Lecture Series
Gro Mambo Angélá is available for students at your institution of higher learning. Her lectures and seminars cross many disciplines. The practice of Voodoo is not just a religion but represents a wholistic approach to healing, physical, psychological, social, financial and institutional. Gro Mambo Angélá Noványón Idizol provides a new paradigm derived from practices of ancient Africa to help solve the problems of modern life. The one thing that makes Voodoo so powerful is the ability to diagnose and solve so many different kinds of problems through its divination system. Problems of physical health, mental health, family problems, business problems, institutional problems – all of these problems can be addressed and solved by Voodoo.
- MEDICINE The healing practices of the Voodoo apply to all kinds disorders. High blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes and many other illnesses can be treated by the methods of the Voodoo. Once the divination is done the Voodoo priest is armed with a blueprint of the illness and a prescription for treatment and a cure.
- SOCIAL SCIENCE Voodoo heals problems of the family. Many families find their way back to harmony and success through the practices of the Voodoo, and many who receive treatment are not practitioners but simply clients. Belief in the Voodoo religion is not a requirement for success in treatment.
- PSYCHOLOGY Many disorders in pyschology can be treated by Voodoo. Schizophrenia, multiple personality disorders, attention deficiency disorders and other types of psychological pathologies all can be diagnosed and treated by alternative healings within the tradition of the Voodoo. In Voodoo there is no such thing as multiple personality disorders. There is either a conversation with more than one spirit on an individual or a spirit that is not happy and bringing a conflict with the spirit that an individual was born with.
- BUSINESS AFFAIRS Business affairs are equally treatable by the Voodoo which is a source of information and direction. LePeristyle Haitian Sanctuary has a large clientele of business men and women who are not members but are clients who achieve success by consultations regarding their business decisions through Voodoo.
- RELIGION Voodoo is mostly regarded as a religion by Western standards. It is based on a belief in God, Christ and the Holy Loa and it is based on a moral and ethical standard similar to Christianity.
More detailed information on each series is below.
Medicine
Western medicine is an amazing phenomenon. It brings all the power of modern physics, chemistry, biology, biochemistry and engineering to bear against on the problems that people have with their health. The diagnostic ability of medicine is actually impressive. However, despite all the advances of modern medicine people still suffer from many diseases and still are dying because modern medicine cannot help them. Thus, many people have turned to alternatives in medicine.
We live in a society of poly-pharmacy and poly-medicine. As people look for an alternative ways for wellness and healing, they look into Voodoo because Voodoo is a way of healing of mind, body and spirit through divination, herbal baths, herbal medicines and soaps. Voodoo is an integrated multidisciplinary approach to medicine and disease management through divination. Divination determines the true cause of the physical illness (that may not be physical) and indicates what the correct treatment should be. Divination does not always rule out the use of modern medicine and often works well with some medical procedures or treatments.
High blood pressure is a common disorder in our society and is due to several different causes. For example, the divination might reveal that high blood pressure is due to stress, excessive worrying and might be calmed by collecting rain water and refreshing your head by rinsing it, by burning a candle and restoring peace of mind by sitting by the waterfall or fountain. Through divination the Voodoo Mambo/Hungan receives a herbal prescription for blood cleansing, diet change and herbal baths. These methods treat the person inside medicinally, inside spiritually and behaviorally through divination. Through divination prostate cancer, breast cancer, heart abnormalities and many other diseased states are healed.
In conventional medicine, the therapy for high blood pressure will start with a "water pill." This pill subsequently leads to the treatment of another pill for potassium loss. Even in this small example one can see how poly-pharmacy and poly-medicine starts, one pill requires another pill and another pill, etc. A Voodoo Mambo/Hungan has the ability to divine the health problem by consulting. The therapy is more focused than conventional medicine because it includes methods that not only decrease blood pressure, but also eradicate or minimize the cause.
