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Haitian Vodou

Author : Mambo Chita Tann
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 0738731633
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book Haitian Vodou written by Mambo Chita Tann and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2012-02-08 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haitian Vodou is a fascinating spiritual tradition rich with ceremonies and magic, songs and prayers, dances and fellowship. Yet outside of Haiti, next to no one understands this joyous and profound way of life. ln Haitian Vodou, Mambo Chita Tann explores the historical roots and contemporary practices of this unique tradition, including discussions of: Customs, beliefs, sacred spaces, and ritual objects Characteristics and behaviors of the Lwa, the spirits served by Vodou practitioners Common misconceptions such as "voodoo dolls" and the zombie phenomenon Questions and answers for attending ceremonies and getting involved in a sosyete (Vodou house) Correspondence tables, Kreyol glossary, supplemental prayer texts, and an extensive list of reference books and online resources Well-researched, comprehensive, and engaging, Haitian Vodou will be a welcome addition for people new to Haitian spirituality as well as for students, practitioners, and academics.

The Spirits and the Law

Author : Kate Ramsey
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226703819
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book The Spirits and the Law written by Kate Ramsey and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-02-07 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vodou has often served as a scapegoat for Haiti’s problems, from political upheavals to natural disasters. This tradition of scapegoating stretches back to the nation’s founding and forms part of a contest over the legitimacy of the religion, both beyond and within Haiti’s borders. The Spirits and the Law examines that vexed history, asking why, from 1835 to 1987, Haiti banned many popular ritual practices. To find out, Kate Ramsey begins with the Haitian Revolution and its aftermath. Fearful of an independent black nation inspiring similar revolts, the United States, France, and the rest of Europe ostracized Haiti. Successive Haitian governments, seeking to counter the image of Haiti as primitive as well as contain popular organization and leadership, outlawed “spells” and, later, “superstitious practices.” While not often strictly enforced, these laws were at times the basis for attacks on Vodou by the Haitian state, the Catholic Church, and occupying U.S. forces. Beyond such offensives, Ramsey argues that in prohibiting practices considered essential for maintaining relations with the spirits, anti-Vodou laws reinforced the political marginalization, social stigmatization, and economic exploitation of the Haitian majority. At the same time, she examines the ways communities across Haiti evaded, subverted, redirected, and shaped enforcement of the laws. Analyzing the long genealogy of anti-Vodou rhetoric, Ramsey thoroughly dissects claims that the religion has impeded Haiti’s development.

Vodou in Haitian Life and Culture

Author : C. Michel
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0312376200
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Vodou in Haitian Life and Culture written by C. Michel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-11-27 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection introduces readers to the history and practice of the Vodou religion, and corrects many misconceptions. The book focuses specifically on the role Vodou plays in Haiti, where it has its strongest following, examining its influence on spiritual beliefs, cultural practices, national identity, popular culture, writing and art.

Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou

Author : Donald Cosentino
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou written by Donald Cosentino and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This abundantly illustrated anthology brings together sixteen essays by artists, scholars and ritual experts who examine the sacred arts of Haitian Vodou from multiple perspectives. Among the many topics covered are the ten major Vodou divinities: Vodou's roots in the Fon and Kongo kingdoms of Africa and its transformation in the experiences of slavery, and the encounter with European spiritual systems; Vodou praxis, including its bodily and communal disciplines, the cult of St. James Major (Ogou), and the cult of twins.In the final section, essays by Elizabeth McAlister, Patrick Polk, Tina Girouard, and Randall Morris look at Vodou arts and artists, Oleyant, and the legacy of ironworker Georges Liautaud.The Envoi, by Donald J.Cosentino, is devoted to the Gedes, spirits of death and regeneration.

Haitian Vodou

Author : Patrick Bellegarde-Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Haitian Vodou written by Patrick Bellegarde-Smith and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haitian Vodou breaks away from European and American heuristic models for understanding a religio-philosophical system such as Vodou in order to form new approaches with an African ethos. The contributors to this volume, all Haitians, examine the potentially radical and transformative possibilities of the religious and philosophical ideologies of Vodou and locate its foundations more clearly within an African heritage. Essays examine Vodou's roles in organizing rural resistance; forming political values for the transformation of Haiti; teaching social norms, values, and standards; influencing Haitian culture through art and music; merging science with philosophy, both theoretically and in the healing arts; and forming the Haitian "manbo," or priest.

