Voodoo

[Elfshaman]

ok first off i'll say i am almost completely ignorant of this subject. what i was wondering was could anyone give me a good explanation of how the whole voodoo doll thing works? i dont plan on doing anything i just like knowing the way things work.i apreciate any help anyone can provide.  

[Rustig]

Carrying across what I said in the other forum:

"Voodoo dolls" aren't explained via the medium of the voodoo religion itself, but rather the idea of "Sympathetic Magic", which is found in various cultures - essentially, the idea is that because Thing A is representative of Thing B in some context (such as a doll having a human shape and containing some nails, bodily fluid, hair or other biological marker of the target), whatever happens to Thing A will also happen to Thing B. As above, so below.  

[biojerk]

I've been told that most people use voodoo dolls, or Poppets, as either to bind someone from interfering with their life anymore, or they put the doll in a safe spot as to make it into a "protection" charm. I doubt many people do the whole holly wood thing and torture the doll in hopes that it will harm the person. BUT--with that in mind, I could be wrong. Because pretty much like you, I don't know very much about the voodoo faith, I am just taking what I know from my own and what I've heard.