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Term: Gros-Bon-Ange

DEFINITION:

Literally, the "Big Good Angel." In Voodoo, the soul is seen as having two parts. The Gros-Bon-Ange is the life force. It enters the body at birth. At death it leaves the body and returns to the Gran Met, or pool of life force. The other part of the soul is the Ti-Bon-Ange.