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Philip Ryan Deal is a clinically certified herbalist, aromatherapist, and Orisha priest living in Western Massachusetts. He has written books on Puerto Rican Vodou, Herbal Astrology, Palo Religion, and the IFA Oracle. He was fully initiated into West African IFA and crowned an Oshun priest in Osogbo, Nigeria by the Iyadudu Temple. He is also initiated in the Palo and Vodou traditions of the diaspora. He offers initiation, spiritual consultation, and birth chart interpretation. Schedule a reading with him today or come to one of his retreats!

Vodou, Vodoun, Vudu, and Voodoo has captivated the imaginations of Americans for centuries. Everyone is familiar with New Orleans Voodoo and its images of black candles, chicken’s feet, and skulls meant to invoke fear and awe in outsiders. Voodoo as practiced in the United States has become an amalgam of witchcraft, necromancy, rootwork, conjure, and a catch-all word for any type of magic that seems dark and ominous. In the Caribbean, however, Voodoo is spelled Vodou and is practiced as an African Traditional Religion (ATR).