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myth in Haiti about an Vodoo priest may steal the spirit of a dead person

Agent-x - April 29 2012, 2:06 AM

According to Metapsychology online review,
Metapsychology Review by Shelly Marshall, BS, CSAC
It is a myth in Haiti about an oungan (priest) who may steal the spirit of a dead person and trap them in the body of a dog with white skin. This Haitian myth is the launching pad for her "sorcery of the law" and discussion of our legal culture.

Chapter Two, "Civil Death," opens with the metamorphosis of the white dog. It is a myth in Haiti about an oungan (priest) who may steal the spirit of a dead person and trap them in the body of a dog with white skin. This Haitian myth is the launching pad for her "sorcery of the law" and discussion of our legal culture.

Indeed, Dayan tells the reader that she wants to explore with them how the law materializes dispossession.

She explains that the civil body of law is analogous to the spirit of a dead person trapped in the white skin of that dang dog. The author's commentary continues with mental images of civil death, enslavement, negative person-hood, social death, civil ghosts, and legal ambiguity.

Read full article by clicking on link below
metapsychology.mentalhelp.net/poc/view...

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