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3 hari yang lalu · Vodou is essentially an African spirit religion that has found a home in the Caribbean. The name “Vodou” comes from the Dahomey language of Western Africa and means simply “Divine Spirit” which is a reference to God, whom Voodooists revere and worship as all powerful and all merciful.
17 jam yang lalu · Haitian Vodou is derived from African Vodou and was developed in the country between the 16th and 19th centuries, primarily focusing on ancestral remembrance and healing.
3 jam yang lalu · A North Carolina woman died under mysterious circumstances on a Vodou retreat in Haiti — and her family is now demanding answers from the group’s leaders. Dana Jackson, 51, traveled to Haiti ...
4 hari yang lalu · The Voodooist serves a pantheon of spirits called the “lwa,” a term that comes from the French word “loi” meaning “law” as each spirit represents a law of nature or of the human condition. The lwa are divided into three major nations. The first is the Rada nation.
2 hari yang lalu · A North Carolina man is asking for answers after his mom died while on a Vodou retreat in Haiti. Dana Jackson, 51, wanted to become a Manbo priestess. A Manbo priestess “is a female ritual ...
2 hari yang lalu · Dana Jackson went to Haiti to become a Vodou priestess. Dana Jackson, a North Carolina woman, was scheduled to return from a Vodou spiritual retreat in Haiti on July 26, but her family members ...
2 hari yang lalu · He has more questions than answers after his mom, Dana Jackson, traveled to Haiti last month but never returned to her home in Charlotte. “My mom did not go to Haiti to not come back,” he said. Jackson said Dana felt called to practice Vodou and went to Haiti for a spiritual retreat to become a mambo priestess. She landed there on July 1, 2024.
