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In Kreyòl, there’s an action called kouche, which means to lie down or to go to bed.  It can also mean to make love, to give birth, or to die, or to become initiated.  Everything done while lying down is kouche.

...most people I encounter lack a basic frame of reference for Vodou... ...So I figured that, for once, I would try to start from as close as possible to zero in this post.

Traditional image of Saint Lazarus the Leper For as long as I can remember, I have seen the world as swarming with invisible people.  As...

Konbit Zaka by Boukman Eksperyans Hunger, like death, can be abstract for those of us who never experience it beyond a pang between lunch...

It was this plant’s exceptional creative power to put roots down, proliferate, and thrive that allowed it to naturalize all throughout the waistband of the earth.

I decided it was time to tie the knot with an African Diasporic Religion.  But which one?

In Vodou- the spiritual tradition of Haiti that made its way from Africa to the Caribbean and, along the way, became deeply entwined