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Globalization is rarely thought of in terms of spiritual influences between continents. Stemming from a body of Indian chromolithographic imagery incorporated into West African vodun, this essay considers alternative ways of conceptualizing globalization. Compelling notions of international boundarylessness in present-day readings of this Indian/African religious merging can be re-conceptualized in ways that go far beyond the tangible, human domain, into a world in which eternity and divine infinity are collapsed into the here and now. The essay considers a rich set of objects, beliefs, and practices which bring such an approach to bear, shedding new light on the contemporary global condition.