POWER OF WITCHCRAFT OVER THE WORLD

French 

All religions in the world have and will always have followers because each adept finds its account in one way or another. Whether Brahmin, Buddhist, Voduist, Indouiste, Orthodox, or Murid ... if he stays in his religion, it is because he felt miracles occuring in his life! However, some religions say that other religions are false, evil and worthless. Therefore,why on each side, everyone has his miracle? Are we sure that if a religion is actually worthless, people would have stayed just for fun? Or all religions are true, or there is another phenomenon that is beyond our understanding: Which one?

Note: It may be helpful for the reader to refer to the basic elements of the concept Voduism to understand this article.

Witchcraft: autopsy

  Many of my readers have told me: "Voodoo does not exist in my country", but they recognize the existence of witchcraft there. But witchcraft is a specific voduïd exists almost everywhere in the world. Voduism exists wherever there is witchcraft even if you do not see any voodoo! When we speak of witchcraft, people think only as an evil force that kills because it is the most common misconception about it. Those who believe are not wrong because in Africa, the majority of witches engage well in this exercise to detriment of other facets of the same power. It is therefore justified that the reader asks the question: "What is really witchcraft"?If there is a philosophy that sums witchcraft and many other realities in Voduism is that:

 All that is good can hurt.

Kindoki in Congo or Aze in Togo, different names are used to describe the same reality of witchcraft. After my research on all voduïds, witchcraft remains the most formidable because it combines the natural power entrusted by God to each individual and the pact with Absolute Power which fair and accurate description is difficult to make. There are several types of wizards who have entered into various agreements with the Absolute Power. Each concludes his pact with the Absolute Power as needed. Needs in Europe are very different from needs in Africa as well as the needs of a pastor, anxious to perform miracles, are different from the needs of a scientist. A music or football star will never enter into the same agreement as a terrorist because both of them will not make the same use of that power.

Use of witchcraft

Science, music, football, business, religion, government ... there is NONE of those areas where witchcraft is not used! When a trader uses to grow its business, an assassin use it to quench his thirst for blood. At the same time a scientist uses witchcraft to understand the truths behind a tangible reality, a footballer use it to reach a big club or make a name. When a chemist uses witchcraft to find its formula, a physicist will use it for the same purpose.

The science:

People think this is scientific Essort is only output of  simple intelligence of human beings. We are always told the one who discovered what, but we never know in what circunstance he did it or how he did it. Note also that most of the scientific properties which are demontrated (really??) as the telephone, for example, were widely used by our ancestors who did not call it phone! Many other realities such as teleportation, talk to the dead, the "natural"cons-balls  and other realities can be studied "objectively" by African scientists while there is still time if not, we should not be surprised that one day , European land with a "phone to call the dead" or "teleportation coffin" or Wi-fi cons-balls! White uses a lot of witchcraft in science and those who were lucky enough to live near some old have propabely heard them treat science as "witchcraft of the white man."

The arts and music:

Many sing, but very few become stars! Why? Most of them have signed pacts with the Absolute Power that pushes them to the top. No matter what the person sings, everyone will love. You'll even notice that the music that is popular is the most mundane possible while other musicians try hard to make quality music and you do not even look at them. How a clip made using a mobile phone has 1 million views on Youtube  while clips made  in good and due form have only 10,000 views?

The same situation is observed in football where great players have no club while initially means players  become stars at the end even without having won a title! It is said that some players have a sense of scoring, have the gift of football, are geniuses of football ... but nobody knows what they use to work hard to get there.

People paint, but some drawing have remained legendary and we still do not know why!

The field of business

Some new products on the market are sold faster than others but they are not of a so good quality. Two traders never have the same turnover, and it is a fact, but when two merchants selling the same product, side by side, record an unimaginable delay of sales, we must ask ourselves some questions. In the same company, bank, state administration, some climb the echelons faster than others. Some have high support but others, without support, climb more easily even if they are not great hard workers. Witchcraft is not absent in all this.

The field of religion

Who does not know the "man of god" who like to do miracles? They even make programs of miracles that will take place and takes care to show them on television for advertising. Apart from setting scenes, false testimony or false miracles (we never saw one of those "miracledoers" multiply bread or turn water into wine!), Many of those miracle "stars" use witchcraft : One to have two clients and two toperform miracles (real here): The followers see their wishes fulfilled but the power that made this work is witchcraft. While claiming to worship God, they are followers of witchcraft!

Politics doesn't make exception to the rule including presidents for life, rebels and politicians eager to climb to power ...

When does witchcraft become harmful?

Competition:

  The afore-mentioned areas are very influenced by the spirit of competition where competition is so fierce at a point that many feel the need for a supernatural force. Some people can take refuge in religions but for others, it may be occult forces or witchcraft. When a footballer realizes that he may stay on bench for another more qualified, the use of witchcraft will cause injury to the  "barriers player" to allow the other envious witch to play . In the case of  a company or a bank ... the use of witchcraft will sicken, will make remove, even kill a competitor or higher to access his place. In the field of music, competition can bring a wizard to kill another artist to no longer have competition.

Jealousy:

In a home with several women for one man, jealousy is something obvious and often leads women to misuse of witchcraft. In this case, if a single woman who uses witchcraft, it can kill other women that husband loves more than her, kill children from other women who are smarter than hers or radically kill husband to end the problems. If they are many to use witchcraft in the same house, it is doomed to destruction because the damage will be of big size. A conflict between wizards can affect their progenies.