Understanding Haitian Voodoo

Author : Lawyer Emmanuel Felix
Publisher : Xulon Press
ISBN 13 : 1607914875
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Haitian Voodoo written by Lawyer Emmanuel Felix and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part textbook, part life-story, part theological exposé, Understanding Haitian Voodoo comes from a much-respected Haitian gentleman who writes as a lawyer, judge, and evangelist who cares deeply about his people and their bondage in Voodoo. "Voodoo is not simply a myth, toward which we can remain indifferent. It is not just popular culture that we should teach and practice in schools through dances and songs. The gods of Voodoo are not simply idols or harmless gods. They are real beings, intelligent beings, they lust after worship and are full of cruelty." With testimonies from Voodoo priests, followers, witch doctors and more, Understanding Haitian Voodoo is a deep observation of Haitian Voodoo through the eyes of Christian faith, molded in Haitian theology that is biblical, contemporary, relevant and transformational. From his identity as a Christian believer and as a Haitian, proud of his culture, traditions, language and customs, author Emmanuel Félix brings a remarkable contribution to a better understanding of the relationship of Voodoo to Haitian culture, to Christianity, to zombies, community life, religions and beliefs, identity and more. The final conclusion of this majestic work confirms all that man seeks is found in the Almighty God Jehovah, through Jesus Christ, and in Him alone, no matter a man's race, culture and beliefs. Whether you're planning to visit Haiti, seeking to pray more intelligently for the work of the Gospel or are simply looking to learn more about the Haitian people, this book is a must-read. Read this book prayerfully, with a Bible at your side and an eye on the realities of life in Haiti. Published by Radio 4VEH, The Evangelistic Voice of Haiti, serving God and the Haitian people through effective Christian broadcasting since 1950. Proceeds from the sale of Understanding Haitian Voodoo support the ministry of Radio 4VEH.

A Transatlantic History of Haitian Vodou

Author : Benjamin Hebblethwaite
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 149683562X
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book A Transatlantic History of Haitian Vodou written by Benjamin Hebblethwaite and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Connecting four centuries of political, social, and religious history with fieldwork and language documentation, A Transatlantic History of Haitian Vodou analyzes Haitian Vodou’s African origins, transmission to Saint-Domingue, and promulgation through song in contemporary Haiti. Split into two sections, the African chapters focus on history, economics, and culture in Dahomey, Allada, and Hueda while scrutinizing the role of Europeans in fomenting tensions. The political, military, and slave trading histories of the kingdoms in the Bight of Benin reveal the circumstances of enslavement, including the geographies, ethnicities, languages, and cultures of enslavers and enslaved. The study of the spirits, rituals, structure, and music of the region’s religions sheds light on important sources for Haitian Vodou. Having royal, public, and private expressions, Vodun spirit-based traditions served as cultural systems that supported or contested power and enslavement. At once suppliers and victims of the European slave trade, the people of Dahomey, Allada, and Hueda deeply shaped the emergence of Haiti’s creolized culture. The Haitian chapters focus on Vodou’s Rada Rite (from Allada) and Gede Rite (from Abomey) through the songs of Rasin Figuier’s Vodou Lakay and Rasin Bwa Kayiman’s Guede, legendary rasin compact discs released on Jean Altidor’s Miami label, Mass Konpa Records. All the Vodou songs on the discs are analyzed with a method dubbed “Vodou hermeneutics” that harnesses history, religious studies, linguistics, literary criticism, and ethnomusicology in order to advance a scholarly approach to Vodou songs.

