Angelina Jolie - Voodoo Pupil?

Novice · March 6th, 2007, 06:17 PM

Report: Angelina Jolie Now Studying Voodoo In New Orleans
By Tashi Singh
Mar 5, 2007
Angelina Jolie and Voodoo. The rumors never seem to evaporate and now that she and lover Brad Pitt have set up house in New Orleans, those creepy rumors have resurfaced. The National Enquirer is reporting that the Hollywood do-gooder has a brand new pet project to help fill the void between saving the impoverished and raising three children (soon to be four) with boyfriend/lover Brad Pitt.
According to a report from Mike Walker, the Hollywood vamp is studying Voodoo.
According to the mag, Jolie has been taking instruction from a Voodoo priestess several times a week. She has also reportedly purchased many other occult books and is touring the infamous New Orleans cemeteries, according to the report.
early In her career Angelina was often linked to alternative lifestyles including religion. Several reports have surfaced claiming that Jolie is no stranger to the 'dark side' and has previously admitted to cutting herself to 'feel alive.'
When Angelina married Johnny Lee Miller in 1996, She reportedly wore black leather pants and a white shirt with his name written on the back in her blood. After her 2000 marriage to actor Billy Bob Thornton, the couple sported "vials of each other's blood" to show their love and devotion to each other.
The National Ledger makes a great point about taking this report with a grain of salt. If you recall, we reported on a wild report that emerged last year claiming that Jolie had put a 'voodoo' curse on his and Jennifer Aniston's marriage.

Tittle-Tattle Too: Report: Angelina Jolie Now Studying Voodoo In New Orleans - The Post Chronicle

It must be a slow news week. (Surely she would have studied this years ago if she was interested....?)

I'm adding this because there's a sentence I particularly like...

Angelina Jolie learns Voodoo, will stick your ass with a pin

In addition to saving the unfortunate children of the world, Angelina Jolie has managed to find time to practice and learn Voodoo several times per week. According to the Chronicle,

Jolie has been taking instruction from a Voodoo priestess several times a week. She has also reportedly purchased many other occult books and is touring the infamous New Orleans cemeteries, according to the report.

According to Wikipedia, 80% of Benin, West Africa practices the Christian mysticism religion of Voodoo (Vodun). Could Angelina Jolie be considering adopting a child from Benin? Here I thought it was a drunken globe spin that determined where she adopts children, but obviously its a little doll and a few pins. A hymn here, a chant there, and pin up a doll’s ass and we have the magic formula that determines which child is saved next. Amazing.

Angelina Jolie learns Voodoo, will stick your ass with a pin

Kathie_Moffett · March 6th, 2007, 06:55 PM

Eh, why shouldn't she study voodoo?! I know several practitioners locally...not to mention astrologers, Wiccans, Druids...hey, it's California. Just because Angelina's a big movie star doesn't mean she can't be as eccentric as she chooses.

However, if y'all try to tell me she's started collecting Precious Moments figurines, then I WILL give you the hairy eyeball.

sluce · March 6th, 2007, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Kathie_Moffett

However, if y'all try to tell me she's started collecting Precious Moments figurines, then I WILL give you the hairy eyeball.

That is very funny!! Thanks for the laugh.

UndercoverGator · March 6th, 2007, 07:50 PM

Unlikely. The Vodun society in New Orleans is tight knit and closed plus the bit about her going into local cemetaries is definately not true. In New Orleans the famous cemetaries are the most dangerous places in town, you only go in as part of a large group, you only go with a guide and you only go during daylight hours. Doesn't sound like Angie's speed at all.

Now I could see her visiting the Voodoo shop near Pat O'Briens and getting a few books or watching the Congo Square rituals but nothing more than that.

Mira · March 6th, 2007, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Kathie_Moffett

if y'all try to tell me she's started collecting Precious Moments figurines, then I WILL give you the hairy eyeball.

That IS funny. My daughter has all of the porcelain princess figurines with the birthday numbers on them, courtesy of my mother. They are really special.

:handsonhips: OK, so I'm not as butch as AJ is! :flounce:

Picara · March 6th, 2007, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by UndercoverGator

Unlikely. The Vodun society in New Orleans is tight knit and closed plus the bit about her going into local cemetaries is definately not true. In New Orleans the famous cemetaries are the most dangerous places in town, you only go in as part of a large group, you only go with a guide and you only go during daylight hours. Doesn't sound like Angie's speed at all.

Now I could see her visiting the Voodoo shop near Pat O'Briens and getting a few books or watching the Congo Square rituals but nothing more than that.

I went to a couple cemetaries with a boyfriend, but it was definitely during the day. I was looking for Marie LaVeux's (sp?) tomb to make an X. Supposedly you will have enternal good luck if you do. But we couldn't find it. I think we were in the wrong cemetary.

I was interested in Voodoo for a time. But I think it's too risky for me to dabble in. I think you have to take it seriously and devote a lot of time to it.

