r/Vodou

I am a black american not of Haitian decent who has been involved with western occultism for some years and i am interested in vodou.

Ive been interested in it for awhile but was under the impression that I would need an initiation to get results and I live in the Midwest so in person initiation is unlikely.

Im wondering if I do in fact need an initiation in order to work with the lwa in a meaningful way. And do i need to have haitian lineage

And I would also like some resources on where I can learn the basics of the tradition please.