Have You Ever Had Your Competition Want to Eat You? How to Handle Slander, Fear Tactics, and the Hidden Truths About Suppression in Spiritual Communities
By Priestess Shoshana | Spiritual Teachers Voodoo
Have you ever felt the eyes of envy pierce through your peace? Ever had someone smile to your face only to speak venom behind your back? Ever watched your light dimmed by someone who claimed to want you to shine?
Then you’ve probably experienced what many of us in the spiritual, healing, and sacred arts communities eventually face: slander, sabotage, and strategic erasure.
This is a blog about something people don’t like to talk about openly—especially not in the worlds of Vodou, Sanse, 21 Divisions, holistic healing, or even bellydance—where we’re expected to “stay positive” and “trust the universe.” But let’s be honest: there is a difference between staying humble and being silenced.
This is for the spiritual women, the priestesses, the energy healers, the creatives, and the community workers who are being eaten alive by jealousy masked as mentorship, friendship, or “constructive criticism.”
Let’s break the silence.
Slander is not just gossip. It is an intentional weapon—an act of warfare against your credibility, spiritual reputation, and the sacred work you’ve spent years building. It is the act of planting poison in the ears of those you could have helped or healed.
Slander is a spiritual act of violence.
Let me be clear: Slander isn’t just someone being unkind. It’s a tactical move meant to diminish your light because your presence threatens someone else’s illusion of power.
And in spiritual communities, it’s especially dangerous because:
Yes, I used the word eat.
Because when you’re powerful, radiant, and magnetic, your very presence becomes a meal for those who feel empty inside.
I’ve seen this in the bellydance scene, where women tear each other apart instead of celebrating one another.
I’ve seen this in the holistic healing world, where healers discredit each other over certifications or techniques.
And I’ve absolutely seen it in the Vodou and Sanse spiritual world, where some elders try to erase those they secretly envy under the disguise of tradition or lineage pride.
“She’s not ready.”
“She’s too commercial.”
“She thinks she knows everything.”
“She’s dangerous.”
Those words sound familiar? They’re the language of suppression.
And what they really mean is:
This is not just competition. This is cannibalism of the soul.
This is the hardest part to admit: the very people who say they love you, support you, and want you to thrive… sometimes they are the ones most invested in keeping you small.
How do you know if you’re being spiritually suffocated by a mentor?
Ask yourself:
A true mentor wants you to outgrow them.
An insecure mentor wants you to orbit around them forever.
And in too many spiritual circles, the mentorship dynamic becomes one of ownership rather than empowerment.
If your success threatens someone who once guided you, then they weren’t mentoring. They were managing.
You are powerful.
And power, especially female power that cannot be controlled, is always a target. Fear tactics—whether through slander, exclusion, spiritual manipulation, or subtle threats—are the tools of cowards who cannot create, so they choose to destroy.
Common fear tactics you’ll see:
These tactics work best on people with good hearts. On people who want to do things the right way. On women who care about ethics and truth.
That’s exactly why we must name them, dismantle them, and keep walking.
You were not born to play small. You were not called to this path to beg for space. You were not anointed by your spirits, ancestors, and guides to tiptoe around the fragile egos of people who wish they had your light.
There is no spiritual merit in disappearing.
There is no virtue in letting yourself be erased.
There is no humility in silence if silence becomes your prison.
You are being attacked. Now what?
Let your success be the sound that drowns out their lies.
Being seen comes with a cost.
But so does invisibility.
When you shine, you attract both love and hate.
When you speak up, you invite both applause and attack.
When you lead, you walk ahead of the pack—and that means more arrows may hit you.
Would you rather be envied and free—or liked and shackled?
You are not too much. You are the medicine.
You are not arrogant. You are aware.
You are not loud. You are heard.
We don’t just teach Vodou, Sanse, or spiritual arts—we embody integrity inside systems that have been used to harm.
When we rise, we change the culture.
When we speak, we shift the power.
When we are fully seen—no one can erase us again.
I have been stalked.
Threatened.
Slandered.
Silenced.
Mocked.
Boycotted.
Betrayed by mentors I once trusted.
And yet—here I am.
Still working.
Still praying.
Still helping others.
Still rising.
Because truth will always outlive lies.
And Spirit… will always choose the right vessel.
Some of my deepest wounds didn’t come from strangers—they came from those I once called teacher.
I’ve had mentors who manipulated me under the guise of guidance. One even said to my face, “I’m going to mess up your clients the Haitian way.”
This is not personal drama. This is cultural insanity.
And it must stop.
We’re done being quiet.
We are not victims. We are Priestesses. Leaders. Healers.
So here’s what we are going to do:
We were never meant to stay small.
They can slander your voice, but they cannot steal your frequency.
We come from spiritual lineages where survival is encoded in our blood.
We were never meant to stay quiet in the face of gossip.
We are not ornaments of tradition.
We are the continuation of it.
If you’re reading this and your soul is shaking, your hands are trembling, your stomach is tight because someone is publicly attacking your work—know this:
At Spiritual Teachers Voodoo, we are creating a new culture of visibility.
One where power is not about manipulation.
One where respect is mutual, earned, and sacred.
If you are a spiritual leader, healer, creative, or sacred woman who has been erased, lied about, or threatened by your own mentors, we invite you to:
Because your magic is not dangerous.
Your visibility is not too much.
And your power is not a threat—it’s a blessing.
With power, beauty, and abundance
Priestess Shoshana, CEO of Spiritual Teachers Voodoo and Temple de la Luna, Spirit Worker, Instructor, Psychic, Healer, Herbalist, Author
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