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Book
of Voodoo.
By Leah Gordon
Review by Gede
Rated 4/5 |
You might pass
the cheap purple book when your searching the New Age/Occult
Section in the Bookstore. It's subtitle, Charms and Ritual
to empower your life is probably the appealing bit, come on
you can not deny you have ever felt a spark of interest thinking
about sticking pins in dolls, but you won't find anything
to break anybody's legs. It is a good introduction to the
African-fetish religion with a dash of Catholicism. The Charms
and and Rituals are the least part of the book, there is information
about each Voodou deity or lwa and a list of sacred days.
It gives a history of Haiti and Voodou and its origins. It
talks about the priests and initiates and the common revelry
and dancing of most Voodou worshippers. Beautiful and alternative
Voodou art is pictured in the pages too. I would say the most
interesting part for me was flicking through the Voodou Lwas
(Deities) and literally screaming my ass off when I found
my name surrounded by images of skulls and the Dead, when
I calmed down I read the information and realised my name
was the name for a family of Lwa who had connections with
the Dead, Sex and Fertility. So now when someone asks me about
my name I tell them I am named after the Voodou God of Death,
it usually gets them away! So definitely give the book a read
and you won't be bored!
Rated 4 out of
5.
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