Simple Steps In Making A Voodoo Doll

By Jade Davidson


Exactly how voodoo began cannot be traced. However, it has been known to exist for already thousands of years in Africa and has become a major religion in the area. With the passing of time, this religious belief has become very mixed with many other religious beliefs since the practice of voodoo is not limited to be just voodoo alone. You can try to mix 'how to do voodoo' with 'how to do wicca' and many other spell casting beliefs. As to how voodoo spread worldwide, it obviously began when the African slavery was widely practiced by the whites. Although the original practice of voodoo is all about goodness, many African slaves practiced voodoo to supposedly harm their cruel masters. They took delight in harming their cruel masters. Voodoo therefore became a means to threaten the whites. Many whites turned to voodoo practitioners for help when they needed help. One of the most popular voodoo queens was Marie Laveau. She lived in the 18th century and was well known to mix the practice of voodoo to Catholicism. She lived in New Orleans, and at that time, there were many voodoo practitioners in New Orleans.

The New Orleans Style voodoo doll is the simplest to do among the voodoo dolls that are available. Here is how to make a voodoo doll, New Orleans style.

Prepare the following: -2 strong sticks, the other should be longer than the other. -spanish moss (or some other herbs such as lavender) -left over fabric - cut into 2-3 inch strips, you must have enough to cover the sticks and the spanish moss. reminders: colors have meaning, red - power, blue - love, green - money, purple - psychic development and commanding presence, yellow - success, black - repelling negativity -yarn to represent hair in case you cannot obtain the person's hair, string, hemp cord, or waxed thread. - 2 beads, buttons, or black eyed peas that will become the eyes of your doll - needle and thread in a color to match or contrast your fabric - glue

Directions in making your voodoo doll:

A cross shaped figure must be made from the sticks. The shorter sticks will be the hands. A string must be used to tie then securely. Wrap the Spanish moss to the cross. Then wrap the fabric strips to the cross, make eyes by attaching or sewing the beads, buttons or the peas. Add the yarn or real hair. If you want to have the hair permanently inside the doll, have it with the spanish moss while you are wrapping the cross figure with the spanish moss. Attach the yarn and then make the eyes by gluing the black eyed peas or stitiching the buttons or beads. Remember to intensely concentrate while making the voodoo doll.




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