Sociology
The Voodoo religion addresses interpersonal relationships at all levels. In the Voodoo, everyone has a relationship with the Loa they carry on their head. Each person has a Loa, and the attributes of the Loa manifest in the personality and character of the individual. Understanding the attributes of the Loa yields an understanding of the individual’s personality and character and enables a person to utilize the Loa “territories” such as love, faith, direction and stability. Any complications or lack of order in the individual’s relationships with other people has its root cause in the relationship between the Loas that govern them.
Just as individuals come together to form families, the “roads” of each Loa form a Loa family. For example, the Ogu family includes Ogu Felite, Ogu Batagi, Ogu Shango, Ogu Bada, Ogu Batala, Ogu Ferelle and so on. As in a human family, the members of the Loa family are clearly recognizable as members of the same family because of their common attributes and are distinguishable by the attributes that are as unique as those that might make the members of a physical human “Smith” family identifiable. In the same way, just as families form communities, the Loa families come together to form “systems.” The attributes of the family of Loas are depicted in the pantheon.
A human family might include Ogus, Erusiles, Dumbalas and so forth. The better the relationships between the Loas is understood, the stronger the relationship between the members of the family. When a family is in crisis, in the Voodoo we recognize that while the members of the family may carry the same Loa, they may carry different roads of that Loa. One road might be old, another youthful; one might be serious, another playful. Respect for the differences in the Loa “roads” yields respect for the idiosyncrasies that are sometimes the cause of difficulties within the human family and tolerance for each other. This respect and tolerance extends beyond the family to the family of nations, where tolerance is needed to avoid the conflicts that lead to war.
In today's world, there is so much dysfunction that can only be repaired through the understanding of the true importance of family. In the Voodoo, the Loa Erusile Dantour is the Petro mother of all, the force of the ocean that governs family. Erusile Dantour demands that all members of the family live in love, harmony and unity. The world began with a family, therefore, it is extremely important for each individual to have the knowledge of family and what it means, how it impacts your thinking and feeling. In the Voodoo belief system the various dynamics of family life that impact our development from the cradle to the grave are addressed in the divination in that specific area of responsibility. Through the divination, the problems that are plaguing the family and its members is addressed through the concentration of the flow of life. Human beings are full of all sorts of emotions. Does that mean all of these emotions we experience are healthy or for that matter necessary? Often times, they lead to disappointment, poor academic performance, poor social relationships. The ups and downs of life, are sometimes referred to as "riding the waves of life." This term speaks to the force of the ocean. Women and men who was born with this force of family sometimes find themselves alone. A man or woman may or may not marry someone that is not compatible to that power and energy. In the event that they do get married, you will find a 90% chance they will become divorced. Society sees these problems in marriage but has no way to solve them.
In the Voodoo, the Loa Erusile Dantour governs the family, the base on which all group relationships are modeled. Disharmony in group interactions can be corrected only by determining the root cause of the disharmony and putting it in order. Divination acts as the key to unlocking the cause of disharmonious interpersonal relationships by revealing the Loa relationships that are at work and the steps that must be taken to restore order.
The investigation of interpersonal relationships begins with the divination of the Loas that are carried by the individuals involved. The relationships between the Loas have been established over the ages. They are documented in legends that illustrate such relationships and the manner in which harmonious relationships between the Loas are maintained. In the Voodoo, the mambo or hungan, through divination, would reveal the character and personality of the family members and the dynamics of the family as a whole. Divination is an investigation that reveals the emotions and mentality of each individual road of the Loa. It addresses the attributes that will allow the family members to tolerate one another with ease and concentrates on those areas so that they may achieve success in life.
