mardi 30 juin 2015

A Good Read On Scary Voodoo Dolls

By Jordan Schmidt


Voodoo is usually perceived solely as black magic and many reports exaggerate the matter with the presentation of ritual murder. However, it is actually a kind of magic that can be used to cause harm as well as healing thus consisting of the elements of construction and destruction. Some people misuse this magic forgetting that everything we do and think can return on our own. Scary voodoo dolls can therefore be used to create something beautiful and similarly create destructive things.

This art can be traced back to the 16th century in during the slave trade when Africans found settled in Haiti which was under Islam and Hindu beliefs. Due to this mixture of religions, the voodoo arose and later returned to Africa where it is mostly practiced in the west. It is used as a cure for a variety of illnesses in the countries of Gabon and Ghana.

You can make your own doll using various methods that are available in the internet. The first step involves using a foam ball and a yarn where the ball will serve as the head. It is wrapped completely depending on the size wanted until the foam cannot be seen anymore. The ends are either secured with a drop of glue or woven through the middle of the ball.

A body of a certain length is then chosen and yarn is looped around it a couple of times. This process should be done twice where one looped part will become the right arm and leg and the other part will become the left arm and leg. The head should always be bigger than the body for a cuter doll.

Thirdly, the two pieces which are the head and the body are wrapped top to bottom with a string. Wrapping starts at the bottom of the loop all the way to the top in a coil manner. It should be made tight with the ends being secured with a drop of glue. The fourth and fifth step involves looping several bits of string around the head and laying out your wrapped pieces like limbs respectively.

The under armpit is wrapped downwards to the torso starting from the top to the bottom then up again. This step is to be repeated if a chubbier doll is wanted. The final step involves sewing or gluing eyes on the doll for a complete look. Most people use buttons which make the best eyes while others use a number of beads.

People use the dolls for different reasons such as love, luck, bringing misery to enemies and many more. The most common stereotype about a practitioner is that they stick pins in the dolls in order to torment the people represented by it. In reality, the process in more complex as there are different emotions and feelings attached to different types of pins that are used.

Various things are symbolized by different colors on the pins as well. You should be sure of what thing you want to manifest in your life. Once this happens, the pin is stuck in the stomach or heart region that show the hearts desire and the gut feeling. You then wait and trusts upon your own power that the universe will play its role of helping you get what you want.




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