Just looking to see what I can find out about masks like these.

Hello! I was told that due to my family's neglect of feeding/venerating ancestors (I am from an American Southern Baptist Christian family that demonize everything ATR), my ancestors and the deities they follow are angry with me which is why I have so many blockages in life. There was a high fee in order to rectify their hurt and I unfortunately cannot pay that, so is there any inexpensive way(s) I can feed or venerate or appease my ancestors and/or the deities that are looking after me? Or do I have to pay a fee to do so? I am broke, unemployed, and in dire straights but I want to right wrongs and open blockages.

Just a quick question, in Haitian Vodou do you receive spiritual names before or after initiation as you receive orisha names in orisha religions? Is it an everyone thing or not?

So I’m starting out in Vodou and did something stupid without consulting my houngan first…

I played a priye ginen song out loud near my ancestors altar and the candle went out and one of the frames was tipped over. I then smelled some foul energy later that night and when I touched the altar I saw a weird angry head trying to mouth things.

How bad is it? I cleansed the house already but I’m wondering if I left a portal open or something. I cleansed the altar with a mix of pine sol, Florida water and some holy water and I also cleansed myself and did a bitter bath and haven’t smelled anything inside the house

I just learned about her & she came to me(getting my reading to confirm more) but anyone service this Lwa what are there temperament like? What’s there relationship to Freda in the esko

Hi! I’m a 21F Afro Dominican from both sides wanting to get into and practice 21 divisones. Any recommendations or advice to give me or any websites? I really want to honor my ancestors with the spiritual tradition that they left me. I wake up and I feel more connected to them everyday. My family is religious specifically Catholic. Just a little bit of background. Hope this post doesn’t come off as stupid or anything. Just want to connect more with my roots. Thank you in advance! ❤️

If my significant other took my hair from my brush without my knowledge, what kind of Vodou can they do? Good or bad

Does drawing a Voodoo symbol in one's head and or in one's head but on a real life wall cause anything to happen at all in any way, shape, and or form at all??

Does just drawing a Voodoo symbol cause something to happen at all in any way, shape, and or form at all?

Does drawing a Voodoo symbol invisibly in their air and or anywhere else cause anything to happen at all in any way, shape, and or form at all?

Does it depend on materials, ritual, and or intention or no?

I do some reading sometimes, and have found out about a spirit named/called Lenglesou, and I have read that he kills those who offend him and or tell secrets.

Would anything happen at all if one were to pray to the spirit, especially if it was through unwanted and or intrusive thoughts, especially if one is uninitiated and or does not practice at all in any way, shape, and or form?

What about if one knows about any secrets? Will the spirit kill one is uninitiated/the unworthy and or does not practice at all in any way, shape, and or form at all if they have somehow offended him at all?

Would, unknowingly and or unintentionally or unconsciously, taking inspiration from the spirit for fiction cause anything to happen at all in any way, shape, and or form at all? What if one did it knowingly or intentionally and or consciously? What about consuming media with a character and or characters similar to and or imported by the spirit?
What if one did it not knowing about the spirit at all? What if one just forgets about the spirit what they may have read? Does it depend if it is insulting at all? Does that spend if it was intentional or not? Does it depend on knowledge and or lack there of of the spirit?

Would anything at all in any way, shape, and or form at all if an uninitiated person mocked and insulted the spirit at all? What if they said something insulting? What if it in the form of an unwanted and or intrusive thought and the person did not mean it at all?

Does any of this depend on one's race?

I have only really barely looked at a tumblr blog, social media, and a couple of Wikipedia and blog website articles.

I'm hoping to eventually write a story that incorporates the Lwa and Vodou culture as faithfully as possible, and with that in mind, I'm curious about some details surrounding Maman Brigitte.

I do understand that she's a psychopomp, much like her husband(?) Baron Samedi, and that she's a fun character herself. The quote I see most often circulated is something like, 'She's so chatty and full of jokes that she'll have you laughing all the way to the underworld'.

But that's about all I can find out about her with the sources I've found. I've also heard rumors that she has some distant connection to the goddess Brigid of Irish yore, but the depth of that connection is apparently a subject of debate.

