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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.

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.

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.

High Spirits

Author : Camille Gomera-Tavarez
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 1646141547
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (461 download)

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Download or read book High Spirits written by Camille Gomera-Tavarez and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High Spirits is a collection of eleven interconnected short stories from the Dominican diaspora, from debut author Camille Gomera-Tavarez. It is a book centered on one extended family – the Beléns – across multiple generations. It is set in the fictional small town of Hidalpa – and Santo Domingo and Paterson and San Juan and Washington Heights too. It is told in a style both utterly real and distinctly magical – and its stories explore machismo, mental health, family, and identity. But most of all, High Spirits represents the first book from Camille Gomera-Tavarez, who takes her place as one of the most extraordinary new voices to emerge in years.

Spirits, Blood and Drums

Author : James Houk
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 143990376X
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book Spirits, Blood and Drums written by James Houk and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-10 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthropologist demystifies a fascinating , eclectic Caribbean religion.

Serving the Spirits

Author : Mambo Vye Zo Komande Lamenfo
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781480086425
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Serving the Spirits written by Mambo Vye Zo Komande Lamenfo and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-10-01 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.

Vicious Spirits

Author : Kat Cho
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1984812378
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Vicious Spirits written by Kat Cho and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New romance and dangers abound in this companion to the crowd-pleasing Wicked Fox. After the events of Wicked Fox, Somin is ready to help her friends pick up the pieces of their broken lives and heal. But Jihoon is still grieving the loss of his grandmother, and Miyoung is distant as she grieves over her mother's death and learns to live without her fox bead. The only one who seems ready to move forward is their not-so-favorite dokkaebi, Junu. Somin and Junu didn't exactly hit it off when they first met. Somin thought he was an arrogant self-serving, conman. Junu was, at first, amused by her hostility toward him until he found himself inexplicably drawn to her. Somin couldn't deny the heat of their attraction. But as the two try to figure out what could be between them, they discover their troubles aren't over after all. The loss of Miyoung's fox bead has caused a tear between the world of the living and the world of the dead, and ghosts are suddenly flooding the streets of Seoul. The only way to repair the breach is to find the missing fox bead or for Miyoung to pay with her life. With few options remaining, Junu has an idea but it might require the ultimate sacrifice. In usual fashion, Somin may have a thing or two to say about that. In Vicious Spirits, Kat Cho delivers another beguiling and addictive read full of otherworldly dangers and romance.

Vodou in Haitian Life and Culture

Author : C. Michel
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0312376200
Total Pages : 248 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 248 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.

Colonial Spirits

Author : Steven Grasse
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1613122217
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Colonial Spirits written by Steven Grasse and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This tour of early American alcohol shares recipes, “fun facts and anecdotes about our forefathers’ drinking habits with a 21-century sense of humor” (Chicago Tribune). In Colonial Spirits, legendary distiller Steven Grasse presents a historical manifesto on drinking, including 50 colonial era– inspired cocktail recipes. The book features a rousing timeline of colonial imbibing and a cultural overview of all kinds of alcoholic beverages: beer, rum and punch; temperance drinks; liqueurs and cordials; medicinal beverages; cider; wine, whiskey, bourbon and more. The book is spiced with delightful illustrations and liquored-up adages from our founding fathers. Grasse shares expert guidance on DIY home brewing, plus recipes like the Philadelphia Fish House Punch (a crowd pleaser!) and Snakebites (drink alone!). Hot beer cocktails and rattle skulls have never been so irresistible.

Contentious Spirits

Author : David Yoo
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804769281
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Contentious Spirits written by David Yoo and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-31 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contentious Spirits explores the central role of religion, particularly Protestant Christianity, in Korean American history during the first half of the twentieth century in Hawai'i and California.

Book of Vodou Prayers

Author : Mambo Vye Zo Komande Lamenfo
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781495403101
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Book of Vodou Prayers written by Mambo Vye Zo Komande Lamenfo and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2019-09-04 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sosyete du Marche's Book of Vodou Prayers is a compilation of prayers and invocations for service work, private practice, and every day meditation. In here you will find an alphabetical collection of invocations; prayers for calling specific Lwa into your service; and works that you can use for daily prayer. Mambo Vye Zo Komande LaMenfo has spent over 25 years collecting material for her personal service work. Now, she share her efforts with everyone. A very handy little tome that every Vodouisant should have on their altar!