The Haitian Vodou Handbook

Author : Kenaz Filan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1594779953
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book The Haitian Vodou Handbook written by Kenaz Filan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-11-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A working guide to the proper methods of interacting with the full Vodou pantheon • Includes the myths, cultural heritage, and ancestral lineage of the lwa and how to honor and serve them • Provides an introduction and guide that is especially useful for the solitary practitioner • Discusses the relationship between Vodou, Haitian culture, and Catholicism In The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Kenaz Filan, an initiate of the Société la Belle Venus, presents a working guide to the proper methods of interacting with the full Vodou pantheon, explaining how to build respectful relationships with the lwa, the spirits honored in Haitian Vodou, and how to transform the fear that often surrounds the Vodou religion. Until recently, the Haitian practice of Vodou was often identified with devil worship, dark curses, and superstition. Some saw the saint images and the Catholic influences and wrote Vodou off as a “Christian aberration.” Others were appalled by the animal sacrifices and the fact that the Houngans and Mambos charge money for their services. Those who sought Vodou because they believed it could harness “evil” forces were disappointed when their efforts to gain fame, fortune, or romance failed and so abandoned their “voodoo fetishes.” Those who managed to get the attention of the lwa, often received cosmic retaliation for treating the spirits as attack dogs or genies, which only further cemented Vodou’s stereotype as “dangerous.” Filan offers extensive background information on the featured lwa, including their mythology and ancestral lineage, as well as specific instructions on how to honor and interact fruitfully with those that make themselves accessible. This advice will be especially useful for the solitary practitioner who doesn’t have the personal guidance of a societé available. Filan emphasizes the importance of having a quickened mind that can read the lwa’s desires intuitively in order to avoid establishing dogma-based relationships. This working guide to successful interaction with the full Vodou pantheon also presents the role of Vodou in Haitian culture and explores the symbiotic relationship Vodou has maintained with Catholicism.

Vodou in the Haitian Experience

Author : Nixon S. Cleophat
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781498508339
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Vodou in the Haitian Experience written by Nixon S. Cleophat and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-09 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Studies the connections and relationships between Vodou and African traditional religions, such as Yoruba religion and Egyptian religion. ... The chapters in this collection tell a story about the dynamics of the Vodou faith and the rich ways Vodou has molded the Haitian narrative and psyche."--Back cover.

Vodou Shaman

Author : Ross Heaven
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1594776644
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book Vodou Shaman written by Ross Heaven and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-11-10 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Goes beyond the stereotypes to restore Vodou to its proper place as a powerful shamanic tradition • Provides practical exercises and techniques from the Vodou tradition that can be used as safe and effective means of spiritual healing and personal transformation • Shows how to remove evil spirits and negative energies sent by others • Written by a fully initiated Houngan (Vodou shaman) Providing practical exercises drawn from all aspects and stages of the Vodou tradition, Vodou Shaman shows readers how to contact the spirit world and communicate with the loa (the angel-like inhabitants of the Other World), the ghede (the spirits of the ancestors), and djabs (nature spirits for healing purposes). The author examines soul journeying and warrior-path work in the Vodou tradition and looks at the psychological principles that make them effective. The book also includes exercises to protect the spiritual self by empowering the soul, with techniques of soul retrieval, removing evil spirits and negative energies, overcoming curses, and using the powers of herbs and magical baths.

Vodou in Haitian Memory

Author : Celucien L. Joseph
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498508359
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Vodou in Haitian Memory written by Celucien L. Joseph and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2016-05-12 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout Haitian history—from 17th century colonial Saint-Domingue to 21st century postcolonial Haiti—arguably, the Afro-Haitian religion of Vodou has been represented as an “unsettling faith” and a “cultural paradox,” as expressed in various forms and modes of Haitian thought and life including literature, history, law, politics, painting, music, and art. Competing voices and conflicting ideas of Vodou have emerged from each of these cultural symbols and intellectual expressions. The Vodouist discourse has not only pervaded every aspect of the Haitian life and experience, it has defined the Haitian cosmology and worldview. Further, the Vodou faith has had a momentous impact on the evolution of Haitian intellectual, aesthetic, and literary imagination; comparatively, Vodou has shaped Haitian social ethics, sexual and gender identity, and theological discourse such as in the intellectual works and poetic imagination of Jean Price-Mars, Dantes Bellegarde, Jacques Roumain, Jacques Stephen Alexis, etc. Similarly, Vodou has shaped the discourse on the intersections of memory, trauma, history, collective redemption, and Haitian diasporic identity in Haitian women’s writings such as in the fiction of Edwidge Danticat, Myriam Chancy, etc. The chapters in this collection tell a story about the dynamics of the Vodou faith and the rich ways Vodou has molded the Haitian narrative and psyche. The contributors of this book examine this constructed narrative from a multicultural voice that engages critically the discipline of ethnomusicology, drama, performance, art, anthropology, ethnography, economics, literature, intellectual history, philosophy, psychology, sociology, religion, and theology. Vodou is also studied from multiple theoretical approaches including queer, feminist theory, critical race theory, Marxism, postcolonial criticism, postmodernism, and psychoanalysis.

