He miraculously escaped execution being burned at the stake, leaping out of the fire, vanished in thin air, stupefying spectators. Alliances always were formed with voodoo cultists to insure victory in battle. In fact, the first battle for freedom was fought after the sacrifice of a black pig in a voodoo ritual, where all participants drank a bit of the sacrificial blood. The Christian fusion Voodoo survives by being able to hide behind the guise of Christianity and Catholicism in particular. Actually, under close scrutiny, one can see that voodoo mystically fuses with Christianity to form a greater power.
Initiates increase the strength sometimes by being baptized as many as five or six times.
Christian holidays are used for rituals, and the adoration of saints becomes a method af worshipping spirits. Hollywood perverts the image of voodoo to sell films. Church and state feared and prohibited voodoo because it was a power that could not be controlled. Voodoo is like any other power, be it political, economic, nuclear, or technological. It can be used for good of evil.