Sacred Possessions: Vodou, Santeria, Obeah, and the Caribbean (Studies of Great Texts in Science): Vodou, Santerfa, Obeah, and the Caribbean

by Lizabeth Paravisini - Gebert (Editor), Margarite Fernandez Olmos (Editor)

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  Illustrated
  1997

  $29.00

  This collection of 13 comparative and interdisciplinary essays explores the cross-cultural dynamics of African-based religious systems in the Caribbean. The contributors analyze the nature and liturgies of Vodou, Santeria, Obeah, Quimbois and Gaga as they form a cultural matrix in the region.