by Stephanie A Potts | Feb 12, 2026 | #Blacklivesmatter, #BLM, Cancel Culture, Culture Driven Church, Culture War, Deception, Evangelical Left, Gnostic, Identity Politics, Liberal Theology, Marxism, mysticism, NAR, New Apostolic Reformation, Panentheism, Social Justice
I have been deeply disturbed by the events that have unfolded in Minneapolis in recent weeks and the apparent disregard for the rule of law. I am very sad about the deaths of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti not only because it was an avoidable tragedy, but because...
by Stephanie A Potts | Mar 27, 2025 | #Blacklivesmatter, Critical Race Theory, CRT, Feminism, Occult, Occultism, Santeria, Santería, Satan, Voodoo, Wicca, Witch
Ivanni Greppi and I have been writing a series of articles on the rise of African diaspora religions in America today and their influence on social justice related issues. The religions discussed in the articles include Santeria, Palo Mayombe, and Haitian Voodoo. The...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Feb 13, 2025 | #Blacklivesmatter, #BLM, Atheism, Atheist, Evangelical, Good Works, Gospel, Homosexuality, Immorality, Intolerance, Jesus, Jesus Resurrection, Liberal Theology, Liberalism, Odu Ifa, Panentheism, Resurrection, Richard Dawkins, Salvation, Spiritual arrogance, Theology, Tolerance, Yoruba
Our culture has long been wrestling over the idea of separation of church and state, but few seem to recognize the existence of what Carl Teichrib terms “Spiritual Politics” in chapter 12 of his book, Game of Gods. Spiritual Politics is often on public display in the...
by Ivani Greppi | Feb 6, 2025 | #Blacklivesmatter, Idolatry, Occult, Paganism, Santería, Voodoo, Yoruba
The Grave Robbers of Palo Mayombe In Part I of this article we discussed Santería, an Afro-Caribbean religion rooted in the Yoruba people of West Africa. Santería, like many African diaspora religions practiced around the world like Haitian Voodoo, Brazilian...
by Ivani Greppi | Jan 23, 2025 | #Blacklivesmatter, #BLM, mysticism, Occult, Occultism, Paganism, Roman Catholicism, Sacrifice, Santeria, Spiritism, Voodoo, Yoruba
It was common in Brazil, where I lived as a child, to see animal sacrifices in our neighborhood crossroads. As much as we tried not to look, we inadvertently found ourselves staring in fear and disgust at the splattered blood, melted candles, libation, and cigar...
by Stephanie A Potts | Nov 21, 2024 | #Blacklivesmatter, #BLM, Odu Ifa, Sacrifice, Spiritism, Voodoo, Yoruba
This is Part 2 of a two-part series on the religion of Voodoo. In Part 1, we discussed how Voodoo originates from the Ifá divination system of Yorubaland in West Africa. We also examined how animal sacrifices in Voodoo are reductionist of both man and the divine. The...
