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Santeria, Woodoo, Egyptians...
Africa is a big place, with 51 independent countries today, and hundreds of independent
tribes before... and each one has its own way to practice religion!.. Inhabited by two
major groups: The "caucasoids", in North Africa, Egypt and Sudan, with brown
eyes, light olive kin, and high- bridged narrow noses. And the "Negroid", in the
rest of Africa.
- Their "primitive religions" have in common the 3 kind of occultism:
Divination, witchcraft (magic) and spiritism, with the "sacrifice" of animals,
and sometimes of humans, to calm the gods-demons; and reverence for the
"ancestors"... often, the head of the tribe, or the Pharo, is "the
god", though in each tribe there are many "gods-demons"...
- The Muslims in the North, and the Christians in the South of the Sahara Desert, have
changed most of african religion... but it is estimated that more than 40% of africans
still practice "animism", often in syncretism with their new christian or muslim
religions.
- Some groups have actually a big influence in the West: The "Santeria" from
Nigeria is thriving today in North and South America; the same effect is having the
"Woodoo" and "Umbanda" of the Congo... Only in Miami, there are more
than 20,000 santero-priests, with many more in Cuba and Brazil; the "Woodoo" is
thriving in Haiti and New Orleans, with the name of "hoodoo"... the Rosacrutians
follow the egyptian steps...
"Santeria" and "Macumba" from Niger:
In Niger, the Ju-Ju sect of the yoruba culture
has a religion with over 600 gods.- With the slaves came to Cuba, with the name of "Santeria", and Brazil, with the name "Macumba"; and from Cuba, to Miami, New York, New Jersey... it is estimated there are 20,000 santero- priests (babalaos) only in Miami...
- In Cuba and Brazil 25 gods were given the names of "catholic saints", therefore, the new name "santeria" or "macumba" (sanctuary).
- The 3 most important gods are "Obatalá" (O.L. of Mercy"), the Father of the gods; "Changó" (St. Barbara); and "Ochún" (Virgin of Charity)... but these gods are no God, they practice adultery, homosexuality, incest, they hate and fight each other... for example, "Yemayá" (Virgin of Regla), has 14 children in incest-impossible relations with her son "Orungán" (Baby Jesus)... there are "gods- demons"!... demons!...
- To become a "santero" costs $10,000, with the right to use the snail shells for divination or magic, charging about $500 for each work of magic; those who do not have the $10,000, can became "smaller santeros", but they only can use coconuts for their divination or magic.
- To become a "santero-priest", a "babalao", is more expensive, but he has the right to offer sacrifices of animals for magic.
It is condemned by the Bible, with very strong words "abominations to God", "stone them to death" (Deut.18, Lev.20)... and, besides, it is a "sacrilege" to use the catholic saints to name the devils of the Ju-Ju sect, creating confusion among many ignorant believers...
Please, take of the medal of St. Barbara, it is not the catholic saint, but the devil Changó; do not use the "santeria collars", because you are inviting devils into your life; St. Lazarus, is not the catholic saint, but the devil Babalu-Aye, who is not going to heal you of any illness... and it you have the image of Chango at home, with the picture of the "Virgin of Caridad", you are not honoring the mother of Jesus, but a devil disguised with Virgin Mary...
The "Camdomblé":
In Bahia, Brazil, also came from Niger, and dedicates mainly to black magic, to take
vengeance, to injure or kill an enemy...
The "Abacua":
In Cuba, also came from Niger; they use human sacrifices, with torture, drinking the
blood of the victims, and eating their flesh...
"Palo Mayombe", "Umbanda", from Congo:
Both came from the bantues tribes of Congo; "Palo Mayombe" to Cuba, and
"Umbanda" to Brazil. - They use black magic to destroy or kill an enemy...
instead of the snail shells used by the santeros, the "paleros" use the
"kettle", the "nganga", a boiler, where they put rests of a human
cadaver recently death, plus the cadaver of a black dog, and scorpions, worms, plants...
and they introduce in it 28 "palos" (sticks), the basis of their black magic.
"Woodoo" and "Hoodoo", from Congo:
From both Congo and Niger came the "Woodoo" to Haiti, and from Haiti to New
Orleans, with the name of "Hoodoo".
- It is the religion of the "serpent", the supreme god-devil,
"Dambalah"; in New Orleans, the "Great Zombi" is the most popular
god-devil.
- The priest, King or Queen, Mama or Papa, is mostly a woman, the "mambo"... and
their feasts end up in a naked orgy, adoring the serpent, with the use of stimulant and
aphrodisiac incenses, plus the drinking of drugs, mainly "tafia"...
- In New Orleans is very private, with many government prohibitions... but in Haiti they
have a "tour" to bring you to a real Woodoo session... and you are going to get
it, the "power", the "gris-gris", with the odor and smoke of the
incense, even if you don't drink any tafia... you may become like a zombi for 3 weeks,
with a terrible headache for over a year, as one of my patients...
Egyptian Religion:
Is the religion of an afterlife, with the pyramids
of the gods-pharaohs, and the tombs of the mummified bulls... besides the bull, the
egyptians worshiped the falcons, cats, jackals, crocodiles...
- Their gods are based on the forces of nature, and they have over 50 gods-devils, who are
no God... they fight each other, are jealous, and the most loved, Osiris and Isis, were
brothers and husband and wife. The chief god was "Ra", the sun god, to whom all
obelisks are dedicated; the pharaohs were reincarnation of Horus, the son of Osiris and
Isis, the forerunner of Venus in Rome.
- The "Book of the Dead" and the "Wisdom Literature" are good codices
of moral ethics... the one who does good, goes to eternal happiness; the bad ones are
destroyed by Seth, the evil one.
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