Vodou Money Magic : The Way to Prosperity Through the Blessings of the Lwa

A working guide on how to achieve financial success by working with the lwa, the spirits of Haitian Vodou • Provides spells and spirit work for job hunting, financial success, and career advancement • Spells included are detailed and easy to follow—learn to Heat Up Your Business with Ghede or Peruse the Want Ads with Legba Haitian Vodou is a very practical and scientific craft: either you please the spirits and get results or you don’t—often for good reason. The lwa—the spirits honored in Haitian Vodou—know that it is far more useful to find out exactly what is causing your money woes rather than receiving a quick fix. In Vodou Money Magic , Kenaz Filan offers a path to long-lasting and pervasive changes in your financial situation. Filan describes the lwa who govern financial matters and explains what services each can provide in attaining wealth or finding a fulfilling career—and who will likely offer the best wisdom for your needs. If you are having trouble finding a job, Legba’s Perusing the Want Ads spell can resolve this difficulty. If you wish to curb impulse spending, then you should work with the Great Serpent Damballah. If you need emergency financial assistance, Mama Danto is there to help. Filan presents easy-to-follow instructions for numerous financial spells and also reveals how the lwa offer counsel for family burdens, getting along with coworkers, and planning your future. Contents......Page 7 Preface......Page 9 The Blessings of Poverty, the Blessings of Wealth......Page 11 Vodou, Poverty, and Practicality......Page 13 Introduction......Page 15 Part One: Worldviews......Page 19 Power as a Five-Letter Word......Page 21 Power, Power Exchange and the Spirits......Page 23 Voudou and Power over Others......Page 25 Vodou, Power, and the Family......Page 26 Vodou, Power, and Race......Page 27 Vodou, Power, and Danger......Page 29 Vodou, Power, and Trust......Page 30 Vodou, Power, and You......Page 32 2. Entitlement......Page 33 Entitlement in Haiti......Page 35 Entitlement and You......Page 38 3. Magic and Healing......Page 42 Compulsive Spending......Page 43 Substance Addiction......Page 45 Financial Issues with Your Partner......Page 47 Family Burdens......Page 49 Spiritual Obligations......Page 52 Part Two: Roots......Page 55 4. The Slave Trade......Page 57 The Slave Trade Begins......Page 58 Slavery's Impact on Africa......Page 60 Slavery's Impact on Europe and the New World......Page 62 Slavery's Impact on Haiti......Page 64 Slavery and Responsibility......Page 67 5. Christianity......Page 70 Vodou, Catholicism, and Saint-Domingue......Page 71 Vodou, Catholicism, and the Haitian Republic......Page 73 Christianity, Vodou, and the Duvaliers......Page 75 Father Aristide Comes to Power......Page 77 Aristide Returns to Power......Page 79 Evangelical Christianity: The Blood of Jesus Washes Over Haiti......Page 80 So What's All This Got to Do with Me?......Page 83 6. Freemasonry......Page 86 Freemasonry and Haitian History......Page 87 Freemasonry and Vodou......Page 92 The Kanzo and Freemasonry......Page 93 The Lessons of Freemasonry......Page 96 Color Plates......Page 98 Part Three: The Lwa......Page 107 7. Papa Legba......Page 109 Working with Legba......Page 111 A Clean Start with Legba......Page 113 Git-R-Done with Legba......Page 115 Perusing the Want Ads with Legba......Page 117 8. Damballah......Page 120 Working with Damballah......Page 122 Petitioning Damballah for Financial Help in Spiritual Affairs......Page 124 Curb Impulse Spending with Damballah......Page 127 Rational Financial Planning with Damballah......Page 129 9. Met Agwe Tawoyo......Page 132 Working with Agwe......Page 134 Conch Horn for Agwe......Page 136 Shooting Trobled Waters with Agwe......Page 138 Agwe Pwen for Financial Success......Page 140 10. Philomena......Page 143 Working with Philomena......Page 145 Studying with Philomena......Page 147 Getting Along with People with Philomena......Page 149 Better Business with Philomena......Page 151 11. Kouzenn Zaka......Page 154 Working with Zaka......Page 156 Inviting Zaka into Your House......Page 158 Minding Your Own Business with Zaka......Page 160 Saving Money with Zaka......Page 162 12. Ogou......Page 165 Working with Ogou......Page 167 Ogou Wanga for Women......Page 170 Planning Your Future with General Ogou Badagri......Page 173 Calling on Captain Ogou Balindjo......Page 175 13. Danto......Page 178 Working with Danto......Page 180 Danto Spell for Emergency Financial Assistance......Page 182 La Madama......Page 184 Danto Money and Healing Bath......Page 186 14. Ghede......Page 189 Working with Ghede......Page 191 Ghede's Scratch-and-Sniff Spell......Page 193 Heating Up Your Business with Ghede......Page 195 Harvey DelCruccio's Spell for Working Girls......Page 197 15. The Ancestors......Page 200 Working with the Ancestors......Page 202 The White Table Spell......Page 203 Thrifty Living with the Ancestors......Page 204 Healing Family Money Curses......Page 206 Genealogy and Graveyards......Page 209 Afterword......Page 212 Books......Page 215 Music......Page 216 Websites......Page 217 Notes......Page 218