The Faces of the Gods

Author : Leslie G. Desmangles
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807861014
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Faces of the Gods written by Leslie G. Desmangles and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2000-11-09 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vodou, the folk religion of Haiti, is a by-product of the contact between Roman Catholicism and African and Amerindian traditional religions. In this book, Leslie Desmangles analyzes the mythology and rituals of Vodou, focusing particularly on the inclusion of West African and European elements in Vodouisants' beliefs and practices. Desmangles sees Vodou not simply as a grafting of European religious traditions onto African stock, but as a true creole phenomenon, born out of the oppressive conditions of slavery and the necessary adaptation of slaves to a New World environment. Desmangles uses Haitian history to explain this phenomenon, paying particular attention to the role of the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century maroon communities in preserving African traditions and the attempts by the Catholic, educated elite to suppress African-based "superstitions." The result is a society in which one religion, Catholicism, is visible and official; the other, Vodou, is unofficial and largely secretive.

Nan Domi

Author : Mimerose Beaubrun
Publisher : City Lights Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0872865746
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Nan Domi written by Mimerose Beaubrun and published by City Lights Publishers. This book was released on 2013-12-17 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers an insider's account of Vodou's private, mystical, interior practice, discussing the author's own initiation and education in the religion.

Vodou

Author : Phyllis Galembo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1580086764
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Vodou written by Phyllis Galembo and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now Back in Print!Eighty-plus brilliant color photographs are accompanied by captions and essays from experts of Voodoo, or VODOU, the dazzlingly symbolic spiritual tradition. Photographer Phyllis Galembo shows us the human and divine faces and voices of real Haitian Vodou in a beautiful, personal, and intimate document of a fascinating and deeply misunderstood religion.Reissued with a new cover to coincide with the author's one-person show at the Albany Institute of History and Art in New York.A groundbreaking collection that was before its time. As alternative religions such as Wicca gain in popularity, less understood traditions such as vodou are garnering more attention. Captions and essays from experts in the field accompany brilliant photographs documenting the vodou religious practice.

Haitian Vodou

Author : Monique Joiner Siedlak
Publisher : Oshun Publications, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1948834979
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book Haitian Vodou written by Monique Joiner Siedlak and published by Oshun Publications, LLC. This book was released on with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haitian Vodou is a vibrant and fascinating indigenous tradition from the island of Haiti. It is an amazing and colorful spiritual tradition comprised of ceremony, music, dances, prayers, magic, and community. Haitian Vodou explores this rich Haitian tradition beginning with a look at Haitian history and how the tradition known as Haitian Vodou evolved. It moves on to cover the basic Principals and Ethics of Haitian Vodou, including a discussion of common confusions and controversies associated with Haitian Vodou as well as a discussion of Haitian Vodou today.

Haitian Vodou Flags

Author : Patrick Arthur Polk
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781578060245
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Haitian Vodou Flags written by Patrick Arthur Polk and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1997 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once little known outside of Haiti, Vodou flags have become popular commodities in the international art market. Inspired by myths, legends, and unique personal visions, the artists of Vodou flags interweave sacred, time-honored designs with contemporary images as they produce captivating works that are both ancient and modern. 44 full-color photos.

Serving the Spirits

Author : Mambo Vye Zo Komande La Menfo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780615535241
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Serving the Spirits written by Mambo Vye Zo Komande La Menfo and published by . This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A healing and balanced faith, Haitian Vodou is a member of the African Traditional Religions that came into the Western Hemisphere via the Transatlantic slave trade. Despite a much misunderstood image, Vodou gives its practitioners the tools to understand the world around them. By participating in an annual calendar of observances, rituals and services, servitors can engage with the Vodou "Mysteries" , thereby enlisting their aid in helping lead a balanced life. Manbo Vye Zo uses her own story of becoming manbo or mother of the spirits as a stepping stone for her students and godchildren so they can learn by her example. An educational text as well as story, Manbo helps the reader gain a greater understanding of the faith as she leads us ever deeper into unexplored territory. Come experience the world of Haitian Vodou from an insider's perspective, and leave forever changed in your outlook on the world of Vodou.