Secrets of Voodoo

Name: Secrets of Voodoo
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ISBN: 9780872861718

ISBN-10: 0872861716

ISBN-13: 9780872861718

Edition: Reprint

Authors: Milo Rigaud, Robert Cross, Odette Mennesson-Rigaud

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Secrets of Voodoo traces the development of this complex religion (in Haiti and the Americas) from its sources in the brilliant civilizations of ancient Africa. This book presents a straightforward account of the gods or loas and their function, the symbols and signs, rituals, the ceremonial calendar of Voodoo, and the procedures for performing magical rites are given. "Voodoo," derived from words meaning "introspection" and "mystery," is a system of belief about the formation of the world and human destiny with clear correspondences in other world religions. Rigaud makes these connections and discloses the esoteric meaning underlying Voodoo's outward manifestations, which are often…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Publisher: City Lights Books
Publication date: 1/1/1985
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Milo Rigaud was born in Port au Prince, Haiti, in 1903, where he spent the greater part of his life studying the Voodoo tradition. In Haiti he studied law, and in France ethnology, psychology, and theology. The involvement of Voodoo in the political struggle of Haitian blacks for independence was one of his main concerns.