{"id":1089,"date":"2009-10-12T12:14:40","date_gmt":"2009-10-12T16:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeasprayer.wordpress.com\/?p=1089"},"modified":"2011-10-29T09:20:01","modified_gmt":"2011-10-29T14:20:01","slug":"hoodoo-voodoo-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/hoodoo-voodoo-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoodoo Voodoo Series-"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1090\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1090\" style=\"width: 263px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/2009\/10\/12\/hoodoo-voodoo-series\/voodoo\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1090\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1090 \" title=\"The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer\" src=\"http:\/\/lifeasprayer.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/10\/voodoo.jpg\" alt=\"movie with the best voodoo play on words\" width=\"263\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/voodoo.jpg 263w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/voodoo-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">movie with the best hoodoo play on words         Below: Scene from The Bachelor and the  Bobby-Soxer, 1945 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0039169\/\">(info and photo from here)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CBmeOzSzKoY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5em; margin: .4em 0 .5em;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hoodoo_(folk_magic)\">hoodoo info below via wikipedia:<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5em; margin: .4em 0 .5em;\">The dominant worldview in hoodoo is usually strongly Christian. Historically there has been an\u00a0<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;\" title=\"Old Testament\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Old_Testament\">Old Testament<\/a>\u00a0strain in hoodoo thought. This is particularly evident in relation to God&#8217;s\u00a0<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;\" title=\"Divine Providence\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Divine_Providence\">providence<\/a>\u00a0and his role in\u00a0<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;\" title=\"Retributive justice\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Retributive_justice\">retributive justice<\/a>. For example, though there are strong ideas of good versus evil, cursing someone to cause their death might not be considered a malignant act. <span style=\"color: #993366;\">For example, one practitioner explained it as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n<dl>\n<dd><span style=\"color: #333399;\">&#8220;[In] Hoodooism, anythin&#8217; da&#8217; chew do is de plan of God undastan&#8217;, God have somepin to do wit evah&#8217; thin&#8217; you do if it&#8217;s good or bad, He&#8217;s got somepin to do wit it . . . jis what&#8217;s fo&#8217; you, you&#8217;ll git it.&#8221;<\/span><sup><a style=\"text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap;\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hoodoo_(folk_magic)#cite_note-11\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">[12]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5em; margin: .4em 0 .5em;\">Not only is God&#8217;s providence a factor in hoodoo practice, but hoodoo thought understands God, himself, as the archetypal hoodoo doctor. On this matter Hurston stated, &#8220;The way we tell it, hoodoo started way back there before everything. Six days of magic spells and mighty words and the world with its elements above and below was made.&#8221;<sup><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hoodoo_(folk_magic)#cite_note-12\">[13]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0From this perspective, biblical figures are often recast as hoodoo doctors and the Bible becomes a source of conjurational spells and is, itself, used as a protective talisman.<sup><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hoodoo_(folk_magic)#cite_note-13\">[14]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5em; margin: .4em 0 .5em;\">The goal of hoodoo is to allow people access to\u00a0<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;\" title=\"Supernatural\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Supernatural\">supernatural<\/a>\u00a0forces to improve their daily lives by gaining power in many areas of life, including luck,\u00a0<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;\" title=\"Money\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Money\">money<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;\" title=\"Love\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Love\">love<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;\" title=\"Divination\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Divination\">divination<\/a>, revenge,\u00a0<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;\" title=\"Health\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Health\">health<\/a>, employment, and\u00a0<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;\" title=\"Necromancy\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Necromancy\">necromancy<\/a>. Due to hoodoo&#8217;s great emphasis on an individual&#8217;s magical power, its basic principles of working are generally felt to be easily adapted for use based on one&#8217;s desires, inclination and habits.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5em; margin: .4em 0 .5em;\">Hoodoo and Voodoo are often mistaken for one another. Some believe that the terms may have a common\u00a0<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;\" title=\"Etymology\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Etymology\">etymology<\/a>. Simply put, Voodoo is a religion, whereas Hoodoo is a group of magical practices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5em; margin: .4em 0 .5em;\">Check the next few posts for more depth on this: (plus a fun self test!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5em; margin: .4em 0 .5em;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/is.gd\/6VBXR4\" target=\"_blank\">Hoo Doo Part I<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5em; margin: .4em 0 .5em;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/is.gd\/cEPvBw\" target=\"_blank\">Hoo Doo Part II\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5em; margin: .4em 0 .5em;\"><a href=\" http:\/\/is.gd\/zgQatI\" target=\"_blank\">Hoo Doo Part III<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5em; margin: .4em 0 .5em;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/is.gd\/UQOW9A\" target=\"_blank\">Hoo Doo Self-test<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5em; margin: .4em 0 .5em;\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5em; margin: .4em 0 .5em;\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5em; margin: .4em 0 .5em;\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5em; margin: .4em 0 .5em;\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.5em; margin: .4em 0 .5em;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introducing upcoming series on &#8220;Christian voodoo&#8221; &#8211; great quote on video too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[6534,378,577,13,14,1001,1185,26,1472,32,45,2054,59,60,2840,3008,3065,3195,74,75,6539,3383,3408,3430,3618,90],"class_list":["post-1089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spirituality","tag-art","tag-belief","tag-cary-grant","tag-christianity","tag-christians","tag-divine","tag-experiencing-god","tag-film","tag-god","tag-gods-will","tag-life-as-prayer","tag-listening-to-god","tag-practicing-the-presence-of-god","tag-prayer","tag-religion","tag-seeking-god","tag-shirley-temple","tag-spiritual-formation","tag-spiritual-growth","tag-spiritual-practices","tag-spirituality","tag-the-bachelor-and-the-bobby-soxer","tag-the-presence-of-god","tag-thoughts-on-god","tag-voodoo","tag-worldviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1089"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6671,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1089\/revisions\/6671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}