Download or read book Gods of the City written by Robert A. Orsi and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1999-07-22 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fascinating insights into modern urban religious practice make Orsi's collection a must-read." -- Publishers Weekly "The essays provide insight into the cultural creativity, reinterpretation of worship and religious ingenuity of city people over the last 50 years." -- Library Journal "At last, a major dissection of the great mystery in modern Americanlife -- how religion and spirituality prospered amidst industrialization,urbanization, and rampant technological change after 1880!" -- Jon Butler, Yale University "Urban religion" strikes many as an oxymoron. How can religion thrive in the alienated, secular, fast-paced, and materialistic world of the modern, Western city? The authors in this collection believe that cities not only can provide the settings for religious expression, but also are material to the experiences which give rise to those religious expressions. In this book, they explore the distinctly urban forms of religious experience and practice that have developed in relation to the spaces, social conditions, and history of American cities.

Download or read book Magico Religious Groups and Ritualistic Activities written by Tony M. Kail and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-03-20 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman lays unconscious on the floor surrounded by charcoaled symbols, burning candles, a bowl of viscous red liquid, and an array of dried herbs. Was this a healing ritual gone wrong or just straightforward foul play? Increasingly, first responders must deal with foreign practices and cultures that are often disturbing in their unfamiliarity. Und

Download or read book New Art of Cuba written by Luis Camnitzer and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting with the groundbreaking 1981 exhibit called "Volumen I," New Art of Cuba provided the first comprehensive look at the works of the first generation of Cuban artists completely shaped by the 1959 revolution. This revised edition includes a new epilogue that discusses developments in Cuban art since the book's publication in 1994, including the exodus of artists in the early 1990s, the effects of the new dollar economy on the status of artists, and the shift away from socialist themes to more personal concerns in the artists' works. Twenty-four new color plates augment the more than 200 b&w illustrations of the original volume.

Download or read book Sea El Santisimo A Manual for Misa Espiritual Mediumship Development written by Mario Dos Ventos and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SEA EL SANTISIMO sets out to be an alternative, English language primer for the practice of Espiritismo and Mediumship Development. While there are many different types of spiritual religions in the modern world today, Espiritismo (Caribbean Spiritism) is a widely known spiritist practice of Caribbean cultures. This manual provides detailed information based on the principals that an Espiritista would live by, a 'how to' guide on performing Misa Espiritual, information on setting up and work a 'boveda' and how to do novenas to the saints and spirits. Also included are the celebrations for the Day of the Dead, songs for Misa Espiritual and prayers for La Madama, El Congo and many Saints.

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 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary: In this first-person account, Todd Ramón Ochoa explores Palo, a poorly-understood Kongo-inspired 'society of afflication' at the margins of Cuban popular religion. Narrated as an encounter with two teachers of Palo, the book unfolds on the outskirts of Havana.

Download or read book Situated Narratives and Sacred Dance written by Jill Flanders Crosby and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2023-02-14 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using storytelling and performance to explore shared religious expression across continents Through a revolutionary ethnographic approach that foregrounds storytelling and performance as alternative means of knowledge, Situated Narratives and Sacred Dance explores shared ritual traditions between the Anlo-Ewe people of West Africa and their descendants, the Arará of Cuba, who were brought to the island in the transatlantic slave trade. The volume draws on two decades of research in four communities: Dzodze, Ghana; Adjodogou, Togo; and Perico and Agramonte, Cuba. In the ceremonies, oral narratives, and daily lives of individuals at each fieldsite, the authors not only identify shared attributes in religious expression across continents, but also reveal lasting emotional, spiritual, and personal impacts in the communities whose ancestors were ripped from their homeland and enslaved. The authors layer historiographic data, interviews, and fieldnotes with artistic modes such as true fiction, memoir, and choreographed narrative, challenging the conventional nature of scholarship with insights gained from sensorial experience. Including reflections on the making of an art installation based on this research project, the volume challenges readers to imagine the potential of approaching fieldwork as artists. The authors argue that creative methods can convey truths deeper than facts, pointing to new possibilities for collaboration between scientists and artists with relevance to any discipline. Publication of the paperback edition made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Download or read book Buried Secrets written by Edward Humes and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2014-03-09 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist comes what Publishers Weekly called the “definitive study” of the grisly mass killings in Matamoros, Mexico. In the 1980’s, Adolfo Constanzo, devotee of Santería and powerful cult leader opened shop in Mexico City as a fortune-teller. He soon realized that there were greater profits in drug money than the occult, and as his status grew in the drug trade, so too did his legendary brutality. Kidnappings, torture, and murder were three weapons in his arsenal that he used to keep a vice grip on the drug trade. In Buried Secrets, Edward Humes explores the intersections of the drug trade and politics in a way that still resonates today, touching upon the religious elements that play into the iconic status of drug kingpins. This unflinching, unforgettable story is brought to vivid, terrifying life in “one of the best true-crime tales in recent time” (Publishers Weekly). “Chilling . . . A masterful job.” —The Washington Post “Terrific . . . A highly readable, authoritative account of a particularly gruesome chapter in border history.” —The Dallas Morning News “A chilling story of murder and religious mania.” —Library Journal