Cruelty:

  There are people who naturally have a penchant for evil. They are happy when they see blood flow or when they see people crying, such individuals enjoy the misfortune of others and do not like to spread joy around them. When they fall on witchcraft, the world is in danger because they are unambitious and their natural predisposition to hurt has taken over their souls. These are the types of individuals that Kenyans kill without mercy (Video below: Sensitive souls refrain).

CONCLUSION

I do not know if the other religions have talked about the natural power of every individual but in Voduism it is clearly stated that God has given power to each individual. While some individuals resort to supernatural forces to work miracles, others do naturally. Some people are naturally so strong that no power overcomes them! Others received an extraordinary intelligence from God and use it to their liking. These are not all those who are brilliant on earth who use witchcraft but today many are using witchcraft to do good or evil. Many famous artists have died young or died of sudden death when we know that those who enter into pacts with Absolute Powers pay for services with their lives. The research also showed that witches live in community as sects and we know that our world is governed by several highly organized sects who make important decisions about the future of the world.

Witchcraft is as old as the world and never disapear whatever efforts to oust him.

Tsetula TSAGLI

POVERTY, PROSELITYSM AND VODU

IS IT NECESSARY TO PREACH THE VODU?

 Français

   "All those who do not believe our kponlis, we will burn them;  those who refuse to recognize the FA as the only messenger of Mawu will be exterminated since it is Mawu Himself who sent us this message to spread in the world because voduism it is the only religion that He has chosen, " this is the kind of sentence that goes through the mind of the reader when he reads the title of this article, because two of the abrahamic religions have accustomed us to this kind of scenarios namely, spread their beliefs by FORCE. Burn "pagan", kill "unbelievers", exterminate "infidels", euthanise scientists, excommunicate "discidents" ... in the name of God (?), is the picture of all the crimes against humanity committed in the name of God. In vodu cosmogony, it is specified that the Fa is the ONLY messenger of God, but why voduists have not used this message to go attack other peaceful people?

Voduism: monotheism or polytheism?

A very popular idea that was the basis of degradation of vodu is that the existence of several vodu would mean polytheism. But in voduism, there is only One God called MAWU and this name is never used in the plural. In addition, the word Vodu is distinct from Mawu and never was it known by a vodu "Mawuvi" or "mawu" to say "little god". The two words are distinct shows that they refer to two distinct realities. So, if we take the case of European settlers for example, we see that the word God is used to refer to the Supreme Divinity and earthly deities as well. Worse, the word "God" comes from "deus" which has a Greek root "Zeus". So we can conclude that these European were real polytheists and, having noticed the existence of several vodu in Africa, concluded that it was polytheism: In truth, these European, true polytheists have only TRANSPOSED their own polytheism on Africa because the resemblance between the voduism and their beliefs are enormous. This conclusion on the voduism as polytheism was political because they knew very well the reality: Leopold II, King of the Belgians writes on January 12, 1883: "The purpose of your mission is not to teach blacks to know God; they already know Him from their ancestors. They speak and submit to Nzambi-Mpungu; Mvidi Mukulu; Mungu etc ... "The imperialists know that we know God before their arrival.Voduism is a monotheistic religion for the existence of a single MAWU, not represented and too holy to be worshiped.

Note: Personally, I wish the voduism is polytheistic: This would change NOTHING in the credibility of the religion because nobody has been able to show the existence of one God to demand proof of the existence of several Gods! Shows me that there is one God, and I will demonstrate you the existence of several.

Voduism and proselytism:

A very singular reality in abrahamic religions is that you must be adept before asking something to their prophets. When you want any blessing in these religions, you must be or become full member. But in voduism, you do not need to believe in vodu before you get help from him. Often people come to see the vodu when they are in difficulties. It goes without saying that an adept of an abrahamic religion can seek the help of vodu and after returning to his religion without problem. No vodu priest began to preach his vodu to attract "customers" by pretextig that vodu is the "only way" access to God since who says voduism also says immensity of God and recognition of several pathways to God. That's why voduists are very open to other religions. If today we are forced to write about vodu, it is because the abrahamic religions have cataloged vodu in Satanism. Vodu has never needed publicity for all vodunons trust their vodu. And when you go see a vodu, you will do a promise! if you've got what you want, you come to honor your promises, otherwise, nobody holds you. In vodu, ONLY WHO IS SATISFIED HONOURS HIS PROMISES!!

Voduism and poverty:

"Blessed are the poor for they shall go to heaven" does not exist in voduism because PARADISE does not exist in the voduism.  Everything is continuous, linear and pragmatic in voduism.  Cults or ceremonies are EXPENSIVE in vodu: no poor can venture going in vodu ceremonies. This is a weak point of voduism because it is not accessible to the poor! Radical as it may seem, voduism became, knowingly or unknowingly, a religion for HIGH CLASS! The poor are forced to fight for a lot of money if they wish to make vodu ceremonies. People can even live in a house of vodu without offering sacrifices worthy of the name to voodoo. So by its very essence, voduism abhors poverty. Nobody is supposed to live in poverty according to voduism.  This has worked against voodoo because after Arab and European colonization where settlers killed to impose their religions, the lower class is directed to the abrahamic religions which glorify poverty and who are in their means. In addition to these religions like distributing food and aid to the poor to attract them so everything came together to attack the voodoo religion of the "high class". These cheap abrahamic religions who erected poverty to rank of blessing and promise a paradise where people eat without working coincide well with the dreams of the poor and lazy. We see here that the religious colonization played a gruesome role in the delay of Africa because these religions have created the CULT OF THE SLOTH AND POVERTY.

