Now, let me be perfectly clear here.Ā
Nothing, absolutely NOTHING can justify that you tell someone to kill themselves orĀ ādrop deadā. Especially when you DONāT KNOW the person in question, DONāT KNOW their story, or how they started their practice.Ā
Voodoo/Vodou is a SEMI CLOSED PRACTICE. The Lwa DO care about lineage, sure they do, but they DO NOT CARE about the COLOR of your SKIN. They care about if you were INVITED, or NOT. If you WERE NOT, stay away from it, donāt play with it, donāt get close, and donāt think youāll come out of it unscathed. If you WERE and you have consulted a MANBO or HOUNGAN, then YES YOU CAN PRACTICE VOODOO. If you have consulted a Manbo, or Houngan and they tell you NO, then NO YOU CANNOT PRACTICE VOODOO.
Hereās some background for ya: I was INVITED. I DID NOT seek it out on my own, and I DID NOT even BELIEVE in it to begin with. I was ASKED by a MANBO, if I had ever considered getting into Voodoo. She helped me start, she provided me with supplies, and a handwritten book of spells and knowledge, and offered guidance when I didnāt know where to go, or how to do anything. I NEVER DID ANYTHING without consulting the one who invited me.Ā
This was FIVE YEARS AGO. I was invited FIVE YEARS AGO. FIVE YEARS. And Iām STILL HERE AND UNHARMED.Ā
So donāt you dare come at me and tell me that Iāll suffer the same fate as the girl who summoned the wrong Lwa. Because no, she did not know what she was doing, or what she was getting into, and she should have stayed away from it. She WAS NOT invited, she DID NOT consult a Houngan or Manbo, and yes, it went wrong.Ā
Donāt come at me saying that itāsĀ ālike wearing native clothing and claiming to be oneā when you donāt know the back story. I live in DENMARK. Iām DANISH. There is NO VOODOO over here, and yet, it somehow found its way to me, without me actively seeking it out, because I wasnāt even interested. What youāre saying is basically like if I was telling someone outside of Scandinavia that they canāt believe in the Norse Mythology, because itās CULTURAL and NOT FOR THEM. But guess what? We donāt do that, because people are allowed to believe in that, and follow the religion of Asatro.Ā
As for people of color practicing ourĀ āpagan colonizer bullshitā? Plenty of people of color actually does practice thatĀ ābullshitā of ours. But Iām not one to tell them that they canāt, because guess what, they absolutely can.
Oh, and for that one person who straight up told me toĀ ādrop deadā? Something is seriously wrong with you. Get help. Itās never, under no circumstances, valid to tell a stranger that, when you know absolutely nothing about them. Disgusting.
Rant over.

















