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"Voodoo" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... some who had mastered the rudiments of learning and here and there was to be found a gifted mind, but ninety per cent of the negroes were unacquainted with letters and were strangers to even the most rudimentary learning. Their religion was a picturesque blend of Christian precepts and Voodoo customs. ...
— Our Foreigners - A Chronicle of Americans in the Making • Samuel P. Orth
... history. He was originally a witch-finder—about as low an occupation as exists amongst aboriginal savages. Then he got up in the world and became an Obi-man, which gives an opportunity to wealth via blackmail. Finally, he reached the highest honour in hellish service. He became a user of Voodoo, which seems to be a service of the utmost baseness and cruelty. I was told some of his deeds of cruelty, which are simply sickening. They made me long for an opportunity of helping to drive him back to hell. You might ...
— The Lair of the White Worm • Bram Stoker |
Words linked to "Voodoo" : witch, Republic of Haiti, hex, hoodoo, voodooism, religious cult, juju, zombi, glamour, zombie spirit, charm, fetish, enchant, zombi spirit, zombie, cult, jinx, vodoun, bewitch, good luck charm, Haiti, fetich, cultus |
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