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.

Mama Lola

Author : Karen McCarthy Brown
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520224759
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book Mama Lola written by Karen McCarthy Brown and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vodou is among the most misunderstood and maligned of the world's religions. "Mama Lola" shatters the stereotypes by offering an intimate portrait of Vodou in everyday life. Drawing on a decade-long friendship with Mama Lola, a Vodou priestess, Brown tells tales spanning five generations of Vodou healers in Mama Lola's family. 46 illustrations.

The Haitian Vodou Handbook

Author : Kenaz Filan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1594779953
Total Pages : 271 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 271 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.

Encyclopedia of Spirits

Author : Judika Illes
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062046098
Total Pages : 1076 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Spirits written by Judika Illes and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 1076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter the World of Spirits! The Encyclopedia of Spirits is a comprehensive and entertaining A to Z of spirits from around this world and the next. Within these pages meet love goddesses and disease demons, guardians of children and guardians of cadavers. Discover Celtic goddesses and goddesses of the Kabbalah, female Buddhas, African Powers, Dragon Ladies, White Ladies, Black Madonnas, the Green Man, the Green Fairy, lots and lots of ghosts, djinn, mermaids, fairies, and more. From the beneficent to the mischievous, working with these spirits can bring good fortune, lasting love, health, fertility, revenge, and relief. Discover: The true identities of over one thousand spirits (as well as their likes and dislikes) How to communicate with specific spirits for your own benefit How to recognize these spirits when they manifest themselves The mythological and historical events associated with specific spirits The colors, days, numbers, and astrological signs associated with specific spirits The Encyclopedia of Spirits also provides an overview of the role of spirit communication throughout history and a general guide to working with spirits. No matter what your life's problems or desires, this book can guide you to the right spirits who can help fulfill your dreams. For the spiritual adept, the amateur, or the simply curious, the Encyclopedia of Spirits will inform, inspire, and delight.

Vodou Songs in Haitian Creole and English

Author : Benjamin Hebblethwaite
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 1439906025
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book Vodou Songs in Haitian Creole and English written by Benjamin Hebblethwaite and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vodou songs constitute the living memory of Haitian Vodou communities, and song texts are key elements to understanding Haitian culture. Vodou songs form a profound religious and cultural heritage that traverses the past and refreshes the present. Offering a one-of-a-kind research tool on Vodou and its cultural roots in Haiti and pre-Haitian regions, Vodou Songs in Haitian Creole and English provides a substantial selection of hard to find or unpublished sacred Vodou songs in a side-by-side bilingual format. Esteemed scholar Benjamin Hebblethwaite introduces the language, mythology, philosophy, origins, and culture of Vodou through several chapters of source songs plus separate analytical chapters. He guides readers through songs, chants, poems, magical formulae, invocations, prayers, historical texts and interviews, as well as Haitian Creole grammar and original sacred literature. An in-depth dictionary of key Vodou terms and concepts is also provided. This corpus of songs and the research about them provide a crucial understanding of the meaning of Vodou religion, language, and culture.

The Spirit of Hospitality

Author : Larry Stuart
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1683509900
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (835 download)

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Download or read book The Spirit of Hospitality written by Larry Stuart and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Spirit of Hospitality takes readers on a journey of passion for purpose that empowers the missing ingredients of hospitality into a proven leadership style that works. Time has sped up to the point where technology has surpassed the last few thousand years by only a generation. What happened to kindness, humility and the human touch vs. having our face buried into a laptop or IPhone? A life dedicated to excellence does not come by chance, or with age, but by choice and commitment. Larry Stuart strives to give The Spirit of Hospitality to others who are called to a life of prosperity and significance. He provides the tools, attributes and real-life examples of what works when it comes to serving up a memorable guest service delivery and describes the necessary ingredients of hospitality. There is hope only if individuals bring back the missing ingredients of kindness, humility, integrity, encouragement, generosity, team and accountability. Only then is the spirit of hospitality empowered to provide the right leadership approach in building relationships to a new level of expectation, and allows those who embrace that spirit to accomplish whatever they strive to achieve.