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Hoodoo and Voodoo

Hoodoo and Voodoo. Folk Magic of the American South By Trevór Jay Clinton. Hoodoo Vs. Voodoo. Voodoo is a religion that mixes east African Vodun and Catholicism Hoodoo is a type of witchcraft that is closely related to Voodoo. Types of Hoodoo.

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Hoodoo and Voodoo

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  1. Hoodoo and Voodoo Folk Magic of the American South By Trevór Jay Clinton

  2. Hoodoo Vs. Voodoo • Voodoo is a religion that mixes east African Vodun and Catholicism • Hoodoo is a type of witchcraft that is closely related to Voodoo

  3. Types of Hoodoo • Practitioners of hoodoo are called Bokor or root doctors • Hoodoo is divided into two types; white magic and black magic • White magic hoodoo is the art of healing using herbs and roots • Black hoodoo involves curses and the creation of zombis A Gris-Gris, not a voodoo doll. A Gris-Gris is mainly used for healing

  4. Misconceptions • Voodoo dolls are not associated with voodoo but with hoodoo black magic • The Priests and Priestesses of Voodoo worship the Loa and are not involved with the black magic of the Bokor sorcerers • Zombis creation is done by the sorcerers, not the Voodoo priests Puffer fish that has TTX, one of the poisons used in creation on real zombis

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