Vodoo
The religion of voodoo (especially in Haiti) was established from slaves brought from Africa (all from different countries) as a form of protection and revolution. Although, voodoo is not just a religion in Haiti but it is also the culture and a way of life for some of their people. The spiritual realm of voodoo is remotely presided over by the Bon Dieu (meaning “Good God” and sometimes referred to as the creator). Within this spiritual realm, there are three classes of spirits which are collectively called “Les Invisibles” (the invisible ones). The three classes which the les invisibles break down into are the basic fundamental principles of voodoo which consist of: Les Morts (which are the collective dead), Les Marassu (the original twins from which the human race has evolved) and Les Mysta (also known as the mysteries; the Loa (lwa) or the Gods). The Loa has the status of a divine spirit and represents either an aspect of life, natural element, or a moral principle. The Loa are the link between humans and the spiritual world. The Loa's are multiple and varied and are generally divided into two mai
In voodoo, the soul is the breath of God and is arrived separately from the body (which is known as l’espiret). Therefore, the soul isn’t a spiritual moral order but when it comes to death, it is the permanent separation of the l’espiret from the whole which may be conceived as breaking the mold from the form. Since the moment of death is the separation of the mold and the form, in order to release the form, the mold must be broken. As a result, a mold is the negative of the form and the breaking of the mold from the form casts a positive. Since the central belief in voodoo is that everyone has a soul or spiritual life force and this soul is separate from the material body and lives on after death we enter upon the subjects of the Gros-bon-ange and the petite-bon-ange. The petite bon ange (also known as the little good angel) is our conscience and man’s eternal commitment to good. On the other hand, the gros bon ange is the double of the material body but is understood as the shadow as the shadow cast by the body and mind. At the separation of the mold from the form, the flesh perishes and returns back
Some topics in this essay:
Zumani Zumani,
Legma Loa,
Ghede Loa,
Bon Dieu,
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Gods Loa,
Creole Loa,
Dahomean Yoruban,
Les Marassu,
Les Mysta,
mold form,
bon ange,
breaking mold form,
religion voodoo,
breaking mold,
spiritual realm,
ghede legma,
life force,
material existence,
separation mold,
separation mold form,
gros bon ange,
symbolic color,
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