ADMISSIONS AND ENROLLMENT
Lakû Mètrès La Vodoun Institute of Spiritual and Holistic Ginen Sciences
There comes a moment when a person stops wandering and steps onto the road that was always meant for them.
Lakû Mètrès La is built for that moment. Admission is not simply a form to fill or a payment to make.
It is a spiritual crossing, a silent bow to the ancestors, and a promise to carry the rhythm of Ginen with discipline, humility, and strength.
This Institute was born from lineage, sacrifice, and vow. Those who enter walk into an old current, one guarded by the spirits of the Bitasyon, the Danti, and the ancestors who built the first roads. Here, education is not academic, it is ancestral.
You do not learn just with your mind; you learn with your breath, your dreams, your body, your Ori, your Gwo Bonanj, your entire spiritual anatomy.
If your heart is pushing you to take this path, keep reading. If not, honor that truth and walk with peace.
WHO IS CALLED TO THIS PATH
Lakû Mètrès La does not recruit. The right ones find their way here on their own. This Institute is for those who feel the pull in the blood, the whisper in the bones, the stirring in the dreams. Some arrive through ancestral summons, others through spiritual thirst, others through a deep inner knowing that the old ways are calling them home.
Applicants must carry:
- A sincere desire to learn the tradisyon an without distortion.
- Respect for the sacred order of spirits
- Emotional maturity and willingness to confront the self.
- A clean heart toward discipline, service, and spiritual hygiene
- The ability to listen more than they speak.
- Commitment to completing ritual work, meditations, assignments, and weekly reflections.
This is not a path of shortcuts or modern spiritual trends. This is work. This is ceremony. This is transformation.
WHAT YOU ENTER WHEN YOU ENROLL
When a new Vodounvi enters Lakû Mètrès La, the entire spiritual court shifts to receive them. Doors open. Shadows rise. Blessings awaken. Old wounds surface. The spirits begin to teach in their own ways. You are not just entering a program;
you are stepping into:
- A living lineage guided by ancestral law.
- A sacred curriculum rooted in African memory, Haitian practice, and Ginen metaphysics.
- A community held by discipline, rhythm, and respect.
- A spiritual house where every lesson is a ritual, and every ritual is a lesson
Training begins with the Foundation Level, where you learn the order of spirits, the rhythm of the morning meditations, the discipline of the Work Candle, and the sacred structure of the Lakou.
Nothing here is rushed. Nothing here is light. You will be shaped.
THE ENROLLMENT JOURNEY
The Call
Every applicant begins with a quiet inner stirring. Most come after dreams, signs, physical shifts, spiritual pressure, or ancestral visitation. This is the true beginning of admission.
Application Submission
You introduce yourself formally to the Lakou. Not with performance, but with truth. We ask questions that reveal your readiness, your spiritual history, and your capacity to walk this path.
Energetic and Ancestral Review
Your application is reviewed not only by leadership but by energy. Alignment matters. Intention matters. If the spirits close a door, we honor it. If they open it, we prepare to receive you.
Orientation & Spiritual Assessment
Before acceptance, every applicant attends an orientation meeting. We explain:
- The sacred order of spirits
- The responsibilities of a Vodounvi entering training
- Weekly ritual expectations
- Cultural and historical foundations
- The seriousness of spiritual discipline
We also assess your readiness, grounding, and spiritual stability, because no one should walk a strong current without preparation.
Acceptance & Enrollment
If accepted, you receive a formal letter of welcome. Enrollment is confirmed once tuition and administrative fees are completed. Your name is placed before the spirits, ancestors, and your journey officially begins.
Week One Initiation into Discipline
Your first seven days open the gate of transformation. You will begin:
- Dawn meditations
- Work Candle practice
- Understanding your spiritual anatomy
- Learning the structure of the Lakou
- Jete dlo rituals
- Daily altar hygiene
This is where your old life begins to melt, and the sacred work begins.
TUITION, FEES, AND THE COST OF TRANSFORMATION
Lakû Mètrès La is a nonprofit spiritual institute. Tuition is not the price of entry; it is the investment in a path that requires resources, ritual materials, sacred tools, community support, visiting elders, and administrative structure.
We offer full transparency. Nothing hidden. Nothing confusing. You will receive a detailed tuition guide during the admissions process.
