A veve is a spiritual, magical and cryptic symbol used in various Spiritual practices more prominent in Vodou. In essence veve are part of the astral, cosmic and solar tradition of the invisible world. In Haitian vodou, they are geometrical drawing representing the lwa. According to Milo Rigaud, Veve Collect the solar fluid which passes through earth, the transition is realized by the virtue of what Vodou doctrine call pregnancy of Erzulie . The energy reciprocally crosses the 4 point cardinal of the life.
veve are traced before vodou ceremony and ritual. The geometrical element is traced at the foot of a tree or poteaumitan since these trees or the poteau mitan are consecrated and are identified with the laws as an innate order and accumulators of these molecular energy. In ritual, the veve will first, appropriate this fluid with the loas which they symbolize . Second, an appropriation and conformance with the magical objective that it was created upon is united and third the combined magic is emited upon the material plan by the Hougan or mabo or person who traces it, consequently they formulate or summarizes the trinary essence of magic and the loa. It personified the law and evoke the energy.
Veve in essence is traced with either corn meal, gun powder, coal, indigo based the on loa the veve is intend to invoke. While tracing a veve a candle must be lit and accompany by the servite reglement which will be a conduit for the loa. In Haitian vodou, veve are an essential part of the ceremony. In the mainstream practice they are founded in the peristle hounfor, the servite space of practice. In summary they are the identifier of the loa, their representation. They are of the most potent when use correctly in vodou.
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