Raul J Canizares

Cuban Santeria

Walking with the Night

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Initiated into Santeria at the age of seven, Raul Canizares unveils the secret world of this rapidly growing Afro-Cuban religion. With the knowledge of an insider and the insight of a scholar, Canizares examines the practice of Santeria, revealing its hidden dimensions and unique mix of African, Cuban, and Catholic traditions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9780892817627
• ISBN-10: 0892817623
• Artikelnr.: 21906826

Autorenporträt

Raul Canizares (1955-2002) was head of the Santeria Temple Orisha Consciousness Movement in Manhattan and the author of Shango: An African-American Titan.

Inhaltsangabe

Cuban Santeria
Walking with the Night
Preface
Acknowledgments
Foreword by William J. Heim
Introduction
Chapter 1 Mantilla
Chapter 2 Legacy
Chapter 3 Evolution and Survival of Santeria
Chapter 4 Hierarchy
Chapter 5 Syncretism or Dissimulation
Chapter 6 Santeria's Orishas
Chapter 7 Oro: Divine Music
Chapter 8 Santeria and Espiritismo
Chapter 9 Ebbo: Sacrifice
Chapter 10 The Secret of the Werewolf
Chapter 11 Ewe Orisha: The Use of Herbs and Plants in Santeria
Chapter 12 Charada China
Chapter 13 The Dark Side of Santeria
Chapter 14 Santeria: World Religion?
Appendix I Blacks in Cuba: An Overview
Appendix II Ifa
Glossary
Bibliography
Index