Vodoun is not a “magical” tradition.
Vodoun is not a “cult.”
Vodoun is not an “animists” tradition.
Vodoun is not a “spiritists” tradition.
Vodoun is not a “pagan” tradition.
Vodoun deities are not “spiritual energies”.
Vodoun is not a path of “power”. For the sake of “power”.
Vodoun is not a “universal“ tradition. Although others can join,
(99% of Vodoun’s priesthoods are inherited).
Vodoun is not “dogmatic” (based on rigid infallible doctrines).
Vodoun is not a “proselytizing” tradition. (does not seek recruits).
Vodoun is not an “apocalyptic” tradition (end of the world/doomsday etc.,).
Vodoun is not a “pantheistic” religion (belief in many gods).
Vodoun did not originate in Haiti.
The Vodoun Religion did not originate as a result of slavery
and oppression.
The Vodoun religion is not a religion created as a result of “poverty
and disenfranchisement.”
© 2008 W W W. M A M I W A T A.C O M
The above are all myths and misconceptions originating from biased and ignorant anthropologists, right-winged Christian evangelicals & New Age converts—blindly repeated by each successive generation until they have been accepted as “fact.”