In a community, people learn to respect each other by mutual respect for the Loas they each carry. In the group context, one person’s father Loa might be the Loa on another person’s head. All those Loas are connecting with other Loas on other heads. The power of the family is the opportunity it offers to learn the attributes of the Loas. When a person understands the attributes of the Loa that another individual carries, it is possible to appreciate the other individual’s character and establish a harmonious relationship. The relationship between the Loas enables individuals who respect the Loas to live harmoniously in human communities. All of the Loas of all of the people in the community are connected. The respect needed to live harmoniously in community is therefore a manifestation of the level of respect that exists for the Loas carried by the members of the community. The Voodoo perspective is a road to the individual respect, harmony and peace we all seek.
Psychology
The Voodoo religion and all African based religions believe that each and every person is born with a Loa (spiritual force or guardian angel) on his or her head. These forces will be the dominating power of speech that speaks silently within his or her head. The rule in the Voodoo is, “The head will always tell the body what to do.” The systems of the Voodoo can unlock hidden strengths for the mental stability of people. Although people may not be practitioners or believers of the faith, the Mambos and Hungans can still see through divination what spiritual force is governing an individual. Non-believers also live their lives within the systems of the Voodoo without knowing they are living in the realm of the Voodoo. Systems, which are hot, cool and ancestral carry the attributes of the spiritual force. Through the Loa and the systems, people can find answers as to who they are, what they are and what they should be doing. Knowledge of the spiritual force will help an individual understand who they are and what they are, bringing clarity for improvements and accomplishments in their spirit for a strong mental stability. The Voodoo says, “You cannot even begin to know and understand who you are and what your strengths are until you know the Loa that you were born with."
Many believe that the attributes of the forces are identified with negatives and positives. However the attributes of the Loas are not negative or positive. They are negative or positive according to how an individual allows them to manifest in any situation during his or her life.
The head is very important in the Voodoo tradition. The goal is to have a sound, healthy and powerful mind elevating a person through the systems of the Voodoo by accessing knowledge from their birth. Every mind is talking to the Loa where many may think that they are talking to themselves or functioning off a gut feeling.
In this society the field of psychology has uncovered many mental illnesses/sicknesses and the research of these illnesses has caused many to take drugs to help bring them under control. Many disorders in psychology can be treated by Voodoo. Schizophrenia, multiple personality disorders, attention deficit disorders and other types of psychological pathologies all can be diagnosed and treated by alternative healings within the tradition of the Voodoo. In Voodoo there is no such thing as multiple personality disorders. There is either a conversation with more than one spirit on an individual or a spirit that is not happy and brings a conflict with the spiritual force that a individual was born with.
Sicknesses where a person is diagnosed with having multiple personalities are the most classic cases from the eye of a Voodooazian. Whereas society sees Bipolar Disorder a Mambo or Hungan sees multiple possessions that are out of control.
For Example:
A person can be diagnosed with having two or more personalities in society. However the divinations of a Mambo or Hungan will reveal information concerning each character or personality. A look within the divinations reveals that there is more than one spirit. Society may see an angry individual and a calm more peaceful individual.
It is clear that there are two spiritual possessions with one being angry and the other calm. Through the divination we find out what the violent spirit is angry about so that an appeasement for the angry spirit can be perform to release the spirit from the individual’s life.
Some of these sicknesses may be based on true personality disorders that may require treatment with drugs. However, medication in cases where there are spiritual possessions trapped within the mind of a person is harmful. Medication given to trapped spirits will only suppress the spirit in a continual possession, leaving fewer chances for corrections.
In some cases Loas are trapped within a spiritual possession where the individuals may be seen living out an attribute of the Loa over and over.
Divination offers identification and a prescription to release spiritual possessions from people who are considered by the standards of modern medicine, mentally ill. Divination, on the other hand, reveals the source and root of the problem and, with the prescription from the Loa, the individual begins the journey to regain the sanctity of the mind free of medication. The individual begins to experience elevations in life with a new outlook and a new beginning in living life.
