I Found REAL Voodoo in Africa (unbelievable)
Initial Questions:
Why are certain African religious traditions demonized, such as those found in Voodoo, yet other African religious traditions are praised, such as those found in Ancient Egypt?
Why is voodoo linked towards violent acts, such as the Haitian Revolution, yet Christianity isn’t as subconsciously linked to the violent acts it has caused?
What allowed one group of people to widely accept that another group of people’s spiritual practices were wrong?
Killing animals for spiritual practices is bad, but killing animals at a mass scale with tons of waste is good? See: An Exploration of the Energetic Frequencies Stored Within Our Food at the Start of the Supply Chain
Who composed the groups of people who studied the practices of Egypt vs those who studied the practices of Sub-Saharan Africa? What prejudices may they have held that shifted the lens of the research produced? What goals and purposes of their research may they have held that shifted the lens of the research produced?
See:
Internalized fear and shame of ancestral practices
Hollywood portrayal
Ease of assimilation into Christianity and New Age Spirituality practices
Relevance of practices at the time of colonialism and the threat each practice posed towards the spread of Christianity and colonizers
Ease of spiritually breaking a large group of humans
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