Palo Mayombe

Palo Mayombe

Author: Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780956720399

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Palo Mayombe: The Garden of Blood and Bones is an initiate's account of this much maligned cult whose central nigromantic mystery is the prenda, the cauldron containing the human skull or bones, reanimated by living spirit. Nicholaj de Mattos Frisvold traces the roots of Palo Mayombe back to Kongolese sorcery, the warrior and leopard societies, and the impact of the Portugese Mission. The original African faith is carried in chains across the abysmal waters of Kalunga and it flowers in Cuba as a New World Creole religion and cult. Yet Palo Mayombe can only be truly understood in the light of a highly developed African cosmology. In drawing parallels with the ancient Greek practice of necromancy, and the grimoire tradition, Frisvold also considers the Western tradition, showing what we have lost in our denial of the dead and the cult of the ancestors. The magical head of Palo Mayombe in its three-legged iron cauldron has implications for understanding our own histories, whether Odin, Baphomet, Bran, John the Baptist or Orpheus. The Misa Espiritual suggests one way in which we can reforge that vital connection and resurrect both our dead and ourselves. The Garden of Blood and Bones gives explicit detail of the workings of Palo Mayombe for good and ill, the method of divination, the herbs, animals, trees and plants, powders, baths and waters, the songs and chants. It presents a complete living system one which embraces both the arts of healing and resurrection, and those that remove life. This study confronts the sinister and violent aspects of the cult, but rather than purveying lurid sensationalism expresses the deep dignity and integrity of its nature; it is intended to serve as a guide for practising Paleros and those seeking initiation. With access to rare materials, pamphlets, booklets and unpublished field notes, this is the most comprehensive study of Palo Mayombe to date. Santeros and practitioners of Vodou will also find much to ponder within these pages.


The Sacred Language of the Abakuá

The Sacred Language of the Abakuá

Author: Lydia Cabrera

Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

Published: 2020-12-28

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 1496829476

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In 1988, Lydia Cabrera (1899–1991) published La lengua sagrada de los Ñáñigos, an Abakuá phrasebook that is to this day the largest work available on any African diaspora community in the Americas. In the early 1800s in Cuba, enslaved Africans from the Cross River region of southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon created Abakuá societies for protection and mutual aid. Abakuá rites reenact mythic legends of the institution’s history in Africa, using dance, chants, drumming, symbolic writing, herbs, domestic animals, and masked performers to represent African ancestors. Criminalized and scorned in the colonial era, Abakuá members were at the same time contributing to the creation of a unique Cuban culture, including rumba music, now considered a national treasure. Translated for the first time into English, Cabrera’s lexicon documents phrases vital to the creation of a specific African-derived identity in Cuba and presents the first “insider’s” view of this African heritage. This text presents thoroughly researched commentaries that link hundreds of entries to the context of mythic rites, skilled ritual performance, and the influence of Abakuá in Cuban society and popular music. Generously illustrated with photographs and drawings, the volume includes a new introduction to Cabrera’s writing as well as appendices that situate this important work in Cuba’s history. With the help of living Abakuá specialists in Cuba and the US, Ivor L. Miller and P. González Gómes-Cásseres have translated Cabrera’s Spanish into English for the first time while keeping her meanings and cultivated style intact, opening this seminal work to new audiences and propelling its legacy in African diaspora studies.


The Diloggún

The Diloggún

Author: Ócha'ni Lele

Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co

Published: 2003-07-28

Total Pages: 636

ISBN-13: 9780892819126

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The first book on Santer�s holiest divination system, the Diloggun. Explores the lore surrounding this mysterious oracle, the living Bible of one of the world's fastest growing faiths. Examines each family of " odu" and how their actions affect the spiritual development of the individual. An indispensable guide to the mysteries of the orishas.


The Secrets of Afro-Cuban Divination

The Secrets of Afro-Cuban Divination

Author: Ócha'ni Lele

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2000-09-01

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1594778612

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The first book to provide complete, specific instructions on casting the Diloggún, the cowrie-shell oracle of the Orishas. • Provides step-by-step instructions never before published, detailing requirements and procedure for casting the Diloggún. • Includes a detailed “mojuba” or prayer used to awaken the Orishas (spirit entities) for divination. • Devotes an entire chapter to each of the twelve basic Odu (random patterns in which the sixteen shells fall), providing ritual mechanics and oracular meanings for all possible castings. The Afro-Cuban faith, known to outsiders as Santeria and to adherents as Las Reglas de Ocha de Los Lucumi, is not a static religion but a living conduit of energy for connecting the spirit world to our own. It came to the New World with the slave trade where it has evolved in response to the surrounding culture. For adherents of Lucumi, the Diloggún is the most important focus of worship: the sacred shells reveal the forces at play in an adherent's life. These forces are redefined and placated by the Orisha priest, who makes direct contact with the spirit world in an effort to help the adherent evolve. While many books have been published about Santeria, The Secrets of Afro-Cuban Divination is the first to provide complete information on how to cast the Diloggún, including opening, reading, and closing the oracle, and how to give a comprehensive reading. With a detailed discussion about why each prayer is offered and insight into the metaphysical core of the religion, this book will bring those seeking the wisdom of the Diloggún closer to the living Orishas than they have ever been.


