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| − | Voodoo dolls originated in African diaspora as part of spiritual folkways and are now often found within New Orleans Voodoo as well as remaining a major part of Haitian Vodou.<ref>http://www.livescience.com/40803-voodoo-facts.html</ref>. Although voodoo dolls are sometimes thought to be used to bring about negative effects, a voodoo doll can be used for good in your own life or in the lives of others: for love, healing, protection, success and many other things. The doll is often a representation of the person who desires to appeal to the Voodoo spirits. Voodoo to some is a religion, to others it's a mystery, and to some voodoo dolls are used to promote positive changes in their life. | + | Voodoo dolls originated in African diaspora as part of spiritual folkways and are now often found within New Orleans Voodoo as well as remaining a major part of Haitian Vodou.<ref name="rf1">http://www.livescience.com/40803-voodoo-facts.html</ref>. Although voodoo dolls are sometimes thought to be used to bring about negative effects, a voodoo doll can be used for good in your own life or in the lives of others: for love, healing, protection, success and many other things. The doll is often a representation of the person who desires to appeal to the Voodoo spirits. Voodoo to some is a religion, to others it's a mystery, and to some voodoo dolls are used to promote positive changes in their life. |
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== Steps == | == Steps == | ||
=== Creating a Voodoo Doll to Represent Someone === | === Creating a Voodoo Doll to Represent Someone === | ||
#Envision the person you have in mind. When making a voodoo doll, picture the person you you would like the magic to affect and how you would like it to affect them. Because voodoo largely depends upon the connection between you and the voodoo spirits, it's important that the doll you are holding symbolizes the person who will gain good or evil in their life. | #Envision the person you have in mind. When making a voodoo doll, picture the person you you would like the magic to affect and how you would like it to affect them. Because voodoo largely depends upon the connection between you and the voodoo spirits, it's important that the doll you are holding symbolizes the person who will gain good or evil in their life. | ||
| − | #[[Make a Voodoo Doll|Make a voodoo doll]] with a picture. One of the ways to create a replica of a person through a voodoo doll is by printing out a full size picture of the person and sewing it together with fabric.<ref>http://jpgmag.com/stories/2237</ref> Once you have found a picture or printed one out, cut around the body frame of the person in the picture and then use fabric for the back. As you begin sewing the fabric and picture together, fill the doll with stuffing. | + | #[[Make a Voodoo Doll|Make a voodoo doll]] with a picture. One of the ways to create a replica of a person through a voodoo doll is by printing out a full size picture of the person and sewing it together with fabric.<ref name="rf2">http://jpgmag.com/stories/2237</ref> Once you have found a picture or printed one out, cut around the body frame of the person in the picture and then use fabric for the back. As you begin sewing the fabric and picture together, fill the doll with stuffing. |
#Make a voodoo doll with personal objects. Maybe you don't have a picture of the person you want to represent or you'd rather make a voodoo doll from something associated with that person. A lock of hair or piece of clothing will serve this purpose. Find some yarn, string, or fabric and sew or piece together a simple doll. Then, sew the object you have to represent the person to the doll you have created. | #Make a voodoo doll with personal objects. Maybe you don't have a picture of the person you want to represent or you'd rather make a voodoo doll from something associated with that person. A lock of hair or piece of clothing will serve this purpose. Find some yarn, string, or fabric and sew or piece together a simple doll. Then, sew the object you have to represent the person to the doll you have created. | ||
#Clear your voodoo doll. Before you plan to use your voodoo doll you will need to clear it of all previous energy, thus neutralizing it and giving you a clean slate to perform actions on it. To do this, place your hand over the object and direct your energy through it, focusing on making it new and pure. You can also wash your doll in salt water, cover it with purifying incense such as sage or sandalwood, allow natural light such as sunlight or moonlight to cleanse it, or bury it in the Earth and allow the universe and Mother Nature to transform the energy. | #Clear your voodoo doll. Before you plan to use your voodoo doll you will need to clear it of all previous energy, thus neutralizing it and giving you a clean slate to perform actions on it. To do this, place your hand over the object and direct your energy through it, focusing on making it new and pure. You can also wash your doll in salt water, cover it with purifying incense such as sage or sandalwood, allow natural light such as sunlight or moonlight to cleanse it, or bury it in the Earth and allow the universe and Mother Nature to transform the energy. | ||
