Ritual Use of Plants in Lucum’ Tradition 3rd edition
Ritual Use of Plants in Lucum’ Tradition 3rd edition

Author: Maria Oggunbemi

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2015-09-16

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1329559010

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The Ritual Use of Plants in Lucumi Tradition is an in depth look at the importance of plants for the Lucumi community. Explains why certain plants have hierarchical position and power for healing and why they are essential for the completion of Lucumi rituals.Includes translations of over thirty patakins, with the English, Spanish, Anago and Latin scientific names and sixteen black and white photos. A CD with color photos of over fifty plants is available at www.oggunbemi.com. The author, Maria Oggunbemi is a student of Lucumi tradition, Osainista and Oba Oriate. She has extensively researched the language and the ethno-botany of the Lucumi religion as it is practiced in Cuba and the diaspora. Her first book, The Anago Language of Cuba focused on the language used in Lucumi rituals for songs, prayers, rituals of consecration, initiation healing and celebration."

Obí Agbón
Obí Agbón

Author: Miguel Willie Ramos

Publisher: Miguel "Willie" Ramos

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1877845116

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English-Language Book. This book is an in-depth and analytical study of Lukumí Obí Divination. In addition, it is intended to serve as a practical guide for the young olorisha.

Babalawo
Babalawo

Author: Frank Eyiogbe

Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide

Published: 2015-02-08

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 0738744085

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Cuban Ifá From An Insider Hidden within the mysterious Afro-Cuban religion of Santería, also known as Lucumí, there is a deep body of secrets and rituals called Ifá. This book pulls away the veil of secrecy to reveal exactly what Ifá is and how it works, exploring its history, cosmology, Orichas, initiations, mythology, offerings, and sacrifices. Join Frank Baba Eyiogbe in this fascinating introduction that discusses the functions of the babalawo, the role of women, the future of Ifá, and much more. Praise: "A wonderful and much needed addition to the literature on Afro-Cuban religion. Engagingly written, scholarly while remaining accessible . . . it presents an up-to-date exposition of both the history and contemporary philosophy of one of the world's most complex systems of divination."mdash;Stephan Palmié, Chair of the Department of Anthropology and Social Sciences at the University of Chicago and author of The Cooking of History: How Not to Study Afro-Cuban Religion

The Anagó Language of Cuba
The Anagó Language of Cuba

Author: Maria Oggun Gbemi

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2012-11-13

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 1300405554

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An examination of the Anagó language of Cuba. Based on over 25 years of field research in Cuba, Venezuela and the United States. The Anagó language is used in Lucumí religious ceremonies and celebrations in Cuba and throughout the diaspora. Includes a historical and linguistic overview along with examples of Anagó from academic, folkloric and religious context.

The Gut
The Gut

Author: Elizabeth Pérez

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2023-01-05

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 1009032925

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If the head is religion, the gut is magic. Taking up this provocation, this Element delves into the digestive system within transnational Afro-Diasporic religions such as Haitian Vodou, Brazilian Candomblé, and Cuban Lucumí (also called Santería). It draws from the ethnographic and archival record to probe the abdomen as a vital zone of sensory perception, amplified in countless divination verses, myths, rituals, and recipes for ethnomedical remedies. Provincializing the brain as only one locus of reason, it seeks to expand the notion of 'mind' and expose the anti-Blackness that still prevents Black Atlantic knowledges from being accepted as such. The Element examines gut feelings, knowledge, and beings in the belly; African precedents for the Afro-Diasporic gut-brain axis; post-sacrificial offerings in racist fantasy and everyday reality; and the strong stomachs and intestinal fortitude of religious ancestors. It concludes with a reflection on kinship and the spilling of guts in kitchenspaces.

On the Orishas' Roads and Pathways
On the Orishas' Roads and Pathways

Author: Miguel Ramos

Publisher:

Published: 2019-03

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781877845192

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Third volume in the On the Orishas' Roads and Pathways series. This book discusses Yemojá, Orisha of the waters and motherhood.