The world needs to learn from voduism not for people to abandon their beliefs to voduism but to be tolerant and recognize that there may be other means of access to God. In addition, abrahamic religions must stop distorting the Africans away their true names and cover them with insane names not to mention the abolition  of laziness and poverty cult.

Voduism had and will never need to advertise; for any religion that respects itself does not need to go attacking peaceful people to spread his message. God has never asked to kill in his name. Every nation in the world has the right to have access to God's way and has NO debt to any alleged elected people to undergo abuse because of "infidelity". Like Buddhism, the voduists have understood the importance of peace for religious coexistence in this world. I think the voodoo cults that cost already very expensive will not stoop to trying to please the masses as vodounons not feel in competition with any religion. Some accuse us of proselytizing: If you are pleased in voodoo, you are welcome! otherwise you must look for some advocacy of poverty and lazyness because OUR FIGHT IS TO RESTORE THE TRUTH ON VODUISM AND NOT FOR PROSELYTIZING.

Tsetula TSAGLI

WOMAN'S VALUE IN VODU

WHAT IS THE PLACE OF WOMAN IN VODUISM ? 

French Version

MAWU (God) provides the black man in general and  voduist man particularly with an imposing sexual orgarn enabling him to satify women fully. No woman in the world has so far  questioned the potency of the black man as his explosiveness and his performance in bed are well documented. Sure he can be blamed for lack of affection, but the black man is more rigor fulfilling his conjugal duty rather than frioritures surrounding. We often hear our grandmothers say in Ewe "Nusu be vi Adeke me li o" which means "there is no little man" a sign that the black man does not joke with the sexual act, no matter how small he is! All this to say that the black man does not suffer from any inferiority complex in front of the woman to have recourse to God in order to usurp a place of "higher" in society. Moreover, in voduism, there is no notion of equality or inequality between men and women, and the approach is rather a complementary approach because many vodus as SO or TRON are " married "and have the same worship.

A woman can aspire to the priesthood in the voduism?
Does women have the obligation to submit theirselves to the man in the voduism?
What is the real power of women in the voduism?


Priesthood in vodouisme:

The priesthood exists in all Abrahamic religions, but the peculiarity of this function is that it is only for men in those religions. No woman has the right to aspire to be priestess, quarry, bishop cardianal, imam, or rabbi as these titles are reserved exclusively for men! Is it not a disguised way to Semitic men hide their LEGENDARY IMPOTENCE ?
Anyway, in the voduism, women have every right to be ordained priestesses with unrestricted freedom or other constraints. It remains the only one making decisions as long as she lives in her position. His status as a woman even strengthens the respect dedicated to his job.

Two vodu priestesses 

Some voodoo have only  priestesses! No man has the right to govern these voodoo there. We are talking about voodoo like SOVI and Tchaba ... The case Tchaba strengthens the position of women in voduism is that a child can only be adept Tchaba of HER MOTHER. To my knowledge, there is no voodoo whose priesthood is reserved exclusively for men as we have just seen the voodoo that the priesthood is exclusively for women! Finally let's say that men can be adepts or enter the convent in the same way as women.

 A woman, an inferior?

Note that the holy scriptures of voduism did not mention such a fact of submission or inferiority of women to men as a will of  MAWU or voodoo. No dou  of FA has relegated women to a lower status.
The woman can dress as she wants but it must be decent. She is free to get in bikini, wearing the world's sexiest clothes and make it beautiful as it désire. She has the right to have a driving license and have her own car. It is even recommended her anything that can show her femininity and beauty. Voodoo women adepts (vodusi) make ceremonies with their breasts in the air. Wearing bra is often prohibited in certain places of worship. Women can go out alone without being accompanied.

It is true that often, it is recommended that women not counter the power of man or outright to submit to the authority of the man. However, this was never the WILL of MAWU! it is an advice given to women because of the phallocrate nature of men (admittedly) very macho in our societies: Is it not a sign of excessive masculinity?
In short, men and women complement each other in the voduism. They do not suffer any restriction of liberty or dress requirements in voduism.


The power of women:

I've emphasized the paramount influence of the voodoo culture of his environment. I gave as an example the case of Ewe culture. I say that in a voduist socity, there is always a latent matriacat. I take the case of voodoo Tchaba who has his adepts on the maternal side. But there is deeper in the sense that the word of the mother becomes divine word. The voduist society is indifferent about a child who disobeys his father when it is hostile to disobedience towards the mother. "Do not get cursed by your mother because you'll find misfortune certainly" have we used to hear. The word of the mother has the same power as the word of God. The woman has the unifying power in our society: children of the same father are often less supportive of children from the same mother because her children recognize this undeniable power which she holds from God. Finally, what the woman wants, it is God who wants.
However, excision is bad and  menstruation of women is frowned. A woman who has her menstruation does not cook her husband under voodoo alafia example. There are ceremonies that are reserved only for postmenopausal women because blood from menstruation is considered impure. Other cults are the prerogative of virgins.


CONCLUSION

Woman in voduism has the same rights as a man since she can attain positions of the priesthood in the same way as a man. It is never considered inferior and society recognizes her some divine power. But we will not increase the cost of real images of women dominated in socitété due to the machismo of men too macho to meet that reserve valuable space MAWU gives women.
Still there are a lot of voodoo priestesses and everyone fears the curse of his mother.

Tsetula TSAGLI

LIFE AFTER DEATH IN VODUISM

NOTE : I AM A FRENCH-SPEAKING STUDENT IN ECONOMICS. ENGLISH IS OUR SECOND LANGUAGE. I DO MY BEST TO TRANSLATE THIS TEXT FROM FRENCH TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES.
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WHAT BECOMES OF THE SOUL VODOUISTE DEATH?

