Voudo: Loa: Gran Bwa: Big Boss of the Woods by Kevin Wikse
Gran Bwa literally means "Big Wood," That is fitting because, as far as Loa goes, Gran Bwa is a BIG loa. Boss of the woods and chief of the forest, Gran Bwa is a centerpiece for the Vodou of the New World. Whether Puerto Rican/Sanse, Dominican/21 Divisions, Haitian/Ginen Vodou, including Haitian secret magical societies like the Mayaka (pure Petro), Gran Bwa stands in the middle of it all. Gran Bwa resides in the Vilokan, the tremendous primordial forest of the heavenly realm of the Loa called Ginen. He is the most prominent and most potent Loa in the Vilokan, keeping order both natural and supernatural. Gran Bwa's mysteries are like his roots, deep and vast. Without him, no genuinely practical magic can occur as he holds the secrets to all the herbs, roots, branches, and leaves. With those same herbs, roots, sticks, and leaves, Bran Gwa can make baths and washes, which will break the strongest of black magic and cleanse away all evil, or he can empower them, givin