let's talk about the spirits Gran Bwa is from the Petro division of LWA and
part of a Triad with two other powerful Lwa Baron samdi and met Kalfou, who is very secretive
The mysterious owner of the woods symbolizes strength, health, fertility, wisdom, and hope. He is very old.
protector mainly of travelers, you can go into the forest to meditate with granbois or simply
pay him a visit if you are depressed or sad by sitting down under a tree He is a powerful
force Master of the Sacred Forest, guardian of the wild creatures that roam within the forest
he shares with his followers the secrets of herbal medicine and old magic hidden within
the herbage of the land represents the rich soil that gives life and the shadowed Forest
that we must go through in our lives He is part of the red circle, meaning
he is from a place called Bizango, and he is also known under the name name of Grand Zile Grand
nago gran bwa yeye or met Grand gran bwa is not the only one lwa in the forest, you will
find other lwas like Makaya loko atisou madeleine EzUli Balyan Manbo Zakasya Zao Penmba, in fact if
If you call on him during the day in the forest, you will most likely encounter Loko atisou
instead, cuz gran bwa is connected with the power of the Moon energy Mama Mawou when he appears in
dreams or in the Physical realm, he comes as a man with lots of leaves and herbs in his hands
and on his heads, which he mostly use for medicine purposes, his colors are green brown red and white
his servants leave his offerings at the roots of the trees but what makes him more happy is
when you plant a tree, mostly if there is a lack of trees in the area, he loves reforestation.
resting tree is the Kapock tree fig tree and the mahogany tree, etc., and his energy is stronger
in those trees, the possessed person will climb a tree with Supernatural string, even
if they didn't know how to climb a tree before he can take any animal form in the forest but
his main Animal Spirits are owls cuckoo mabuyas crickets warblers, and spiders in slavery time the
Masters rarely bothers to take the slaves to the hospital when they were sick so sick slaves were a
burden that could be easily replaced with another slave so slaves were afraid to tell the Masters
when they were sick the secrets of the herbs that met gr boa shared with us kept us alive that is
the reason why till now Haitians in all background even if we are vodouisant or not we do not like to
go to the hospital we still prefer our traditional medicine ways instead of going to the hospital do
not forget while we are honoring our ancestors and still using the herbs to stay healthy and
to heal when we are sick we can still go to the hospital cuz dambala is the father of science
and modern medicine for your information when the leaves and the herbs are planted in the garden in
the back of your house or the leaves are inside the house, you are tapping into the rata type of
energy but when the leaves are into the forest in the wilderness, you are tapping into the Petro
type of energy in Catholic Grand Bo is syncretized with St Sebastian.