Your tuition supports:
- Teaching from trained lineage bearers
- Ritual instructions and spiritual supplies
- Guest teachers from Haiti and the Diaspora
- Digital learning spaces
- Community events and ceremonies
- The ongoing preservation of Ginen knowledge
WHAT WE EXPECT OF YOU
By enrolling, you commit to:
- Daily spiritual hygiene
- Weekly assignments and reflections
- Participation in rituals
- Keeping your altar space clean
- Honoring the sacred order of the Lwa
- Accepting correction with grace
- Growing in discipline, not ego
- Serving the community as you grow
This road is beautiful, but it is not soft.
You will be humbled, tested, strengthened, and reborn.
THE PROMISE OF THE LAKOU
If you walk this path with intention, the spirits will meet you. You will learn who walks with you. You will gain clarity. Your dreams will sharpen. Your senses will heighten. Your discipline will deepen. You will not become perfect, but you will become aligned.
Here, you do not chase the spirits. You learn to stand so still that they come to you.
BEGIN YOUR ENROLLMENT
If you have felt the tap on the shoulder, the pull in the stomach, the weight in the dreams, then the road is already opening.
If you are ready, step forward. If you are unsure, wait. The door will open in its own time.
Lakû Mètrès La does not follow the world’s clock. We follow the clock of the ancestors.
Ayibobo, Ayibobo, Ayibobo.
ADMISYON AK ENSKRIPSYON
Enstiti Lakû Mètrès La, Syans Espirityèl ak Olistik Ginen
Gen yon moman kote yon moun sispann pèdi wout epi li pran chemen ki te toujou destine pou li a. Lakû Mètrès La fonde pou moman sa a. Admisyon se pa sèlman yon fòm pou ranpli oswa yon vèsman pou fè.
Se yon travès espirityèl, yon reverans an silans devan zansèt yo, epi yon pwomès pou pote rit Ginen an avèk disiplin, imilite ak fòs.
Lakou sa a fèt ak linyaj, ak sakrifis, ak sèman. Nenpòt moun ki rantre ap mache nan yon ansyen dlo, yon kouran zansèt yo veye, Bitasyon yo pwoteje, Danti yo, ak espri ki kreye premye chemen yo. Isit la, edikasyon pa sèlman entelektyèl, se mistik, se tradisyon, se lavi. Ou aprann ak tout kò w, ak rèv ou, ak lonbraj ou, ak Gwo Bonanj ou, ak Mèt Tèt ou, ak tout anatomi espirityèl ou.
Si kè w pouse w rrantre, kontinye l. Si w poko pare, onore verite sa a epi mache ak lapè.
KIYÈS YO RELE NAN CHEMEN SA A
Lakû Mètrès La pa mache chache moun. Se moun ki deja ekri nan destin Lakou a ki jwenn wout pou yo vini.
Enstitisyon sa a fèt pou moun ki santi rèl la nan san yo, bri a nan zo yo, sansasyon an nan rèv yo. Gen kèk moun se zansèt yo ki rele yo. Gen lòt ki swaf lavi espirityèl vre. Gen lòt ki jis konnen nannan yo ap rele yo lakay yo.
Moun ki aplike dwe pote:
- Yon volonte sensè pou aprann tradisyon an san defòmasyon
- Respè pou lòd sakre Espri yo
- Matirite emosyonèl ak volonte pou gade tèt yo fas a fas
- Yon kè pwòp pou disiplin ak sèvis
- Kapasite pou tande plis pase pale
- Angajman pou fè meditasyon chak maten, fè devwa, refleksyon, ak rityèl chak semèn
Chemen sa a pa pou moun ki vle chemen koupe. Se travay. Se seremoni. Se transfòmasyon.
NAN KISA W RANTRE LÈ W ENSKRI
Lè yon nouvo Vodounvi rantre nan Lakou a, tout Eskòt espirityèl li deplase pou resevwa l. Pòtal la Ouvè. Lonbraj leve. Benediksyon reveye. Ansyen blese yo pou yo geri.
Espri yo kòmanse aprann ou nan fason pa yo. Ou pa rantre nan yon “pwogram”, ou rantre nan:
- Yon linyaj vivan ki zansèt yo gide
- Yon aprantisay sakre ki soti nan memwa Lafrik, pratik Ayisyen, ak metafizik Ginen
- Yon kominote ki kenbe disiplin, respè, ak rit
- Yon hounfò espirityèl kote chak leson se yon seremoni, epi chak seremoni se yon leson
Fòmasyon an kòmanse ak Nivo Fondasyon an, kote w aprann lòd Espri yo, rit meditasyon chak maten yo, disiplin Balèn Travay la, ak estrikti sakre Lakou a.