 NB: I want to emphasize the Ewe relativity of this article. I have not pushed my research furher to generalize the concepts of death.

French

Introduction

"What are you going to be after death?", "Do you believe in life after death?", "Do you want to go to heaven?", "With what you write about voodoo, you will go to hell. " Here are some sentences that I used to hear from Christians and Muslims to tear each other apart "to save my dried soul."

However, it never came to their mind that my Ewe education had already predestined me to another life after death? Did they really wondered if these notions of heaven and hell were universal?

DESIGN OF DEATH IN EWE CULTURE.

In Ewe, when someone dies, there are many terms to describe this phenomenon:
- "Eku" => "he / she is dead."
- "Edzo" => "he / she is gone "
- "Eyi nugbe" => "he / she is gone to mission"
- "Edin" => "She/ he has become rare"
- "Ebio mon" => "he / she asked path" ...

We can deduce from these expressions, that death is always associated with a trip. What traveling? to where? to do what?

Well, it is the "klan" (a person's spirit in Ewe) of the individual who made the trip.It is what klan who lived in the flesh of the individual throughout his life. The klan trip to "Kuwode" ie "death home." This expression is literal and descriptive. The real name of "death home" for real Ewe is "avlime" as opposed to "agbegbome" to describe life. The klan is the land of death to meet those who are already dead. So a deceased individual will be with them to the grave.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A PERSON DIES?

    

In Eweland,it is death personified "kudezsu" or "tsanagasu" who ends the carnal existence of an individual to open the way of spiritual existence. So a person does not die because it is actually the klan who left a fleshly existence to a spiritual existence. That is why, in nyigblin voducracy when the King dies, the interregnum may be up to 25 or 30 years during which the king is supposed to continue governing. "The dead are not dead," said David Diop. According to oral tradition, the spirit of the dead person, after leaving the physical body begins to walk on a long and wide path until it reachs a river. It is the crossing of the river that leads to the realm of the dead and decides the individual's final death . This means that during the trip, others died before him, may return the spirit in the body to resume life if the individual is deemed too young to die or if he has not yet finished his mission in agbegbome. If the mind can not take life in the physical body, it is condemned to wander in nature to accomplish his mission before having permission to cross the river. The Ewe ghosts are spirits who have not finished their mission on earth and could not cross the river. So, is dead in Eweland, the person whose spirit has left the body and managed to cross the river that leads to the Kingdom of the Dead.

WHAT HAPPENS IN THE KINGDOM OF THE DEAD?

The judgment

The place of the individual in the realm of the dead depends on the circumstances of his death: If he died on a battlefield, in an accident as a result of injury, illness ... his spirit goes to "Apegan" (big house) or "zogbe" (Fields of Fire) which is actually "battlefield" because they are the ones who died in the war who go there. If he died naturally, his mind goes to "Apevi" (small house). After crossing the river, the spirit comes to the Kingdom of dead to be judged primarily by the existing legislation. It is judged by his similar who were watching from beyond the river throughout its existence. So the judgment an Ewe suffers after his death is made by human dead before him. If he is found guilty of serious transgressions, he will serve a sentence before joining his ancestors and to move freely in the realm of the dead. Tradition says that the punishment can be severe: If an individual sued in vain for the life of his brother and  dies before the said brother, the punishment is to let knees in hulls of palm nuts untill the beath of his brother; it is the brother who will decide of the appropriate punishment. Other punishments would be to kneel in the hot sand and serving long prison sentences.

Reincarnation

When the mind has passed judgment and eventually served his sentence, he enters the realm of the dead where he meets his ancestors. There he sits before deciding to return to life as another human appearance but his klan remains the same. The spirit is reincarnated from "Sé" or "Se me" which means "flowering" or "place of flowering" and it is in "Se me" that he receives his earthly mission. This mission is entrusted by God to the individual who may accept or request another mission: This is the "Biova" (which is required), better known under the name of destiny. So in Ewee philosophy, each individual wanted or asked for everything that happens in his life according to his Biova. It was after the Biova that the spirit conceives the human form in which it wants to be reincarnated and come back to life by the mystery of birth. The spirit does not have to be reincarnated in his own house, in the village or in the country. He reincarnates anywhere. But how do you know where the spirit is reincarnated?

The door to afterlife or Hô

At the birth of a child in Eweland, they always look for his "dzoto" which means "who designed it." To know what dzoto, parents should bring the child to "Hô yo pe" which literally means "place of the appellation of room." It is the gate of the kingdom of dead. This is the place where everyone can communicate with those who have died. It is necessary to know who designed a newborn to understand his behaviour in society. Often a quiet person is reincarnated as another quiet individual, noisy individual returnsnoisy, a worker returns a worker and a lazy is exactly the same and so on. To communicate with the spirit of a dead person, a voodoo priestess (that is, 98% of women) called "tofiala" which literally means "that shows the river." In the word tofiala there "to" that signifies river. So it is the tofiala who leads minds to the realm of the dead by providing them across the river. In a way, this is the dead "boatman". It is the tofiala who will seek death with whom we want to talk. It is from this "Hô yo pe" that all information concerning the death which resembled a myth initially were collected. This Hô is a special voduïd different from voodoo, the zoka or azé. This is a link between the material world and the invisible world.

