Voodoo is Trickery, the use of illusion to manipulate and intimidate. Like Moses and his brother Aaron turning their staffs into snakes... like God hardening Pharoah's heart...like water from rocks and breadcrumbs from the mountains... like languages confused... like pillars of smoke and pillars of fire leading people around the desert...
Gods are scapegoats used to mask demons released...escape from personal responsibility...
Jacob is Hebrew for Trickery...to grasp by the heel...an expression meaning Trickery... according to the story, Jacob grasped his brother Esau by the heel on his way out of the womb, struggling against him for the birthright of the firstborn that he tricked him out of later, trading him for a bowl of soup...then he tricked his father with the skins of goats to rob Esau of his blessing...and then he wrestled with the angel of the lord all night and was renamed Israel...by their wiles they wage war...
