Voodoo

There are books about voodoo and books about voodoo. Sometimes the short ones can be more informative than longer tomes written by middle class white Americans.

A good one I've recently discovered is Ayibobo, by Manbo Paula Wedo. Short and straight into ritual. No history to speak of, but there are plenty of books on that.

Why is a writer from New Zealand more correct than a middle class white American?

“Voodoo is a religion practiced in all of the African diasporas I have not made an intensive study of the Voodoo religion system as such, but I do recognize one of their Gods, whom they call Papa Legba, or Eshu and who is the keeper of the gateway (to and from the land of the dead). If Papa Legba is the guide-controller of the dead, then he is a kin to Anubis, the "lower" form of Thoth-Mercury,” who was known in Greece as Hermes.

Ophiel (Edward C. Peach), The Art and Practice of Cabala magic , Peach Publishing Company: West Hollywood California; 1976

Until Christianity was legalized statues of Hermes stood at all major crossroads in the empire. They were quickly vandalized by Christians.

“At the Cross-Roads everything meets, Immortal, mortal, Invisible, visible, Spirit and physical. Papa Legba opens the Gates for us and we find ourselves in a Cosmic Marketplace. Here at this Marketplace, everything we ever need for anything is available.”

Manbo Paula Wedo. Ayibobo (Kindle Locations 60-62). Paganarchy Press.