Business
Business is the most risky of all human endeavors. Most businesses fail. Business requires investment of capital expended over an extended period of time. Divination is greatly needed for an individual to make a clear decision before they begin a business. Divination will let the person know if the idea that they have to make money will come to fruition. The Mambo or Hungan must take a deep look into the roads of Papa Legba to see if they are open. The timing as well as the time of the Voodoo systems must be divined. Questions should be asked of the Loa to see if the business venture is hot and quick-moving (which is in the Petro system), warm (for a slow start), cool (which will not give a good start) or worst ... cold (a complete failure). The divination in the Voodoo system is ideal for guiding business activities.
The world of business and finance is governed by the Loa, Papa Ogu. The territories of this power covers income producing business activities, wealth building, commerce and any endeavor connected with income generating activities. In these difficult economic times where people are struggling to maintain their current employment, are becoming unemployed, losing money in investment and losing their retirement funds, the Voodoo through divination will take a look at the individual problem. Divination will tell the individual how to cope with these difficult financial times. These times are a source of great concern creating feelings of insecurity and uncertainty. The Mambo/Hungan will divine for the individual, looking at the various facets of the economic stress. The individual will see where they are going and how they should proceed for their financial success and stability.
LePeristyle has a long history of advising members and clients on matters of business. Clients come from around the world. In Brazil, Gro Mambo consulted financial leaders on debt problems involving the World Bank and the International Monterey Fund, leading to a global restructuring of debt responsibilities of third world countries. Gro Mambo has clients from the financial centers of Hong Kong and Tokyo. The ability of Voodoo to divine trends and market tendencies make it a great tool for business.
Therapy
Therapy is readily available to every individual in this society and the societies at large. Coping with day to day activities sometimes brings on emotions that may not always be controlled. Much of the time these uncontrolled emotions become depressions. There are many families where mental and emotional depressions are present. When looking into the bloodline of someone who may have depression, it could be found in their mother or father, grandparents. When you look into the bloodline the family members would say, "I could remember my grandmother was always depressed. My great, great grandfather was depressed too." It comes all the way down to the last living person, the youngest of the family, that has a depression. Society could easily evaluate it as hereditary because it is moving from one generation to the next.
As people live their lives, things happen that alter their perception of what they believe they should have, want, deserve and what their dreams are in life. With the belief that every human being has the ability to choose, choices are often a driving force towards depression, especially when the expectation of the choice has failed. However, the Voodoo teaches that each choice that one makes will bring a cycle of 3. If the choice was a good one then the results will be followed by 3 good experiences moving closer to the destiny or goal of the individual. If the choice was a bad one, then 3 bad experiences will lead the individual further from the destiny or goal. However, each cycle of 3 can trigger another cycle of 3 where the individual will believe there is not a way out or they simply are finished with life, or are no longer willing to try for improvement.
The Voodoo does not believe that depression is hereditary. The divination system of the Voodoo must now seek a spiritual prescription and an answer as to why the individual is suffering from depression. Using the divination system, the Mambo or Hungan takes a deep look into the family line to establish what is connecting each generation to the next in such a way that they would suffer from the same illness, such as mental illness/depression or low self esteem, etc.
Once the divination reveals the connection between the people, the person will now begin to utilize the forces of the world to begin a healing process. The spiritual prescription will separate that individual from the illnesses of the blood lineage. A spiritual prescription will then be made available, identifying the patterns of the family along with guidance to tell the individual what they can do or cannot do to bring a separation from what everyone else in the lineage has been doing.
Case History:
A person came to LePeristyle, who was very depressed. They had become overwhelmed by the problems in their life. The person's child was rebellious and created all kinds of problems in their life, the partner was not helping at all and the client was left alone to cope with a variety of family problems. The person felt as though her life was over because she had lost all love in every area that was important to her. This was the physical reason but the divination revealed the true root to the problems. The client was very depressed.
