Thursday, March 22, 2007

Real Uses of Voodoo Dolls

Contrary to popular belief voodoo dolls are not normally used to inflict harm on someone. The use of voodoo dolls actually has its roots in healing. Originating in Africa, a wooden figure called a bocheo (“empowered figure”) was made with small peg holes. This point of the body would then become a focal point for energy to promote healing. The plantation owners in Haiti feared these dolls and banned them, so the slaves created the figures undercover using cotton instead of wood. That information was stolen from the article "Do you do voodoo".

A voodoo doll is also known as a poppet. It is used in sympathetic magick and is based on the idea that "like creates like." Poppets can be used for healing, love and banishing.

Raymond Buckland recommends the use of poppets in healing spells, and maintains that even the sticking of pins in the poppet can be used for good. He states that if treating someone who experiences back pain, the pins can be inserted in the poppet’s back. After concentrating on a healing ritual, the pins – representing the pain itself – would slowly be drawn out of the poppet. In other words, the sharp pain would be drawn out of the target’s body. Just think about accupuncture here.

A poppet should resemble a person (not a bear like my picture was)... assuming of course that the spell will be used on a person. Now if you wanted to heal a pet then you would want to make it look like the pet in question. And when you create the poppet you create it around a specific person and add in components, like herbs, hair, photograph, etc. that represent that person.

If you are really interested in creating your own voodoo doll and how to properly make it, what colors to use, etc. check out this site. It's kind of entertaining.

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