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

E.A. Koetting/Baron DePrince
The Spider and the Green Butterfly
comfort is found in the presence of the dead. One who
plans on engaging in the Vodoun arts, however, would do
well to acclimate to their presence, as it will become
increasingly more constant with time.
Tying Up Circumstances -
The exact same method as given above for "tying
up" or binding another person can be used in binding a
business, or even a household, from its normal, successful
operation. The only alteration between this ritual and the
previous is that the rivet item, rather than clothing or hair,
will be dirt taken from the four corners of the business, as
well as a photograph of the building itself.
The same can be Worked against a household in the
same manner, binding the happiness, success, love, and
well-being of all who dwell therein.
Summoning Wealth -
The three grand motivating forces which drive
people to work, to slave, to steal, and even to kill are
money, sex, and power. It is assumed by most that all three
go hand in hand; the more money you have the more power
you will hold, the more you will attract the opposite sex,
which in turn regenerates the image and idea of power,
which in turn allows you access to more money, and on and
on. These three things, as simple as they are to have and
hold, seem to elude vast numbers of people. They can
never seem to make enough money to feel truly wealthy,
they can never have enough sex, or enough great sex to
satisfy them for any amount of time, and they can never
seem to gather into the person and their image enough
power to allow the cyclical process to self-perpetuate.
These three things - money, sex, and power - are
often the catalysts which initially attract a good deal of
people to the occult arts in the first place. They are seeking
one or all of the above, and would like to know the
"secrets" that only the wealthy and the famous seem to
know. The truth of the matter is, very few people possess
money, sex, and power in abundance enough to satiate their
hunger, especially the wealthy and the famous.
People, especially civilized, western people, have
cultivated this idea that spirituality and materiality are
opposites. They are not. The flesh is a manifestation of the
soul, which is a manifestation of God, and ought to not
only be cared for, but to be respected and cherished. Sex,
money, and power are not the three great evils of mankind,
either. Not of their own composition, at least. It is when a
person is denied these things, or worse yet, is taught to feel
shame for desiring them at all, that obsession and addiction
first takes hold. It is the addiction, stemming from the
battle between shame and natural desire that causes men to
commit atrocities to have even a glimpse or a taste of them.
None of the true Spiritual Masters have ever taught
that money, sex, or power is evil. Instead, they have almost
always advised taking care of the physical needs as best as
you are able, and then allowing "God" to take care of the
rest. While there is an enormous gulf between "letting
God" take care of your needs and the actual manifestation
of your desires in your life, the occult arts form a bridge
that connects the two unfailingly.
It is not the rejection of the physical, or even the
psychological and egotistic needs that is called for by the
Spiritual Masters, but instead a balance between the
spiritual and the material. If you are putting forth a good
deal of effort to develop and grow spiritually, and at the
same time you are devoting yourself to making more