Download or read book PALO MAYOMBE SPIRITS RITUALS SPELLS PALO MAYOMBE PALO MONTE KIMBISA written by CARLOS ANTONIO DE BOURBON-GALDIANO-MONTENEGRO and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-05-12 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the authentic mysteries of the Afro-Caribbean religious traditions of Palo Mayombe, Palo Monte and Kimbisa in a very revealing book which includes the Congo religious history, Congo Spirits, Initiations, Spells & Rituals, Invocations, Prayers and Sacred spirit signatures of the Congo Spirits. This book explains in full detail how to prepare a Spiritual Cauldron more commonly known as "Caldero Espiritual" and how to prepare the Congo Spirit Lucero. This book was written as a "How To" book for initiated and non-initiated individuals.This is a great introduction book for individuals who would like to learn more about the Congo religious tradition as found and practiced in the Caribbean.

Download or read book Excited Delirium written by Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2024-06-24 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1980, Charles Wetli---a Miami-based medical examiner and self-proclaimed “cult expert” of Afro-Caribbean religions---identified what he called “excited delirium syndrome.” Soon, medical examiners began using the syndrome regularly to describe the deaths of Black men and women during interactions with police. Police and medical examiners claimed that Black people with so-called excited delirium exhibited superhuman strength induced from narcotics abuse. It was fatal heart failure that killed them, examiners said, not forceful police restraints. In Excited Delirium, Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús examines this fabricated medical diagnosis and its use to justify and erase police violence against Black and Brown communities. Exposing excited delirium syndrome’s flawed diagnostic criteria, she outlines its inextricable ties to the criminalization of Afro-Latiné religions. Beliso-De Jesús demonstrates that it is yet a further example of the systemic racism that pervades law enforcement in which the culpability for state violence is shifted from the state onto its victims. In so doing, she furthers understanding of the complex layers of medicalized state-sanctioned violence against people of color in the United States.

Download or read book Narco Cults written by Tony M. Kail and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Those who know about how spirituality plays into the world of drug smuggling have likely heard of Santa Muerte, Jesus Malverde, and Santer but the details of the more obscure African religions and Latin American folk saints and cults often remain a mystery. While the vast majority of these religions are practiced by law-abiding citizens with no co

