vodun

noun

1. Any of a group of related religious practices found chiefly in and around the Caribbean, particularly in Haiti and Louisiana.
2. The spiritual beliefs of the Ewe/Fon of West Africa, practiced chiefly in Benin and in the south of Togo.
3. Any sort of magical or irrational approach to a problem.“I want a real explanation, not this statistical voodoo.”
4. One who practices voodoo; a native sorcerer.