Cuban Santeria: Walking with the Night

by Raúl J. Cañizares, Dina Nayeri, Raul Canizares

Book Overview

A revealing window into the secret and seductive world of Santeria. - A Santeria priest discloses information never before revealed to outsiders. - Removes the veil of occultism from Santeria to show it as a highly spiritual, thriving religion. Initiated into the Santeria priesthood at the age of seven, Raul Canizares unveils in Cuban Santeria the secret and seductive world of this rapidly growing, yet largely misunderstood, Afro-Cuban religion. With...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892817623
• ISBN13: 9780892817627
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Destiny Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A wonderful book by a wonderful man!

In a very odd turn of events, *I* do not have anything further to say about this wonderful book. To read it is to know what I mean.(-_-)

The best introduction to Santeria

Santeria is not an easy theme to tackle--I've written about it myself--It is a much-misunderstood religion, filled with magic and controversy. Raul Canizares, a practitioner and scholar simultaneously, translates the faith of his soul to the world at large with remarkable elegance. The book is thoroughly readable, extremely informative without being pedantic, and unique in some aspects, such as when the author writes about white-on-black racism in supposedly color-blind Communist Cuba. For the knowledgeable, the book is like a tease: it leaves you wanting for more. But for a first book on the subject, there is no better.

Una buena lecutra

El libro presenta de forma amena e interesante la santería. Su presentación profundiza sin llegar a abundar en los detalles. Para un primer libro sobre el tema es excepcional.

Most accurate book on Santeria as practiced in the US

As a Priest of Santeria and Palo Mayombe, most santeria books I have read are filled with half truths, and even things made up. The Gonzalez Whippler books, which are widely read, are not good at all, and Books on Palo Mayombe are filled with baloney. Canizares, as the only writer/priest I know, has written an entertaining and accurate book about the basics of Santeria, I would definitely recommend and have bought it for several friends who wanted to learn more.