Download or read book El Que Me La Hace Me La Paga written by Domingo B. Lage and published by Palibrio. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El sueño de un exiliado cubano, todo comienzo un 1 de Abril de 1980, tome la dedición de salir de mi país por medio de una embajada, con la intención de llegar a estados unidos, sabiendo que para lo que yo quería lograr, tenía que salir mi tierra adorada Cuba, tal vez en Miami sería mucho más fácil, siempre desde muy niño soñé y admire a los grandes escritores sabios, como ha mi ídolo José Maria Vargas Vila y mi guía espiritual literario, como varios espiritistas y tatas lo han nombrado como el escribano, & otros tantos mas. Y soñaba con que algún día podría ser como uno de ellos, siguiendo paso a paso cada uno de los consejos de mis maestros, mi padrino y abuelo. Que también fueron como mis padres siendo ellos unos grandes sabios en la religión, que lograría mis sueños. Pues siempre dedique con cariño y respeto todos lo que me decían así me forcé a estudiar sin olvidarme de la gran importancia que ellos eran para mí, no la ambición nunca de ser mejor que ellos, porque aquí es donde está el detalle, pero si le seguiría sus pasos. Que nunca nos podemos olvidar que cada maestro guarda en su marga una carta de triunfo, los maestros te enseñan de eso estoy seguro que el ultimo brinco no te lo enseñaran jamás. Como todos sabemos lo que pasa un extranjero al llegar a este país, más aun cuando uno es de la piel oscura, que el egoísmo el racismo y la envidia esta en primeras planas de esas personas ignorantes que no conocen la filosofía, recuerdo cuando era un adolescente, leí un escrito de mi gran maestro espiritual (el viejo Vila) que dijo solo aquellos ignorantes desconocen que solamente existe una raza y es la raza humana. Ignorantes y falta de ética humana. Ndula congo Monikiamboto. Entuala Kongo.

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Download or read book Y el Viento Volvi written by Topiltzin II and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Puede darse la felicidad sin dolor? El hombre se empena en ser feliz evitando a toda costa el sufrimiento, sin entender que el dolor -de parto- es el preludio de la felicidad.

Download or read book Alquimia Interior written by Zulma Reyo and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2022-02-14 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "e;Trabajar con Zulma Reyo ha sido una experiencia que me ha cambiado la vida. Atesora un oceano de sabiduria."e; Sir Christopher Hohn, hedge fund manager y filantropoPara aquellos que quieren una comprension mas profunda del mundo en el que vivimos, para aquellos que quieren ver el cambio y saben que este empieza por ellos mismos, Alquimia Interior ofrece un camino hacia la paz interior, el sentido, el proposito, la alegria y la sabiduria.En esta guia practica de la conciencia vas a descubrir conceptos clave relacionados con el trabajo energetico, como por ejemplo los chakras y los siete rayos, los reinos astrales y dimensionales, el karma, la gratitud y los suenos. Las mas de 45 visualizaciones, meditaciones y ejercicios, muchos bellamente ilustrados, te van a permitir cosechar beneficios para tu bienestar espiritual, tu salud fisica y mental, y tus relaciones, contribuyendo a que se produzca un cambio que te permita pasar de la importancia personal a la conexion universal.Alquimia Interior revela tu verdadero poder, inteligencia y el impacto que puedes tener en el mundo, ayudandote a aprender que la transformacion personal es una manera de asegurar el cambio en la sociedad y en el mundo. Te muestra el camino y te ofrece las claves para que lo recorras en plenitud."e;Alquimia Interior de Zulma Reyo es un tesoro de sabiduria metafisica, resultado de la dedicada practica espiritual de la autora durante decadas. El libro incluye no solo una fascinante exploracion de la conciencia, sino que tambien proporciona ejercicios practicos para su uso en la vida diaria. Esta guia exhaustiva para el autodominio allana el camino a los lectores con el fin de que puedan transformar sus vidas."e; Mark Gober, conferenciante y autor de An End to Upside Down Thinking

Download or read book Palo Brakamundo written by Carlos Alberto Rojas Calder N. and published by Palibrio. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Renovacion written by Susi Calvo and published by Palibrio. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Este libro trata sobre un ángel que busca respuestas. Conecta con diferentes entidades para conocer cual es su misión. En la medida en que pasas las páginas, experimentas la sensación de viajar con él a otros mundos. Conocerás algo más del mundo angélico y profundizaras en el tuyo. Susi Calvo, nacida en Barcelona, España. Canaliza entidades de Alta Frecuencia desde 1987. Trabaja con los ángeles en cursos y sesiones privadas y recibe instrucciones de una entidad de Sirio, impartiendo sus cursos por todo el planeta. Este es el segundo libro de la colección "MIS CUADERNOS DE PRACTICAS", en el que entidades de niveles superiores comparten sus vivencias con nosotros. Querido lector, toma lápiz y papel cada vez que leas uno de estos cuadernos de prácticas, porque a través de ellos recibirás pautas para avanzar y conectar con tu Yo Superior.