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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Hi Lou</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Yeah, its a moon thing all right. Some feel this is cock fighting. I still think its voodoo (also known as Vodun and Vodou). </FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> The DCBs were all cast down during a waning moon crescent (a bit before the moon goes dark).</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> A waning moon is important to voodoo.</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> At "The Heart Of Darkness" website <a href="http://theheartofdarknesss.tripod.com/id59.html">http://theheartofdarknesss.tripod.com/id59.html</a> </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> It talks about spell casting and the moon's phases ...</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> "The Moon's phase, days of the week, and planetary influences all have a role in spell weaving, and that a waning moon is a time to cast spells to Destroy, or about Ending, diminishing, and inward changes."</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> It also talks about candles and color. In the bag were small round colorful drops, they may have been wax balls.</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> From <a href="http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/tigris/567/id38.htm">http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/tigris/567/id38.htm</a> ...</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> "During the waning Moon, power subsides and turns inward. The waning Moon's period is used for banishings, bindings, and discovering hidden secrets. The practical witch soon learns to adjust her spells to fit the time of </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> the Moon.... when the Moon is Waning (from Full to Dark), it is time for magickal workings of decrease or sending away."</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> From <a href="http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/c/crossroad.html">http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/c/crossroad.html</a></FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> "Since classical times the crossroad has been a favored place for Witches to gather because of its link to Nature spirits and the moon goddess. "</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> From <a href="http://www.assatashakur.org/forum/showthread.php?t=5502">http://www.assatashakur.org/forum/showthread.php?t=5502</a> under Vodou Medicine is says...</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> "In particularly difficult cases, a live animal (commonly a chicken) is used for this process by fanning it over the patients’ body as if to sweep up the illness or negativity. This is called pase poul (literally, “to pass the </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> chicken”), and is a form of substitution whereby the illness is transferred to another live host. Once the negative energies are “swept up” by the animal, it is generally killed, "</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Spooky. Huh?</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Maybe this voodoo witch is casting a spell to get rid of the pot holes in the railroad crossing. (grin).</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Always an optimist... </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Rob</FONT></div>
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