Voodoo Eyes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Voodoo Eyes write by Nick Stone. This book was released on 2011-05-26. Voodoo Eyes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Meet the man with the voodoo eyes: Solomon Boukman. He'd used voodoo, black magic, and extreme violence to control his people, and to keep anyone who ever heard his name in a state of fear. He'd zombified his enemies with potions and hypnosis and used them as his very own suicide killers. Some said he was the earthly incarnation of Baron Samedi, the voodoo god of death; others said he was The Devil incarnate... Meet his nemesis: For private eye Max Mingus, Boukman has been the cause of unthinkable personal tragedy and professional torment. And when he uncovers a labyrinthine web of death and deceit stretching from the Miami jetset to sinister Cuban slums, the voodoo eyes of Boukman are never far from his mind. But how can Mingus stop him without losing his life, and the lives of those he loves? Meet a thriller that will haunt your dreams.
Voodoo Through My Eyes
Voodoo Through My Eyes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Voodoo Through My Eyes write by Belfazaar Ashantison. This book was released on 2016-09-14. Voodoo Through My Eyes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Beneath the Sheltering Oak author returns with his latest work, Voodoo through My Eyes is a Voodoo 101 from the New Orleans traditions. Within its pages you will find an introduction to the Orisha and Loa, descriptions of some of the "tools" used by many of the practitioners, workings for specific Spirits and recipes of his own creation.
The Voodoo Encyclopedia
The Voodoo Encyclopedia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Voodoo Encyclopedia write by Jeffrey E. Anderson. This book was released on 2015-08-26. The Voodoo Encyclopedia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This compelling reference work introduces the religions of Voodoo, a onetime faith of the Mississippi River Valley, and Vodou, a Haitian faith with millions of adherents today. Unlike its fictional depiction in zombie films and popular culture, Voodoo is a full-fledged religion with a pantheon of deities, a priesthood, and communities of believers. Drawing from the expertise of contemporary practitioners, this encyclopedia presents the history, culture, and religion of Haitian Vodou and Mississippi Valley Voodoo. Though based primarily in these two regions, the reference looks at Voodoo across several cultures and delves into related religions, including African Vodu, African Diasporic Religions, and magical practices like hoodoo. Through roughly 150 alphabetical entries, the work describes various aspects of Voodoo in Louisiana and Haiti, covering topics such as important places, traditions, rituals, and items used in ceremonies. Contributions from scholars in the field provide a comprehensive overview of the subject from various perspectives and address the deities and ceremonial acts. The book features an extensive collection of primary sources and a selected, general bibliography of print and electronic resources.
Voodoo and Power
Voodoo and Power - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Voodoo and Power write by Kodi A. Roberts. This book was released on 2015-11-13. Voodoo and Power available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The racialized and exoticized cult of Voodoo occupies a central place in the popular image of the Crescent City. But as Kodi A. Roberts argues in Voodoo and Power, the religion was not a monolithic tradition handed down from African ancestors to their American-born descendants. Instead, a much more complicated patchwork of influences created New Orleans Voodoo, allowing it to move across boundaries of race, class, and gender. By employing late nineteenth and early twentieth-century first-hand accounts of Voodoo practitioners and their rituals, Roberts provides a nuanced understanding of who practiced Voodoo and why. Voodoo in New Orleans, a melange of religion, entrepreneurship, and business networks, stretched across the color line in intriguing ways. Roberts's analysis demonstrates that what united professional practitioners, or "workers," with those who sought their services was not a racially uniform folk culture, but rather the power and influence that Voodoo promised. Recognizing that social immobility proved a common barrier for their patrons, workers claimed that their rituals could overcome racial and gendered disadvantages and create new opportunities for their clients. Voodoo rituals and institutions also drew inspiration from the surrounding milieu, including the privations of the Great Depression, the city's complex racial history, and the free-market economy. Money, employment, and business became central concerns for the religion's practitioners: to validate their work, some began operating from recently organized "Spiritual Churches," entities that were tax exempt and thus legitimate in the eyes of the state of Louisiana. Practitioners even leveraged local figures like the mythohistoric Marie Laveau for spiritual purposes and entrepreneurial gain. All the while, they contributed to the cultural legacy that fueled New Orleans's tourist industry and drew visitors and their money to the Crescent City.
Farewell, Fred Voodoo
Farewell, Fred Voodoo - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Farewell, Fred Voodoo write by Amy Wilentz. This book was released on 2013-01-08. Farewell, Fred Voodoo available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography, this is a brilliant writer’s account of a long, painful, ecstatic—and unreciprocated—affair with a country that has long fascinated the world. A foreign correspondent on a simple story becomes, over time and in the pages of this book, a lover of Haiti, pursuing the heart of this beautiful and confounding land into its darkest corners and brightest clearings. Farewell, Fred Voodoo is a journey into the depths of the human soul as well as a vivid portrayal of the nation’s extraordinary people and their uncanny resilience. Haiti has found in Amy Wilentz an author of astonishing wit, sympathy, and eloquence.
