Loa The loa ( called dakina by the Native American s ) were a type of spirit in voodoo / vodoun religions . Unlike other spirits , they existed alongside human kind , rather than above it , and were treated as friends rather than god s . ( PROSE : " Interference " ) Faction Paradox often used the loa as spiritual tools , summoning them so the loa would invest them with that loa ' s particular abilities . Godfather Morlock was known to have summoned loa out of thin air when he needed them . ( PROSE : " The Book of the War " ) Godfather Avatar was a loa and was capable of riding a human psyche . ( PROSE : " Of the City of the Saved . . . " ) From the perspective of the Great Houses , who saw history as a quantifiable string of equations , loa did not exist . ( PROSE : " Weapons Grade Snake Oil " ) When Mother Tarra invoked the loa among a coven of young Gallifreyan s , Kellen preferred to refer to them as equations . ( PROSE : " The Ancestor Cell " ) However , Faction Paradox against this formulation by defining history as an ever - changing pattern , and just as shapes can be seen in clouds in the sky , the loa could be seen in time . ( PROSE : " Weapons Grade Snake Oil " ) Particular loa protected the Eleven - Day Empire . ( AUDIO : " The Eleven Day Empire " ) Father Christèmas created a loa to protect Bankside by conducting an elaborate ritual involving the Chance Coteries . Godmother Kumo wrote on loa evocation for " The Book of the Truce " , comparing stage - hypnosis to the Faction ' s use of ritual to appease , communicate , and bargain with the loa : as long as the volunteer is playing along ( whether for fun , to avoid embarrassment , out of a sense of duty , or due to genuine hypnosis ) , the task will be performed , and the desired action will result . ( PROSE : " Weapons Grade Snake Oil " ) The Faction noticed that the concept of a celebrity was similar in that they could be viewed by transmissions but remained apart from people and they could become the face of their ideas . On the human colony world Ordifica , the Faction fully infiltrated the media - obsessed culture within a couple years to create loa in the medianet . The Remote carried on a belief in loa . They referred to powers that Rassilon barred from entering N - Space as loa , including the Cold . In their dramatisation of the Yssgaroth breaking into N - Space , the Engineer referred to them as loa . ( PROSE : " Interference " ) In 18th century Saint - Domingue , " new and hungry " loa of the Revolution were created by followers of the revolutionary Makandal , who himself was believed to have become a spirit after his execution . ( PROSE : " The Adventuress of Henrietta Street " , COMIC : " Bêtes Noires & Dark Horses " ) In the 20th century , Baron Samedi and the Petro god s were worshiped as evil gods in Haiti . ( PROSE : " White Darkness " ) At the same time , Makandal ' s followers incorporated much of the Catholic Church ' s mythology and continued to honour their saints while practicing other rituals ; ( PROSE : " The Adventuress of Henrietta Street " ) in 20th century Haiti , the Rada Loa included Saint Patrick . A small group in Haiti originating from Dahomey also worshiped the Great Old One s , including Cthulhu . ( PROSE : " White Darkness " ) Hermes suggested that the gods of Haiti were Immortal s . ( PROSE : " Deadly Reunion " ) Dreekan voodoo had Treeka ' dwra , a messianic beast - god . ( PROSE : " Storm Harvest " ) Certain Swimmers , such as Spinning Jenny , Baron Samedi , and Maman Brigitte , were considered loa by Elizabeth Howkins and Cousin Isabella . ( PROSE : " Spinning Jenny " )