A vodu priestess of Hô
Tsetulapic

Conclusion

In view of these information, there is no hell or heaven in Ewe culture. Life is continuous, linear, where death and birth are eternal beginnings. Everything an individual does in his life, he asked before birth. This is why the notion of fate is too crucial in Ewe culture. The absence of a paradise in the Ewe philosophy has had a remarkable impact on the moral rules of Ewe. Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not covet the wife or the property of others ... all this is UNCONDITIONAL. Everyone is supposed to follow these rules, not for a heavenly reward or for paradise, but for the "welfare of society" they say "VODU" in Ewe. This is the close link between Ewe culture and voodoo. So it is unthinkable to separate Ewe culture from Voodoo because Ewe culture is programmed voodoo language since anyone who does not respect the principles of propriety will be tried either in "agbegbome" or in " avlime "by his peers under the watchful eye of MAWU (God). A person born in a voduic environment, which converts to another religion is  denying himself.

Tsetula TSAGLI

HOLY SCRIPTURES OF VODU : FA/IFA

NOTE : I AM A FRENCH-SPEAKING STUDENT IN ECONOMICS. ENGLISH IS OUR SECOND LANGUAGE. I DO MY BEST TO TRANSLATE THIS TEXT FROM FRENCH TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES.

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Searching knowledge
(VozzPhoto,2011)

French 

In the memory of my uncle FIONYON AGUEVODOU II.

THE HOLY SCRIPTURES OF VODUISM

    The common feature of voduism and abrahamic religions  is the existence of a language of the sacred to the human beings. Some religions have "holy books" that stores messages attributed to God: this mode of communication is one-way (we forget the theological considerations) because it does not have a feed back from the divine. In voduism however, the communication is two-way and is the work of specialists trained for a minimum of 3 to 4 years. The coded language that allows a human to communicate with the divine in the voduism is called the FA. We understand by this that the FA IS NOT A VODU!! It is a double direction human-divine language.

What is the nature of the FA?

Written Fa                                                     Real Fa 

The FA is a language that allows a human being to communicate with one or more vodus. A specialist of Fa is called  Bokon or Bokonon. The Fa is an interpreted language and requires years of training. The Fa has 16 major or basic signs  (Figure 1) written with I and II in 4 rows. So to get to the basic signs, it was a work by counting all possible combinations: 2 power 4 => (2^4) = 16 possibilities. A basic sign  is read vertically. See names ofbasic signs in different languages in the following figure.

Figure 1 (Zanklibevi)

The combination of two basic signs gives a dou or kponli. This kponli is considered a theme or universe that will be interpreted by many experts. And as a kponli is composed of two signs, there will be a total of 16 ² = 256 kponlis or themes to interpret. The kponli is read from right to left. We can write Fa in the conventional binary language by postulating I=0 and II = 1. You can view the possible 256 kponli on the following figure.

The 256 universes of FA.

Origin of Fa:

The origin generally known of Fa is the city of Ife in Nigeria. But Professor Kakpo Mawunyon goes further by finding orgins of Fa in ancient Egypt and the city of Ife is where the Fa was the most worked before spreading in West Africa . But Yoruba influence on the current Fa in the Gulf of Benin is indisputable.

Mr. Zanklibevi gives us a nature of the Fa and his relationship with God in the Yoruba cosmology.

"When Oloddumare, Yoruba pantheon of Supreme God created the universe, there was only Orunmila as witness, and becomes by this fact, the latter knower of all fates. First Prophet Orunmila was sent to earth to assist men in a development that will bring the end of their reincarnations become pure spirits in the kingdom of Orun (heaven). To do so, Orunmila must address his advice and warning notice to humans and tell them that throughout their existence it is through the Ifa He communicates.

The Ifa divination system is an integral part of Yoruba traditions that only a Babalawo, priest who undergoes a long initiation, can practice. The word Ifa refers to both the priesthood and worship Orisha Orunumila itself. The practice called ifa Idafa is based on the use of sacred 18 nuts and the board of Ifa (big game) or divining rosary: the Opele (small game). Using one of these two methods the Babalawo will select among the 256 Odus possible that Orunmila transmits, the response to the issue that prompted the meeting. Each Odu has an expressed so lyrical and poetic story of a sacred Yoruba people (Pataki or thesis). In fact the 256 odus encompass and embody all the universal archetypes and their mode of development. Consultation of Ifa can take place on a regular basis or during particular events. However, the use of the board of Ifa is reserved for very special occasions such as the opening of the "hand of Orunmila" by which the new initiate will receive the sign and the name of his patron. The ritual of Ifa that Mecca is the city of Ile-Ife in Nigeria is practiced among the Fon of Benin as the Fa and under the name of Afa in Adja-Ewe-Guin-Mina of Togo. "on-Aneho togo.net.

Initiation to Fa

The Fa is not a work of profane or adventurer. It needs a long initiation as specified by Mr Zanklibevi. This tutorial is done in two phases: the taking of Fa and  Fa study.

-Taking of Fa:

Taking of Fa is essential for anyone who wants to know his fate. Many wonder why things do not work for me as they work for the other? Others say that I'm in the wrong way. There are those who have money or property and are not happy, others get angry without good reason or realize that their life has not gone the way they wanted. Others lose all the wealth they have amassed without understanding why .... many misunderstandings which clears up when the individual takes Fa. He can understand his purpose in life and take better decisions. He will make his choices in life and understand any event of his life. Taking Fa is necessary for everyone because it is a capital element in the life of every individual.

 Fa taking
VozzPhoto,2011

Taking Fa allows any individual to know his or her dou ie its "star." and have a new name. Depending on the dou, he will have requirements or rules to live better. If you have a dou of a great leader, it is likely that you are prohibited drinking alcohol as a leader needs to be sober and awake. If you have a dou of someone who arouses the jealousy, you will be prohibited from wearing gold or wear red .... thus making Fa is an open door on your whole life, a director line allowing you to be the master of your destiny.

