Author: Joseph John WilliamsPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465516956
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Voodoos and Obeahs: Phases of West India Witchcraft
Author: Joseph John WilliamsPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465516956
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Voodoos and Obeahs
Author: Joseph WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781696014700
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
This book examines the history of voodoo and obeah in the Caribbean, specifically in Jamaica and Haiti, traces them back to their roots in Africa and discusses the influence imperialism, slavery and racism had on their development.
Voodoos and Obeahs
Author: Joseph J. WilliamsPublisher: Vamzzz Publishing
ISBN: 9789492355119
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Voodoos and Obeahs offers a careful documentation of the history and ethnography of Voodoo and reveals the connection of both Haitian Voodoo and Jamaican Obeah to snake worship (ophioletreia). In Jamaica, Obeah is the general term to denote those Africans who in the island practice witchcraft or sorcery. Williams includes numerous quotations from rare documents and books on the topic. This work goes into great depth concerning the New World-African connection and is highly recommended if you want a deep understanding of the dramatic historical background of Haitian and Jamaican magic and witchcraft, and the profound influence of imperialism, slavery and racism on its development. Williams is best known for his anthropological writings about African and Caribbean people, which include Whispering of the Caribbean, Whence the "Black Irish" of Jamaica?, Psychic Phenomena in Jamaica and Africa's God. Preview on www.vamzzz.com
Voodoos and Obeahs
Author: Joseph John WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN: 1605060259
Category : Blacks
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Voodoo and Obeahs
Author: Joseph WilliamsPublisher: Blurb
ISBN: 9780368073472
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
​Just as fetishism was for a long time accepted as a generic term covering all that was nefarious in the customs of the West African tribes, so in the popular mind today, Voodoo and Obeah are interchangeable and signify alike whatever is weird and eerie in the practices of the descendants of these same tribes as they are found throughout the West Indies and the southern portion of the United States. And yet technically, not only are Voodoo and Obeah specifically distinct, one from the other, both in origin and in practice, but if we are to understand the true force and influence which they originally exercised over their devotees, we must dissociate them from the countless other forms of magic, black or white, that have gradually impinged themselves upon them as so many excrescences.
Voodoos and Obeahs
Author: Joseph WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781985158580
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Voodoo and obeah are distinct from one another, both in origin and practice, and to understand the force and influence they originally exercised over their devotees, we must disassociate them from the myriad of other forms of magic that have impinged themselves upon them. The author spent a vast amount of time in Jamaica, studying the people, seeking out practitioners and sought to extend his knowledge. He has spent nearly twenty-five years culling the works of others, gleaning the facts from the fiction. This volume is a result of his research and observations.
Voodoos and Obeahs
Author: Joseph John WilliamsVoodoo and Obeahs
Author: Joseph J Williams S JPublisher: Theophania Publishing
ISBN: 9781770830226
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Just as fetishism was for a long time accepted as a generic term covering all that was nefarious in the customs of the West African tribes, so in the popular mind today, Voodoo and Obeah are interchangeable and signify alike whatever is weird and eerie in the practices of the descendants of these same tribes as they are Just as fetishism was for a long time accepted as a generic term covering all that was nefarious in the customs of the West African tribes, so in the popular mind today, Voodoo and Obeah are interchangeable and signify alike whatever is weird and eerie in the practices of the descendants of these same tribes as they are.
Mysteries and Secrets of Voodoo, Santeria, and Obeah
Author: R. Lionel FanthorpePublisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1550027840
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
Looks at the history, beliefs, and practices of Santeria, Voodoo, and Obeah.
Voodoo and Obeahs
Author: Joseph J. WilliamsPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015536517
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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