Perhaps Demonic Possession Leads to Lawlessness
‘Lawless’ Haiti plagued by corruption and deadly gang violence fuels humanitarian crisis
March 28, 2023
https://www.foxnews.com/world/lawless-haiti-plagued-corruption-deadly-gang-violence-fuels-humanitarian-crisis
The ceremony begins with a Roman Catholic prayer. Then three drummers begin to play syncopated rhythms. The attendees begin to dance around a tree in the center of the yard, moving faster and harder with the rising pulse of the beat. The priest draws sacred symbols in the dust with cornmeal, and rum is poured on the ground to honor the spirits.
One woman falls to the ground, convulsing for a moment before she is helped back to her feet. She resumes the dance, moving differently now, and continues dancing for hours. It is perhaps no longer she who is dancing: She is in a trance, apparently possessed by Erzuli, the great mother spirit.
It is an honor to be entered and "ridden" by a Loa, or spirit. In Haiti these rituals are commonplace: Voodoo is the dominant religion.
"One common saying is that Haitians are 70 percent Catholic, 30 percent Protestant, and 100 percent voodoo,"
July 7, 2004
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/haiti-ancient-traditions-voodoo
In 1975 Bill and Hillary Clinton honeymooned on Haiti, meeting Beauvoir and attending a ceremony
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/max-beauvoir-biochemist-who-worked-on-synthesising-steroids-in-the-us-before-returning-to-haiti-to-become-a-voodoo-priest-10508716.html
Beauvoir gave them a “brief course in voodoo theology” as Clinton described it. Later that afternoon, the ceremony began. Clinton wrote:
“After several minutes of rhythmic dancing to pounding drums, the spirits arrived, seizing a woman and a man. The man proceeded to rub a burning torch all over his body and walk on hot coals without being burned. The woman, in a frenzy, screamed repeatedly, then grabbed a live chicken and bit its head off. Then the spirits left and those who had been possessed fell to the ground.”
https://thewashingtonstandard.com/clintons-haitian-black-magic-secret/