Sacred Possessions: Vodou, Santería, Obeah, and the Caribbean

by Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert

Book Overview

Sacred Possessions is an unprecedented collection of thirteen comparative and interdisciplinary essays exploring 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 one central cultural matrix in the region. They ask how these belief systems were affected by differing colonial histories and landscapes,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813523613
• ISBN13: 9780813523613
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A really good book!

I'm an anthropology, but before being anthropology i'm an obeahman. I was initiate in Obeah in Trinidad. This is a good book for who desires know much about my path (Obeah) and other tradictions from Africa. A really good book!!!