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Hello there, SYSK Army. How’s everything in the land of plenty? Things here at HQ are humming along at the speed of light. It’s hot as Hades here in the ATL, but that’s to be expected. Somehow, despite growing up here, it still beats me down with great tenacity.
This week on the SYSK Podcast Program, Dr. Clark and yours truly delved into religion a bit and butterfly wings.
Voodoo is a religion found in parts of Africa and Haiti that’s often misunderstood. In this episode, Josh and Chuck separate the faction from the fiction as they explore how Voodoo really works.
On Monday’s podcast, Sarah and I got to wear our English major hats – our favorite chapeaux of all.
In honor of Halloween, we talked about a little ghost story competition that gave us both “Frankenstein” and the vampire.
Wednesday’s podcast brought us Marie Laveau, voodoo queen, a person Sarah and I had a devil of a time researching.
The legend of Marie Laveau speaks of a 20-foot snake named Zombie and powerful magic that could make people crawl on their bellies on the floor, disappear or fall in love.
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