Download or read book The Book of Treaties and Covenants Palo Mayombe written by Domingo B. Lage and published by Palibrio. This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brothers, this beautiful book purpose is to teach all those lost Paleros that one way or another, those things their sponsors have not made efforts to teach. My commitment has always been oriented, but unfortunately one of redemptive will always want to crucify as an old saying. Do not ask a favor because they feel offended Indian." Now I present this entire message for all the children of the religion who want to learn, without disturbing their Mayors, because it's no disrespect to learn, because respect is exceeded wisdom not be able to learn what he could, does not become what that is a layman who knows nothing but tell lies. Their is only one stick in China and Japan. For those critics who frown upon by my literature, and who spend time talking nonsense of religion and are always the same and fail, like those I have spoke of. book Domingo B. Lage Entuala Kongo.

Download or read book Nganga written by Fay Muir and published by Black Dog Books. This book was released on 2018 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synopsis coming soon.......

Download or read book Creole Religions of the Caribbean written by Margarite Fernández Olmos and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2003-08 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creolization—the coming together of diverse beliefs and practices to form new beliefs and practices-is one of the most significant phenomena in Caribbean religious history. Brought together in the crucible of the sugar plantation, Caribbean peoples drew on the variants of Christianity brought by European colonizers, as well as on African religious and healing traditions and the remnants of Amerindian practices, to fashion new systems of belief. Creole Religions of the Caribbean offers a comprehensive introduction to the syncretic religions that have developed in the region. From Vodou, Santería, Regla de Palo, the Abakuá Secret Society, and Obeah to Quimbois and Espiritismo, the volume traces the historical-cultural origins of the major Creole religions, as well as the newer traditions such as Pocomania and Rastafarianism. Chapters devoted to specific traditions trace their history, their pantheons and major rituals, and their current-day expressions in the Caribbean and in the diaspora. The volume also provides a general historical background of the Caribbean region. Creole Religions of the Caribbean is the first text to provide a study of the Creole religions of the Caribbean and will be an indispensable guide to the development of these rich religious traditions and practices. With 23 black and white illustrations

Download or read book The Quest for Therapy in Lower Zaire written by John M. Janzen and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Dr. John M. Janzen describes patterns of healing among the BaKongo of Lower Zaire in Africa, who, like many peoples elsewhere, utilize cosmopolitan medicine alongside traditional healing practices. What criteria, he asks, determine the choice of the alternative therapies? And what is their institutional interrelationship? In seeking answers, he analyzes case histories and cultural contexts to explore what social transactions, decisionmaking, illness and therapy classifications, and resource allocations are used in the choice of therapy by the ill, their kinfolk, friends, asociates, and specialized practitioners. From the Preface: This book presents an "on the ground" ethnographic account of how medical clients of one region of Lower Zaire diagnose illness, select therapies, and evaluate treatments, a process we call "therapy management." The book is intended to clarify a phenomenon of which central African clients have long been cognizant, namely, that medical systems are used in combination. Our study is aimed primarily at readers interested in the practical issues of medical decision-making in an African country, the cultural content of symptoms, and the dynamics of medical pluralism, that is, the existence in a single society of differently designed and conceived medical systems.

Download or read book Death and the Invisible Powers written by Simon Bockie and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[Bockie's] description of Kongo culture is vivid, beautifullyclear, and absolutely authentic, as only a native could make it.... I don't know ofanything of its kind that is both as good, ethnographically, and asreadable." -- Wyatt MacGaffey "Simon Bockie haswritten an engaging, often personal account of the views and behaviors surroundingdeath in his own society, the Kongo of Lower Zaire, northern Angola, and theCongo." -- Cahiers d'Etudes africaines ..". excellentbook of Kongo religious life and thought... " --Religion "It is a book that is remarkably well written, bothfor its readability and for its explanatory value.... the book is a superb startingplace for understanding Kongo religion, and will work as an introduction to Africanreligion in general as well." -- International Journal of African HistoricalStudies ..". an excellent introduction for anyone seeking tounderstand Kongo traditional culture and thought." --Oshun Rich in anecdote and case histories, Death and the InvisiblePowers is a personal account of the spiritual life of the Kongo people. It describesthe ancient traditions that nourish a culture whose name symbolizes the heart ofCentral Africa.

Download or read book Sacred Spaces and Religious Traditions in Oriente Cuba written by Jualynne E. Dodson and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dodson examines the history of traditional religious practices in the Oriente region of contemporary Cuba.

Download or read book EL RAYADO THE SECRETS OF CONGO INITIATIONS PALO MAYOMBE PALO MONTE KIMBISA written by CARLOS ANTONIO DE BOURBON-GALDIANO-MONTENEGRO and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-05-11 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EL RAYADO, THE SECRETS OF CONGO INITIATIONS, PALO MAYOMBE, PALO MONTE, KIMBISA. This book explains how to do the Rayado (Rayamiento) initiation ceremony, Step by Step, (Regla De Congo).

Download or read book Biblical Revelation and African Beliefs written by Kwesi Dickson and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2024-07-25 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this reprinted edition of Biblical Revelation and African Beliefs, the contents of traditional African religions and their relevance to Christian ideas are explored. Through presenting the principal papers of a consultation of African theologians, Dickson and Ellingworth offer an extensive exploration of how these traditional religions and their ideas can enrich and enlighten Christianity in Africa. Rejecting a Eurocentric vision of Christianity in Africa, Biblical Revelation and African Beliefs explores ideas such as the knowledge of God, the notion of power, time, and man, as well as examining the ethical content of African traditional religion and when it can be reconciled to Christian ethics. This group of esteemed African theologians offers a framework for a synthesis between the Christian gospel and African theology, which is illuminating for historians and Christian theologians alike.