Pa mache prese isit la. Anyen pa lejè. Ou pral fòme.
CHEMEN ENSKRIPSYON AN
Apèl la
Chak moun ki aplike kòmanse ak yon rèl nan nanm yo. Pifò vini apre rèv, siy, presyon espirityèl, oswa yon Vizitasyon ansestral. Sa se premye pòtal la.
Soumèt Fòm Enskripsyon an
Ou prezante tèt ou bay Lakou a nan onètete. Nou mande kesyon ki revele preparasyon w, istwa espirityèl ou, ak kapasite w pou mache nan chemen sa a.
Revizyon Enèjetik ak Ansestral
Nou revize dosye w pa sèlman ak je nou, men ak je enèji yo. Se alimantasyon ki konte. Entansyon ki konte. Si espri yo fèmen pòt la, nou onore sa. Si yo Ouvè l, nou prepare wout la.
Reyinyon Oryantasyon ak Evalyasyon Espirityèl
Anvan akseptans, chak aplikan patisipe nan yon reyinyon Oryantasyon. Nou eksplike:
- Lòd sakre Lwa yo
- Responsablite yon Vodounvi ki rantre nan fòmasyon
- Sa Semèn lan ap mande
- Fondasyon kilti ak istwa Vodoun
- Gravite disiplin espirityèl
Nou evalye tou preparasyon w, rasanbleman w, ak estabilite espirityèl ou.
Akseptasyon ak Enskripsyon
Si nou aksepte w, Wap jwenn yon lèt ofisyèl. Enskripsyon an finalize lè w fin peye frè yo. Non w depoze devan Lwa yo ak zansèt yo.
Premye Semèn, Inisyasyon Disiplin lan Kòmanse
Premye sèt jou ou Ouvè pòtal transfòmasyon an. Ou kòmanse:
- Meditasyon chak maten
- Balèn Travay la
- Konprann anatomi espirityèl ou
- Jete dlo
- Ijyèn Ogatwa chak jou
- Estrikti Lakou a
Lè sa a, ansyen lavi w kòmanse fonn.
FRÈ, ESKOLÈ, AK PRI TRANSFÒMASYON AN
Lakû Mètrès La se yon enstitisyon espirityèl san bi likratif. Frè eskòlè yo pa sèlman yon frè rantre; yo reprezante yon envestisman nan yon vwayaj ki mande resous, materyèl rityèl, zouti sakre, sipò kominotè, prezans granmoun, ak yon estrikti administratif.
Li kouvri:
- Fòmasyon pwofon ak moun ki gen linyaj
- Rityèl ak materyèl sakre
- Envitasyon Pwofesè ki ka soti Ayiti ak Dyaspora
- Espas aprantisaj dijital
- Evènman kominotè ak seremoni
Nou bay transparans total.
SA NOU MANDE NAN MEN W
Lè ou rantre, ou angaje tèt ou nan:
- Ijyèn espirityèl chak jou
- Devwa chak semèn
- Pratik rityèl
- Kenbe ogatwa w pwòp
- Onore lòd sakre Lwa yo
- Aksepte koreksyon ak imilite
- Fonde disiplin olye ego
- Sèvi kominote a pandan w wap grandi
Chemen sa a bèl, men li pa dous. Yo pral teste w. Ou pral grandi.
PWOMÈS LAKOU A
Si w mache ak entansyon, Espri yo ap mache avè w. Ou pral konnen kiyès ki mache ak ou. Rèv ou ap vin pi klè. Sans ou ap Ouvè. Disiplin ou ap vin nannan w.
Isit la, ou pa kouri dèyè Espri yo, ou aprann vin tèlman trankil pou yo pwoche bò kote w.
KÒMANSE ENSKRIPSYON W
Si w santi batman kè a si rèv yo ap pale fò si nanm ou ap peze w sou menm direksyon an, se paske pòtal la deja ouvè.
Si w pare, avanse. Si w poko pare, rete trankil. Pòtal la Ouvè lè tan pa w la rive. Lakû Mètrès La pa swiv lè mond lan. Nou swiv lè zansèt yo.
Ayibobo, Ayibobo, Ayibobo.
