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- The New Orleans Voodoo Foundation - Excellent educational resource about New Orleans Voodoo. Contains an extensive Voodoo Glossary,Vever Drawings, FAQ page, and a free service in which email questions are answered by Authentic practitioners.
- The traditional religion of Vodun (Voodoo) in Haiti - Collection of scholarly and informative documents, by various authors, on the history and practice of Vodun (Voodoo) in Haiti; part of an even larger site on Haitian history in general.
- Afrocentric Experience: Origins of Voodoo - Voodoo is a derivative of the world's oldest known religions which have been around in Africa since the beginning of human civilization. Some estimate these civilizations and religions to be over 10,000 years old. This page is part of the large and multifaceted Afrocentric Experience web site.
- TravelingHaiti.com - Voodoo in Haiti. An look at the history of voodoo and its profound impact on this island nation. Also maps, photos, and a Creole dictionary.
- Scully Elly's Voodoo Joint - "New Orleans Voodoo" botanica run by a hounsi kanzo (initiated in Haiti). Wide assortment of books, music, ritual supplies, and art. This link takes one directly to the "What is Voodoo" FAQ, rather than the store entrance.
- Wikipedia - Voodoo - Article about the religion and practice of Voodoo [by whatever spelling] on the Web's free and open-edited encyclopedia.
- voodoo-l - Open-membership forum for discussion of New Orleans Voodoo, "with occasional comparison to Caribbean and African traditions".
- Vodun (a.k.a. Voodoo) and Related Religions - Historical and practical information on Vodoun, its panteon, and its rituals, from religioustolerance.org
- New Orleans Voodoo Spiritual Temple Homepage - Website of "New Orleans Voodoo" temple, run by Priestess Miriam Chamani. This temple is influenced by African-American Spiritualism, and Belizean Obeah, as well as by Haitian Vodou.
- Carrefour - Discussion group, mainly about Haitian Vodou, but sometimes covering African Vodun and New Orleans Voodoo as well. "Seekers, syncretists, mambos, houngans, longtime practitioners, and those who love us are all welcome!" Public message archives; moderator must approve membership for downloading files and posting.
Wikipedia Articles
- Voodoo - Voodoo (known as Vodou, Vodoun, Vudu, or Vudun in Benin, Togo, and southeastern Ghana; djudju in Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, and Senegal; and Vodou in Haiti) is a name attributed to a traditionally West African spiritual system of faith and ritual practices. The core functions of Voodoo are to explain the ...
- Vodou - The term Vodou (Vodun or Vudun in Benin; and Togo; also Vodon, Vodoun, Voudou, or other phonetically equivalent spellings. In Haiti; Vudu (an Ewe word, also used in the Dominican Republic) is by some individuals applied to the branches of a West African ancestral religious tradition.
- New Orleans Voodoo - New Orleans Voodoo is a religion of the African diaspora. It is one of many incarnations of African-based religions rooted in the West African, Yoruban tradition, including the Ifá, Vodou, Santería, Candomblé and Palo traditions.
- Voodoo (disambiguation) - Vodou is a West African religious tradition, which became prominent in the New World due to the importation of African slaves. The New World tradition of Voodoo is a descendant of that religion.
- Boli Shah - In Vodun, and especially Haitian vodou, Boli Shah is a minor loa who guards families.