irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoX88B88 is the word "voodoo" with a reflection.message-squaremessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1777arrow-down118
arrow-up1759arrow-down1message-squareX88B88 is the word "voodoo" with a reflection.irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square91fedilink
minus-squareHemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoI was thinking it would make a great book title for a novel about an underground cult of Voodoo practicing Nazis.
minus-squareRowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThe Loa aren’t going to be providing a gateway to Nazis. Those folks have their own gods
minus-squareRowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoDid I mess that up? It’s been decades since I studied Voudon.
minus-squareMaeve@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoNah, you’re good. None of the gods are prejudiced in any tradition, but for causing us to learn, and to borrow an old expression, when we fail to grasp mercy, we get severity. Put another way, hard head, soft backside.
I was thinking it would make a great book title for a novel about an underground cult of Voodoo practicing Nazis.
The Loa aren’t going to be providing a gateway to Nazis. Those folks have their own gods
Please meet the Orishas.
Did I mess that up? It’s been decades since I studied Voudon.
Nah, you’re good. None of the gods are prejudiced in any tradition, but for causing us to learn, and to borrow an old expression, when we fail to grasp mercy, we get severity. Put another way, hard head, soft backside.