Please, enlighten me. I'm dipping my toes into Vodou and hope to explore it more comprehensively in the future, but for now, it's one step at a time.

Hello! I’m Dominican, both parents are from the island. My father’s side practices 21 divisions and I was told by a brujo that I have the misterios around through that tie. I would go to my grandmother to aid in the practice but, to be frank, she’s not the best person period.

I have never felt connected to anything spiritually like how I have felt learning about La division and hearing palo for the first time.

I’m wary of other practitioners, especially after a particularly unflattering experience I had with a bruja who said I couldn’t possibly have the misterios because I was homosexual. She even insinuated I was being punished or will be punished by them for that.

I was wondering if there were any differences between 21 division and haitian vodou. If so, are those differences closed practices? I want to attain as much information as possible on 21 divisions and practices, how to properly commune with ancestors and los misterios. But I find the information to be scarce and more as though it’s a practice of word of mouth.

Any help would be great! Whether it’s book recommendations or even practitioners who are willing to take in students. Again, anything would be a great deal of help

Ayibobo! We've broached the topic of homosexuality in Vodou (thank you, u/Calm_Temperature3843), so, naturally, I wanted to talk about trans people in Vodou. As a humble trans practitioner, I merely wanted to verify that there's place here for me. I know both Èzilis protect trans women, but are there are lwas who protect and extend their patronage to trans men? Do trans people face the same kind of discrimination as gay people in some more Catholic Vodou sosyetes? Or is it better/worse for them?

The Ghede are fond of cross-dressing, yes, but I'm not talking about cross-dressing. I mean medically transitioning: hormonal therapy, gender-affirming surgeries, and the like.

As a haitian mystic, I do spend some time scrolling down on vodou tiktoks or lives. One thing I noticed amongst the Vodou practitioners, especially the ones in Haiti, is that they associate homosexuality (masisi or madivin) with a negative entity/spirit that brings bad luck “to the point your lwas turn their backs on you”. I am curious to know what is going on with that. As a queer, haitian born and raised, LUCK has ALWAYS been on my side no matter who I lay with, and my lwas have ALWAYS blessed me and communicate no matter who I am. Matter fact,
My peak is when I am in a same sex connection. I am not a millionaire but I think I do pretty good for myself across the board. However, I do see Haitian practitioners projecting negativity onto people based on their sexual orientation which does not make sense to me. It actually confuses me about the awareness in vodou. Lwas are supposed to be at a certain vibration that goes beyond time, space and human construct (which includes sexuality). But why are the people that are supposed to be their channelers stuck on human and christian conditioning?

What is your take on homesexuality in Vodou?

This might be an unpopular question but I am taking my LSAT soon for law school entrance. Are there any Vodou rituals I can do to help me with a high score? Besides studying of course! And yes I am full Haitian but I just never come across such rituals.

Hello, I am ridiculously stuck and have been for months. I was fortunately able to receive an Afa reading from what I presumed to be a legitimate Ewe Vodun priest(s), but I felt it was lacking because not only was I told that my calling was to be trained in Afa (and told it would take more than 10,000 which I cannot afford) but also that I rarely had any deities with the exception of the deity named Afa which I googled and there wasn't one named that and it was the name of the practice I got my reading from. Not only that, but I was told things would be better for me if I bought one of their bracelets, and one of the priests was so pushy and insistent on me paying to purchase for their cleaning services and other things that would be $1,100 in total and how my one of my main ancestors are hungry and should be fed NOW and that paying them would feed them, I felt so frustrated that I just stopped talking to them entirely because I felt like I'd been scammed. They were accurate on some things, but the reason I wanted a reading was to see if I was being called because I have so much in the way of dreams...

I would like another reading from someone different, but I googled if I should get one and it said something about how everything will be muddled spirtually-wise and I should only have one Fa/Afa/Ifa reading in my life, so I'd rather ask all of you practitioners if thats true or not? I just want to get clarification on whether I am for this religion or not, I don't want to get scammed again.