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

E.A. Koetting/Baron DePrince
The Spider and the Green Butterfly
conversation with another person who was back-to-back
with me, turning with me as I turn to face them.
I finally asked DePrince about this, and his answer
shattered a good deal of my supposed understandings of not
only Vodoun and spirituality, but of my own self as a
spiritual being.
"They are climbing the backside of the Tree, and
are trying to get through it into this world, as you have
called them down." I sat silent, trying to interpret the
cryptic response. He sensed my confusion and continued,
"You are the Tree. It is climbing you, and is trying to come
through you, but you won't let it inside of the center of the
Tree. Once you do, it will travel the front of the Tree and
will come out, usually through your stomach."
The implications of this understanding tore my
mind to pieces. The Solar Plexus chakra, located in the
stomach area, is, as its name reveals, associated with the
sun, with Legba, the solar Legba, the Lord of the
Crossroads. The "back door" is Da'ath, which is located in
the body at the base of the skull. We are not simply
travelers upon the spheres of the Tree of Life, but we are
the Tree. We are not traveling into outer space, but are
traveling within ourselves, wherein all things Eternal
reside. And we are not beings simply of light, but of
darkness. Our backside, the side of us that is secret, that is
unseen, that is evil, is a realm of immense power, if we can
discover the hidden doorways into Hell.
In order to bring the evil spirits fully into this world,
I had to allow them into my being, to enter me, to travel
through me, and to finally come through the other side into
this world. Once they have come here from behind the
Tree, their power and presence is incomparable.
be exorcised, and the whole of your life and being will
become a gateway between the worlds. Study this text,
take notes, discuss it and dissect it, but unless you wish to
be swept into the blackest ocean by the unceasing current
of Vodoun, do not practice from this book, not once, not to
see if it works or to use even a minor ritual for your benefit.
The moment you do, this world will no longer be yours.
This text is perhaps the most dangerous to ever be
put into print. Its rituals unlock doors that cannot be shut,
its symbols and incantations conjure spirits that can never