VODOU BITASYIONCommercialization and the Risk of Purchased Status p2
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In this episode Volcy and Ankhafi will embark in a discussion on The newer idea of buying the ason creates a sharp contradiction with this traditional understanding. If the ason can be purchased through initiation fees, religious networking, or access to an initiating house, then what should be transmitted through spiritual inheritance risks becoming a ritual commodity. The problem is not only financial; it is theological. A purchased ason can make authority appear external, transferable…
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