Haitian Vodou Handbook: Protocols for Riding with the Lwa
by Kenaz Filan
$18.95
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About this book
A working guide to the proper methods of interacting with the full Vodou pantheon. Includes the myths, cultural heritage, and ancestral lineage of the lwa and how to honor and serve them. Provides an introduction and guide that is especially useful for the solitary practitioner. Discusses the relationship between Vodou, Haitian culture, and Catholicism In The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Kenaz Filan, an initiate of the Société la Belle Venus, presents a working guide to the proper methods of interacting with the full Vodou pantheon, explaining how to build respectful relationships with the lwa, the spirits honored in Haitian Vodou, and how to transform the fear that often surrounds the Vodou religion. Until recently, the Haitian practice of Vodou was often identified with devil worship, dark curses, and superstition. Some saw the saint images and the Catholic influences and wrote Vodou off as a “Christian aberration.” Others were appalled by the animal sacrifices and the fact that the Houngans and Mambos charge money for their services. This advice will be especially useful for the solitary practitioner who doesn’t have the personal guidance of a societé available. Filan emphasizes the importance of having a quickened mind that can read the lwa’s desires intuitively in order to avoid establishing dogma-based relationships.
- Author: Kenaz Filan
- Title: Haitian Vodou Handbook: Protocols for Riding with the Lwa
- Publisher/distributor: Simon & Schuster
- ISBN: 9781594771255
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- Kind of book
- For beginners
- Author
- Kenaz Filan
- ISBN
- 9781594771255
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- New York City
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