"... By making the spirits directly available and visible to the people through the possession state of danse-loa, the Houngan demonstrates, in three-dimensional reality, the existence of another world. In essence, this is a highly political statement of personal Power, for if a simple human is capable of communion with the gods, how strong and visionary he must be--way beyond that of the institutions and elites that in their unchallenged arrogance assume that they have automatic ascension above mere mortals..." - Vodou Shaman: The Haitian Way of Healing and Power
by Ross Heaven, Tim Booth
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