It is important for a Mambo or Hungan to find the spiritual power that an individual was born with and once that power is identified then the divination is on its way to reveal the true nature of the problems that the person was suffering. Divination revealed that the client was a child of Erusile Freeda, the force of true love, and individuals who have this force must have love to live. Divination revealed that the client was caught in a variety of spiritual problems. Divination revealed that the person had ancestral problems leading back for many generations and that the spirits of her ancestors had a tremendous hold on her life. They were in her life to take control of all matters of the heart in personal relationship, i.e. friends, children, family and lovers. Divinations revealed that the center of her heart was her daughter and it was the daughter that was causing her to have thoughts of suicide.
Once the problem was identified the prescription was now received. The client needed a series of baths with special herbs for her head or thought process, herbs for relaxing her mind and heart allowing the medicines to penetrate her head. The client received information about her ancestors for knowledge to understand what she had to fight. It was not the people in her life that she had to fight but instead it was the spirits and the ancestors that she had to demand them to leave her life alone and that they could not have not one part of her life. This gave the client hope that she would have control over her life and matters of her heart even if things did not go the way that she expected them to go. With the knowledge of her lineage the client now can take a series of baths with special herbs and with special prayers, the problems of the ancestors were resolved and the problems of the heart were addressed by bringing the client into harmony with the clients Loa (guardian angel). Now that the client is connected with her spiritual force/Loa a new strength, self awareness and self empowerment is evident.
After a series of treatments and a series of consultation, the client developed a good relationship with their child, established a new relationship and made plans to remarry. The client currently suffers no indication of depression and has begun to take charge of their life. They have established a new foundation for living and are free of both depression and prescription drugs.
Divination helps improve the mental state of the person to bring relief of stress which lead the person into a state of depression. Divination takes a deep look into the way a person was born, what they were born into and the environment that they have lived. Divination brings a different outlook to the individual showing them how they can utilize the energies that they were born within. The Voodoo forces of wind, water and fire are all the tools of launching a new way of seeing life for any individual who is thinking inside a box and is looking for a way out… out of the depression.
Divination
Divination is a powerful tool performed by an experienced and knowledgeable Mambo and Hungan who has the authority and certification to ask the Loa (the spiritual guides) for guidance in helping the person prosper. Through the divination the Mambo/Hungan will access the database of the Loa looking deeply into the Voodoo systems, Loa territories and the ruling Loa of an individual's head.
Divination is the ability to see problems and elevations that are in the future addressing the root of a situation, good or bad. It does so in depth on many different levels to help bring a correctness or elevation to a situation. Unlike readings from different systems of belief, a divination from the Voodoo religion answers, the who, what and why of the questions a person may have. On a day-to- day basis people take chances on many different levels in the hope that their faith will help the situation be in their favor. Voodoo divination will limit the chance and give an accurate and sure answer to the question whether they should take the chance. Alternatively, divination can limit the disappointment in their lives that results when a situation does not fall in their favor. Divining into the past allows the Mambo/Hungan to see what is causing individual problems in the present and to elevate in the future. Divination of the past brings answers to questions that people may have in reference to business, love, family and other issues. Addressing these issues helps avoid problems in the future and allows the person to elevate to prosperity.
In the Voodoo religion divination is the avenue to be able to obtain a prescription. It is the psychic analysis of physical problems. It psychically evaluates the mind, body and spirit and from its evaluation, spiritual prescriptions are received - prescriptions for alternative healings of the mind, body and spirit.
The Voodoo religion gives a person the chance to change for the better so that, no matter how bad a situation is, the divination will provide an answer to the person so there can be a chance for change in a positive matter. The Loas are servants of God and they want all the children of God to do well. Divination provides guidance that helps a person to be successful in life.
If you are interested in bringing Gro Mambo Angélá Noványón Idizol to your institution for a lecture/seminar, please contact:
LePeristyle Haitian Sanctuary – 215.276.3633
Espere, Personal Assistant – 240.515.8584
Gro Hungan Yatándé Noványón Idizol – 215.869.5322
Gro Hungan Yabofe Noványón Idizol – 267.210.7541
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