Ócha'ni Lele

Sacrificial Ceremonies of Santería (eBook, ePUB)

A Complete Guide to the Rituals and Practices

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The first book to explore the history, methods, and thinking behind sacrifice in the growing Santería faith • Explains the animal sacrifice ceremony in step-by-step detail • Shares the ancient African sacred stories that reveal the well-thought-out metaphysics and spirituality behind the practice of animal sacrifice • Chronicles the legal fight all the way to its 1993 U.S. Supreme Court victory to establish legal protection for the Santería faith and its practitioners Tackling the biggest controversy surrounding his faith, Santería priest Ócha'ni Lele explains for the first time in print the practice and importance of animal sacrifice as a religious sacrament. Describing the animal sacrifice ceremony in step-by-step detail, including the songs and chants used, he examines the thinking and metaphysics behind the ritual and reveals the deep connections to the odu of the diloggún--the source of all practices in this Afro-Cuban faith. Tracing the legal battle spearheaded by Oba Ernesto Pichardo, head of the Church of the Lukumi of Babaluaiye, over the right to practice animal sacrifice as a religious sacrament, Lele chronicles the fight all the way to its 1993 U.S. Supreme Court victory, which established legal protection for the Santería faith and its practitioners. Weaving together oral fragments stemming from the ancient Yoruba of West Africa, the author reconstructs their sacred stories, or patakís, that demonstrate the well-thought-out metaphysics and spirituality behind the practice of animal sacrifice in the Yoruba and Santería religion, including explanations about why each animal can be regarded as food for both humans and the orisha as well as how sacrifice is not limited to animals. Shedding light on the extraordinary global growth of this religion over the past 50 years, Lele's guide to the sacrificial ceremonies of Santería enables initiates to learn proper ceremony protocol as well as gives outsiders a glimpse into this most secretive world of the santeros.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781594775000
• Artikelnr.: 37965681

Autorenporträt

Author of The Secrets of Afro-Cuban Divination, Ócha'ni Lele (1966-2019) was immersed in the underground culture of Orisha worship in 1989. By 1995 he had received several initiations in both Santeria and the Congo faith Palo Mayombe and in 2000 he made Ocha and was crowned a Santeria priest.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Work and Worship
1 The Sacrament of Sacrifice in the Lucumí Faith
An Overview
2 Olódumare and the Orishas
God in Lucumí Belief
3 First Phase of the Globalization of the Lucumí Faith
From Nigeria to Cuba
4 Second Phase of the Globalization of the Lucumí Faith
From Cuba to the United States
5 The Legal Battle for Lucumí in the United States
Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah
6 Preparations for Sacrifice
The Protocols of Lucumí Ritual
7 Blood and Honey
The Sacrificial Ritual
8 The Patakís behind the Sacrificial Tradition
Sacred Stories of the Lucumí
Notes
Bibliography
Glossary
Index