-The study or work of Fa:

This is for those who want to become specialists of  Fa called Bokon or Bokonon. This is the work of Fa or the general study of all 256 dou of Fa . Any aspiring Bokon is supposed to know all these signs on fingertips, know their meanings and history. He is supposed to know all vodus that are expressed through a particular dou and what to prescribe to any individual who comes to see the Fa. Whoever finishes his training becomes a "Bokon gan" ie a big Bokon or a specialist of Fa. The Bokon is a diagnostician and prescriber. It has the same function as a doctor, a psychologist or a psychiatrist except that he is assisted by the vodus. So the study of psychology and even medicine can be a great asset to the exercise of this function as being a Bokon  requests picky abductive reasoning. An unintelligent person cannot aspire to such a position and it is not all of those who start the Fa training who end as it is a very difficult job. Just 12 to 13% of insiders get to reach the stage of Bokon Gan. Being a voodoo priest is often subject to control this condition of Fa.

Usefulness of FA:

The usefulness of Fa goes beyond the benefits of taking a Fa. This is about the power of the Fa to lighten the events of life. You get up one morning and your company goes bankrupt; your spouse dies without any detected disease; women leave you with no good reason; men dump you after a few months of living together; you are a remarkable woman but nobody wants of you. Your boss just fired you for no reason, you feel that your father wants to harm you but you're not sure, you have a presentiment that your spouse  is infidel to you but you still doubt .... Contact a Bokonon! He will tell you what happens to you with the information you give him and the dou that will reveal Fa. It should be noted that in a case of diagnosis of Fa, there are at least three Bokonons to the interpretation of the dou. This eliminates any subjectivity or reduce the risk: it is like giving a diagnosis o three doctors at the same time. The Bokonons, a principal and assistants, will search deeply to tell you what is wrong with you.

AN EXAMPLE OF CONSULTATION FA (Video in Ewe for now):

Important Notes on video

0-The patient seeks to have a child

1-Note that the patient has in front of her 3 Bokons to use the dou and his life to diagnose the problem.
 2- At 1mn47 Bokon the assistant said, "You give to Vodu a sheep plus a dove, and GOD will do everything to keep you alive.

3 - The three bokons arrived at the same conclusion: Jealousy towards the patient; threats of wizards in her life.

Interpretaion:

   The Fa is able to solve complex problems such as difficulties in having children. The diagnosis is made with 3 Bokonons to avoid the risk of subjectivity. The fact that the bokon alludes to God in his speech shows that Vodu draws its power in the power of God, that voodoo obeys God's command, also shows that it is the voodoo that needs worship while God does not need that in all. Finally, we note that, whatever the concerned bokon , the general idea of ​​the interpretation remains unchanged.

Egyptology:

 We can notice that the Fa , because it came to Ewe through Yoruba culture, gave derivable Yoruba names in  Ewe:

Yoruba ----------------------------> Ewé

Ifa       -----------------------------> Fa

Odou ------------------------------> dou

Opele ------------------------------> Kpele

Babalawo--------------------------->Bokon

Ogbé ------------------------------> Gbe

Ogounda -------------------------> Gouda

Irete ------------------------------> Lete

Irosun----------------------------> Losso

Ose-------------------------------> Tse

Otura-----------------------------> Tula

Obara-----------------------------> Abla

Odi-------------------------------->Di

Osa------------------------------->Sa

Owori------------------------------->WOli

Ofun ------------------------------> Fu

Ika------------------------------->Ka

Oworin ---------------------------->Wlin

Oturupon----------------------------> Trukpè

Okaran ----------------------------> Aklan

Oyekou   ---------------------------> Yekou

        LET US COMPARE FA TO ABRAHAMIC BOOKS

Critères	FA		Livres Abrahamiques
Direction of  communication Identify a CRIMINAL? Capacity to dig the  past of  a patient ? Identify a THIEF? Does divinity choose the verses (Dou)? Identify INFIDELITY? Capable to help the  Court of a Country? Specialist (s) involved in the interpretation of the message? Capacity to predict? In the scope of profane?	DOUBLE                  YES                 YES                  YES                 YES  with  probability    p= 1/256     YES      YES      3 or more    YES  NO		UNIQUE NO NO NO NO depends on the appreciation of pastor, imam or father NO NO 1 NO YES
CONCLUSION ?	CONCLUDE!		CONCLUDE!

My conclusion is simple: A group of individuals have decided that the first was satanic and that the others were either divine or satanic according to the chosen religion.

A PERSON FAMILIAR WITH THE FA WILL NOT EXCHANGE IT WITH AN ABRAHAMIC BOOK.

The day will come invade light
Darkness will be engulfed by night
The wind will displace air
No Hurricane will make a baobab jump in the air

Tsetula TSAGLI

ALAFIA THRON KPETO DEKA

NOTE : I AM A FRENCH-SPEAKING STUDENT IN ECONOMICS. ENGLISH IS OUR SECOND LANGUAGE. I DO MY BEST TO TRANSLATE THIS TEXT FROM FRENCH TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES.(You can send corrections to vozkoffi@gmail.com)

Alafia followers praying

FRENCH

General facts

Cola nuts

Alafia is the most popular Vodu we have ever seen in Vodu Spirituality and Its ability to expand is simply amazing. Alafia meaning "peace" in many West African language like Kotokoli, Haoussas, Kabyè... has many other names.Godo Vodu ("Cola nut Vodu"in Ewe), Thron or Kpeto Deka. Kpeto refers to, let say "prayer place"(but Kpeto is very deeper than that) and Deka means "one" in Ewe. Kpeto Deka doen't mean  "prayer place one" because the title "one" is added to make a difference between Alafia and another Thron called Kpeto Ve (Ve means "two" in Ewe). Both of them are Thron and have many similitudes for using cola nuts; but Kpeto Ve has many spirits like Nana Wango, Ablewa,  Adzakpa...and uses Blekete rythm whereas Kpeto Deka uses Agbadza.

