For Legal reasons I would like to state that I, in no way, condone the practices of Voodoo for the ritual of zombification as it is rumored illegal in said country above. That being noted: Welcome to your lesson on how to create a hypothetical/literal zombie, or kill a man trying!
Zombie: spirit of a dead person; a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force; a slow moving person of very little intelligence; a person who appears to be lifeless, apathetic, or totally lacking in independent judgement; one who thinks like an automaton.
The word zombie brings about a much different meaning in other regions of the world, mostly Caribbean. The basis of zombification relates to one who is not in control of ones self. Mind, body and often spirit. The Haitian people know of this all too well.
Voodoo: a religion involving witchcraft and communication by trance with ancestors and animistic deities. Commonly practiced in Caribbean islands. Also known as Vodun and many other terms.
For the purpose of this lesson, here on out it will be referenced as Vodun. Medial influences aside, Voodoo is a scary practice to those who know very little of it...that makes this all the more fun!
You may want to Google this next part to prove it's truth. Vodun has a link to Roman Catholicism...really! What I cannot find is any source that is a legal document stating that creating a zombie in Haiti is illegal...however there are many sites that "live" by this statement. Therefore I will post such article for you to see....
Haitian Penal Code, Article 249: It shall also be qualified as attempted murder the employment which may be made against any person of substances which, without causing actual death, produce a lethargic coma more or less prolonged. If, after the person has been buried, the act shall be considered murder no matter what result follows.
The only other statement found was actually in the Constitution of Haiti, Section D.
Article 30: All religions and faiths shall be freely exercised. Everyone is entitled to profess his religion and practice his faith provided the exercise of that right does not disturb law and order.
Now that makes sense. It is however common knowledge that there are/were human-zombies residing (as much as they can reside while dead to the world) in Haiti. In some parts of the country they are "created" for workforce labor...Which parts are unknown to myself.
Zombification in Haiti was originally portrayed as an act against someone who has wronged you in a manner not punishable by law. Therefore taking your problem to a bokur would bring justice to your dispute. It slightly resembles the handling of a situation by the mafia. I can see how this would be illegal.
To cut to the chase, there are just a few ingredients to the recipe for making someone your slave.
"Three classes of ingredients were common to all the preparations: 1) charred and ground bones and other human remains, 2) plants with urticating hairs, spines, toxic resins, or calcium oxalate crystals, and 3) puffer fish." Sounds about as bad as making a souffle. Tetrodotoxin is the poison found in the puffer fish near the reproductive organs. "Symptoms of tetrodotoxin poisoning include malaise, paraesthesias, cyanosis of the lips, digestive disorders, pulmonary edema, hypothermia, respiratory difficulties, hypotension, aphonia, and complete paralysis" Thus creating the illusion of being dead, what with purple lips and slowed breathing, and lack of any bodily control. If "lucky" in this case, the person will be unable to argue with you about the next process in which you take over their mind. Certain amounts of hemlock can be substituted sometimes. A very specific plant is needed for the next phase. Datura stramonium, also commonly known as jimson weed, devil's trumpet, devil's weed, thorn apple, tolguacha, Jamestown weed, stinkweed, locoweed, datura, and moonflower. All apart of the nightshade family. Just pay attention to the 'weed' you get. The grinding of any of the parts of this plant takes on the toxicity, if not more lethal, of the poisonous truffle (mushroom) and has a more serious effect. The inductee then has all will beaten out of them and tortured until they believe that the tormentor is their master thus being unable to do anything but what is told to them to do. This lasts about 48 hours. Sleep depravity and halucination goes perfect together since prior to this occasion the person was buried alive and dug up by a stranger.
Tell me that after experiencing such traumatic events that you would or could do any different. With your family accepting the fact that you are dead, in the ground, and not a soul to believe that you have risen, if you were to be seen by public eye, from the grave to be a slave to a master...where would you go or what would you do to convince them? Would you, if given the free will to speak for yourself again, jeopardize the sanity of your loved ones just to be cast out into the darkness again? "But I thought that when you were buried, you couldn't come back?" Serpent and the Rainbow, people. Serpent and the Rainbow. Anything is possible.
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