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A compelling overview of a mysterious subject 
"Secrets of Voodoo" - despite the sensationalistic title, this is an EXCELLENT book Secrets of Voodoo gives a comprehensive overview of the origins, history, theology, beliefs and practices of Haitian voodoo. Includes many B&W photographs of voodoo ceremonies and drawing of voodoo "veves" (graphic representations of the gods, used in ceremonies). This is one of those books that you will find yourself reading over and over again. 

Going where few have gone before. 
I was immediatly fascinated by the title of this book as I have spent time in Haiti surrounded by voudou (very prevalent and a real fact of life there) and have long been interested about the transferance of African belief systems to the U.S. during the slave diaspora. I was captivated by Mr Davis' temerity and cajones getting himself access to an underworld that often chooses not to reveal itself because of it's historical persecution. I too have spent a little time at Oyotunji, an African based "voudou" commune in South Carolina and thought Mr Davis represented them well. For most people the subject of African based spiritual beliefs are shrouded in fear and superstition, stereotype and ignorance. Mr Davis has done an admirable job of shining a light into a historically dark corner in our Country. This is a book I wish I could have written! 
Peter   from Ft Myers, FL 

American Voudou was recenly chosen as one of the exceptional books of 1998 by the publications The A List, Library Booknotes and Bookman. The books chosen for this award are the top 200 in a field of 25,000, according to Bookman Review Syndicate. We are very proud to have a book of this calibre in our spring list and we congratulate Rod Davis on his achievement. 

Mr. Davis is an award-winning journalist and magazine editor who has taught writing at the University of Texas at Austin and Southern Methodist University in Dallas. A fifth-generation Texan, he has lived most of his life in Texas and the South, currently residing in Birmingham, Alabama, where he is senior editor of Cooking Light, a Time, Inc. magazine. --This text refers to the hardcover edition of this title 

The author, Rod Davis
Voudou is an important religion, poorly understood. 
My purpose in writing this book was to find what had happened to this important African religion brought to America in the course of the slave trade. Because of the systematic repression of voudou, its true nature has been lost or contorted. In the main, it is still largely misunderstood and caricatured. In my book, I recount the ways it has held on, whether in echoes inside Christian worship, such as the Spiritual churches of New Orleans, or in certain kinds of hoodoo practices, which are not really voudou but have connections to the old ways. The recent efforts by African-American spiritual seekers such as the villagers of Oyotunji, in South Carolina, to learn and revive the traditional African practices are encouraging and even though there are sometimes theological conflicts with santeria, which is generally Cuban or Puerto Rican, I find it very heartening to see a religion so unjustly villified bouncing back. My hope is that this book will be at least a step in bringing the legitimacy of voudou back to mainstream public discussion and out of the margins. For those interested in the South, I think this book also offers a view of the region seldom seen. It was for me...Read More
 
 

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