E. A. Koetting and Baron DePrince - The Spider and The Green Butterfly

E.A. Koetting/Baron DePrince
The Spider and the Green Butterfly
the manufacturer has come across in his career as a shop
owner. Notice that I refer to him here as a shop owner, as a
Grand Houngan would create a powder or a charm specific
to your circumstances, no one bag or packet of powder
being the same.
When the Haitian Houngans began to trade
knowledge with Western mystics and magicians, they
began to recognize associations between the Loa and
various aspects of Western Esoteric practice, such as the
Kabalistic Sephirotic and Qlippothic spheres, as well as
astrological attributes that bore remarkable similarity to
several of the more prominent Loa.
Given below is a concordance of some of these Loa,
the attributions mentioned, and various herbal, mineral, and
organic implements that can be used to create Magickal
powders, or can be used in the wanga given later in this
chapter. This concordance is by no means a complete,
conclusive table, but is instead a place from whence the
journey into the knowledge of the secrets of the Loa can
begin.
All of these herbs are to be consecrated on top of
the open Veve of the Loa, who will then enter the
ingredients. They are then to be ground together into a
powder in a mortar at the altar, poured when powdered
upon the Veve, and allowed to sit with candles burning
upon the altar for at least one hour. This should all be done
in accordance with the day and the hour of the Loa.
The powders can then be sprinkled onto food, in
water, placed in flowers that might be smelled, sprinkled on
sheets, in undergarments, brushed or rubbed on the skin,
blown in the face, or even placed on thorns that will prick
the skin and deliver the spiritual poison directly into the
blood. Consult the Loa, consult the bones, and see into the
present, past, and the future before calling upon these
terrifying powers for assistance, and before delivering their
final blows to the victims of your possessions.
> Legba is associated with the sun, and like the lifegiving
solar power, Legba is called upon for
generally improving the quality of life, for magick
that would improve your health, prosperity, and
abundance, for various methods of initiation into the
spiritual, and for opening doorways of all types in a
person's life and being. His animal is the rooster,
which serves as an excellent sacrifice to Legba, the
head and the right talon of which can be severed
and used in Magickal Operations in which Legba
will be called upon. Cinnamon, saffron, rosemary,
and ginger are a few of the herbs that can be ground
into powders.
> Agwe is the associated with the moon, and while
the Loa's power's can be called upon for minor
feats of success, prosperity, and romantic attraction,
Agwe's greatest abilities lie in improving
clairvoyance, aiding in divination, and
strengthening the subtle awareness to the extent of
discerning situations and "reading" other people's
intentions and desires. Any animal whose residence
is water, especially of the sea, can be considered the
animal of Agwe, although frogs and crustaceans are
the most potent of these. Frog's skin or eyes can be
used in wanga or powders aimed at increasing the
psychic abilities of either the Houngan or his client,
and can be dried and ground into powders that will
do the same. Seaweed, lily pads, and other watery,
round, leaves with thick membranes can be used in
wanga and powders in which the assistance of
Agwe will be called upon as well.