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

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E.A. <strong>Koetting</strong>/<strong>Baron</strong> <strong>DePrince</strong><br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Spider</strong> <strong>and</strong> the <strong>Green</strong> <strong>Butterfly</strong><br />

Prologue<br />

E.A. <strong>Koetting</strong><br />

A s<br />

I wrote Baneful Magick a couple of years ago, I<br />

realized as the book progressed that although I as able to<br />

provide an Operational base using Hoodoo <strong>and</strong> variations<br />

of Brazilian Santeria, my knowledge <strong>and</strong> practical<br />

immersion in the Magick <strong>and</strong> the Ascent of the African<br />

diasporic systems was not only limited in general, but was<br />

specifically limited to the vantage of an outsider. <strong>The</strong> little<br />

that I could glimpse from scattered sources <strong>and</strong> pick up in<br />

passing conversation I was able to turn into a usable, albeit<br />

bastardized practice.<br />

I began to employ, immediately after completing<br />

the manuscript for Baneful Magick, some of the very Exu

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