Why is Voodoo so scary and mysterious?
During the Maafa (holocaust of African slavery) in the “New World,” it became absolutely essential to rip the African from all familiar ties to their native Africa. This especially included disconnecting them from the main source of their ancestors, spiritual power and inspiration which were their religions. The Europeans both abhorred and feared African religions because they worked. Not thru “dark magic and trickery, but rather due to the intimate relationship of service, devoutness, and worship the Africans cultivated over the centuries with their gods and divine ancestors. And since these religions are connected through the (ancestral) blood of the African, this power could not be exploited and sold as a commodity. As a result, African religious practices were brutally suppressed. Their tutelary spirits were labled “demonic”, their sacred shrines were destroyed, and its priesthood murdered. They were prevented from honoring their ancestors, erecting shrines, performing initiations,
