Friday, July 3, 2015

An Article On Scary Voodoo Dolls

By Jordan Schmidt


Voodoo is often misunderstood by people and seen as evil magic with the help of media reports that define it as a ritual of murder. This practice can be used to yield both healing and harmful results in people thus having elements of both destruction and construction. It should be done with absolute caution bearing in mind that anything that you think or do will come back to you. Scary voodoo dolls are used by people to come up with beautiful and bad 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.

If you want to make your own doll, there are guidelines online that will help you. The head is the first part to be made with the use of a foam ball and a piece of yarn. Wrap completely until the foam is completely out of sight keeping in mind the desired size. To prevent the ends from running, secure them by weaving through the middle of the ball or by a drop of glue.

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.

The body and the head are then joined by a string by wrapping them together. You are expected to start wrapping from the bottom going up in a coiling motion. The wrapping is required to be tight and the ends are to be secured with a drop of glue. After that, the head is looped with several strings and the wrapped pieces laid out as limbs.

The sixth step is wrapping the under armpits downward to the hips while starting at the top working down to the torso and then up again. If you want to come up with a chubbier doll, the wrapping has to be repeated. The final step is gluing or sewing on eyes. One can use buttons which make very nice voodoo eyes and an alternative would be using a couple of beads.

Individuals use voodoo for a variety of reasons such luck, bringing misery to foes, love and many others. People who use this magic as perceived to stick pins on the doll in order to torment people who the doll is representing. This is not the case because the practice is more complicated as there are different emotion and feelings represented by different pins 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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