As for Angie, anything is possible. Didn't she put a gris gris bag in Brad's car while they were dating?

Chilly Willy · March 7th, 2007, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by UndercoverGator

Unlikely. The Vodun society in New Orleans is tight knit and closed plus the bit about her going into local cemetaries is definately not true. In New Orleans the famous cemetaries are the most dangerous places in town, you only go in as part of a large group, you only go with a guide and you only go during daylight hours. Doesn't sound like Angie's speed at all.

Now I could see her visiting the Voodoo shop near Pat O'Briens and getting a few books or watching the Congo Square rituals but nothing more than that.

That's more like it.

Novice · March 7th, 2007, 06:23 AM

Why is it dangerous to visit the cemeteries? Is it the usual junkies/homeless or are there other pitfalls?

Mel1973 · March 7th, 2007, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Novice

Why is it dangerous to visit the cemeteries? Is it the usual junkies/homeless or are there other pitfalls?

Yes. robbed and/or killed in the cemetery is not what the tourists are looking for.

texlux · March 7th, 2007, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Picara

As for Angie, anything is possible. Didn't she put a gris gris bag in Brad's car while they were dating?

What is a gris gris bag?

princesspink · March 7th, 2007, 09:42 AM

cool.

Mel1973 · March 7th, 2007, 09:44 AM

In Vodoun, or Voodoo, gris-gris resemble charms or talismans which are kept for good luck or to ward off evil. Originally gris-gris were probably dolls or images of the gods, but presently most gris-gris are small cloth bags containing herbs, oils, stones, small bones, hair and nails, pieces of cloth soaked with perspiration and/or other personal items gathered under the directions of a god for the protection of the owner.

The gris-gris became traditional in New Orleans, the American headquarters for voodoo, where they were use for various things such as attracting money and love, stopping gossip, protecting the home, maintaining good health and achieving innumerable other ends. At one time, every police officer was known to carry a gris-gris for protection. A gris-gris is ritually made at an altar containing the four elements of earth (salt), air (incense), water and fire (a candle flame). The number of ingredients (placed in the gris-gris) is always one, three,. five, seven, nine or thirteen. Ingredients are never an even number or more than thirteen. Stones and colored objects are chosen for their occult and astrological meanings corresponding to the purpose for which the gris-gris is to be used.
Legends concerning the famous New Orleans Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau claim her gris-gris contained bits of bone, colored stones, graveyard dust (also called goofer dust), salt, and red pepper. Other more elaborate gris-gris were made of bird nests and horse hair weavings.
A red-flannel bag holding a lodestone or magnet was a gambler's favorite gris-gris, which was suppose to absolutely guarantee good luck. Another favorite gris-gris of gamblers was made of chamois, a piece of red flannel, a shark's tooth, pine-tree sap, and dove's blood. The dove's blood and sap were mixed together, and this mixture was used to write the amount that the gambler wished to win on the chamois, which was wrapped in the red flannel with the shark's tooth between the two layers, all of which was sewn together with cat's hair. This charm was supposedly worn in the left shoe to bring good and often uncomfortable luck.
from themystica.com

Novice · March 7th, 2007, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Mel1973

In Vodoun, or Voodoo, gris-gris resemble charms or talismans which are kept for good luck or to ward off evil.

Oh no, Mel... I think you might have just given the fan-tards the "in" they're looking for.....

In other similar religions, talismen (like this) are given to the recipent with their knowledge, not just lobbed in to a car as it's passing, or shoved down the side of the seat. Its considered impolite (the closest I can come to describing it) if it's without knowledge. Is that the same here? (ok, maybe I need to google!)

Picara · March 7th, 2007, 10:19 AM

I found this:

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An article from cinematical.com declares that Angelina Jolie has used voodoo to break up Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston’s relationship: “Various outlets are "reporting" that Angelina Jolie used a Voodoo-cursed vial of bat ash to lure Brad Pitt away from Jennifer Aniston. Apparently, one of Aniston's friends told a tabloid that Jolie had given Pitt the vial before he and Jen's very public divorce. It was ostensibly some kind of safety totem, but according to a voodoo expert named "Dr. Snake", the powder may have instead been a charm to lure the actor away from his wife.”

One time visiting New orleans, I bought a vial of attraction oil from a Voodoo shop. The stuff stunk so bad, I couldn't wear it. But my girlfriends at home doused themselves in the stuff. We went out dancing and, needless to say, my two friends were very popular. It could be the power of suggestive thinking, I don't know.

Mel1973 · March 7th, 2007, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Novice

Oh no, Mel... I think you might have just given the fan-tards the "in" they're looking for.....

In other similar religions, talismen (like this) are given to the recipent with their knowledge, not just lobbed in to a car as it's passing, or shoved down the side of the seat. Its considered impolite (the closest I can come to describing it) if it's without knowledge. Is that the same here? (ok, maybe I need to google!)

Gris gris can be used for bad mojo too. When that's the case, I would imagine you'd sneak 'em a gris gris.