Path: typhoon.sonic.net!not-for-mail Message-ID: <39ABEE8B.15C7@luckymojo.com> From: catherine yronwode Organization: Lucky Mojo Curio Company X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01-C-MACOS8 (Macintosh; I; 68K) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.lucky.w Subject: Re: Spiritualism in African Diaspora Religions References: <39AAC93B.68DA@luckymojo.com> <20000829124526.06688.00000049@ng-ct1.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 25 Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 17:04:09 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.204.137.113 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sonic.net X-Trace: typhoon.sonic.net 967568649 209.204.137.113 (Tue, 29 Aug 2000 10:04:09 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 10:04:09 PDT Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.lucky.w:8090 ToBeAMaster666 wrote: > > The source I have for the usage of 7 day candles of [Alan Kardec's] > name list them as being used for opening the mind and protective > purposes. I can kinda see the connection to opening the mind, due to > what you have told me, but where did the protection reference come > from? Negative opinions about "ghosts" (as exemplified in Navajo and English folk tales) are far from universal. In many cultures, the dead -- at least those who lived good lives -- are revered as helpers and friends. I'm only speculating here, but i would guess that since the spirits of the dead wih whom Kardec taught people to work are protective and helpful, Kardec himself, once dead, would be seen as a protective and helpful spirit by Spiritualists. cat yronwode Hoodoo in Theory and Practice -- http://www.luckymojo.com/hoodoo.html No personal e-mail, please; just catch me in usenet; i read it daily. Lucky Mojo Curio Co. http://www.luckymojo.com/luckymojocatalogue.html Send e-mail with your street address to catalogue@luckymojo.com and receive our free 32 page catalogue of hoodoo supplies and amulets