Necromantic Sorcery

Necromantic Sorcery

Author: Dante Abiel

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2014-11-20

Total Pages: 206

ISBN-13: 9781731541888

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Learn how to perform the most dangerously powerful rituals of Saturnian Necromancy. Raise the demonic forces of black magick to exploit the spirits of the dead and contact the Other Side with the forbidden rites of death magick. Tablet of Death Foreword p.5 Introduction p.13 Initiation, Grimoire & Spellbook Ch. 1 - Theory & Practice p.23 Ch. 2 - Human Ritual Relics p.27 Ch. 3 - Raising the Dead p.45 Ch. 4 - Order of the 13th Judgement p.57 Ch. 5 - The Book of Azrael p.95 Ch. 6 - Old Gods of a New Path p.105 Ch. 7 - Vodoun Rises p.127 Ch. 8 - Crossing Paths p.151 Ch. 9 - Forbidden Death Magick p.159 Ch. 10 - Returning Home p.171 Ch. 11 - Zandor & the Secret of the Congo p.181 Ch. 12 - Reconciliation p.189 Addenda Manifestations of the Left Palm p.191 Glossary p.199


PALO MAYOMBE SPIRITS - RITUALS - SPELLS PALO MAYOMBE - PALO MONTE - KIMBISA

PALO MAYOMBE SPIRITS - RITUALS - SPELLS PALO MAYOMBE - PALO MONTE - KIMBISA

Author: CARLOS ANTONIO DE BOURBON-GALDIANO-MONTENEGRO

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2012-05-12

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 1105753905

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Explore the authentic mysteries of the Afro-Caribbean religious traditions of Palo Mayombe, Palo Monte and Kimbisa in a very revealing book which includes the Congo religious history, Congo Spirits, Initiations, Spells & Rituals, Invocations, Prayers and Sacred spirit signatures of the Congo Spirits. This book explains in full detail how to prepare a Spiritual Cauldron more commonly known as "Caldero Espiritual" and how to prepare the Congo Spirit Lucero. This book was written as a "How To" book for initiated and non-initiated individuals.This is a great introduction book for individuals who would like to learn more about the Congo religious tradition as found and practiced in the Caribbean.


Sacrificial Ceremonies of Santería

Sacrificial Ceremonies of Santería

Author: Ócha'ni Lele

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-08-22

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1594775001

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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.


Belial

Belial

Author: Asenath Mason

Publisher: Nine Demonic Gatekeepers Saga

Published: 2019-01-24

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9781795069328

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Behold Earth's most complete guide to the black magick of Belial, humanity's official contact with the first Demonic Gatekeeper from the Outer Darkness. None enter into the Infernal Empire without first passing through Belial's Gate. This four-grimoire compendium by top black magicians E.A. Koetting, Kurtis Joseph, Asenath Mason & Edgar Kerval reveals the TRUE story of Belial and the Ancient Covenant between demons and humans for the FIRST time ever. * Embark on a magick journey with the Nine Demonic Gatekeepers Saga, featuring humanity's official contact with prehistoric diplomats from the Outer Darkness: Belial, Lucifer, Azazel, Abaddon, Lucifuge, Beelzebub, Baal, Asmodeus & Satan. Available only with Become A Living God, this series features the world's top authors like E.A. Koetting, Kurtis Joseph, Asenath Mason, Michael W. Ford, S. Connolly, and many more. * View a table of contents below: Timothy - Prologue Book 1 - E.A. Koetting - Grimoire of Belial Ch.1 - Introduction p.21 Ch.2 - Darkness Communion p.23 Ch.3 - Blind Sight p.33 Ch.4 - Mirror Gate p.41 Ch.5 - Evocation p.51 Ch.6 - Possession p.71 Ch.7 - Channelings & Conclusions p.79 Book 2 - Kurtis Joseph - Alchemy of Belial Ch.8 - The Fools Journey p.89 Ch.9 - Revelation of the Birthright of Man p.93 Ch.10 - Rejection of the Infernal Pact p.99 Ch.11 - The Temple of Kliffothic Pact p.107 Ch.12 - The Triangle & Circle of Art p.109 Ch.13 - Ritual of the Kliffothic Alignment p.115 Ch.14 - Ritual of the Kliffothic Intrusion p.121 Ch.15 - Sounds of Silence p.125 Ch.16 - Wielding the Power of the Silent Sounds p.137 Ch.17 - The Shells of Creation p.139 Book 3 - Asenath Mason - The Revealed Path of Belial Ch.18 - The Path of Belial p.149 Ch.19 - The Sigil of Belial p.153 Ch.20 - Invocation of the Demon King p.155 Ch.21 - The Gate to the Abyss p.159 Ch.22 - The Temple of Belial p.167 Ch.23 - The Eye of the Demon King p.171 Ch.24 - The Mysteries of the Reaper p. 175 Ch.25 - Gnosis of the Threshold p.183 Book 4 - Edgar Kerval - The Hidden Path of Belial Ch.26 - The Masks of Belial p.189 Ch.27 - The Assumption of the Shadows of Belial p.195 Ch.28 - Atavistic Chants of Levitation p.197 Ch.29 - Deific Masks of Belial p.199 Ch.30 - Pylons of the Sacred Fire of Belial p.203 Ch.31 - Through the Tunnels of Belial p.207 Become A Living God p.213


The Book on Palo

The Book on Palo

Author: Raul Canizares

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780942272666

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Ten years in the making, The Book on Palo: Wisdom of Don Demetrio will be an invaluable addition to your library of precious books. Before, this book was considered too intense for publication, but these are intense times we live in and the time is now ripe for the Demetrio's wisdom to be shared with the world.