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The voodoo is a religion that originally derives from the state Benin in Africa. But while the colonization was in progress, a lot of black humans were transported to the south of the USA, Haiti and the north of South-America as slaves. They also brought their belief with them, so the voodoo diffuse to these regions. The problems for the slaves have been that they weren’t allowed to practise their religion. So they had to christianize it. That’s why the Haitian or American Voodoo alternates from the African Voodoo.
The western voodoo is actually monotheistic. They believe in the Bondye (coming from the French: Bon Dieu, for god) as the ultimate and almighty god. All other gods stand below him. These god are called: loa or lwa. Of these loas there are round about 300 different gods. In fact, the voodoosi (someone who is practising the voodoo religion) actually do not call it gods, they say “principle” or “energy” for it.

The African voodoo doesn’t have this aspect of an almighty god. The history of the creation is the following:
First there has been nothing. Then the Gbêdoto came and created himself, and he still does it again and again. The Gbêdoto is the spiritual, transcendental and cosmic cause and causality. For this self-creation the Acê was necessary. This is somehow the divine energy that all gods exist of. Then the two creation gods Mawu and Lissa appeared. They are actually not regarded as individual deities; actually they personify the creation god in one with its gender aspects. These both gods begot 14 children. These children begot again children and by this, time by time, the pantheon was created.

Voodoo is not, as it is mostly seen, a religion that aims the damage of other people. It is rather a “normal” religion, that helps one to come clear with his life. The voodoosi have a lot of respect for the loas; and that’s why they are often sacrifice for them or praying. All causes in the life of a voodoosi originated from the loas.

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Hey,
sorry, what do you mean exactly by spirit? The "gods" of other cultures?

For me, there is always just something divine, an allmighty might, without any interpretation or form.
And when there are polytheistic systems, they actually just personlize the aspect of this transcendental might. (In fact, this makes it easier for pur cpmprehension, to evocate a certain aspect/energy to our rituals.)
But I guess, that in the voodoo it isn't such a secret, that it is always just an interpretation of just ONE divine might. (As what I've said about the Loas being just the derivatives of Acê, the cosmological power/might.) Further I also guess, (I cannot really say this for sure, 'cause I haven't living in a voodoo culture (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)), that the voodoosi comprehense their pantheon more as a commune or unity(/entity) than totally individual gods.
Is that, what you were asking for??

Hey,
sorry, what do you mean exactly by spirit? The "gods" of other cultures?

For me, there is always just something divine, an allmighty might, without any interpretation or form.
And when there are polytheistic systems, they actually just personlize the aspect of this transcendental might. (In fact, this makes it easier for pur cpmprehension, to evocate a certain aspect/energy to our rituals.)
But I guess, that in the voodoo it isn't such a secret, that it is always just an interpretation of just ONE divine might. (As what I've said about the Loas being just the derivatives of Acê, the cosmological power/might.) Further I also guess, (I cannot really say this for sure, 'cause I haven't living in a voodoo culture (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)), that the voodoosi comprehense their pantheon more as a commune or unity(/entity) than totally individual gods.
Is that, what you were asking for??

Well from what I've seen and heard spirits and things are as such.

General spirits and gods are fully in the spiritual plane so they go to a medium or shaman to both contact and/or enter this one.

Shaman are both in this world and in the spiritual world(s) though most shaman are more here rather than there. Excluding epileptics who are able to use epilepsy to enter the spirit world: they are more there than here.

Cats, Spiders, Crows, Jackals and many other animals are guardians of the spirit world they are slightly more here than there.

Loa are spirits in a strict sense but they are considered between worlds but they are more in the spirit world rather than this one, loa are also considered to have free will.



Spirit world <-gods/spirits-----------------------------Loa/Demon/Djinn---------middle------Cats(and others)---Shaman/mediums---------------------NormalPeople->Physical world

If you are a plant type shaman you could include plants into the cats (and others) category.

I hope this answers your question.