Bokor
A bokor is a Vodou sorcerer for hire who are said to serve the loa 'with both hands', practicing for both good and evil. Their black magic includes the creation of zombies and the creation of 'ouangas', talismans that house spirits.
The name Bokor can also refer to the leader of the Makaya division of Vodou (which originated in the Congo region) and Bokor also refers to the highest initiation rank in Dominican Vudú.
Description
Bokors are featured in many Haitian tales and are often associated with the creation of 'zombies' by the use of a deadening brew or potion usually containing poison extracted from puffer fish. This potion makes the drinker appear to be dead and thus he is often buried; later, the bokor will return for the "corpse" and force it to do his bidding, such as manual labor. The "corpse" is often given deliriant drugs, mainly datura, which puts them in a detached, somewhat dreamlike state. Its state is likened to being mind controlled. The person is alive but in a state where they cannot control what they say or do; at this point, when the person has been "reanimated" from the grave, or at least is moving about working for the bokor, they can be termed "zombies." However, some legends dispense with this more rational explanation, and have the bokor raise zombies from dead bodies whose souls have departed.
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- Vermin Soul released: 2008
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by: Send More ParamedicsI, bokor, dealer of death
The zombi will rise at my behest
With venom of ocean I'll send you to your grave
And when you return you will be my slave!
Poison in your veins
Flowing through your brain
Death doctor, stealer of souls
By my art I'll leave you cold
Take your life, with my spell
Bring you back, to live in hell!
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Bizango law deems that you sin
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Your fate to die and live again
Blackest magic, secret rite
An evil curse, to take your life
Sacred duty, laws ordain
You'll die and then be raised again!
Poison in your veins
Flowing through your brain
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Baddest juju
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