American Voudou: Journey Into a Hidden World (115 page)

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Authors: Rod Davis

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remedies, 84-86, 111-12, 144.
See also
homeopathy
Republic of New Africa, 184
revolutionaries, 351
rituals and ceremonies
as an art form, 313-14
Bible used in, 48, 60-62
blood used in, 169-70, 197
cost of, 25, 165-66, 168, 267
food in, 21, 26,
159
for protection, 84

 

Page 390
initiations, 3-6, 21-27, 300-312
items used in, 15, 166, 171
music and dancing in, 25, 66, 202, 306-10, 332, 336-37
psychology of, 34
sacrifice in, 302
traditional dress for, 24-25, 191-92, 195, 310
Yemonja, 192-203, 207-11
Robin Hood, similarities to Ochosi, 220
root doctors, 86, 144, 248
Roots
(Haley), 208
S
sacrifices.
See also
animal sacrifice;
human sacrifice
as an agent of change, 233

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