Calmly, he communicates with Voodoo divinities, who transmit ancestral spirit messages to the living. My guide translates. Voodoo is founded on pleasing the spirits of passed ancestors ...

Modern practices and rituals focus more on connecting practitioners to ancestors and spirits. You might think of Voodoo as involving dolls and pins, often associated with casting spells or harming ...

“That’s voodoo in plain sight,” says Cinnamon Black, a tour guide at the New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum. “The spirituality and music move people. It takes you to another level ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Protestants say the voodoo spirit does not embody good virtues, while Catholicism, which ...