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Term: Voodoo Doll
Voodoo Doll: A small effigy of a person, often very primitive in design and linked to that person through a drop of blood or a lock of the hair being included in the doll. Its usual purpose is to control or cause harm to the person it’s linked to.
Voodoo and Witchcraft are the two most misunderstood religions in the world. Each has a public image and an inner reality. Most frequently that public image has little to do with the private, inner and real religion.
Voodoo
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