Greetings...
Possession is definately a force acknowledged in Ethiopia. Those possessed are known to have a "Zar", it's something thought of as negative and those who remove one's zar are skilled at doing so, I mean you don't just bring anybody over to remove a zar. EOTC priests deal with this as well. There's also "Booda" which is like a curse transmitted from one to another, usually known to come from one's eye when they look at someone else with envy, jealousy, some negative feeling, there are various practices used to remove the curse from someone. These are things which have existed for a long time in Ethiopia, and other places, the evil eye, or booda, is known all around the world very different cultures. These are negatives though, and my knowledge of voudou possession is that it is not so much a negative as a full spectrum (positives and negatives), voudou is an ancient african religion though, very powerful.
Ethiopia, however, is full of spirit mediums and psychics, sorcerers of sorts as well. These people often work for money, so I'm quite skeptical, however, I've heard a lot of different stories, some very striking, I'm not One to discount others life experiences, I cannot really judge these things. His Majesty coming from Harar was definately aware of these things. I've read that His Majesty had outlawed some practices that while considered magic were quite ridiculous and unfair. However, these practices continue in ET today, and I have to assume that His Majesty allowed the existence of some of these practices for some reason. What the West calls superstition goes a long ways in ET, sometimes the Western mind doesn't overstand what's going on.
The Debterra, schooled in the EOTC monastic schooling system, is also One who deals with mystical practices including making various charms for protection in this life and the life after. Today you can find the sorcerer of the Christian and Muslim and Other faiths in Ethiopia, all these practices stem from pre christian livity, a lot of Kemetic practice still gets incorporated.
We even hear stories of young Tafari doing things impossible...
So, this isn't an opinion piece, just speaking on what I've heard and seen, I'd be interested to see Ones add to this.
SELAM
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