MagickCat's Full Review: Lou Harry - Mini Voodoo Kit
Standing by the bus stop waiting for number 16. Standing by the bus stop, fresh puddles of rainwater on road. Docilely waiting for bus, sun is shinning after large rainstorm.
Is that...a
Punks in car laughing, car accelerates. What are they laughing at? Large lake of mud water on road.
They see the puddle; I see the puddle. Uh-oh! They saw the puddle first!
...monarch butterf...!
Clothes drenched, books wrecked, paper ruined. Bus pulls up, punks long gone, stew in own juices till transfer station. Go into mall, not waiting outside for bus to come, too much water, sulk in bookstore.
Look at books, nothing good, too much John Grisham. Look at strategic and attractive display of little self-help kits by cashier register.
Belly Dancing? Got that one for Christmas. Spa-in-a- box? Already had mud treatment today, no thanks. Irish Blessings? I don't have this or the luck of the Irish. I demand my inheritance, luck of the Irish right now and a pot of gold for compensation. What? Luck of the Irish(tm) not included? Back on the shelf you go.
The Mini Voodoo Kit..oh yes I could use that.
Stick it to Em The Mini Voodoo Kit by Voodoo Lou, will get you boogying to the beat of Vodun. You'll be hooked on Fon-ics in no time.
Introductory Voodoo learned in less then 38 pages, The Mini Voodoo Kit comes complete with a Mini Voodoo doll, Mini Voodoo pins and a Mini Voodoo Hand-Book. The Mini Voodoo Kit will leave you in stitches.
Hooked on Fon-ics, worked for Voodoo Lou
What is Fon? What is Vodun? What the heck has this got to do with Voodoo? Vodun is Voodoo in Fon, silly and Voodoo Lou will learn you a bit of history to go along with your Hoodooing.
The first chapter,Island magic: A History of Voodoo is a brief history on Voodoo. At 3 mini pages long, don't expect an in depth history lesson. Voodoo Lou realizes that you've bought this kit with specific intentions and paces the guide briskly, less to invite supernatural retribution from worn-out readers.
Identifying your Target the next chapter of The Mini Voodoo Hand-Book is self explanatory and delightful. Voodoo Lou happily makes suggestions for those of you lacking imagination in Voodooizing.
Maybe you have a coworker who takes your spot in the parking lot, no matter how nicely you ask them to not to. Maybe you have a boss who is a cantankerous cheapskate. Maybe your wife is accepting unmarked packages from the mailman. Who knows!
The point is during some portion of your life, you'll encounter someone who has been unreasonably malicious towards you to the point you’ve wished lightening to come forth from your finger tips and smite him or her. Someone who would make a good target.
(And if you haven't, I hate you and your perfect life. Go away while I curl up in a fetal position.)
Voodoo Lou provides a list of possible nominees for Voodoo justice, good or bad. Yes you can use Voodoo to help your friends and family, but as Voodoo Lou says that is not the reason you bought this kit.
Right! Identify your target; I've got four just in mind, them and their little car too.
Chapter 3 Degrees of Punishment basically states let the punishment fit the crime. Voodoo Lou gives humourous examples like why wearing white after labour day does not equal death. (Ok that was mine, his are better)
This is the part of The Mini Voodoo Hand-Book where Voodoo Lou appeals to your sense of fair play.
Personal Effects
Ok I'm ready to wreck Voodoo spirit justice on a car and the morons in it; oh boy this is going to be good. Voodoo Lou says I need a personal effect.
Wait, I need a personal effect?
This is the lengthiest chapter of The Mini Voodoo Hand-Book and it explains why and what effects you need to work a Voodoo charm. Voodoo Lou also offers a few ideas in obtaining the effect, which can be hair; nails, clothing or the lesser used internal organs.
If you are thinking about going the last route, you don't need a Voodoo kit you need a psychologist. Voodoo Lou advises you to go for hair and nails.
Ring around the Rosy
Assuming you were able to actually obtain an object directly connected with your target the next chapter Spells is extremely entertaining and interesting. Remember those schoolyard rhymes you used to sing as a little kid? Those are curses. Voodoo Lou tells you how to work them into Voodoo. The last section of the handbook entitled Defensive Voodoo is enough to make anyone paranoid. Clever Voodoo Lou makes you wonder if all your bad luck was just coincidence or someone’s Voodoo spell.
Almost every page of The Mini Voodoo Hand-Book had me laughing, Voodoo Lou is a hilarious and delightful writer.
Go play with some Dolls
The Voodoo doll itself is just a small stuffed piece of fabric; on one side the doll is smiling and on the other side it is scowling. It has a tag on it's leg like teddy bears do, which just looks out of place on a Voodoo doll. I did note on the tag that it is made of all new materials and is from China. Which pleases me greatly and thus must please the Vodun too.
No need to worry about political correctness, you can give this doll to your child to play with. It is unisex.
Just Voodoo it!
The only problem with the Mini Voodoo Kit is it is Mini. The graphics on the box, handbook and doll are simply wild.
The Mini Voodoo Hand-Book would have been better if it was a little longer then 37 pages and had a bit more instruction within the hand-book.
For instance this kit comes with a Voodoo doll and 6 pins. Three are black and three are white. Now I'm just assuming here, that you push the white ones in for good stuff and the black ones in for bad stuff. Now this is deducted after years of intense study in black equals badism and white equals goodism. This is best illustrated in western movies, note the good guy wears the white not black hat.)Not everyone might come to the same conclusion.
Voodoo Lou doesn't even bother to explain which pins voo doo what or where to stick them. That was the only major fault in this product.
Voodoo you Love?
As it was simply too hard to obtain personal effects off of my intended targets I cannot verify that Voodoo Lou's Voodoo works. However I would suggest buying this just to scare people. Can you imagine the psychological warfare you could inflict just leaving this out on your desk at work?
I can.
At first I thought The Mini Voodoo Kit was an impulse buy...
But now I wonder was it the work of Voodoo Lou?
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