Articles for tag: Geoff Johns, Steve Niles, The Occult, Voodoo

Karla News

‘Dominique Laveau: Voodoo Child’ Issue #1 Comic Book Review

Vertigo Comics announced a few months back they were launching four new titles. They did a good job of offering something for everyone with these books by covering vampires, zombies, fairy tales, aliens, and the occult. Who couldn’t find something to like out of all those choices and subgenres? I was sent a copy of ...

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Death and Voodoo

Voodoo is an African influenced New World religion that originated in the slave and maroon communities of Haiti and has spread throughout the Caribbean and Southern United States. The practice of voodoo, as does most religions, gives the followers a way to understand the unexplainable, such as death and what happens to the body and ...

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What Are Voodoo Dolls?

Voodoo is perhaps one of the more famous pagan religions in North America. A mixture of African tribal shamanism and the Catholic beliefs that were forced on the slaves when they came to Haiti, Voodoo has grown and spread over a large portion of the Caribbean and has made its way up into America. Voodoo ...

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Facts and Information on Voodoo

Many are familiar with the word “Voodoo”. Whether you’ve seen it in the movies or a cheap novelty imitation of the real thing in a retail store; many are unaware of the true meaning and beliefs associated with this religion. History: Voodoo originally began under the title of Vodun. The name came about in West ...

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Louisiana and Haitian Vodoo and Hoodoo

The Disney film The Princess and The Frog is set in New Orleans and the villain practices Voodoo. At www.calastrology.com they claim Voodoo Dolls could bring you all that you desire! The word voodoo comes from the word vudu, the Dahomean “spirit”, an invisible mysterious force that can intervene in human affairs. “In Voodoo spells, ...