How to Use a Voodoo Doll Once you purchase a handcrafted magickal Voodoo doll from Planet Voodoo, follow these instructions to draw upon its powerful energies to help you achieve the change you seek. 
Voodoo dolls from Planet Voodoo are carefully crafted to house or represent a specific lwa (loa) or deity, and then ritually consecrated to awaken the life force (achι) of that particular spirit or deity. Using the finest herbs, oils, materials, sacred fetishes, stones, and symbols, each magickal doll properly represents a conduit to our beloved Voodoo Spirits! How to Use an Authentic Voodoo Doll from Planet Voodoo Using dolls and effigies in sympathetic magic rituals is as old as humankind. More often than not, ritual dolls and effigies were used for healing, fertility, and empowerment. In some cultures such as ancient Greece, they were used to bind enemies. European poppets were widely used in folk magic and witchcraft to curse an enemy. Other types of dolls were used in harvest customs and burial rites, made as talismans, or used as teaching aids for children. Although they are most commonly depicted as objects of revenge, Voodoo dolls are most often used for healing, finding true love, and spiritual guidance. When you use a Voodoo doll for magickal and ritualistic purposes, you are entering into a magickal contract with the Spirits you petition and the forces of the Universe. This requires you to practice co-creating your own reality. This means taking responsibility for the things you can change in your life and taking advantage of opportunities that come your way to help manifest your desire. Use as a Focusing Tool By far the most common use of a Voodoo doll is their use as focusing tools in ritual and meditation. This involves holding your doll while concentrating on your desires, or placing the doll on your altar where you can fix your gaze upon it while concentrating on your desire. Use in Candle Magick
To use your Voodoo doll in candle magick, procure a candle in the color that
is appropriate for your need. Light the candle, and write a petition that
states your desired goal on a slip of paper and set it under the candle.
Hold your doll and focus intently on what you need. Set the doll next to the
candle and let the candle burn out. After the candle has burned out, take
the petition and attach it to your doll. After nine days, burn the petition
and scatter the ashes to the East. Use with the Seven Pins Pins, nails, needles, and fish bones have been used in conjunction with Voodoo dolls or its predecessors the nkisi or bocio or Africa for centuries. Symbolism of the 7 pin colors: yellow - success white - positive red - power purple - spirituality green - money blue - love black - repelling negative energy Use to Petition the Loa To use your Voodoo doll to petition a particular loa, light a candle in the appropriate color of the loa, and make offerings to the loa. For example, to use Papa Legba Voodoo doll as a focusing tool you would light a red or black candle (his favorite colors), and greet him with his ritual greeting, "Odu Legba, Papa Legba, open the door, I am waiting. Open the door Papa Legba, open the door. On my way back, I will return the favor." You can then tell him your wishes and offer him some of his favorite things in three (his favorite number). Things he likes are candy, corn, rum, and cigars. When you place your petition and add the appropriate offerings, you are placing your order with the loa for what you want. You are entering into a magickal contract which requires you to practice co-creating your own reality. This means taking responsibility for the things you can change in your life and taking advantage of opportunities that come your way to help manifest your desire.
Use in Image Magick Among the slave population in Louisiana during the 18th and 19th centuries, image magick using dolls was commonplace. Image magick is a type of magick based on the concept of like attracts like. To use your Voodoo doll as the image of a particular person, insert some personal effects from the person into the doll, such as a piece of clothing, hair, or fingernail clippings. Alternately, you can attach a photograph of the person to the doll. Then use the doll in one of these spells.
Using the "ABCs Of Lucky Mojo" -- Appropriate Offerings, Belief, and Co-Creation -- in your Voodoo doll magick is an incredibly effective way to add power and "oomph!" to your spells. Yes, it require vision, intention, and discipline, but it can make make a huge impact on your results.
What Voodoo will you do with your Voodoo doll today? 
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