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#*This process may require patience and clearing your mind of distractive thoughts. That is why it's also referred to as meditation because it's the practice of calming your soul in order to be more spiritually in tune with your desires. | #*This process may require patience and clearing your mind of distractive thoughts. That is why it's also referred to as meditation because it's the practice of calming your soul in order to be more spiritually in tune with your desires. | ||
#*You can bring about good not only to yourself, but to others. If you'd like to bring others good fortune, use the same process but have a doll that represents them instead and focus on the desires you wish for them. | #*You can bring about good not only to yourself, but to others. If you'd like to bring others good fortune, use the same process but have a doll that represents them instead and focus on the desires you wish for them. | ||
| − | #Use different colored pins. There are traditionally seven colored pins you can use to indicate areas of your life you want to focus on. This technique goes hand in hand with the focusing technique, but focusing and meditating comes first, and then using the pins follows. After you have decided what aspect of life you'd like to change, prick the corresponding colored pen into your voodoo doll. The head represents things that have to do with knowledge, the heart is used for emotions, and the stomach is used for gut feelings or intuition. So, if you desire power in your life or a friend's life, then use the red pin to prick the head. If you desire love, use the blue pin to prick the heart. These are the different colors and what they symbolize:<ref>http://maintain-balance.tumblr.com/post/24348175376/voodoo-dolls-dos-and-donts</ref> | + | #Use different colored pins. There are traditionally seven colored pins you can use to indicate areas of your life you want to focus on. This technique goes hand in hand with the focusing technique, but focusing and meditating comes first, and then using the pins follows. After you have decided what aspect of life you'd like to change, prick the corresponding colored pen into your voodoo doll. The head represents things that have to do with knowledge, the heart is used for emotions, and the stomach is used for gut feelings or intuition. So, if you desire power in your life or a friend's life, then use the red pin to prick the head. If you desire love, use the blue pin to prick the heart. These are the different colors and what they symbolize:<ref name="rf3">http://maintain-balance.tumblr.com/post/24348175376/voodoo-dolls-dos-and-donts</ref> |
#*Yellow: success | #*Yellow: success | ||
#*Green: money | #*Green: money | ||
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#*Black: repelling negative energies | #*Black: repelling negative energies | ||
#Petition the spiritual beings of Voodoo. Loa, the twins, and the dead are all spiritual beings of Voodoo that interact to bring you different things. In order to summon the spirits, a voodoo doll of the spirit must be created or obtained, you must focus on the desires you hope the spirit will bring you and light a candle in the appropriate color of the spirit, and then a sacrifice must be offered to the spirit. It may be helpful to create an alter for your doll so that you can light a candle to the spirits and offer your sacrifice there. | #Petition the spiritual beings of Voodoo. Loa, the twins, and the dead are all spiritual beings of Voodoo that interact to bring you different things. In order to summon the spirits, a voodoo doll of the spirit must be created or obtained, you must focus on the desires you hope the spirit will bring you and light a candle in the appropriate color of the spirit, and then a sacrifice must be offered to the spirit. It may be helpful to create an alter for your doll so that you can light a candle to the spirits and offer your sacrifice there. | ||
| − | #*Loa interact with people of the Earth and they are the spirits of the major forces of the universe--good, evil, reproduction, health, and all aspects of daily life.<ref>http://faculty.webster.edu/corbetre/haiti/voodoo/overview.htm</ref> There are so many different types of loa and so they can not all be listed, but with adequate research you should be able to find the loa you wish to appeal to.<ref>http://faculty.webster.edu/corbetre/haiti/voodoo/biglist.htm</ref> | + | #*Loa interact with people of the Earth and they are the spirits of the major forces of the universe--good, evil, reproduction, health, and all aspects of daily life.<ref name="rf4">http://faculty.webster.edu/corbetre/haiti/voodoo/overview.htm</ref> There are so many different types of loa and so they can not all be listed, but with adequate research you should be able to find the loa you wish to appeal to.<ref name="rf5">http://faculty.webster.edu/corbetre/haiti/voodoo/biglist.htm</ref> |
#*The twins are a mysterious set of forces of contradictions: happy and sad, good and evil, ect. When honored, they may help you have the better side of life. | #*The twins are a mysterious set of forces of contradictions: happy and sad, good and evil, ect. When honored, they may help you have the better side of life. | ||
| − | #*The dead are the souls of one's own family members who have died, but family has not yet "reclaimed" them. If the family dead are ignored they can be dangerous, but if honored and cared for they can be helpful. <ref | + | #*The dead are the souls of one's own family members who have died, but family has not yet "reclaimed" them. If the family dead are ignored they can be dangerous, but if honored and cared for they can be helpful. <ref name="rf4" /> |
=== Using Voodoo for Evil === | === Using Voodoo for Evil === | ||
