As to when exactly did voodoo and the making of the infamous voodoo dolls began cannot be traced. What is positive is that it took place since ancient times. This practiced has become modernized through the passing of time. The full understanding of why the voodoo doll is essential in the voodoo culture will lead you to become a better voodoo practitioner in the future. In America and other Western countries, where slavery has become as common as bread, voodoo flourished in the African slave community. The slaves used this practice to threaten the slave owners, who were very much superstitious then. As we know, witches and any form of witchcraft always caused panic in the olden days. There were also many whites who eventually practiced this, mixing it with Christianity for their ‘voodoo’ to somehow have some holiness in it. Marie Laveau was the most feared and respected practitioner of this form of ‘mixed voodoo. She was constantly sought by many white clients, some of them learned the craft from her. Because of its popularity, the practice became eventually known as New Orleans Voodoo since the city was known in the 18th and 19th century to have been the home of the most powerful voodoo priests.
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