There are many Alafia followers in Nigeria,Benin,Togo,Ghana,Ivory Coast, Cameroon and United States. Each Alafia vodu in every country has his temple. It is possible to have two or three temples in big cities. A temple of Alafia is called "kponou". In the temple we have priests called "Kpedziga" who are responsible for hearing the prayer of any adept that comes to pray in the temple and then communicate it to the Vodu. The top priest of a temple is named "Hounon" . The speciality of this vodu is to catch sorcerers. I mean any house holding Alafia makes sorcerers be afraid of it.

Sorcerers habitually operate in the night as aze-xe "sorcerer-bird", by flying over houses in the purpose to capture soul of children. Any child whose soul is caught by sorcerer, falls sick and could die if there no Vodu to rescue the concerned child. Those witches/wizards never dare to fly over any Alafia house because, if they do so, they would fall down and be capured by Alafia. Then Alafia would TORTURE them till they tell truth about all their crimes.

Origin of Alafia
It is difficult to determine exactely when Alafia was born but Its introduction into Togo was by a hunter named ADZA KOSSI. He had probably received the Vodu from Haoussas for many Alafia songs state clearly the Haussan origin of the Vodu. Haoussas are all over West Africa and are nowadays mostly muslims. We can then assume that the violent expansion of Islam had destroyed the first Alafias as original beliefs of Haussas. The Vodu was introduced into Togo via Ghana and intalled for TONYEVIADZI early in the 1900's. Alafia is usually installed in two steps: firstly, the Kpeto is installed and years after, the THRON TA "Head of THRON" is installed. Only the Kpeto, very powerful and pitiless, was installed for Tonyeviadzi and he had installed It for GOKA. When Tonyeviadzi was in prison because the Kpeto had killed someone (Tonyeviadzi didn't include Fa in the processes of the Vodu; from that error, it is obligatory for every Alafia priest to include Fa), Goka was brought to Adza Kossi by SOSU DZENYON to get his Thron Ta made. Goka was the first Alafia priest in Togo to complete his Kpeto with Thron Ta and thereby, became the Highest Priest in Togo. Expansion of Christianty and Islam in Ghana made Ghanian hide many of their original beliefs. In addition, the fact that GOKA was the first to veritably preach Alafia over West Africa, especially in Benin,Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Cameroon... makes Togo be the "World Center" of Alafia with GOKA dynasty.

Annual pilgrimage

The Annual Pilgrimage:
This vodu is so powerfull and so popular that It has millions of followers in many African countries nowadays. Every year, each Alafia temple organizes its annual feast called "Peta" . During this annual feast, Hounons from many temples are invited to the celebration.  The annual feast starts on a Saturday at midnight with the "opening Fa".An "Afandziga" (name of Bokon in Alafia), makes a query to know the "dou" or the sign of the ceremony through  FA. The day ends with drumming and sacrificies. There are two kinds of sacrifices: "Ago dede" and "Gu soso".I will explain them after the prayer session. On Saturday, in the night, an Agbadza session takes place at the public place: they call this Zan dodron. On Sunday , "Ago dede" and "Gu soso" would keep going on: Sacrifices are made with sheeps,dogs,cats,poultry; the day ends with Zan dodron and there are many spectators. On Sunday, the big sacrifice is made with a beef and on monday as well. On tuesday,the feast ends with the great  "Agbassa" , consultation of Fa in the purpose to be sure that the vodu has accepted the ceremony. Monday is the last day of Zan dodron and tuesday's Agbassa is the end of the whole ceremony.

To see videos of PETA 2013 at Alafia Center in Souzame (Togo), here are some links:
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXiThaQXh2s 
Or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzL2QGmX4xg

Gbeda dodo (prayer)
   Adepts of Alafia Vodu, called agbasi, have the habit to pray one,two or three times a week. Monday and friday are called "azan voe" that means "bad day" because during those two days, the door of the vodu is closed and nobody can pray. The other days are called "azan nyie" meaning "good day": People can pray over those days.The adept brings cola nuts (about 16 or 24 nuts) plus an amount of his/her choice and  gives them to a priest of the temple.The priest is called "Kpedziga".What we really see when we go to Alafia vodu, is a mount of  cola nuts and a big brick on which the kpedziga hits gentely with a small stone. The adept talk then to the priest who transmits the message to the vodu. When the kpedziga is transmiting the message to the vodu, the agbasi usually says "Ami" or "pèpèpè" that means "exactely" or "so is it". The priest, after transmitting the message to the vodu, makes some white points of a substance called "atike" which means "drugs" in Ewe. Therefore the kpedziga splits a cola nut into two parts and gives one  to the follower. After the cola nut part, the priest gives holy water to the prayer: The holy water is called aflasi.

atike 

Vodu fonfon (Vodu awaking)

Each morning a priest of Alafia is responsible for waking the vodu up  by playing the gong. He/she asks blessing of Alafia over the day: This practice is called "Vodu fonfon" ie "wake the vodu up" or as "kpô huhun "ie" open kpô ". At nightfall, a priest takes care of making the Vodu "sleep" with gong playing after thanking Alafia for the day: this is called "kpô tutu" to say "kpô closing".

