Bantu Religion + Kongo Shamanism in California
SOURCE : “Spiritual” devotee condemns tribal shamanism and sorcery (interesting argument)
Sure, there are worthless “Pagans” who are more interested in money, sex and power than in [using] religion to transform the individual. Magic is a neutral tool – not inherently religious, spiritual or “good”.
Mastery over transitory phenomena… plays on those who are too dim-witted to [...]
SOURCE : Black Religion + Black Magic: Prejudice and Projection in the ATRs
…images of voodoo are indeed images of “black magic,” or to be more precise, of witchcraft. Witches are thought to be people who harbor evil thoughts and gather at night to indulge in horrible inversions of life-sustaining behavior. They revel in [...]
Welcome to mayombe.org, your source for clear and easy-to-understand information about Palo Mayombe – one the most magical, mysterious and misunderstood religious traditions in the world. Curious about African witchcraft, psychic phenomena, secret societies and spiritual evolution? You’ve come to the right place!
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SOURCE : National African Religion Congress rejects Komgo religion
It seem the National African Religion Congress, a certifying Board for Priests and Priestesses of African-Based religions (COG would be a rough Wiccan equivalent), doesn’t include Palo practitioners due to their ritual methods.
“Palo, which arrived in Cuba during the West African slave trade, has specific rituals for [...]
For some reason I love reading true crime accounts, and this one’s especially sensationalistic:
SOURCE : NYPD Investigates Palo Mayombe
The detective went on with Palo Mayombe, explaining the shrines, shaman relics, and other objects in the apartment as well as the basics of the religion. In this religion that worships spirits, the spirits that are the [...]
SOURCE : Perlmutter – The Forensics of Sacrifice
the religion of Palo Mayombe appeals to drug traffickers who believe that it has the power to protect them, and Paleros are hired to conduct special protection rituals. There are more crimes attributed to Palo Mayombe than any of the other syncretic traditions; they frequently include grave robbing, [...]
SOURCE : The Three-fold Law of Return, Exposing This Lie and its Origins
This three-fold teaching was taken from the eastern concept of “karma” after it merged with Western Christianity. After the eastern teachings of karma picked up the Judeo/Christian overtones of divine punishment, the product evolved into yet another system of control with the same [...]
Llewellyn Worldwide is “the world’s oldest and largest New Age Publisher specializing in books, tarot decks, audio and video products.”
A favorite source of information for the Wicca set, they are also (apparently) now dabbling in Afrophobic witchunt fiction:
SOURCE : iCrew – Scratched
Based on the non-fiction book “Scratched” due to hit the shelves February [...]
Jason Louv is a copywriter and self-proclaimed “magician” who published the influential anthology Generation Hex, a sort of postmodern guide to guide to magic for the MySpace generation. I’ve had it on my amazon wishlist for ages but never actually ordered it; now I’m glad I didn’t.
I say this because of a recent search which [...]
SOURCE : absentmindedart: GENERATION HEX: HIGH ROAD ANAMNESIS 2005
In such a marketplace of belief, in which every world faith has been pureed into a homogenized feel-good power shake, it is often the options with a tad more grit to them that stick out. Voodoo, witchcraft, the abyss-transfixed “magick” of Aleister Crowley and Austin Osman Spare…
While [...]
