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Former Richest Man in Brazil Offers US$ 170,000 to Witchcraft in a Bid To Return to Former Glory
Last Days Watchman ^
| Julio Severo
Posted on 03/06/2016 5:29:34 PM PST by juliosevero
Former Richest Man in Brazil Offers Gold Coins Worth US$ 170,000 to Afro-Brazilian Deity Yemanja in a Bid To Return to Former Glory
By Julio Severo
Once the richest man in Brazil, Eike Batista is claimed to have resorted to an Afro-Brazilian ritual in the hope of rebuilding his billion-dollar empire, throwing gold in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Eike Batista, in his former glory |
The flamboyant businessman, who suffered one of the largest personal and financial collapses in corporate history, tossed over 700 thousand Brazilian Reals (about US$ 170,000) in gold coins onto the waves off the coast of Rio de Janeiros Ipanema beach last month after a medium and a priest of the Umbanda religion advised he needed to appease a water-bound deity Yemanja, known in Brazil as the queen of the seas. Umbanda is one of the several Afro-Brazilian religions following syncretic polytheistic beliefs that draw on African spiritual traditions mixed with elements of Roman Catholicism.
Brazilian Catholics are often syncretic, openly going to Mass on Sundays, but secretly going to Afro-Brazilian rituals on Friday.
In the past, Batista used psychics to guide his businesses, but his superstitions were unable to prevent the tide of misfortune. In 2013, when the Brazilian economy began its worst recession in over two decades, Batista lost 99 percent of his multi-billion dollar fortune. After mediums, psychics and misfortune, he is looking for more of the same.
Chartering a yacht, he took to sea to perform an Afro-Brazilian ceremony that involved placing the gold coins in an offering of flowers, perfume, champagne and a statue of Yemanja. The Umbanda priest led prayers, meditation and chanting, prophesying Batistas return to the top will be in only a matter of months.
Umbanda priests usually receive very large sums to perform their ceremonies for the rich. Batista has declined to comment how much he paid the Umbanda priest.
He has also made no mention of pentagrams and how many animals were sacrificed. Yet, an adherent makes any sacrifice to get his wishes fulfilled by the Afro-Brazilian spirits.
Regardless their ideological affiliation, many prominent Brazilian personalities resort to witchcraft for help, power and wealth. In 2012, even the U.S. government
invited a Brazilian psychic to avert Superstorm Sandy. But the effort was useless.
In
her 2008 trip to Brazil, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, a Presbyterian Republican, made an effort to honor the Afro-Brazilian religions as a rich legacy of Brazilians of African extraction.
With information from DailyMail.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Politics; Reference; Religion
KEYWORDS: brazil; eikebatista; umbanda; witchcraft
To: juliosevero
Funny, I didn’t know that the Scripture was “You shall not let a witch suffer poverty.”
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posted on
03/06/2016 5:32:37 PM PST
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: juliosevero
He didn’t pull out of the stock market and put some money into cash. I’m told you should do that, when you can. If you make money, pull your own money out so you are only playing with the house’s money and it removes the risk to you.
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posted on
03/06/2016 5:34:45 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: juliosevero
I’m sure he sleeps well at night and not left for want other than sanity.
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posted on
03/06/2016 5:37:01 PM PST
by
soycd
To: Rurudyne
I didn’t know the 50 most violent cities are violent because they are Catholic either.
It must be the order of Albino Assassin Monks training Catholics to be killing machines. Or something.
Freegards
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posted on
03/06/2016 5:39:56 PM PST
by
Ransomed
To: Rurudyne
I wonder if the witch had a gps tracker in their pocket. If the water was not too deep, recovery could be possible, especially if they were able to influence the course over a favorable bottom.
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posted on
03/06/2016 5:40:20 PM PST
by
marktwain
To: Rurudyne
The fact that he could throw nearly $200,000 away like that means that he was still rich. He should have appreciated what he had.
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posted on
03/06/2016 5:41:27 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: juliosevero
He didn't get the idea from me. Honest!
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posted on
03/06/2016 5:45:36 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
To: juliosevero
Make offerings to pagan deities and you might get quite a surprise.
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posted on
03/06/2016 6:09:05 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
To: juliosevero
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posted on
03/06/2016 6:14:10 PM PST
by
onedoug
To: juliosevero
How could someone so stupid have made so much money?
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posted on
03/06/2016 6:16:34 PM PST
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
To: juliosevero
This poor guy is a brightly colored target just waiting to be darted by the unscrupulous or the insincere. “Take my money, please!!”
To: juliosevero
That “priest” had scuba divers in the water waiting, most likely.
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