Download or read book Kenya Gazette written by and published by . This book was released on 2003-12-05 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kenya Gazette is an official publication of the government of the Republic of Kenya. It contains notices of new legislation, notices required to be published by law or policy as well as other announcements that are published for general public information. It is published every week, usually on Friday, with occasional releases of special or supplementary editions within the week.

Download or read book THE DIVINE SWORD OF EXU THE GRAND QUIMBANDA RITUAL TO INVOKE THE SPIRITS OF DIVINE JUSTICE written by CARLOS ANTONIO DE BOURBON-GALDIANO-MONTENEGRO and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-08-28 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The following Quimbanda ceremonial magic book is a complete ritual about how to invoke the powers of "Divine Justice" of the powerful Spirit Exu as delivered to me by the Highest of all Angels, Exu Maioral. All of the following sacred rituals and ceremonies should be followed exactly as they are presented here in this book if you want to experience the spiritual benefits of the Afro-Brazilian religious tradition known as Quimbanda. I hope that your spiritual journey into the religious mysteries of Quimbanda will be as enjoyable and positive as they have been for me over the past years. Children of Nzambi, I present to you, The Grand Quimbanda Ritual to Invoke the Spirits of Divine Justice - THE DIVINE SWORD OF EXU.

Download or read book Journal of the Royal African Society written by African Society and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Healers in the Night written by Eric de Rosny and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2004-05-10 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mysterious the sway of the masters of the night! Of what unsubjugated region of myself had they taken possession? Did they occupy the realm where dreams are born and bred? Had they seized the spot where the most contrary desires mingle - the one to kill and the one to love, the one to make suffer and the one to adore, the phantasms born of water and fire, blood and death, in a perpetual maelstrom like the one I had seen with my own eyes in the course of the night seances at the hands of the 'ngangas'? There must be a hidden relationship, I thought, a secret pact, between the 'ngangas' and myself. Nothing else could have explained the fascination I felt when I was among them. Since childhood I had always wanted to reach other cultural worlds - to get as far away as I could from my own roots. And now that I had done so, I had the feeling of having arrived in a familiar land. From the book

Download or read book Journal of the African Society written by African Society and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Society of the Dead written by Todd Ramón Ochoa and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2010-10-28 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a riveting first-person account, Todd Ramón Ochoa explores Palo, a Kongo-inspired "society of affliction" that is poorly understood at the margins of Cuban popular religion. Narrated as an encounter with two teachers of Palo, the book unfolds on the outskirts of Havana as it recounts Ochoa's attempts to assimilate Palo praise of the dead. As he comes to terms with a world in which everyday events and materials are composed of the dead, Ochoa discovers in Palo unexpected resources for understanding the relationship between matter and spirit, for rethinking anthropology's rendering of sorcery, and for representing the play of power in Cuban society. The first fully detailed treatment of the world of Palo, Society of the Dead draws upon recent critiques of Western metaphysics as it reveals what this little known practice can tell us about sensation, transformation, and redemption in the Black Atlantic.

Download or read book Developing the Dead written by Diana Espírito Santo and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite its powerful influence on Cuban culture, Espiritismo has often been overlooked by scholars. Developing the Dead is the first in-depth exploration of contemporary Espiritismo in Cuba. Based on extensive fieldwork among religious practitioners and their clients in Havana, this book makes the surprising claim that Spiritist practices are fundamentally a project of developing the self. When mediums cultivate relationships between the living and the dead, argues Diana Espírito Santo, they develop, learn, sense, dream, and connect to multiple spirits (muertos), expanding the borders of the self. This understanding of selfhood is radically different from Enlightenment ideas of an autonomous, bounded self and holds fascinating implications for prophecy, healing, and self-consciousness. Developing the Dead shows how Espiritismo’s self-making process permeates all aspects of life, not only for its own practitioners but also for those of other Afro-Cuban religions.

Download or read book At the Back of the Black Man s Mind written by Richard Edward Dennett and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1968 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1906, this account aims to show that the religious African has a much higher conception of God than was generally acknowledged. It considers West African religion and its effect of African modes of thought.

Download or read book Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology written by Heather M. Garvin and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-10-16 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a set of unique case studies written by an international group of practicing forensic anthropologists, Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology: Bonified Skeletons prepares students and professionals for the diverse range of cases and challenges they will encounter in the field. Every forensic anthropology case is unique. Practitioners routinely face new challenges and unexpected outcomes. Courses and introductory texts generally address standard or ideal cases. In practice, however, forensic anthropologists must improvise frequently during forensic archaeological recoveries and laboratory analyses based on case circumstances. Most forensic anthropologists have encountered unconventional cases with surprising results. While these cases act as continuing education for practitioners—better preparing them for future encounters— such learning opportunities may be limited by the extent of personal experiences. This text exposes practitioners and students to a diverse array of case examples they may not otherwise encounter, sharing experiential knowledge and contributing to the advancement the field. Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology aims to both prepare aspiring forensic anthropologists and inform current practitioners. The cases are interesting and unique, detailing how specific challenges contribute to the body of forensic anthropological knowledge and practice. Key Features Full-color photographs illustrate the scenes and skeletal features "Lessons Learned" sections for each case study emphasize take-away points Thought-provoking "Discussion Questions" encourage readers to think critically and facilitate group discussions Actual case experiences by diverse array of forensic anthropologists who discuss innovative methods and unique challenges