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Is your boyfriend giving you trouble? Are you hoping to get that big raise and promotion soon? Here's everything you need to get started, including a powerful 9-inch doll good for hours of pin-pricking fun, plus a complete guide to tapping your own special voodoo powers. Just watch the terrific results when you do that voodoo that you do so well. 
Secrets of Voodoo  Click on the title to read the Reviews of other customers at Amazon.com 
Buy This Book! A master work of observation and description about the lives and rituals of the Haitian mambos and adepts, and of the history and origins of their religion. 
Santeria
The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts 
                     by Baba Ifa Karade 
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Sacred Possessions : Vodou, Santeria, Obeah, and the Caribbean 
by Margarite Fernandez Olmos (Editor), Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert (Editor), Margarite Fernandez Olmos, Margarite Fernandez-Olmos (Editor) 
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Buy This Book Booknews, Inc. , February 1, 1995
                     Santer<';a is a religion that originated in Nigeria, developed in Cuba during the slave era, and came to the US with Afro-Caribbean immigrants. Here folklorists from UCLA examine the art and artists of the faith, focusing on the garments and altars, their design and creation, and the role of aesthetics in religious celebration. Highly and colorfully illustrated. No index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. --This text refers to the hardcover edition of this title 
Candomble
Sacred Leaves of Candomble : African Magic, Medicine, and Religion in Brazil 
                     by Robert A. Voeks 
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                     Candomble, an African religious and healing tradition that spread to Brazil during the slave trade, relied heavily on the use of plants in its spiritual and medicinal practices. This book traces the origin, diffusion, medicinal use, and meaning of Candomble's healing pharmacopoeia. The author also compares the African system of medicinal plant classification that allowed Candomble to survive and thrive in the New World. 33 photos. 6 maps . 

                     Candomble, an African religious and healing tradition that spread to Brazil during the slave trade, relies  heavily on the use of plants in its spiritual and medicinal practices. This book traces the origin, diffusion, medicinal use, and meaning of Candomble's healing pharmacopoeia - the sacred leaves. This research casts new light on topics ranging from the creation of African American cultures to tropical rain forest healing floras. 

 

The Taste of Blood : Spirit Possession in Brazilian Candomble
                     (Contemporary Ethnography Series) 
                     by Jim Wafer 
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