Personally, I find spiritual photography to be very bizarre. Shannon Taggart has made this a profession for herself and I don’t agree with it. I don’t agree because most of what she documents are during vodu rituals. In my culture and with my religious beliefs, meddling with vodu or any form of Santeria is a sin; the “devils work” if you will. I think it is incredibly intrusive because I believe the dead should be left to rest. Furthermore, I don’t believe that such documentation is valuable. Or maybe it is, but to whom, I’ll never know. Also, I believe the answer to whether or not it is possible lies in each person. That is to say, it is possible if you believe in it, if you don’t, you may choose to cancel out the possibility that whats in the picture is from another realm with a more “realistic” explanation such as, “that’s probably just smoke” or “that person is just acting like shes possessed.” To be honest, I didn’t even feel comfortable looking at Taggarts picture.
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