In voodoo, people get into a
group and make magic occur through high ritual. In high ritual, there
are three parts; the chant focus, the prayer with high feeling, and the
aftermath while cleaning up. The chant focus is a subtle chant, that
starts low with a few people, to gain in strength and people number.
Prayer is the focus of the chant, to cause the spirits to react and
make presence in the manner desired. The aftermath is the time of
resolution, the voodooist is resolved to a path of choosing. This path
is chosen before the ceromony, so when the rite ends, they are
rejuvenated with understanding of what to do.
Using
a voodoo doll is representive of this. You put your thoughts into a
voodoo doll, and the ritual charges particles to do the action, that
you intended. In thier ceromonies, there are very high spiritual
feelings while enacting high ritual. That spiritual energy will
manifest, through the belief that the high chant will be enacted. Mind
over matter in a large group will cause the focus of the group through
affinity to happen.
A Voodoo Witchdoctor goes by the belief that the person is a
two part being. Both good and evil are represented through; the spirit
and the mind. What they seek is a balancing between the two parts of
the mind, the good and evil. Good is a white representation and Evil is
a black representation balanced through karma. Karma is the energy
collected through personal acts in the soul. Karma is represented by
the white black sigil of the ying/yang disk. When one evokes a spell,
with the symbol of karma, what one will get is a balanced result.
Something happens to you and something will happen to the other person.
The result is always neutral, as the something is opposites of each
other. In neutralizing each other, it inevitably heals the soul and
body.