"Ago dede" and "Gu soso":

Dema 

They are quite the same. "Gu soso" is a ceremony to prevent undesirable events like accidents or death. It is usually performed for those who are going to travel or in danger. The animals used for one gu soso are chiks, a dog, a cat. All these animals are not eaten at the end of the ceremony but burried (see pic dema). The burrial of animals sacrified for the ceremony forms what they call dema. This ceremony is accompanied by gong and "aya".
"Ago dede" is  for those who have sinned. This ceremony is performed in a way of sin-cleaning. The animals used for this ceremony are chiks, a dog, a cat , a sheep, a ram. The sheep and the ram are eaten at the end of the ceremony while the others are burried as dema. The ceremony is accompanied by drumming sometimes.


Accession to the Community of Alafia:

Pearls of Alafia followers

Membership in the Alafia Community is not automatic. Membership in Alafia Community is called "Tron doudou" literally "Tron eating" in Ewe. Parents could do it for their children and adults can voluntarily request to join it. The accession ceremony has the peculiarity that the priest who celebrates the ceremony washes head already shaved of the seeker with Aflasi or "holy water".  Elements used for such a ceremony are (Ewe names) : aklala, ataku, evi, sodabi, yovo hawo, calved godo or bisi, lovinda. The newcomer is called "Tron dou vi" or "Tron pe agbasi" both meaning "adept of Tron". The Alafia follower is easily identifiable in the society because of the blue and white pearls he/she wears on wrist, neck or ankle (see pic right).

Prohibitions of Alafia
  There are many "ko" or prohibitions for any Alafia adept and priest. If someone "dou ko", the expression meaning "violate the prohibition", Alafia would punish him by a sickness till the adept goes to "dé ko", expression to say " to cancel violation" and the sickness would stop. Here are some of these prohibitions:
- They don't eat pork ! this is fundamental for them: if they dare eat pork, they would have stomachaches for days till they go to "dé ko".
- They don't eat in a burnt pot.
-A priests must not drink alcohol during a day he is supposed to enter Alafia's room.
-A priest must not have sex the night before a day he is supposed to enter Alafia's room.
-If the priest's wife is menstruating, she must not prepare food for the priest.
-A menstruating woman priest must not enter Alafia's room.
-A married woman adept must not cheat.
- No killing, no robbery, no sex in banal places like (wall, floor,lakes, fields...),no abortion...
These rules are very difficult to respect but adepts know that Alafia is severe. It is the reason why they obey very carefully these rules: there is no place for deviance in Alafia Community.
Kô dédé: It is the ceremony of expiation of sins. It is accompanied by some stick blows in the back.

The Order of Alafia Priests

Goka dynasty

Alafia Community is very large with a great number of followers and priests in many countries (Nigeria,Benin,Togo,Ghana,Ivory Coast), is covered by The Order of Alafia Priests. This Order is composed of all the Hounons of Alafia temples in the world. They are responsible for the installation of new temples and annual pilgrimages. They are also responsible for choising the successor of a deceased Hounon. Disputes in the Alafia Community are also under the responsibility of the Order. The Order's main seat is in Togo, more precisely Souzame (Lome). The President of the Order is called "Hougbonon" which means "chief of Hounons". The current highest Alafia priest in the world is Togbui AGBENYINU GOKA IV. He is one Goka's descendants and precisely the fourth of Goka dynasty.

Goka dynasty
-Awudza Goka I (till 1969): He is the reference in Alafia Community because He is the first to veritably preach Alafia in West Africa and develop the planetary mission dimension of Alafia. He was dead in 1969.
-Gbeklu Goka II (1970-1982) : Successor of Awudza, he was mostly involved in voduization of Alafia in Benin and in Ghana. He was a hunsru "consecrated" and the one to intall Alafia for Aguevodu of Togoville when he deceased in 1982.
-Attisogbe Goka III (1983-2004): When Gbeklu was dead, Attisogbe had continued the work of his predecessor and finished the installation of Alafia for Aguevodu. Attisogbe was personnaly interessed in expanding Alafia to Ivory Coast. During his 21 years reign he had intalled more Alafia than his predecessors. He was dead in 2004 leaving the throne for the current Highest Alafia Priest Togbui Agbenyinu Goka IV.

An example of Alafia dynasties: The Aguevodus of Togoville
Aguevodu was already a Hunongan and a famous Goha singer in Togo before being recommmanded by Fa to receive Alafia in 1980. He went near Gbeklu Goka II who grounded the Kpeto for him in 1981. Two years later, when Gbeklu was dead, Attisogbe had finished the job by making the Thron Ta for him. From 1983 to 1998, Aguevodu ruled the Vodu succefully in Togoville before leaving the throne, after his death in 1998, for his son Fianyo who took the title Aguevodu II at age 32. Dynamic and jovial, Fianyo was the one to install Alafia for Messan in Dokume (Togoville). He was dead in 2010, very young, succeeded by his brother Tovinyo Aguevodu III, the current Alafia priest of the dynasty. In addition to Alafia, Aguevodus hold many Vodus like: Hebiesso, Sakpata, Dan, Torhorsu, Avlekete, Aziza, Egun, Nan, Fa, Gakutu...

Alafia is particular and fascinating Vodu because of Its ability to expand quickly by attracting followers. The installation of take alot of money and time. Only wealthy people can hold this Vodu because of expences caused by Alafia to Its holder in feeding and pilgrimages. Yes Alafia is beautiful and expensive; it is you take it or you leave it!

Tsetula TSAGLI