrc.berkeley.edu/people/rhodges/html/QandD.html
- The traditional religion of Vodun (Voodoo) in Haiti - This collection of scholarly and informative documents by various authors on the history and practice of Vodun (Voodoo) in Haiti is part of an even larger site on Haitian history in general.
www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43a/index-faa.html
- The Vodou Page - Articles by Mambo Racine Sans Bout, a legitimately initiated and ordained priestess of Haitian Vodou.
members.aol.com/racine125
- TRADITIONAL RELIGION IN AFRICA: The Vodun phenomenon in Benin - Academic essay on Vodun practices of the Fon, Gun, Mina and Ewe peoples of South Benin.
afrikaworld.net/afrel/zinzindohoue.htm
- Vodou Spirit - Website of Kay Aboudja in New Orleans - This is the homepage for Kay Aboudja, a traditional house of Vodou, headquartered in New Orleans, LA. Content of the site includes articles on contemporary Vodou practice in the US, links, annotated reading lists and descriptions of Vodou services.
www.vodouspirit.com
- Vodun (a.k.a. Voodoo) - Excellent historical and practical information on Vodoun, its panteon, and its rituals, from religioustolerance.org
www.religioustolerance.org/voodoo.htm
- Voodoo - Vodou - Vodun - Essays by Soutini Gwangenge on the roles of Nature and Trance in Haitian Vodou.
host.awwm.com/soutini
- Voodoo Glossary - A short dictionary of Haitian Voodoo terms.
www.spellmaker.com/glossary.htm
- Voodoo Information at Baton Rouge Net - A brief, factual, well-illustrated introductory essay on Voodoo in the Caribbean and Louisiana, with a focus on Marie Laveau.
www.brnet.com/vopage.html
- Voodoos and Obeahs - Phases of West India Witchcraft - By Joseph J. Williams (1932), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive.
www.sacred-texts.com/afr/vao
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