(Kongo) – a nganguelero’s assistant, a sort of “right hand man”. A bakanfulo knows the major palo rituals and assists the head priest with initiations, keeping an eye on ritual participants (especially those who have gone intro trance states) to make sure they don’t hurt themselves. If the head priest becomes possessed, it is the [...]
On Vengeance and Black Magic
October 4, 2008 By Leave a Comment
People attack me all the time because they are jealous, but I never worry about who they are. I don’t need to know, as long as the spirits know. If you do a ritual to remove black magic from yourself, wait and see who falls. Who breaks their leg and loses their job? Whose wife [...]
On Witchcraft and Being a Witchdoctor
October 4, 2008 By 1 Comment
You need to believe in three things to be a good witchdoctor – Yourself, yourself, and yourself. If you want problems in your life, help people. When you help sick people, be sure to make an offering to San Lazaro for protection. When sick people get better, they usually betray you. Don’t look for clients. [...]
On Women, Love and Sex
October 4, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Nothing you do for love can be wrong. See this white shell? It looks like a pussy. If you throw it into the riverbed, it will make more shells. In the same way, pussy makes more pussy. Life makes life, and death makes death. Pussy was the Apple in the Garden of Eden. Sex is [...]
