“VOODOO” на російській мові

These beliefs in establishing an actual connection with the world beyond death are closer to the beliefs of African-based religions such as voodoo than to those of Christianity.

a voodoo doll

While the poems work as dramatic monologues in their own right, they are also metaphors for the human search for faith and truth, in art, religion and, yes, even voodoo dolls.

African and Caribbean slaves combined Christianity and voodoo ; whites traded in coffin spoons, pored over dream books, said the Lord's Prayer backward to ward off rain.

if you understand voodoo you can talk to these spirits