THE SPIRITUAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF AFRICAN VODUN- MAMI WATA PRIESTESS

ENVISION THIS: African vodun is universal to all of humankind in its spiritual and psychological benefits.

Mami Wata has a mission is to educate those interested in authentic African Vodun and to help dispel the myths associated with it as well as assist those in their own personal journey towards their service of the spirits regardless of race, creed, color, sexual orientation or gender.  Mami studied traditional medicine and psychology in Africa and became a priestess. She is author of the book Thy Name is Vodun.

Understanding that traditional African priests are healers as well as spiritual leaders and aware that conventional psychology was inadequate for the African American in some cases, she wanted to examine that which had been lost, to them as a people during the slave experience, so as to re-integrate these things for the spiritual and psychological healing of African Americans today.  “However, what I found was that since all of humankind was born of spirits and originated from the continent of Africa, vodun, which means “spirit” in the Fon language, is universal to all of humankind in its spiritual and psychological benefits.”

Mami’s professional background comes from the two fields of Education and Psychoanalysis. While she returns to Africa periodically, most of her time has been spent in America teaching about the African spirituality of vodun from an insider’s perspective and assisting those who wish to serve the spirits on their spiritual journeys. She is part of one of the largest Mami Wata Dan temples on the West Coast of Africa…Temple Behumbeza…(Cotonou) Benin, West Africa.